List of foreign recipients of the Légion d'Honneur by country

Ismail Kadare

Grand Officer

• Ismail Kadare (2020), a writer[4]
• Iliaz Vrioni, politician[5]

Commander

• Edi Rama (2017), Albanian Prime Minister[6]

Chevalier

• Fatos Kongoli (2010), a writer

Abdelkader El Djezairi wearing the sash of the Légion d'honneur in 1860

Si Kaddour Benghabrit

Si Bouaziz Ben Gana, Caid of Zibans, Algeria

Algeria was part of France from 1830 to 1962[7]

Grand Cross

• Abdelkader El Djezairi (1860), Algerian religious and military leader who led a struggle against the French colonial invasion in the mid-19th century. In 1860, Abdelkader, who was living in exile in Syria, fought to save thousands of Christians in Damascus during the conflict between the Druze and Maronites. The French government then bestowed on him the Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur[7][8]
• Si Kaddour Benghabrit (1939), official and founder of the Muslim Institute of the Great Mosque of Paris[7][9]

Grand Officer

• Said Boualam (1978), colonel in the French Army, and the founder of the Front Algérie Française, a political and militant movement in favour of French Algeria[10][11][12]

Chevalier

• Saïd Cid Kaoui (1904), berberologist, lexicographer and interpreter officer of the 1st class.[13]

Chevalier

• Adolfo Bioy Casares (1981), writer.
• Ernesto Sabato (1979, Chevalier; 1986 Commander), writer, humanist, former member of the CONADEP, founder and first President of the Fundación Ernesto Sabato.
• Juan David Nasio (1999), Psicoanalista, Médico psiquiatra, escritor.

Officier

• Victoria Ocampo (1962), writer, critic; founder, publisher and director of Sur, philanthropist.

Commander

• Jorge Luis Borges (1983), writer, teacher.

Grand Cross

• Mauricio Macri (2016), president of Argentina[14]

Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston wearing his Légion d'honneur and other insignia in 2009.

Grand Officer

• General Sir John Monash, GCMG, KCB, VD (1919) Appointed Grand Officier during World War I[15]

Commander

• Stephen Brady AO CVO, (2017) Australian Ambassador to France[16]
• Sir Ninian Stephen (dec'd), KG, AK, GCMG, GCVO, KBE (1983), Governor-General of Australia[17]
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston, AK, AFC (2007), former Chief of the Defence Force
• Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, AC (2017), Chief of the Defence Force, Appointed Chevalier in 2015

Officer

• Major General Sir John Gellibrand, KCB, DSO & Two Bars (1919), Commander 3rd Australian Division, Appointed Officier during World War I[15]
• Major General Sir Thomas Glasgow, KCB, CMG, DSO (1919), Commander 1st Australian Division, Appointed Officier during World War I[15]
• Major General Sir Charles Rosenthal, KCB, CMG, DSO, VD (1919), Commander 2nd Australian Division, Appointed Officier during World War I[15]
• George Beattie Lean (1983), Chairman of Peko Wallsend Limited, President of the France-Australia Industrial Round Table
• Ross Steele, AM (2008), for promoting the teaching of French language and culture. Was also appointed Chevalier in 1996[18]
• General Sir Peter Cosgrove, AK, MC, Governor General of Australia
• General David Hurley, AC, DSC (2012), Governor of New South Wales[19]
• Vice Admiral Ray Griggs, AO, CSC (25 March 2014), Chief of Navy
• Dame Marie Bashir, AD, CVO (2014), Governor of New South Wales. Was also appointed Chevalier in 2009[20]
• Lieutenant General David Morrison, AO (July 2014), Chief of Army.
• Vice Admiral Tim Barrett, AO, CSC, RAN (8 April 2017), Chief of Navy.
• Vice Admiral David Johnston, AO, RAN (16 November 2018), Vice Chief of the Defence Force.

Chevalier

• Lieutenant Colonel Sir Michael Bruxner, KBE, DSO, JP (1917), later to become a prominent NSW politician, was appointed as a Chevalier "in recognition of distinguished services" during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in the First World War[21]
• Lieutenant General Sir Leslie Morshead, KCB, KBE, CMG, DSO, ED (1919), 33rd Battalion, AIF, Appointed Officier during World War I[15]
• James Taylor (1927), Australian Olympic Federation President[22]
• Professor Francis Patrick Donovan AM (1998), appointed Chevalier in recognition of services to the International Court of Arbitration and the relationship between France and Australia.
• Tom Hughes, AO, QC (2005), prominent barrister and Attorney-General in the Gorton Government, appointed Chevalier for his contribution as an RAAF pilot in the D-Day landings
• Suzanne Cory, AC (2009), professor of medical research with the Institut Pasteur
• Duncan Kerr, Judge of the Federal Court of Australia (2011)[23] hristopher Jenkins (2013) e
• Professor Kurt Lambeck AO, FRS, FAA, FRSN, (2013), geoscientist who helped establish the Centre national d'études spatiales[24]* Edmund Charles Spencer World War I veteran awarded the Légion d'Honneur on the 80th anniversary of the armistice.
• Rear Admiral Michael Noonan, AM, RAN (October 2017), Deputy Chief of Navy[25]
• Cr Noel D'Souza (October 2020), Mayor of Randwick (2015-2017)

Chevalier

• Peter Engelmann, Philosopher and Publisher (2013)

General Andranik Ozanian, Armenian military commander and statesman

Officier

• Andranik Ozanian, military commander and statesman (1919)[26]

Religious Leader

• Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church[27]

• Mehriban Aliyeva, The First Lady of Azerbaijan[28]
• Novruz Mammadov, Prime Minister of Azerbaijan (2019) for his contribution to the cooperation between Azerbaijan and France.[29]

• Mohammed bin Jasim Alghatam, Bahraini politician, scientist and army veteran received both Chevalier and Commandeur of the Légion d'Honneur[30]

• Arshad-uz Zaman (first Bangladeshi)[31][32]
• Sayeed Ahmed (1993)[33]
• Muhammad Yunus (Officer, 2004)[34]
• Rasul Nizam (Chevalier, 2004)[35]

Lieutenant-General Baron Alphonse Jacques de Dixmude

Baron Descamps is wearing the medal on his chest.

