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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.<ref>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</ref> |
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The French government gives out the [[Legion of Honour]] awards, to both French<ref>Légion Code, article 16.</ref> and foreign<ref>''Les étrangers qui se seront signalés par les services qu’ils ont rendus à la France ou aux causes qu’elle soutient'', Légion Code, art. 128.</ref> nationals, based on a recipient's exemplary services rendered to France, or to the causes supported by France. This award is divided into five distinct categories (in ascending order<ref name="BBC-2015">{{cite news|title=France train attack: Chris Norman awarded Legion d'honneur|website=[[BBC News]]|date=24 August 2015|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34039225|access-date=27 July 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727080410/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34039225|archive-date=27 July 2021}}</ref>), i.e. three ranks: [[Knight]], Officer, [[Commander (order)|Commander]], and two titles: Grand Officer and [[Grand Cross]]. Knight is the most common and is awarded for either at least 20 years of public service or acts of military or civil bravery.<ref name="BBC-2015"/> The rest of the categories have a quota for the number of years of service in the category below before they can be awarded.<ref name="BBC-2015"/> Commander is the highest civilian category for a non-French citizen, and requires a minimum of five years in the Officer rank. The Grand Officer and the Grand Cross are awarded only to French citizens.<ref name="CinemaOnline">{{cite web|title=Michelle Yeoh receives France's highest civilian honour|first=Florey|last=DM|website=Cinema Online|date=29 March 2017|url=http://www.cinema.com.my/articles/news_details.aspx?search=2017.n_michellereceivesfrancecivilianhonour_34756|access-date=20 July 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://ia601403.us.archive.org/31/items/2021-07-20a-michelle-yeoh/2021-07-20a%20Michelle%20Yeoh.pdf|archive-date=20 July 2021}}</ref> The awards are traditionally published and promoted on 14 July.<ref name="GrandChancellery"/> |
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The following is a non-exhaustive list of recipients of the [[Légion d'honneur]] awards, since the first ceremony in May 1803<ref>{{cite news|title=France train attack: Chris Norman awarded Legion d'honneur|website=[[BBC News]]|date=24 August 2015|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34039225|access-date=27 July 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727080410/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34039225|archive-date=27 July 2021}}</ref>. 2,550 individuals can be awarded the insignia every year.<ref name="GrandChancellery">{{cite web|title=The Grand Chancellery is co-producing a film on women and the Legion of Honor|website=The Grand Chancellery of the Legion of Honour|url=https://www.legiondhonneur.fr/en/actualites/la-grande-chancellerie-co-produit-un-film-sur-les-femmes-et-la-legion/1813/6|access-date=24 July 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724003139/https://www.legiondhonneur.fr/en/actualites/la-grande-chancellerie-co-produit-un-film-sur-les-femmes-et-la-legion/1813/6|archive-date=24 July 2021}}</ref> the total number of awards was is close to 1 million<ref>{{cite web|title=Legion of Honour|website=Australian Government - Department of Veteran's Affairs|date=31 January 2021|url=https://www.dva.gov.au/newsroom/media-centre/media-backgrounders/legion-honour|access-date=27 July 2021}}</ref> (estimated at 900,000 in 2021<ref name="GrandChancellery"/>, including over 3,000 Grand Cross recipients<ref>{{cite news|first1=Michel|last1=Wattel|first2=Béatrice|last2=Wattel|title=Les Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur. De 1805 à nos jours, titulaires français et étrangers|newspaper=Archives & Culture|date=2009}}</ref>), with some 92,000 recipients alive today<ref>{{cite web|title=Explained: Sisi, Macron and the dubious history of France's Legion of Honour|first=Chloé|last=Benoist|date=18 December 2020|website=Middle East Eye|url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-france-sisi-legion-honneur-explained-history|access-date=27 July 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726145417/https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-france-sisi-legion-honneur-explained-history|archive-date=24 July 2021}}</ref>. Only until 2008 was gender parity achieved amongst the yearly list of recipients, with the total number of women recipients since the award's establishement being only 59 at the end of the second French empire and only 26,000 in 2021.<ref name="GrandChancellery"/> |
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* [[David Annoussamy]] nominated in the year 2006 and received on the year 2007 |
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* Admiral [[Mohammad Anwar Mohammad Nor]], Chief of Defence Force of Malaysia (2007) |
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* Senedu Araya-Sellassie, Founder of Vision on Africa, VoA<ref>{{cite web|title=A Determined Soul: Senedu Araya-Sellassie of VoA|url=http://www.awib.org.et/currency/spotlight/item/509-a-determined-soul-senedu-araya-sellassie-of-voa.html|publisher=Association of Women in Business|accessdate=12 January 2016|location=Addis Ababa, Ethiopia|date=1 April 2014}}</ref> |
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* [[Yann Arthus-Bertrand]], photographer, journalist, reporter and environmentalist |
