Celebrities/Elements
During Chemistry Week 2005 the RSC invited people to nominate celebrities whose personalities were similar to elements in the Periodic Table. Some of the names sent in were:
| Jordan | Silicon |
| Ross Kemp | Caesium |
| Rebekah Wade | Bromine |
| Mick Jagger | Neon |
| Wayne Rooney | Sulphur |
| Tim Henman | Boron |
| George Galloway | Mercury |
| Colin Montgomery | Beryllium |
| Steve Redgrave | Gold |
| Bruce Forsyth | Helium |
| Ken Livingston | Palladium |
| Russell Crowe | Iron |
| Jose Mourinho | Arsenic |
| Jade Goody | Lead |
| Thierry Henry | Silver |
| Anne Robinson | Promethium |
| Andrew Flintoff | Iridium |
| Roy Keane | Krypton |
| David Beckham | Nitrogen |
| Victoria Beckham | Carbon |
| Homer Simpson | Neon |
| Harry Potter | Oxygen |
| John Prescott | Rubidium |
| Ken Dodd | Calcium |
| Janet St Street-Porter | Fluorine |
| Monica Lewinsky | Tungsten |
| Bernard Manning | Bismuth |
| Ellen MacAuthur | Seaborgium |
| Sir Ian Blair | Copper |
| Jeremy Clarkson | Chlorine |
| Sven Goran Eriksson | Platinum |
| David Blunkett | Sodium |
| Robbie Williams | Chromium |
| Jude Law | Titanium |
| Alan Davies | Hydrogen |
| Jon Snow | Vanadium |
| Kate Moss | Phosphorus |
| Joan Rivers | Cadmium |
| Chris Evans | Argon |
| Charlotte Church | Aluminium |
| Chrissie Watts | Radon |
| Jeffrey Archer | Nickel |
| Britt Ekland | Barium |
| Danni Minogue | Plutonium |
| Rio Ferdinand | Uranium |
| Pete Docherty | Potassium |
| Ray Mears | Zinc |
| Ulrika Jonssen | Scandium |
| Craig Bellamy | Osmium |
| Paris Hilton | Zirconium |
| David Ginola | Rhodium |
| John Humphreys | Germanium |
| Amir Khan | Sodium |
| Richard and Judy | Iodine |
| Frank Lampard | Cobalt |
| Richard Branson | Magnesium |
| Naomi Campbell | Xenon |