Count de Smet de Naeyer, knight Grand Cross

• 1984: Baron Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb, Knight Grand Officer
• 1991: Roger Lallemand, commander.
• 2011: Count Jacques Rogge, Officer.
• 2013:
• Madeleine Herman de Blic, knight.
• Didier Reynders, Commander.
• 2014:
• Freddy Thielemans, Officer.
• Baron Eddy Merckx, commander.
• 2016:
• Marc Roche
• King Leopold II of Belgium, Knight Grand Cross.
• King Albert II of Belgium, Knight Grand Cross.
• Cardinal Désiré-Joseph Mercier.
• Count Paul de Smet de Naeyer, Knight Grand Cross.
• Lieutenant general Count Gerard Leman, Knight Grand Cross.
• Achille Van Acker, Knight Grand Cross.
• Jules Malou, Knight Grand Cross.
• Count Charles Liedts, Grand Officer.
• Baron Henry Delvaux de Fenffe, Grand Officer.
• Baron Alphonse Jacques de Dixmude, Grand Officer.
• Baron Auguste Lambermont, Grand Officer.
• Baron Édouard Descamps, Grand Officer.
• Count Paul Buysse, officer.
• Paul Breyne, Chevalier.
• Baron Auguste Goffinet, Officer.
• Baron Emile-Ernest de Cartier de Marchienne, Officer.
• Baron Paul Janssen, Officer.
• Knight François-Xavier de Donnea, Officer.
• Knight Antonin de Selliers de Moranville, Chevalier.
• Baron Willy Coppens de Houthulst, Commander
• Baron Édouard Empain, Commander.
• Marie Joseph Charles, 6th Duke d'Ursel, commander.
• Alfred Cluysenaar, Officer.
• Wilfried Martens, Grand Officer.
• Edmond Leburton, Grand Officer.
• Alfred Belpaire, Grand Officer.
• Louis Michel, Grand Officer.
• the 8th Duke d'Ursel, knight.
• Benoît Lengelé, Chevalier.
• Albert van Dievoet, Officer.
• Édouard van Dievoet, Officer.

• Ivan Ceresnjes (1994), head of the Jewish community of Bosnia and Hercegovina, for non-sectarian humanitarian relief work during the Bosnian War.[36]
• Vahid Halilhodžić (2004), former Bosnian football player, now successful football manager, received his Légion d'Honneur on 23. July 2004, during his tenure as manager of PSG[37]
• Jasmina Pasalic (2014) Bosnian diplomat

José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco. Wearing the sash of the Légion d'honneur and other orders in 1875.

• José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, was decorated with the Grand Cross[38]
• Pedro de Araújo Lima, Marquis of Olinda, was decorated with the Grand Cross[39]
• Emperor Dom Pedro II was decorated with the Grand Cross[40]
• Epitácio Lindolfo da Silva Pessoa, President, he was decorated with the Grand Cross[41]
• Senator Rodrigo Augusto da Silva, foreign minister in 1889, decorated with the Grand Cross[42]
• Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President, was decorated with the Grand Cross[43]
• Sergio Cabral Filho, Senator and Governor of Rio de Janeiro, was decorated with the Grand Cross.

• Norodom Prohmbarirak, King of Cambodia, was awarded the Grand Cross in 1872.

• Jan de Vries, a Canadian paratrooper from the Second World War and veteran's advocate was named a Chevalier in 2004.
• Harry De Wolf, Vice Admiral and Chief of the Naval Staff and former commanding officer of HMCS Haida
• Céline Dion, international celebrity, Canadian singer, appointed Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
• Beverly McLachlin, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, was made a Commander of the Legion of Honour by the Government of France in 2008[45]
• Madeleine Meilleur, an Ontarian MPP and Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs.
• Brian Mulroney, former Prime Minister of Canada, was presented the Legion of Honour in the rank of Commander, on 6 December 2016 by the French ambassador Nicolas Chapuis in Ottawa[46]
• Blair Neatby, WWII veteran, 17th Duke of York Canadian Hussars, was awarded the Legion of Honour in the rank of Chevalier in November 2015 for his participation in the liberation of France[47]
• Wilder Penfield, a Canadian neurosurgeon.
• Captain George Richardson, World War I member of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, promoted to captain as a result of being the sole survivor in the battle of Saint-Julienin Number 2 Company.[48] Alfredo Guevara (1925–2013). Cuban intell
• Arthur Britton Smith, World War II veteran[49]

• Ma Chengyuan (1998). Archaeologist, Director of Shanghai Museum[50]
• Gong Li (2010), actress, was appointed Commandeur for contributions to film[51]

• Baron Claudio Brindis de Salas Garrido (1852–1911). Cuban musician.
• Dr. Carlos Finlay (1833–1915). Cuban physician and scientist.
• Loipa Araújo (born c. 1940). Prima ballerina and ballet teacher[52]
• Alicia Alonso (born 1921). Cuban prima ballerina assoluta.
• Fulgencio Batista (1901–1973). Cuban president and dictator.
• Eusebio Leal (born 1942). Cuban historian.
• Josefina Méndez (1941–2007). Cuban ballet dancer.
• Miguel Barnet (born 1940). Cuban writer.
• Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada (1871–1939). Cuban president.
• Emilio Núñez Portuondo (1898–1978). Cuban politician.
• Gonzalo de Quesada y Aróstegui (1868–1915). Cuban politician.
• Cosme de la Torriente y Peraza (1872–1956). Cuban politician.
• Dr. Joaquín Albarrán (1860–1912). Cuban physician.

• Marie Chatardová (born 1963). Czech Ambassador to France (2010–2016). Commander.[53]
• Tomáš Prouza (born 1973). Czech State Secretary for EU Affairs (2014–2017). Chevalier.[54]

Chevalier

• Hazem Al Beblawi, Egyptian economist[55]

Chevalier

• Bidzina Ivanishvili, Georgian politician, businessman, philanthropist and former Prime Minister of Georgia.[56][57][58][59]

Officier

• The only German ever awarded the Grand Cross was Wilhelm I, who received it for saving numerous soldiers' lives during the war with his decisive actions. On one occasion, Wilhelm decided to delay the bombardment in the German siege of Paris, which led to significantly less casualties than an earlier bombardment would have caused. Additionally, during the Paris Commune, Wilhelm led German troops to assist in suppressing the revolt and relayed German medical knowledge to French doctors, enabling them to treat otherwise mortal wounds.
• Richard Strauss, conductor and leading composer of the early modern era, awarded the Croix d'Officier (Officer's Cross) on 14 June 1914. Previously awarded the Croix de Chevalier (Knight's Cross) in 1907.

Chevalier

• Heinrich Strobel, musicologist (1957) appointed Chevalier for his support and promotion of New Music.[60]
• Manfred Rommel, son of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and Mayor of Stuttgart from 1974 to 1996. Worked hard to build and maintain good relations between France and Germany several decades after World War II.

