I think I found a fun way, though: here are the people--male, female; fictional or real--who've had elements named for them (albeit occasionally in a round-about way). :)
- Albert Einstein--German physicist; Einsteinium (Es, 99)
- Alfred Nobel--Swedish chemist; Nobelium (No, 102)
- Cadmus (m)--figure in Greek mythology; Cadmium (Cd, 48)
- Ceres--Roman goddess; Cerium (Ce, 58)
- Dmitri Mendeleev--Russian chemist; Mendelevium (Md, 101)
- Enrico Fermi--Italian physicist; Fermium (Fm, 100)
- Ernest Lawrence--American physicist; Lawrencium (Lr, 103)
- Ernest Rutherford--British physicist; Rutherfordium (Rf, 104)
- Glenn T. Seaborg--American chemist; Seaborgium (Sg, 106)
- Iris--Greek goddess; Iridium (Ir, 77)
- Johan Gadolin--Finnish chemist; Gadolinium (Gd, 64)
- Lise Meitner--Austrian physicist; Meitnerium (Mt, 109)
- Marie Curie--French chemist; Curium (Cm, 96)
- Mercury--Roman god; Mercury (Hg, 80)
- Neptune--Roman god; Neptunium (Np, 93)
- Nicolaus Copernicus--Polish astronomer; Copernicium (Cn, 112)
- Niels Bohr--Danish physicist; Bohrium (Bh, 107)
- Niobe (f)--figure in Greek mythology; Niobium (Nb, 41)
- Pallas--alternate name for the goddess Athena; Palladium (Pd, 46)
- Pierre Curie--French chemist; Curium (Cm, 96)
- Pluto--Greek god; Plutonium (Pu, 94)
- Prometheus--Greek god; Promethium (Pm, 61)
- Tantalus (m)--figure in Greek mythology; Tantalum (Ta, 73)
- Thor--Norse god; Thorium (Th, 90)
- Uranus--Greek god; Uranium (U, 92)
- Vanadis--alternate name for the goddess Freyja; Vanadium (V, 23)
- Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets--Russian mining engineer; Samarium (Sm, 62)
- Wilhelm Roentgen--German physicist; Roentgenium (Rg, 111)
I admit, I was expecting more historical figures, and fewer mythological ones. Hmmph.
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