List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name

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The following is a List of List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name. The Légion d'honneur is the highest order of France.

Contents 1 A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5 E 6 F 7 G 8 H 9 I 10 J 11 K 12 L 13 M 14 N 15 O 16 P 17 Q 18 R 19 S 20 T 21 U 22 V 23 W 24 X 25 Y 26 Z

[edit] A

• Andreou, Constantine, sculptor

[edit] B

• Amitabh Bachchan - India
• Ramón Emeterio Betances (1827 – 1898), Puerto Rican medical doctor, political leader and diplomat
• Guillermo B. Belt (1906 - 1989), Cuban Diplomat.

[edit] C

• Italo Calvino (1923-1985), Italian author.
• Jacques Camou (1792-1868), French general.
• Francis Cammaerts (1916-2006), British SOE operative during World War II.
• Maxime Du Camp (1822-1894), French writer and photographer.
• Gordon Campbell (1886-1953), British Admiral.

[edit] D

• Ahmad Hasan Dani (1920-) - Pakistani archaeologist
• George W Deckard (1896-2001) USA WWI Veteran for service in France
• John Dunmore (1923-) - New Zealand historian
• Durga Charan Rakshit - India
• Robert Darnton (1939-) - American cultural historian

[edit] E

• Clint Eastwood (1930-)

[edit] F

[edit] G

[edit] H

[ [ Robert R Holmes (1916-) for service in France during WW II

[edit] I

[edit] J

Johnson - Percy Victor (1899 - 2003) for service in France during WW1

[edit] K

• Jacek Kuroń (1934-2004), Polish historian

• Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998) Japanese film director, producer & screenwriter

[edit] L

Lord Mountbatten

[edit] M

• Edouard Manet (1832-1883), French painter awarded the Legion in 1881.

[edit] N

[edit] O

[edit] P

• Maurice Papon (1910-2007), awarded the Legion in 1961, convicted for crimes against humanity in 1998-99 for his role during Vichy and consequently dismissed from the order on November 18, 1999

[edit] Q

[edit] R

• Géraud Réveilhac (1851-1937), Général de division of World War I, Grand Officier of the Légion d'honneur
• René Riffaud (1898-2007), Tunisian veteran of World War I
• Manfred Rommel (1928-), German politician

[edit] S

• Satyajit Ray, prominent film maker and artist from India. Mr. Ray was also awarded the Oscar as a Life Time Achivement Award by the Academy of Motion Pictures, USA.

[edit] T

• Nüvit Tekül, Prof. Dr. (1921-2005), Turkish Professor of Medicine, awarded the Legion (Insigne du Chevalier) in 1982

[edit] U

[edit] V

Tony Vaccaro, U.S. war photographer, in 1994.

[edit] W

• Arsene Wenger, Arsenal Football Club Manager (2002)
• Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and author, Nobel Laureate (2000)

[edit] X

[edit] Y

[edit] Z