Chevalier

• Ilias Lalaounis, pioneer of Greek jewelry and an internationally renowned goldsmith
• Spyridon Flogaitis, professor of public law at the University of Athens and former judge[61]
• Marianna Vardinoyannis, UNESCO ambassador and head of the Elpida (Hope) Children's Oncology Hospital in Athens[62][63]
• Dora Bakoyannis, Greek politician
• Yiannis Boutaris, Mayor of Thessaloniki, businessman, winemaker

• Anson Chan (2009), served as the former Chief Secretary, the second highest position in the Hong Kong Government, both before and after the transfer of sovereignty, recognized for her distinguished career and her major contribution to the promotion of gender equality, freedom of press and democratic debate, values of universal significance[64]
• Wong Kar Wai (2006), director, was accorded the Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur[65]
• Carrie Lam (2015), for her longstanding support for French presence in Hong Kong, as well as for the friendship between France and Hong Kong.[66]

Janab JM Abdul Aziz of Saigon born in Koothanallur wears the Legion on his left among other Orders

Grand Cross

Grand Officer

Commander

Officer

Knight

• S. R. Rana (1951), Indian political activist[82]
• Sivaji Ganesan, First Indian Actor, Marlon Brando of India 1995
• Nallam Venkataramayya medical surgeon and director of Clinic Nallam[83]
• Zubin Mehta (2001), a conductor[84]
• Alarmel Valli (2004), (India), Bharatanatyam dancer
• C. N. R. Rao (2005), a chemist and Head of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India[85]
• E. Sreedharan (2005), (India), Metro Man, Konkan Railway, Delhi Metro, Kochi Metro and Other Related Rail Developments[86]
• G. R. Gopinath (2006), Founder and Chairman of Air Deccan.[87]
• Nadir Godrej (2008), Industrialist and managing director of Godrej Industries
• N. S. Ramanuja Tatacharya (2012), Sanskrit scholar, author and researcher[88]
• Anjali Gopalan (2013), Executive Direcrrtor, The Naz Foundation India Trust, Advocate for LGBT rights and children and mothers living with HIV[89]
• Shahrukh Khan (2014), actor, producer[90]
• Manish Arora (2016), Punjabi fashion designer[91]
• Raja Mohan (2016), academic, journalist and foreign policy analyst[92]
• Kamal Haasan (2016), Tamil actor, dancer, film director, screenwriter, producer, playback singer, lyricist and politician (Party in Tamil Nadu-Makkal Needhi Maiam)
• Soumitra Chatterjee (2017), Bengali actor[91]
• Azim Premji (2018), Founder and Chairman of Wipro Limited & Azim Premji Foundation[93]
• A. S. Kiran Kumar (2019)[94]

• Ali Amini (1962), former prime minister; Grand Croix[95]
• Bahram Aryana (1966), former Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces; Grand Officer
• Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (After his execution in 1979), former prime minister; Commandeur[96]
• Shirin Ebadi (2006), human rights lawyer.
• Mohsen Rais, (1947), ambassador and cabinet minister, Grand Officer
• Ali-Akbar Siassi, Iranian intellectual, psychologist and politician during the 1930s and 1960s, serving as the country's Foreign Minister, Minister of Education, Chancellor of University of Tehran, and Minister of State without portfolio, Commandeur.[97]
• Nasrine Seraji (2011), Architect[98]

• Joseph O'Kelly (1828–1885), Franco-Irish composer and pianist, "Chevalier" in 1881[99]
• Henri O'Kelly (1859–1938), Franco-Irish composer and church musician, "Chevalier" in 1931[100]
• Edward Westby Donovan, who fought in the Crimean War, was appointed Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur[101]
• Mary Ryan (15 July 1935), Professor of French at University College Cork,[102] first woman professor on island of Ireland. Awarded the Légion d'Honneur for services to the French language.
• Monsignor Professor Brendan Devlin (November 2001) was invested as an Officier de la Légion d'Honneur.
• Alan Dukes (2004), former Irish minister and former leader of Fine Gael is an Officier de la Légion d'Honneur[103]
• Mary Lawlor (3 July 2014), founder and Executive Director of human rights organisation Front Line Defenders was awarded the Insignia of Chevalier of the Legion of Honour on behalf of the French government by French Ambassador to Ireland Mr Jean-Pierre Thebault[104]
• Martin Naughton, Irish businessman, founder of the Glen Dimplex group, and philanthropist was invested as an Officier de la Légion d'Honneur in November 2016[105]
• Barbara Wright (25 September 2019), Professor Emerita of French at Trinity College, Dublin, eminent scholar of French literature and art history, was appointed Chevalier (Knight) de la Légion d'Honneur by French President Emmanuel Macron and awarded the medal by the French Ambassador to Ireland, Stéphane Crouzat.

• Binyamin Amirà (1966), mathematician
• Aharon Nahmias, Paris, (26 April 1989). Was appointed Chevalier, 10–11 Knesset member, Deputy Speaker of the Knesset & mayor of the city of Safed.
• Amos Oz (1997), writer, journalist

Giustino Fortunato, prime minister of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

• Corrado Augias (born 1935), Chevalier, 2007. Augias returned[106] the title on December 14, 2020, deeply disappointed by French President Macron giving the same title to Egyptian dictator Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and in solidarity with Giulio Regeni, killed by the Egyptian regime in 2016.
• Monica Bellucci (born 1964), Chevalier, 25 November 2016.
• Emma Bonino (born 1948), National Order - Officer, March 20, 2009.
• Luciana Castellina (born 1929), she returned the title in December 2020, deeply disappointed by French President Macron giving the same title to Egyptian dictator Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and in solidarity with Giulio Regeni, killed by the Egyptian regime in 2016.
• Sergio Cofferati (born 1948), he returned the title in December 2020, deeply disappointed by French President Macron giving the same title to Egyptian dictator Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and in solidarity with Giulio Regeni, killed by the Egyptian regime in 2016.
• Umberto Eco (1932–2016), Officer in 2003.
• Federico Fellini (1920-1993), in 1984.
• Giustino Fortunato (1777–1862), was decorated with the Grand Cross[107]
• Enrico Letta (born 1966), National Order - Officer, March 25, 2016.
• Gianni Letta (born 1935), Chevalier, 2009.
• Giovanna Melandri (born 1962), she received the title on September 19, 2003, and returned it in December 2020, deeply disappointed by French President Macron giving the same title to Egyptian dictator Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and in solidarity with Giulio Regeni, killed by the Egyptian regime in 2016.
• Romano Prodi (born 1939), Chevalier, February 13, 2014.
• Cesare Romiti (1923–2020), Officer[108]
• Rossana Rummo (born 1953), former director of the Institut culturel italien de Paris . She received the title in 2009 and returned it in December 2020, deeply disappointed by French President Macron giving the same title to Egyptian dictator Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and in solidarity with Giulio Regeni, killed by the Egyptian regime in 2016.
• Franca Sozzani (1950-2016), Editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia, was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour on March 2012.
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), Grand-Croix, 1894.
• Alessandro Volta (1745-1827), Chevalier, 26 August 1806[109]

Of 1,500 non-French recipients, 1/10 are Japanese[110]

• Akihito, the Emperor Emeritus, was appointed Grand Croix[111]
• Chiaki Mukai (2015), the first female Asian astronaut, was appointed Chevalier[112]
• Mikitani Hiroshi (2014), entrepreneur and founder of Rakuten[113]
• Riyoko Ikeda (2009), author of the popular manga series The Rose of Versailles, was appointed Chevalier in 2009.[114]
• Kiyoshi Sumiya, was appointed Commandeur in 1994[115]
• Toyoda Shoichiro (2005), former chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation, was appointed Commandeur in 1998, Grand Officier in 2005[116]