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* [[Bahram Aryana]] (1906-1985), Grand Officier of the Légion d'Honneur, former Chief of Staff of the Shah's Armed Forces |
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* [[Frederick Ashton|Sir Frederick Ashton]], founding choreographer of [[The Royal Ballet]] |
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* [[Legion of Honour]] |
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* [[Croix de Guerre|War Cross (France)]] |
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* [[List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name|List of {{lang|fr|Légion d'honneur|nocat=y}} recipients by name]] |
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* [[List of British recipients of the Légion d'Honneur for the Crimean War|List of British recipients of the {{lang|fr|Légion d'Honneur|nocat=y}} for the Crimean War]] |
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* [[List of foreign recipients of the Légion d'Honneur|List of foreign recipients of the {{lang|fr|Légion d'Honneur|nocat=y}}]] |
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* ''{{lang|fr|[[Musée de la Légion d'honneur|Musée national de la Légion d'honneur et des ordres de chevalerie]]}}'' |
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* [http://www.legiondhonneur.fr/en Official website] |
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* [https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCode.do?cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006071007 ''Code de la légion d'honneur et de la médaille militaire''], legifrance.gouv.fr {{in lang|fr}} |
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* [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/leonore/pres.htm ''Base Léonore, recensement des récipiendaires de la Légion d’honneur (décédés avant 1977)''], on the website of the French Ministry of Culture {{in lang|fr}} |
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The French government gives out the Legion of Honour awards, to both French[1] and foreign[2] nationals, based on a recipient's exemplary services rendered to France, or to the causes supported by France. This award is divided into five distinct categories (in ascending order[3]), i.e. three ranks: Knight, Officer, Commander, and two titles: Grand Officer and Grand Cross. Knight is the most common and is awarded for either at least 20 years of public service or acts of military or civil bravery.[3] The rest of the categories have a quota for the number of years of service in the category below before they can be awarded.[3] Commander is the highest civilian category for a non-French citizen, and requires a minimum of five years in the Officer rank. The Grand Officer and the Grand Cross are awarded only to French citizens.[4] The awards are traditionally published and promoted on 14 July.[5]
The following is a non-exhaustive list of recipients of the Légion d'honneur awards, since the first ceremony in May 1803[6]. 2,550 individuals can be awarded the insignia every year.[5] the total number of awards was is close to 1 million[7] (estimated at 900,000 in 2021[5], including over 3,000 Grand Cross recipients[8]), with some 92,000 recipients alive today[9]. Only until 2008 was gender parity achieved amongst the yearly list of recipients, with the total number of women recipients since the award's establishement being only 59 at the end of the second French empire and only 26,000 in 2021.[5]
See also
- Legion of Honour
- War Cross (France)
- List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name
- List of British recipients of the Légion d'Honneur for the Crimean War
- List of foreign recipients of the Légion d'Honneur
- Musée national de la Légion d'honneur et des ordres de chevalerie
- Ribbons of the French military and civil awards
References
- ^ Légion Code, article 16.
- ^ Les étrangers qui se seront signalés par les services qu’ils ont rendus à la France ou aux causes qu’elle soutient, Légion Code, art. 128.
- ^ a b c "France train attack: Chris Norman awarded Legion d'honneur". BBC News. 24 August 2015. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ DM, Florey (29 March 2017). "Michelle Yeoh receives France's highest civilian honour". Cinema Online. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d "The Grand Chancellery is co-producing a film on women and the Legion of Honor". The Grand Chancellery of the Legion of Honour. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "France train attack: Chris Norman awarded Legion d'honneur". BBC News. 24 August 2015. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Legion of Honour". Australian Government - Department of Veteran's Affairs. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ Wattel, Michel; Wattel, Béatrice (2009). "Les Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur. De 1805 à nos jours, titulaires français et étrangers". Archives & Culture.
- ^ Benoist, Chloé (18 December 2020). "Explained: Sisi, Macron and the dubious history of France's Legion of Honour". Middle East Eye. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
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- ^ "A Determined Soul: Senedu Araya-Sellassie of VoA". Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Association of Women in Business. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
External links
- Official website
- Code de la légion d'honneur et de la médaille militaire, legifrance.gouv.fr (in French)
- Base Léonore, recensement des récipiendaires de la Légion d’honneur (décédés avant 1977), on the website of the French Ministry of Culture (in French)