Which of the following men does not have a chemical element named after him?

The story behind the answer

Sir Isaac Newton is the only one on the list without a chemical element named after him. Albert Einstein, Enrico Fermi, and Niels Bohr are honored by elements einsteinium (Es, 99), fermium (Fm, 100), and bohrium (Bh, 107), respectively. Newton instead lends his name to the SI unit of force, the newton (N), not an element.

Element naming often celebrates major contributors to science—think curium (Curie), mendelevium (Mendeleev), rutherfordium (Rutherford), and oganesson (Oganessian). To remember this, pair “Einstein-Fermi-Bohr” with the heavy, synthetic elements at the bottom of the periodic table, while “Newton” falls—not as an element—but as the force unit inspired by the falling apple legend.