List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name (H)
The following is a list of some notable Légion d'honneur recipients by name. The Légion d'honneur is the highest order of France. A complete, chronological list of the members of the Legion of Honour nominated from the very first ceremony in 1803 to now does not exist. The number is estimated at one million including about 3,000 Grand Cross.[1]
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- Haakon VII of Norway
- Otto von Habsburg (1912–2011) - last crown prince of Austria-Hungary and European politician[2]
- Otto Hahn
- Oskar Halecki
- Arthur Halestrap
- Vahid Halilhodžić (b. 1952), former Bosnian football player, now successful football manager, received his Légion d'Honneur on 23. July 2004, during his tenure as manager of PSG.[3]
- John Hall (1795–1865), British military surgeon of the Crimean War
- Harriet Hallowell (~1872–1943), an American painter, living in Moret-sur-Loing, France, for her relief work caring for soldiers during and after World War I[4]
- Alphonse Halimi
- Józef Haller de Hallenburg
- Lionel Halsey
- Edward S. Hamilton
- Alexander M Hamilton
- Alexander Hamilton-Gordon (1859–1939)
- Thomas T. Handy
- Mohamed Haniff (b. 1937), Tamil born in Pondicherry of French India was accorded the Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur. He was also the Deputy Mayor of Pondicherry during the French rule in India[5][6]
- Tom Hanks, American actor and filmmaker.
- Hector Hanoteau
- Yuko Harayama, Japanese government administrator of science and technology support, 2011 recipient[7]
- John Hardress Lloyd Anglo-Irish soldier and polo player
- Moses Hardy
- Saad Hariri[8]
- David A. Harris
- Walter Burton Harris
- Arthur A. Hartman
- Stanley Harycki (1898–2001) Bridge engineer of Polish descent and United States veteran of World War I and II.[9]
- John F. "Jack" Hasey
- Ahmad Y. al-Hassan (b. 1925), historian of Arabic and Islamic science and technology
- João Havelange Brazilian ex-president of FIFA.
- It is said in Václav Havel that he was recipient of the Grand Cross of Légion d’honneur.
- Baron Haussmann
- Jean-Joseph Ange d'Hautpoul
- Major General Mian Hayaud Din (1910–65), Royal Indian Army officer who commanded British troops supporting the French Army in Indochina 1945–46
- Michael Heidelberger
- Paul César Helleu
- Ray Henault
- Edward Henry
- Thierry Henry
- Pierre Hermé, pastry chef (b. 1961)
- Daniel Hernández (painter)
- Lucas Hernandez, World Cup winning footballer
- Major General Mark L. Hersey, U.S. Army
- Jacques-Léopold Heugel, music publisher
- H. Kent Hewitt (1887–1972), American Admiral who commanded the amphibious landings in North Africa, Italy, and Southern France during WWII
- Paul Hewson, aka "Bono"
- René Alphonse Higonnet
- Pierre Hinzelin, Colonel
- Gustave-Adolphe Hirn
- Lewis Hodges
- Frans van der Hoff
- Lucius Roy Holbrook
- Wilhelmina Holladay
- Sekai Holland
- Bruce K. Holloway
- James L. Holloway III
- Hans Reidar Holtermann (1895–1966), for allied service in World War II
- Yvette Horner, French accordionist[10]
- Gérard Houllier (b. 1947), football manager
- Angus Houston
- Clark Howell
- Clarence R. Huebner
- Tom Hughes
- Victor Hugo
- Husain Bey, Crown Prince of Tunisia
- Francis Huster (b. 1947), actor
- James Hutchison (1893–1979), the principal British liaison officer with the French Resistance during World War II
- Robert Hutchison, 1st Baron Hutchison of Montrose
- Joris-Karl Huysmans
References
- Wattel, Michel et Béatrice, Les Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur. De 1805 à nos jours, titulaires français et étrangers, Archives et Culture, 2009
- "Otto von Habsburg" (PDF) (in German). Parliamentary group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats in the European Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
- "The Legion of Honor for Vahid". Le Parisien. leparisien.fr-sport. 2004-07-15. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- "Guide to Women's History Resources". Archived from the original on December 11, 2010. Retrieved 2007-08-31.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Includes photo of Harriet Hallowell with soldiers in France during WWI.
- 'Journal officiel des établissements français dans l'Inde Pages 907-908', http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k58475050/f5.image.r=journal%20officiel%20des%20etablissements%20francais%20dans%20l'inde, Retrieved 14 December 2015
- Attestation de La Grande Chancellerie de la Légion d'honneur – 4S702 – date 5 January 1981 – par decret du 11 Juin 1937.
- Yuko Harayama at World Economic Forum site
- "Mubarak For Lebanon Compromise". Goliath.ecnext.com. March 26, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
- The Chippewa Herald
- "Yvette Horner gravit la Légion d'honneur, entre Fabien Pelous et le chef Anton !". www.purepeople.com (in French). Retrieved 2018-12-28.
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