List of 72 names on the Eiffel Tower
In recognition of their scientific and technical achievements, Gustave Eiffel had the surnames of 72 male people - all French except for the Swiss Breguet and Sturm and the native Italian Lagrange - written in gold on the friezes on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower . At the beginning of the 20th century they were painted over and only reappeared during the restoration of the Eiffel Tower between 1986 and 1987 by the Société nouvelle d'exploitation de la tour Eiffel (SNTE).
With the exception of Fizeau and Chevreul, all scientists had died by the time the tower was inaugurated.
The names
Northwest side
| No. | inscription | Full name | Life dates | job | image |
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| 1. | SEGUIN | Marc Seguin | 1786-1875 | engineer |
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| 2. | LALANDE | Jérôme Lalande | 1732-1807 | Mathematician and astronomer |
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| 3. | TRESCA | Henri Tresca | 1814-1885 | engineer |
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| 4th | PONCELET | Jean-Victor Poncelet | 1788-1867 | Mathematician, engineer and physicist |
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| 5. | BRESSE | Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse | 1822-1883 |
Engineer and mathematician |
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| 6th | LAGRANGE | Joseph Louis Lagrange | 1736-1813 | Mathematician and astronomer |
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| 7th | IMPORTANT | Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger | 1790-1874 | mathematician |
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| 8th. | CUVIER | Georges Cuvier | 1769-1832 | Natural scientist |
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| 9. | LAPLACE | Pierre-Simon Laplace | 1749-1827 | Mathematician and astronomer |
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| 10. | DULONG | Pierre Louis Dulong | 1785-1838 | Physicist and chemist |
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| 11. | CHASLES | Michel Chasles | 1793-1880 | mathematician |
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| 12. | LAVOISIER | Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier | 1743-1794 | Chemist |
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| 13. | AMP | André-Marie Ampère | 1775-1836 | Mathematician and physicist |
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| 14th | CHEVREUL | Eugène Chevreul | 1786-1889 | Chemist |
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| 15th | FLAT | Eugène Flachat | 1802-1873 | engineer |
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| 16. | NAVIER | Claude Louis Marie Henri Navier | 1785-1836 | Mathematician and physicist |
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| 17th | LEGENDRE | Adrien-Marie Legendre | 1752-1833 | mathematician |
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| 18th | CHAPTAL | Jean-Antoine Chaptal | 1756-1832 | Chemist |
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Southwest side
| No. | inscription | Full name | Life dates | job | image |
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| 19th | JAMIN | Jules Celestin Jamin | 1818-1886 | physicist |
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| 20th | GAY-LUSSAC | Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac | 1778-1850 | Chemist and physicist |
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| 21st | FIZEAU | Hippolyte Fizeau | 1819-1896 | physicist |
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| 22nd | CUTTER | Eugène Schneider | 1805-1875 | Industrialist |
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| 23. | LE CHATELIER | Louis Le Chatelier | 1815-1873 | engineer |
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| 24. | BERTHIER | Pierre Berthier | 1782-1861 | geologist |
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| 25th | BARRAL | Jean-Augustin Barral | 1819-1884 | Agronomist, chemist, physicist |
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| 26th | DE DION | Henri de Dion | 1828-1878 | engineer |
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| 27. | GOUIN | Ernest Goüin | 1815-1885 | Engineer and industrialist |
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| 28. | JOUSSELIN | Louis Didier Jousselin | 1776-1858 | engineer |
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| 29 | BROCA | Paul Broca | 1824-1880 | Surgeon and anthropologist |
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| 30th | BECQUEREL | Antoine César Becquerel | 1788-1878 | physicist |
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| 31. | CORIOLIS | Gaspard Gustave de Coriolis | 1792-1843 | Mathematician and physicist |
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| 32. | CAIL | Jean-François Cail | 1804-1871 | Industrialist |
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| 33. | TRIGER | Jules Triger | 1801-1867 | engineer |
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| 34. | GIFFARD | Henri Giffard | 1825-1882 | engineer |
