Who discovered the elements?

68 discoverers, ranked by how many elements they found or first isolated. Many discoveries were shared, so one element can count for several people.

2Glenn T. SeaborgUSA, 1912–199910elements 1Albert GhiorsoUSA, 1915–201012elements 3Humphry DavyEngland, 1778–18297elements

1
Albert GhiorsoUSA, 1915–2010
Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr Rf Db Sg
2
Glenn T. SeaborgUSA, 1912–1999
Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Sg
3
Humphry DavyEngland, 1778–1829
Na K Ca Mg Ba Sr B
4
Carl Wilhelm ScheeleSweden, 1742–1786
O Cl Mn Mo W Ba
4
Peter ArmbrusterGermany, 1931–2020
Bh Hs Mt Ds Rg Cn
5
Stanley G. ThompsonUSA, 1912–1976
Bk Cf Es Fm Md
5
William RamsayScotland, 1852–1916
Ar He Ne Kr Xe
5
Yuri OganessianRussia, born 1933
Fl Mc Lv Ts Og
6
Jöns Jacob BerzeliusSweden, 1779–1848
Ce Se Th Si
7
Carl Gustaf MosanderSweden, 1797–1858
La Tb Er
7
Gottfried MünzenbergGermany, born 1940
Bh Hs Mt
7
Martin Heinrich KlaprothGermany, 1743–1817
U Zr Ce
7
Morris TraversEngland, 1872–1961
Ne Kr Xe
7
Paul-Émile Lecoq de BoisbaudranFrance, 1838–1912
Ga Sm Dy
7
Sigurd HofmannGermany, born 1944
Ds Rg Cn
8
Carl Auer von WelsbachAustria, 1858–1929
Pr Nd
8
Edwin McMillanUSA, 1907–1991
Np Pu
8
Emilio SegrèItaly / USA, 1905–1989
Tc At
8
Gustav KirchhoffGermany, 1824–1887
Cs Rb
8
Jean Charles Galissard de MarignacSwitzerland, 1817–1894
Gd Yb
8
Louis-Nicolas VauquelinFrance, 1763–1829
Cr Be
8
Marie CuriePoland / France, 1867–1934
Po Ra
8
Per Teodor CleveSweden, 1840–1905
Ho Tm
8
Pierre CurieFrance, 1859–1906
Po Ra
8
Robert BunsenGermany, 1811–1899
Cs Rb
8
Smithson TennantEngland, 1761–1815
Os Ir
8
William Hyde WollastonEngland, 1766–1828
Pd Rh
9
Adair CrawfordIreland / Scotland, 1748–1795
Sr
9
Anders Gustaf EkebergSweden, 1767–1813
Ta
9
André-Louis DebierneFrance, 1874–1949
Ac
9
Andrés Manuel del RíoSpain / Mexico, 1764–1849
V
9
Antoine-Jérôme BalardFrance, 1802–1876
Br
9
Axel Fredrik CronstedtSweden, 1722–1765
Ni
9
Bernard CourtoisFrance, 1777–1838
I
9
Charles HatchettEngland, 1765–1847
Nb
9
Clemens WinklerGermany, 1838–1904
Ge
9
Daniel RutherfordScotland, 1749–1819
N
9
Dirk Coster and George de HevesyNetherlands / Hungary, 1889–1950 / 1885–1966
Hf
9
Eugène-Anatole DemarçayFrance, 1852–1903
Eu
9
Ferdinand Reich and Theodor RichterGermany, 1799–1882 / 1824–1898
In
9
Franz-Joseph Müller von ReichensteinAustria, 1742–1825
Te
9
Friedrich Ernst DornGermany, 1848–1916
Rn
9
Friedrich StromeyerGermany, 1776–1835
Cd
9
Georg BrandtSweden, 1694–1768
Co
9
Georges UrbainFrance, 1872–1938
Lu
9
Hans Christian ØrstedDenmark, 1777–1851
Al
9
Hennig BrandGermany, c. 1630–1710
P
9
Henri MoissanFrance, 1852–1907
F
9
Henry CavendishEngland, 1731–1810
H
9
Jacob Marinsky, Lawrence Glendenin and Charles CoryellUSA, 20th century
Pm
9
Johan August ArfwedsonSweden, 1792–1841
Li
9
Johan GadolinFinland, 1760–1852
Y
9
Johan Gottlieb GahnSweden, 1745–1818
Mn
9
Joseph BlackScotland, 1728–1799
Mg
9
Joseph Gay-Lussac and Louis ThénardFrance, 1778–1850 / 1777–1857
B
9
Joseph PriestleyEngland, 1733–1804
O
9
Juan José and Fausto ElhuyarSpain, 1754–1796 / 1755–1833
W
9
Karl Ernst ClausRussia, 1796–1864
Ru
9
Kosuke MoritaJapan, born 1957
Nh
9
Lars Fredrik NilsonSweden, 1840–1899
Sc
9
Lise MeitnerAustria, 1878–1968
Pa
9
Lord RayleighEngland, 1842–1919
Ar
9
Marguerite PereyFrance, 1909–1975
Fr
9
Otto HahnGermany, 1879–1968
Pa
9
Pierre Janssen and Norman LockyerFrance / England, 1824–1907 / 1836–1920
He
9
Walter Noddack, Ida Tacke and Otto BergGermany, 1893–1960 / 1896–1978 / 1873–1939
Re
9
William CrookesEngland, 1832–1919
Tl
9
William GregorEngland, 1761–1817
Ti