text: * Along with Thénard, Gay Lussac received 30,000 francs from Napoleon in the third edition of the Galvanism Prize in 1809 for their research.
  * In Paris, a street and a hotel near the Sorbonne are named after him as are a square and a street in his birthplace, Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat
  * In Australia, the "Gay-Lussac Room" at AB Mauri STC, Sydney was named after him in honor of his work with yeast fermentation.