Quite true, Einstein is one of those people.
Americium and Europium are the elements named for large regions which include several countries.
There are several chemical elements named after provinces or regions. For example, "francium" is named after France, and "gallium" is derived from "Gallia," the Latin name for France. Additionally, "polonium" is named after Poland, and "americium" is named after the Americas. These naming conventions often reflect the geographical or cultural significance of the locations they represent.
Several countries do not have elements named after them, including Brazil, Canada, and Mexico. While many elements are named after places, scientists often choose names based on historical figures, minerals, or geographical features rather than directly referencing countries. Notably, elements like francium and polonium are named after France and Poland, respectively, but many nations remain unrepresented in the periodic table.
Offhand I can't think of any that are directly named after their discoverer personally. There are several named after scientists (curium, einsteinium, seaborgium, mendelevium, etc.), but those scientists did not discover these particular elements (Seaborg discovered, or at least participated in the discovery of, several elements, but seaborgium was not one of them; likewise for Curie and curium; Einstein didn't discover any elements). There are some named after countries: francium and polonium were named after France and Poland... the countries where their discoverer, Marie Curie, was living and was born respectively. Finally, there are at least two named after an employer: californium and berkelium were named by a team working at the University of California - Berkeley. ("At least" because while lawrencium is supposedly named after Ernest O. Lawrence, it was discovered at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, which was ALSO named after Ernest O. Lawrence, making it a bit ambiguous.)
Einsteinium, named after Albert Einstein.AlsoCurium, after Marie & Pierre CurieFermium, after Enrico FermiMendelevium, after Dmitri MendeleevNobelium, after Alfred Nobeland several other elements among the very unstable artificial elements with atomic number greater than 100
Americium and Europium are the elements named for large regions which include several countries.
Several countries have elements named after them, including francium (named after France), polonium (named after Poland), berkelium (named after Berkeley, California, where it was discovered), americium (named after America), and dubnium (named after Dubna, Russia, where it was synthesized).
curium
Lawrencium, Mendelevium, Einsteinium
Einsteinium, Lawrencium, and Nobelium to name but three.
It depends. Some elements are named after a people or place such are Europium and Nobelium. Some elments are named for greek names like Dysprosium is named from the greek "Dyspros" meaning hard to get. And some are from the Latin and so on. Hope that helps.
Offhand I can't think of any that are directly named after their discoverer personally. There are several named after scientists (curium, einsteinium, seaborgium, mendelevium, etc.), but those scientists did not discover these particular elements (Seaborg discovered, or at least participated in the discovery of, several elements, but seaborgium was not one of them; likewise for Curie and curium; Einstein didn't discover any elements). There are some named after countries: francium and polonium were named after France and Poland... the countries where their discoverer, Marie Curie, was living and was born respectively. Finally, there are at least two named after an employer: californium and berkelium were named by a team working at the University of California - Berkeley. ("At least" because while lawrencium is supposedly named after Ernest O. Lawrence, it was discovered at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, which was ALSO named after Ernest O. Lawrence, making it a bit ambiguous.)
The person named Fabio Cannavaro was a great football player and also a captain, there were several people named Fabio Cannavaro. They all seemed to be nice people.
Elements might also be named after famous scientists, places, mythology, or historical figures. Some elements are named after their color, physical properties, or unique characteristics. Additionally, elements can be named based on their atomic number or the order in which they were discovered.
There are 15 elements that are named after a person. Curium, for example, is named after Marie and Pierre Curie, while Bohrium is named after Niels Bohr.
There are several saints named Augustine. Please be specific.
There are several saints named Teresa. Please be specific.