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| 35. | PERRIER | François Perrier | 1833-1888 | Geodesist and General |
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| 36. | STORM | Charles-François Sturm | 1803-1855 | mathematician |
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Southeast side
| No. | inscription | Full name | Life dates | job | image |
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| 37. | CAUCHY | Augustin Louis Cauchy | 1789-1857 | mathematician |
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| 38. | BELGRAND | Eugène Belgrand | 1810-1888 | engineer |
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| 39. | REGNAULT | Henri Victor Regnault | 1810-1888 | Chemist and physicist |
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| 40. | FRESNEL | Augustin Jean Fresnel | 1788-1827 | Physicist and engineer |
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| 41. | DE PRONY | Gaspard de Prony | 1755-1839 |
engineer |
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| 42. | VICAT | Louis-Joseph Vicat | 1786-1861 | engineer |
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| 43. | EBELMEN | Jacques-Joseph Ebelmen | 1814-1852 | Chemist |
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| 44. | COULOMB | Charles Augustin de Coulomb | 1736-1806 | physicist |
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| 45. | POINSOT | Louis Poinsot | 1777-1859 | mathematician |
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| 46. | FOUCAULT | Léon Foucault | 1819-1868 | physicist |
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| 47. | DELAUNAY | Charles Eugène Delaunay | 1816-1872 | Mathematician and astronomer |
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| 48. | MORIN | Arthur Morin | 1795-1880 | Mathematician and physicist |
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| 49. | HAUY | René-Just Haüy | 1743-1822 | mineralogist |
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| 50. | COMBES | Charles Combes | 1801-1872 | Engineer and metallurgist |
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| 51. | THENARD | Louis Jacques Thénard | 1777-1857 | Chemist |
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| 52. | ARAGO | François Arago | 1786-1853 | physicist |
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| 53. | POISSON | Siméon Denis Poisson | 1781-1840 | Mathematician and physicist |
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| 54. | MONGE | Gaspard Monge | 1746-1818 | Mathematician and physicist |
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Northeast side
| No. | inscription | Full name | Life dates | job | image |
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| 55. | PETIET | Jules Petiet | 1813-1871 | engineer |
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| 56. | DAGUERRE | Louis Daguerre | 1787-1851 | Painter and physicist |
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| 57. | WURTZ | Charles Adolphe Wurtz | 1817-1884 | Chemist |
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| 58. | LE VERRIER | Urbain Le Verrier | 1811-1877 | Mathematician and astronomer |
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| 59. | PERDONNET | Albert Auguste Perdonnet | 1801-1867 |
engineer |
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| 60. | DELAMBRE | Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delambre | 1749-1822 | astronomer |
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| 61. | MALUS | Louis Malus | 1775-1812 | Physicist and engineer |
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| 62. | BREGUET | Louis Clément François Breguet | 1804-1883 | Physicist and designer |
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| 63. | POLONCEAU | Camille Polonceau | 1813-1859 | engineer |
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| 64. | DUMAS | Jean-Baptiste Dumas | 1800-1884 | Chemist |
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| 65. | CLAPEYRON | Émile Clapeyron | 1799-1864 | physicist |
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| 66. | BORDA | Jean-Charles de Borda | 1733-1799 | mathematician |
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| 67. | FOURIER | Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier | 1768-1830 | Mathematician and physicist |
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| 68. | BICHAT | Marie François Xavier Bichat | 1771-1802 | Anatomist and physiologist |
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| 69. | SAUVAGE | François Clément Sauvage | 1814-1872 | Geologist and engineer |
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| 70. | PELOUZE | Théophile-Jules Pelouze | 1807-1867 | Chemist |
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| 71. | CARNOT | Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot | 1753-1823 | mathematician |
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| 72. | LAME | Gabriel Lamé | 1795-1870 | Mathematician and physicist |
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