• Awn Al-Khasawneh, former Prime Minister of Jordan, former judge and Vice-President of the International Court of Justice, Grand Officier.[117]
• Abdullah Ensour, Abdullah Ensour is a Jordanian economist who was Prime Minister of Jordan between October 2012 and May 2016. A veteran statesman and politician, he has held various cabinet positions in Jordanian government in addition to being prime minister[118]
• Dina Kawar, a binational Jordanian diplomat who was the ambassador of Jordan to France in 2003[119]

• Fairuz, (1998 and 2020) singer.[120]
• Jamil Al Sayyed, (Commandeur ; 2002) Major General , former Director General of the General Directorate of General Security[121][122] and current Member of Parliament.
• Adnan Kassar, businessman, former head of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and former cabinet minister[123]
• Nawaf Salam, Lebanese diplomat.
• Saad Hariri, (2007) Prime minister[124]
• Ziyad Baroud, (officier; 2011) former Minister of Interior and Municipalities and prominent civil society activist[125]
• May Arida (Knight, 1978), supporter of the arts and international exchange.
• Lamia Moubayed Bissat (Knight, 2015)[126]

• Nano Ružin (2012) Professor of political sciences, Macedonian Ambassador to NATO and presidential candidate of the Liberal Democratic Party of Macedonia (LDP) in 2009.
• Luan Starova, (2017), writer, translator, diplomat[127]

• Admiral Mohammad Anwar Mohammad Nor,[128] Chief of Defence Force of Malaysia (2007)[129]
• Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu (2010), 13th King of Malaysia, was appointed Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
• Ambiga Sreenevasan (2011), a Malaysian lawyer who served as the President of the Malaysian Bar Council.
• Michelle Yeoh (2007, 2012), a Hong Kong-based Malaysian actress, dancer, and model. Awarded Chevalier in 2007 for contributions of films and media,[130] and appointed Officer in 2012[131]
• Sharafuddin of Selangor (2012), 9th Sultan of Selangor, was appointed Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honour.
• Tony Fernandes (2013), co-founder of budget airline AirAsia, was appointed Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honour[132]
• Marina Mahathir (2016), Malaysian socio-political activist and writer, was conferred the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur by the French government for “her voice and charisma to many causes”, citing her work with the Malaysian AIDS Council and with migrants[133]

Grand Officer

• Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza (2010), Admiral[134]

Officer

• Jorge Armando Barriguete Meléndez (2010), physician [135]

1901 – Caballero – Légion d'honneur – Fernando Ferrari Pérez

Chevalier

• Fernando Ferrari-Pérez (1901), naturalist, photographer, statesman. Ferrari Pérez took part in the effort to modernize his country based on a Positivist view of progress and society. His country's ideological, scientific and intellectual autonomy was tantamount to its objectives. He worked to promote Mexico's new image and status on the American continent and in Europe; particularly in France where, because of professional imperatives, he lived during intermittent periods in two different addresses, both in Paris (32, Rue de Chazelles and 43, Avenue de Saxe). Fernando Ferrari Pérez introduced the Frères Lumière cinématographe patent into México. The purchase document (in Frères Lumière paperhead) of the patent's franchise for México, is deposited in the 'Archivio Storico della città di Mantova' (Italy).

The precise reference for his award is: Republique Française – Ordre National de Légion d' Honneur – Président de la Republique Motivation: Ingegneur de Mines. Date: Decret du 3 July 1901. Vu, sélle et enregistré 19 April 1901. Décoration de Chevalier of 'Ordre National de Légion d' Honneur.

Chevalier

• Manuel Mondragón, General.
• María Félix (1996), actress[136]
• Jesús Kumate Rodríguez, physician[137]
• Jorge Armando Barriguete Meléndez (2002), physician[138]
• Guadalupe Loaeza (2003), writer.
• Jacobo Zabludovsky (2004), journalist[139]
• Salma Hayek (2012), actress[140]
• Mario J. Molina (2012), chemist[141]
• Carmen Aristegui (2012), journalist[142]
• Bernardo Gómez-Pimienta (2007)[143]
• Octavio Paredes López (2013)
• Gabriela Cuevas (2017)[144]

Thami El Glaoui, Pasha of Marrakech

Grand Cross

• Thami El Glaoui (1925), better known in English-speaking countries as T'hami El Glaoui or Lord of the Atlas, was the Pasha of Marrakech from 1912 to 1956[145]

Chandra Shamsher

Grand Cross

• King Tribhuvan of Nepal (1954)
• King Mahendra of Nepal (1956)
• King Birendra of Nepal (1983)
• Maharaja Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Prime Minister of Nepal (1929; Grand Officer: 1925)
• Maharaja Juddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Prime Minister of Nepal (1934)
• Maharaja Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Prime Minister of Nepal (1949)
• Maharajkumar Shanker Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Ambassador to France (1949)

Grand Officer

• Maharajkumar Kaiser Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Director-General of Foreign Affairs (1934)

Grand Cross

• Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (2014), King of the Netherlands
• Joseph Luns (1954), diplomat, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs and the 5th Secretary General of NATO.

Commander

• Hans van Mierlo (1999), Dutch politician, Minister of Defence, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Prime Minister and founder of Democrats 66

Officer

• Hella Haasse (2000), Dutch writer
• Ernst Hirsch Ballin (2014), Dutch politician, Minister of Justice and Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
• Maria van der Hoeven (2008), Dutch politician and Executive Director of the International Energy Agency
• Leo van Wijk (2005), Dutch executive, and former president and CEO of KLM and vice-chairman of Air France-KLM

Chevalier

• Geert Mak (2009), Dutch journalist and a non-fiction writer
• Winy Maas (2011), Dutch architect and Urban planner[146]

Grand Officer

• William Fergusson Massey (1921), Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1912 to 1925, appointed Grand Officier in recognition of New Zealand's contribution during World War I[147][148][149]

Commander

• Sir Francis Dillon Bell KCMG CB MLC (1889), New Zealand politician and representative at the 1889 Paris World fair and exhibition[150]
• Lieutenant Colonel James Waddell (1920), New Zealand born officer in the French Foreign Legion during World War I. Appointed Chevalier in 1915, and Officier in 1917[151]
• Air Marshal Sir Charles Roderick Carr KBE, CB, DFC, AFC (1945), for service as Deputy Chief of Staff (Air) Allied Supreme Headquarters France during World War II[152]
• Sir Archibald McIndoe CBE FRCS (1946) pioneering New Zealand plastic surgeon who worked for the Royal Air Force rehabilitating badly burned aircrew during World War II[153]
• Jean Robertson McKenzie CBE (1956), New Zealand diplomat and first chargé d'affaires to the newly opened New Zealand diplomatic post in Paris[154]
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Denis Hensley Fulton Barnett GCB CBE DFC (1958), for service as Commander of the Allied Air Task Force for Operation Musketeer during the 1956 Suez Crisis[154]

