The 72 names on the Eiffel Tower

On the Eiffel Tower, 72 names of French scientists, engineers and some other notable people are ingraved in recognition of their contributions by Gustave Eiffel. This engraving was overpainted at the beginning of the 20th century and restored in 1986–1987.

Only the surnames appear on the Tower.

1. Seguin (Marc Seguin, mechanic)
2. Lalande (Joseph Jérôme Lefrançais de Lalande, astronomer)
3. Tresca ( engineer and mechanic)
4. Poncelet (Jean-Victor Poncelet, geometer)
5. Bresse ( mathematician (?))
6. Lagrange (Joseph Louis Lagrange, mathematician)
7. Belanger ( mathematician (?))
8. Cuvier (Baron Georges Leopold Chretien Frédéric Dagobert Cuvier, naturalist)
9. Laplace (Pierre-Simon Laplace, mathematician and astronomer)
10. Dulong (Pierre Louis Dulong, physicist and chemist)
11. Chasles (Michel Chasles, geometer)
12. Lavoisier (Antoine Lavoisier, chemist)
13. Ampere (André-Marie Ampère, mathematician and physicist)
14. Chevreul (Michel Eugène Chevreul, chemist)
15. Flachat (Jean-Claude Flachat, engineer)
16. Navier (Claude Navier, mathematician)
17. Legendre (Adrien-Marie Legendre geometer)
18. Chaptal (Jean-Antoine Chaptal, agronomist and chemist)
19. Jamin (Jules Célestin Jamin, physicist)
20. Gay-Lussac (Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, chemist)
21. Fizeau (Hippolyte Fizeau, physicist)
22. Schneider (Jacques Schneider, industrialist)
23. Le Chatelier (Henri Louis le Chatelier, chemist)
24. Berthier (Pierre Berthier, mineralogist)
25. Barral (Jean-Augustin Barral, agronomist, chemist, physicist)
26. De Dion (Albert de Dion, engineer)
27. Goüin (Ernest Goüin, engineer and industrialist)
28. Jousselin ( engineer)
29. Broca (Paul Pierre Broca, physician and anthropologist)
30. Becquerel (Antoine Henri Becquerel, physicist)
31. Coriolis (Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, engineer and scientist)
32. Cail (Jean-François Cail, industrialist)
33. Triger ( engineer)
34. Giffard (Henri Giffard engineer)
35. Perrier ( geograph and mathematician)
36. Sturm (Jacques Charles François Sturm, mathematician)
37. Cauchy (Augustin Louis Cauchy, mathematician)
38. Belgrand (Eugene Belgrand, engineer)
39. Regnault (Henri Victor Regnault, chemist and physicist)
40. Fresnel (Augustin-Jean Fresnel, physicist)
41. De Prony (Gaspard de Prony, engineer)
42. Vicat (Louis Vicat, engineer)
43. Ebelmen (Jean-Jacques Ebelmen, chemist)
44. Coulomb (Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, physicist)
45. Poinsot (Louis Poinsot, mathematician)
46. Foucault (Léon Foucault, physicist)
47. Delaunay (Charles-Eugène Delaunay, astronomer)
48. Morin (Morin de Villefranche, mathematician and physicist)
49. Haüy (René-Just Haüy, mineralogist)
50. Combes (Émile Combes, engineer and metallurgist)
51. Thénard (Louis Jacques Thénard, chemist)
52. François Arago (Dominique François Jean Arago, astronomer and physicist)
53. Poisson (Simeon Poisson, mathematician and physicist)
54. Monge (Gaspard Monge, geometre)
55. Petiet ( engineer)
56. Daguerre (Louis Daguerre, artist and chemist)
57. Wurtz (Charles-Adolphe Wurtz, chemist)
58. Le Verrier (Urbain Le Verrier, astronomer)
59. Perdonnet (Albert Auguste Perdonnet, engineer)
60. Delambre (Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, astronomer)
61. Malus (Etienne-Louis Malus, physicist)
62. Breguet (Abraham Louis Breguet, mechanic and inventor)
63. Polonceau (Antoine-Rémi Polonceau, engineer)
64. Dumas (Jean Baptiste André Dumas, chemist)
65. Clapeyron (Émile Clapeyron, engineer)
66. Borda (Jean-Charles de Borda, mathematician)
67. Fourier (Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathematician)
68. Bichat (Marie François Xavier Bichat, anatomist and physiologist)
69. Sauvage (Jean-Pierre Sauvage, mechanic)
70. Pelouze (Théophile-Jules Pelouze, chemist)
71. Carnot (Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, mathematician)
72. Lamé (Gabriel Lamé, geometer)