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In early 2025, that organization proposed 72 names of women in science to be added to the sides of the Eiffel Tower, including Hermann herself.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"19 December 1945","date":"1945-12-19"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2978485#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"12th arrondissement of Paris","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171689"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2978485#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"17 July 2021","date":"2021-07-17"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2978485#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Villejuif","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128466"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2978485#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"France","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q142"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2978485#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"physicist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q169470"},{"text":"university teacher","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1622272","start":"1992","end":"2005"},{"text":"docent","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q462390","start":"1980"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2978485#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"École Normale Supérieure","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83259"},{"text":"Pierre and Marie Curie University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1144549","end":"1976"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2978485#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"president (2000–2004)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461","start":"2000","end":"2004"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2978485#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10855216","date":"2015"},{"text":"National Order of Merit","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q652962","date":"2001"},{"text":"72 scientist women names on the Eiffel tower","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137915278"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2978485#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudine_Hermann","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2978485"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Claudine Hermann born?","a":"Claudine Hermann was born on 19 December 1945 in 12th arrondissement of Paris."},{"q":"What positions has Claudine Hermann held?","a":"Positions held by Claudine Hermann include: president (2000–2004)."},{"q":"Where did Claudine Hermann study?","a":"Claudine Hermann was educated at École Normale Supérieure, Pierre and Marie Curie University."}],"related":[{"name":"Hosni Mubarak","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hosni-mubarak"},{"name":"Gamal Abdel Nasser","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gamal-abdel-nasser"},{"name":"Mohamed Morsi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-morsi"},{"name":"Mohamed Naguib","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-naguib"},{"name":"Abdul Rahman Arif","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-rahman-arif"},{"name":"Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-najib-ar-ruba-i"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/claudine-hermann-08667d8819.jpg","width":500,"height":668,"license":"CC BY-SA 3.0","credit":"Morinsan","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ClaudineHermann.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Claudine Hermann","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudine_Hermann","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q2978485","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2978485","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: ClaudineHermann.jpg by Morinsan (CC BY-SA 3.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ClaudineHermann.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Claudine Hermann, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: ClaudineHermann.jpg — Morinsan, CC BY-SA 3.0.","cite":"\"Claudine Hermann\". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/claudine-hermann. Retrieved 15 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-02T08:05:35Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-15","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/claudine-hermann","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/claudine-hermann","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/claudine-hermann?lang=ne"}}