Officer

• Thomas William Hislop (1889), New Zealand politician and representative at the 1889 Paris World fair and exhibition[151]
• Sir Walter Lawry Buller KCMG (1889), New Zealand politician, naturalist and ornithologist who displayed at the 1889 Paris World fair and exhibition[151]
• Major General George Napier Johnston CB CMG DSO (1917), New Zealand Army officer and Commander New Zealand Division Artillery in France during World War I[155][156][157]
• Major General Sir William Livingston Hatchwell Sinclair-Burgess KBE CB CMG DSO (1917), a New Zealand Army Officer attached to the Australian Army Artillery in France during World War I[155][158][159]
• Major General Sir Andrew Hamilton Russell KCB KCMG (1919), New Zealand Army officer and Commander of the New Zealand Division on the Western Front during World War I[158][160][161]
• Colonel Sir James Allen GCMG KCB (1922) New Zealand Minister of Defence during World War I[148][149][162]
• Air Marshal Sir Arthur "Mary" Coningham KCB KBE DSO MC DFC AFC (1943) for service as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief 2nd Tactical Air Force in France during World War II[163]
• Nancy Wake AC GM (1988), New Zealand born member of the French Resistance and Special Operations Executive during World War II. Appointed Chevalier in 1970[153]
• Professor John Dunmore CMNZ (2007), prominent New Zealand academic, author on French history in the Pacific and long-time president of the New Zealand Federation des Alliances Francaises[164]

Chevalier

• Jean Michel Camille Malfroy(1889), New Zealand representative at the 1889 Paris World fair and exhibition.
• Major General Robert Young KCB CMG DSO (1916), New Zealand Army officer in recognition of services on Gallipoli[165][166]
• Major Norman Frederick Hastings DSO (1916), New Zealand Army officer in recognition of services on Gallipoli[165][166]
• Major General Sir George Spafford Richardson KBE (1916), New Zealand Army officer attached to the Royal Navy Division on Gallipoli[167][168]
• Major Thomas Broun (1917), believed to be belated award for relief of the besieged French Settlement at Pondicherry during the Indian Mutiny in 1857.
• Brigadier General Robert O'Hara Livesay CMG DSO (1917), British Army officer attached to the New Zealand Division on the Western Front during World War I[155][169]
• Lieutenant James Lloyd Findlay MC (1917), New Zealand officer with the East Surrey Regiment on the Western Front during World War I[155][170]
• Lieutenant Colonel Cuthbert Trelawder MacLean DSO MC (1918), a New Zealand Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force officer during World War I[171][172]
• Lieutenant Colonel Charles Hellier Davies Evans DSO (1919), Commander of the New Zealand Cyclist Corps on the Western Front during World War I[161][173]
• Brigadier James Hargest CBE DSO & 2 bars MC ED MP (1919), New Zealand Army officer on the Western Front during World War I[160][174]
• Colonel Robert Logan CB (1919), New Zealand Army officer and Administrator of Samoa during World War I in "recognition of valuable services"[175][176][177]
• Colonel Sir Robert Heaton Rhodes KCVO KBE VD (1920), New Zealand politician and special commissioner to the Red Cross during World War I[178][179]
• Major General Alfred William Robin KCMG CB (1922), Commandant of New Zealand Military Forces during World War I[179][180]
• John Alexander (1934), President of the Auckland Branch of the Navy League and host of French Warship visits to Auckland[181]
• George William Hutchison (1934), Mayor of Auckland City and host to French Naval visits to Auckland[181]
• Bishop Francis William Mary Redwood (1934), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Wellington, Metropolitan of New Zealand[181]
• Miss Jean Gardner Batten CBE OSC (1936), New Zealand aviator[181]
• Commander Charles Henry Tarr Palmer (1938), President of the Auckland Branch of the Navy League of New Zealand and host to French Warship visits[181]
• Sir Ernest Hyam Davies (1938), Mayor of Auckland City and host to French Naval visits to Auckland[181]
• Bishop James Michael Liston CMG (1938) Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland during the centenary of the Catholic Church in New Zealand[181]
• Sir Carrick Hey Robertson (1938), Chief Medical Officer of the Mater Misericordiae Hospital of Auckland during the centenary of the Catholic Church in New Zealand[181]
• Doctor William Marshall MacDonald CBE (1939), President of the Wellington French Club (subsequently the Alliance Française)[181]
• Air Vice Marshal William Vernon "Bill" Crawford-Crompton CB CBE DSO & Bar DFC & Bar (1944), New Zealand-born pilot and air ace of the Second World War[182]
• Wing Commander Lloyd Julius Joel DFC & Bar (1945), RAF Operations Staff concerned with the Special Air operations that dropped agents and saboteurs into France during World War II[183]
• Patrick Joseph Twomey (1956), New Zealand marist brother and Member Leper Trust Board, who devoted his life in service of Lepers and in the South West Pacific.
• Doctor Roy Granville McElroy CMG (1970), Honorary Consular Agent of France in Auckland from 1948 to 1972.
• Doctor Leslie Cecil Lloyd Averill (1973), first up the ladder during the liberation of Le Quesnoy in 1918, in commemoration of World War I[184]
• Bright Ernest Williams (1998), New Zealand veteran of the Western Front in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War I[184]
• Professor Darrell Tryon (2004), New Zealand born Professor of Linguistics Emeritus in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University in Canberra.
• Squadron Leader John Gordon Pattison DSO DFC (2004), New Zealand World War II fighter pilot in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Normandy landings[185]
• Dame Fiona Judith Kidman DNZM OBE (2009) New Zealand novelist, poet, scriptwriter and short story author[186]
• Te Rongotoa "Tia" Barrett (2011), New Zealand diplomat to French territories in the Pacific[187]
• Phyllis (Pippa) Latour Doyle (2014)[188][189][190]

• Mike Adenuga is a Nigerian billionaire businessman, and the third richest person in Africa, awarded in 2018.[191]

Grand-Croix

• Haakon VII of Norway
• Harald V of Norway
• Olav V of Norway

Grand Officer

• Claus Helberg
• Otto Ruge

Commander

• Arne Dagfin Dahl
• Thorbjørn Jagland

Officer

• Theodor Broch
• Col. Birger Eriksen, for the Battle of Drøbak Sound in 1940 during World War II[192]
• Ole Henrik Moe

Chevalier

• Asbjørn Aarnes Hans Reidar Holtermann
• Kristian Løken
• Thorvald Nilsen
• Arne Sunde
• Odd Isaachsen Willoch

• Ahmad Hasan Dani, intellectual, archaeologist, historian, and linguist, awarded in 1998[193]
• Asma Jahangir, prominent Pakistani legal expert and human rights activist, awarded in 2014
• Nawab Ashiq Hussain Qureshi, Philanthropist,Sportsman,Diplomat,Honorary French Consul 2008-2018.
• Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi, Admiral and current Chief of Naval Staff of the Pakistan Navy[194]

• Roberto Roy, Minister of Canal Affairs of Panama[195]

Commander

• Francisco Solano López, Military and Statesman. Awarded by Napoleón III in 1854 for eminent merits.

