There are 13 elements named after people, although only 12 of the names are formally accepted by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
bohrium (Bh, 107) – Niels Bohr
curium (Cm, 96) – Pierre and Marie Curie
einsteinium (Es, 99) – Albert Einstein
fermium (Fm, 100) – Enrico Fermi
gallium (Ga, 31) – both named after Gallia (Latin for France) and its discoverer, Lecoq de Boisbaudran (le coq, the French word for 'rooster' translates to gallus in Latin)
hahnium (105) – Otto Hahn (Dubnium, named for Dubna in Russia, is the IUPAC-accepted name for element 105)
lawrencium (Lr, 103) – Ernest Lawrence
meitnerium (Mt, 109) – Lise Meitner
mendelevium (Md, 101) – Dmitri Mendeleev
nobelium (No, 102) – Alfred Nobel
roentgenium (Rg, 111) – Wilhelm Roentgen (formerly Ununumium)
rutherfordium (Rf, 104) – Ernest Rutherford
seaborgium (Sg, 106) – Glenn T. Seaborg
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