Louis Favre (engineer)

Louis Favre
Favre around 1860
Born
Louis Favre

(1826-01-28)28 January 1826
Chêne-Bourg, Switzerland
Died19 July 1879(1879-07-19) (aged 53)
Göschenen, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
Occupations
  • Businessman
  • Engineer
Spouse
Caroline Eugénie Rondeau
(m. 1846)

Louis Favre (26 January 1826 – 19 July 1879) was a Swiss businessman and self-taught engineer who is primarily notable for the construction of the Gotthard Rail Tunnel between 1872 and his death in the tunnel in 1879.