Chevalier

• Augusto Roa Bastos, writer.

Comm. Pres. Manuel Quezon wearing the Legion of Honor during his inauguration in 1935.

Grand-Croix

• Corazon C. Aquino, president
• Teodoro Benigno, journalist
• Jose de Venecia, Jr., Speaker of the House of Representatives
• Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
• Fidel V. Ramos, President
• Carlos P. Romulo, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Commander

• Leticia Ramos-Shahani, Senator

Officer

• Basilio Valdes, Secretary of National Defense

Chevalier

• Romulo Espaldon, rear admiral and diplomat
• Loren Legarda, Senator
• Max Soliven, journalist

Painting of Józef Poniatowski on horse

More than 400 Poles have received the award. Among the most notable "historic" recipients:

• Roman Abraham
• Wladyslaw Anders, WWII general
• Count Xavier Branicki, financier and patron of the arts, philanthropist
• Tomasz Lubienski, officer in Napoleon's army
• Aleksander Piotr Mohl, diplomat
• Józef Poniatowski, who fought under Napoleon until his own death, unlike many of Napoleon's friends left him when he lost power[196][197][198][199][200][201]

• Francisco Manuel de Melo Breyner, 4th Count of Ficalho, Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur[202]
• António Cabreira, scholar, was awarded the Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur by decree of 8 January 1903[203]
• António Egas Moniz, Commandeur of the Légion d'Honneur[204]
• Alberto Girard, Officier of the Légion d'Honneur[205]
• Aníbal Milhais, Soldier in World War 1 was awarded the Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur on the battlefield

Romanian royal family

• King Ferdinand I – Knight Grand Cross
• Queen Marie – Dame Grand Officer (1918)[206]
• Maria, Queen Mother of Yugoslavia – Knight Grand Cross (1959)[207]
• King Michael I – Knight Grand Cross (1944)[208]
• Crown Princess Margareta – Knight (2009)[209]

Kingdom of Romania

• General Constantin Prezan – Grand Officer (1917)[210]

Republic of Romania

• President Nicolae Ceaușescu – Honorary Knight Grand Cross (revoked)[211]
• Corneliu Coposu – Grand Officer (1995)

• Osip Komissarov, peasant-born hatter's apprentice, for saving Alexander II (1866)
• Lazar Brodsky, businessman and philanthropist (1900)
• L. L. Zamenhof, physician, creator of Esperanto (1905)
• Ivan Poddubny, professional wrestler (1911)
• Rodion Malinovsky, a Soviet military commander in World War II and Defense Minister of the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 1960s (1945, Grand Officer)
• Maya Plisetskaya, ballerina (1986)
• Nikita Mikhalkov, actor and director (Officer in 1992, Commander in 1994)
• Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor (2003)
• Lyudmila Alexeyeva, human rights activist (2007)
• Anatoly Perminov, rocket scientist (2010)
• Vladimir Spivakov, violinist and conductor (Chevalier in 2000, Officer in 2011)
• Vladimir Putin[212]
• Mikhail Gromov, pilot, air forces commander
• Aleksandr Ivanchenkov, cosmonaut
• Irina Antonova, Director of the Pushkin Museum
• Aleksandr Viktorenko, cosmonaut
• Yury Osipov, mathematician
• Sergei Stepashin, politician
• Yevgeniy Chazov, physician
• Zhores Alferov, physicist
• Mikhail Piotrovsky, Director of the State Hermitage Museum
• Sergey Naryshkin, politician
• Pavel Lungin, director
• Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor, Jewish leader, philanthropist and businessman
• Sergei Kovalev, human rights activist
• General of the Army Anatoly Kvashnin
• German Gref, economist
• Valery Gergiev, conductor
• Yuri Bashmet, violinist
• Vladimir Posner, journalist – Chevalier
• Leonid Slutsky, politician – Officer

• Abdullah bin Nasser Al Thani, 19 November 2009[213]

• Prince Muhammad bin Nayef (2016)[214]

• King Peter I, King of Serbia, was awarded Grand Cross and became the ruler of the new country: Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later renamed Kingdom of Yugoslavia)
• Veran Matić (2009), Serbian journalist and editor-in-chief of B92, "for the fight he has always led for independence and freedom of the media"[215]
• Emir Kusturica (2011), Yugoslav, Serbian and Bosnian filmmaker (born in 1954, in Sarajevo, former Yugoslavia now Bosnia), was appointed Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur[216]
• Dragoljub Mićunović (2013), Serbian politician, philosopher, "for building democracy", was appointed Officer of the Légion d'Honneur[217]
• Olja Bećković (2014), Serbian journalist, actress and television presenter for "her exceptional professional path, courage, and fearlessness"
• Alexander, Crown Prince of Serbia (2015), Crown Prince of Serbia, "for his contribution in democratization of Serbian society", was awarded Commandeur of the Légion d'Honneur[218][219]
• Čedomilj Mijatović, Serbian ambassador, politician and academic[220]
• Veselin Čajkanović, classical scholar, philosopher, ethnologist, religious history scholar, and Greek and Latin translator.[221]
• Milan Kašanin, art historian and writer[221]
• Pavle Savić, scientist and Nobel Prize candidate[221]
• Milunka Savić[221]
• Dragutin Gavrilović, military officer[221]
• Živojin Mišić, field marshal
• Alexander I of Yugoslavia
• Predrag Koraksić Corax, political caricaturist[222]
• Borka Pavićević, political and NGO activist[223]
• Pavle Beljanski, lawyer and diplomat[224]
• Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia was awarded Commandeur in 2015[225]
• German, Serbian Patriarch[226]
• Sonja Licht, NGO activist[227]
• Aleksandar Tišma, writer[228]
• Mira Trailović, dramaturg and one of the most distinguished theatre directors in the history of Serbian and Yugoslav theatre[229]
• Svetlana Velmar-Janković, writer[230]

• Tan Boon Teik (1998), former Attorney-General of Singapore, was appointed an Officer for contributions towards increasing commercial ties between France and Singapore as co-chairman of the France–Singapore Business Council[231]
• Su Guaning (2005), President Emeritus of Nanyang Technological University.
• Ng Eng Hen (2018), Minister of Defence of Singapore since 2011[232]

Grand-Croix

• Felipe VI of Spain[233][234]
• Juan Carlos I of Spain[233]
• Queen Sofía of Spain[233]

Grand Officer

• Carlos Ibáñez e Ibáñez de Ibero, marquis of Mulhacén, geodesist, first president of the International Committee for Weights and Measures for his contribution in dissemination of the metric system among all nations[235]
• Imeldo Serís-Granier y Blanco in 1885

Commandeur

• Fernando Alejandre, Chief of the Defence Staff.[236]

Chevalier

• Isaac Albeniz (composer) (1909)
• Manuel Quiroga, violinist, composer and artist, appointed a Chevalier in 1931

Grand Officer

• Yang Ho Cho, Chairman of Hanjin Group was awarded in 2015

Commander

• Lee Kun-Hee, Samsung chief executive officer was awarded in 2006.

