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1832 – 1923Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923)Died 27 December 1923, aged 91Gustave Eiffel was a French civil engineer best known for designing the Eiffel Tower for the 1889 Paris World's Fair. He also engineered the internal structure of the Statue of Liberty and numerous bridges and viaducts. He died in Paris at age 91.