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 |