Chevalier

• Myung-whun Chung, Conductor was awarded the honor in 1992[237]
• Song Young-gil, South Korean Politician was the chairman of Parliamentary Friendship Group with the Republic of France from 2004 to 2008
• Kim Hong-nam, Former director of the National Museum of Korea was awarded in 2008

Commander

• Chandrika Kumaratunga[238]

Officer

• Professor Mohan Munasinghe
• Professor Malik Peiris

Grand-Croix

• King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, appointed with the Grand Cross[239]
• Queen Silvia of Sweden[240]
• Hjalmar Hammarskjöld[241]
• Arvid Lindman[242]
• Axel Rappe[243]
• Knut Agathon Wallenberg[241]

Grand Officer

• Carl August Ehrensvärd[244]
• Bengt Nordenskiöld[245]

Commander

• Carl Bildt[246]
• Fredrik Ramel[247]
• Håkan Syrén[248]

Officer

• Birgitta Ohlsson, appointed January 23, 2017[249]

Chevalier

• Max von Sydow[250]
• Rikard Wolff[251]
• Lars Levi Laestadius[252]
• Gunilla Svantorp[253]
• Annelie Johansson

[254]

• Charles Morerod, awarded Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur on 17 October 2013[255]
• Elisabeth Eidenbenz, 2017 in Vienna as a Knight of the French Legion of Honor (Legion d'Honneur)[256]
• Guy Demole, awarded Officer de la Légion d'honneur on 20 October 2011

Grand-Croix

• King Mongkut (1865)[257]
• Prime Minister Pridi Banomyong (1939)[258][259]
• King Bhumibol Adulyadej (1960)
• Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat
• Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn
• General Prem Tinsulanonda
• Queen Sirikit (1960)
• Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra
• Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram
• Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa

Grand Officer

• Second King Pinklao (1865)[257] ENDS.
• Princess Galyani Vadhana (2007)

• İhsan Doğramacı, Turkish paediatrician, entrepreneur, philanthropist, educationalist and college administrator, Officier de la Legion d’Honneur (1977).[260]
• Leyla Alaton, Turkish businesswoman and art collector, member of the Board of Alarko group of companies, appointed as Chévalier in 2014[261]

• Princess Haya bint Al Hussein (2014)[262]

The Légion d'Honneur was awarded to 746 members of the British Armed Forces during the Crimean War (also known as the Russian War) which lasted from 1854 to 1856.

The Bride of Death by Thomas Jones Barker, commissioned by Louis Philippe I in 1839 for his daughter, Princess Marie; now in the Victoria Art Gallery.

A–C

• Henry Allingham (2003, 2009), the world's oldest man until his death and the second oldest war veteran of all time; appointed Chevalier in 2003 and promoted to Officier in 2009
• Lionel Barber, Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, for European journalism[263]
• Thomas Jones Barker (awarded c. 1839), painter to Louis Philippe I[264]
• William Guy Batham, Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, awarded 2020 for services in the liberation of Europe at the D-Day landings
• Beecham, Sir Thomas, Commandeur, awarded 1937 for services to French music
• Captain Ralph Beauclerk, later Marqués de Valero de Urría, Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (1945)
• General Sir Henry Bentinck, Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur
• Lt-Cdr Richard Bevan (1919), for services during the Gallipoli Campaign
• Annie Brewer was awarded the Legion d'Honneur and the Croix de Guerre, which makes her one of the most highly decorated nurses of any country in WW1
• Alan Burns, 4th Baron Inverclyde, Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur[265]
• George Callaghan (1918), Admiral of the Fleet, appointed a Grand Officier of the Order[266]
• Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire, Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
• George Lenthal Cheatle, Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (1935)
• The 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley, Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
• Sean Connery Commandeur Actor
• Sir John Henry Corke, Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur for his war work during World War I
• Major Benjamin Cowburn, MC (and Bar), Croix de Guerre, appointed Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
• Bill Cross (2015), British Army soldier who fought in Normandy in the days after D-Day

D–J

• John Edward Davis British Army (1998), appointed Chevalier for service during the First World War alongside other remaining survivors including Harry Patch, was one of the last surviving combatants and the last Kitchener Volunteer to die.
• Maurice Edelman MP, promoted Officier of the Légion d'honneur in 1960, having been appointed Chevalier in 1954[267]
• Major-General Sir David Egerton, Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (1945);
• Noble Frankland (2016), appointed Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur for his role in flying 27 sorties with 50 Squadron Bomber Command in support of the liberation of France, including two on D-Day[268]

Carey Henrietta Fraser, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry FANY, appointed Chevalier de la Legion d’honneur, July 1918 while serving with FANY Unit 9 attached to the French Army. Also awarded the Croix de Guerre.

• Henry Fynes Clinton, Officier de la Légion d'honneur;
• Douglas Gordon, appointed Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur;
• Graham Greene (1967), appointed Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur[269]
• Sir Amos Hirst (1953), Chairman of the Football Association (FA), awarded to celebrate the FA's 90th Anniversary[270]
• Lieutenant Colonel Godfrey William Vanrenen Holdich. Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur.
• Sir Elton John (2019), was made Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur by French President Emmanuel Macron[271]

K–P

• Nasser David Khalili awarded the rank of officier in the Ordre national de la Légion d’Honneur by French President Francois Hollande at Elysée Palace for his work in the pursuit of peace, education and culture among nations[272]
• John Langdon, Commander of the National Order of the Légion d'honneur, Royal Marine officer at D-Day, later became an Anglican priest[273]
• Sir Edward Leigh MP, appointed Officier de la Légion d'honneur in 2015;
• Major Gerald Loxley AFC RAF, appointed Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 1919[274]
• Darnton Lupton, Mayor of Leeds 1844[275]
• Sir Paul McCartney MBE (2012), was invested as Officier of the Légion d'honneur by President François Hollande[276]
• Admiral Francis Mitchell, in recognition of military service during WWI
• Lord Monks (2014), former General-Secretary of the Trades Union Congress 1993–2003, Secretary-General of the European Trade Union Confederation 2003–2011, qv: www.ambafrance-uk.org;
• Colonel Sir Thomas Andrew Alexander Montgomery-Cuninghame, 10th Baronet, awarded the Légion d'honneur in 1919 by the President of the French Republic[277]
• Christopher Nevinson, artist, awarded Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 1938[278]
• Chris Norman (2015), for subduing the gunman of the 2015 Thalys train attack[279]
• Harry Patch (1998, 2009), Britain's last surviving First World War Veteran, appointed Chevalier 1998 and promoted Officier in 2009[280]

Q–V

• Jim Radford, appointed Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in October 2015 "in recognition of his steadfast involvement in the Liberation of France during the Second World War" (Britain's youngest Normandy Veteran was a fifteen year old seaman on the Empire Larch; one of the Deep Sea Tugs that built the breakwater for the Mulberry Harbour at Arromanches)[281]
• J. K. Rowling, awarded the Légion d'honneur by French President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2009;
• Dame Kristin Scott Thomas, Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur;
• Sydney Vincent Sippe (1914), pilot, raid on German Zeppelin factory in November 1914
• Lord Slynn of Hadley GBE GCStJ, Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur;
• The 12th Duke of St Albans, Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur;
• Vice-Admiral Sir Victor Stanley, Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur;
• Sir David Stirling, Officier de la Légion d'honneur;
• James H. Sutherland – appointed Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, for conspicuously good service as Special Guide to the Nyasaland Field Force.
• Susan Travers (1996); Served in the French Red Cross as a nurse and ambulance driver during Second World War. She later became the only woman to officially join the French Foreign Legion, and served in Vietnam, during the First Indochina War.
• Violet Trefusis (1950), writer and socialite, appointed Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur,[282]
• Ninette de Valois (1950), appointed Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur[283]

W–Z

• Air Chief Marshal Sir Augustus Walker, WWII Pilot & former ADC to the King, also awarded also the Croix de Guerre. Played Rugby for England. During his time in the RAF, He held the post of Inspector-General of the RAF from 1964 to 1966 when he became Deputy Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Central Europe.
• Herbert Ward, sculptor, was awarded the Légion d'honneur in 1911,[284] after twice winning the Gold Medal of the Salon des Artistes Français[285]
• The 8th Duke of Wellington KG, Officier de la Légion d'honneur;
• Sir Frank Williams, founder of the WilliamsF1 team, appointed Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur[286]
• Wing Commander Forest Frederick Edward Yeo-Thomas, British Special Operations Executive agent codenamed "The White Rabbit", was presented with the Commandeur of the Légion d'honneur on the personal instructions of President Charles de Gaulle[287]

• Luis Hernandez Rodriguez (1912–2011), Soldier of the Spanish Republic, member of the French Resistance and Venezuelan Linotypist. Awarded in September 2006 for commanding Battalion Libertad and freeing Fort De La Pointe de Graves from German Occupation in 1945, which impeded the entrance to the French city of Bordeaux during World War 2 https://ve.ambafrance.org/Entrega-de-la-Legion-de-Honor-a-un
• Reynaldo Hahn (1937), Venezuelan composer
• Frank Risquez Iribarren (1956), Venezuelan soldier and engineer
• Arturo Uslar Pietri (1990), Venezuelan intellectual, lawyer, journalist, writer, television producer and politician. He won the Prince of Asturias Award (1990)
• Sofia Imber, influent journalist founder of the "Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas" (Contemporary Art Museum of Caracas)
• Jacinto Convit (2011), Venezuelan physician and scientist, known for developing a vaccine in an attempt to fight leprosy and his studies to cure different types of cancer. He was nominated for a Nobel Prize in Medicine for his experimental anti-leprosy vaccine.
• Carlos Cruz-Diez (2012), Venezuelan kinetic and op artist. He lives in Paris. He has spent his professional career working and teaching between both Paris and Caracas. His work is represented in museums and public art sites internationally

• Amat Al Alim Alsoswa, the United Nations assistant secretary general, assistant administrator of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and director of its regional bureau for Arab states. She was awarded officier in the Order of the Légion d'Honneur[382]
• Khadija Al Salami, film producer[383]

• King Alexander I of Yugoslavia, was awarded Grand Cross
• Maria of Yugoslavia, consort of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia, was awarded Grand Cross
• Vladimir Cukavac, general of the Royal Yugoslav Army, was awarded in 1934[384]
• King Peter of Yugoslavia II, son of the King Alexander I of Yugoslavia, was awarded Grand Cross
• Josip Broz Tito, Grand Cross was awarded on 7 May 1953
• Petar Zdravkovski, general counsul of Yugoslavia in Marseilles (1954–1957) was awarded officier in the Order of the Légion d'Honneur on 7 May 1953
• Liljana Todorova, (1983), philologist, University professor, diplomat
• Emir Kusturica (2011), Yugoslav, Serbian and Bosnian filmmaker (born in 1954, in Sarajevo, former Yugoslavia now Bosnia), was appointed Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur,[216] despite the fact, that the country did not exist anymore when he was awarded the honor in 2011, he is indisputable part of Yugoslav legacy

• TUNISIA - Abdessalem ben Mohamed GOAIED El Ferchichi El Aloui El Mohammedi (1877-1919) Leader & Caid of the Fraichiche tribe, Thala, Tunisia, Knight of the Order of Glory, Tunisia, 1901, Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honor, France, 1907, Knight of the Order of Glory, Tunisia, 1910
• Colombia – Coronel José Luis Esparza Guerrero, Colombian Army, alumnus of the French Ecole de Guerre, appointed Chevalier on 10 November 2015[385]
• Czechoslovakia – Edvard Beneš, President of Czechoslovakia, Antonín Hasal, Czechoslovak Army general, Václav Havel, President of Czechoslovakia
• Mauritius – Edharow Rama, first Indo-Mauritian doctor, awarded the Croix de la Legion d’Honneur for saving the lives of a French ship's crew suffering from smallpox and cholera and quarantined on Plate island.
• Myanmar – Aung San Suu Kyi, politician, Pro-democracy leader; won 1991 Nobel Laureate in peace. Awarded the honor by French Foreign Minister Alain Juppé on 16 January 2012[386]
• Nigeria - Sunny A. Oluseyi Jegede, prominent petroleum industry executive, and past Chairman of the Franco-Nigerian Chamber of Commerce & Industry, awarded Chevalier in 2010, for esteemed contributions to business and French/Nigerian relations.
• Paraguay – Francisco Solano López, Grand Marshal and President of his country during 1862–1870, received in 1854 the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour in the degree of Commandeur for military service[387][388]
• Philippines – Fidel V. Ramos, former President of the Philippines and Korean War veteran
• Puerto Rico – Ramón Emeterio Betances, appointed as Chévalier in 1887[389]
• Russia – Gérard Depardieu French-born actor, citizen of the Russian Federation
• Slovakia – Milan Rastislav Štefánik (1914) Slovak politician, diplomat, astronomer and General in French Army[390]
• Sudan – Garo Vanian, entrepreneur, awarded Chevalier as President Director General of Ararat International for grand merits.

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