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The following is a non-exhaustive list of recipients of the [[Légion d'honneur]] awards, since the first ceremony in 1803. The number of total recipients is estimated to be close to one million, 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> |
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The French government gives out these awards based on a recipient's exemplary services rendered to France, or to the causes supported by France, whether they be French<ref>Légion Code, article 16.</ref> or 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. This award is divided into five distinct ranks: [[Knight]], Officer, [[Commander (order)|Commander]], Grand Officer and [[Grand Cross]]. 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>{{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> |
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| style="white-space: nowrap"|1946/1947<ref>{{cite web|newspaper=[[City News]]|title=Head of the R.C.M.P. Resigns Over Arar Affair|date=6 December 2006|url=http://www.citynews.ca/2006/12/06/head-of-the-r-c-m-p-resigns-over-arar-affair/|access-date=17 July 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719014443/https://toronto.citynews.ca/2006/12/06/head-of-the-r-c-m-p-resigns-over-arar-affair/|archivedate=17 July 2021}}</ref> – Present |
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| Former Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer and RCMP Commissioner (2000 - 2006) |
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! [[Legion of Honour|Officer]] (2003){{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} |
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| 1849<ref>{{cite journal|title=Who Is Sir Basil Zaharoff?|first=Ralph|last=Thompson|date=November 1932|volume=37|issue=2|pages=173-178|publisher=[[University of California Press]]|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/45334178|access-date=17 July 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.org/details/2021-07-19a-basil-zaharof|archivedate=17 July 2021}}</ref> – 1936<ref>{{cite web|title=Zaharoff, "Mystery Man of Europe", Dies Armaments Salesman One of the Richest Men|date=27 November 1936|page=1|newspaper=The Calgary Daily Herald|url=https://cf.myheritageimages.com/records/dynamic/external/s3/c23/ebf/8f9/_c5bc92700e4c934ed555e32f2f5e5b2_0x0_LQ20_.jpg?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myheritageimages.com%2Frecords%2Fca_newspapers%2Fen%2Fab%2Fthe_calgary_herald%2F1936%2F11%2F27%2Fissue1%2Fpage_0001.jpg|access-date=17 July 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.org/details/c-5bc-92700e-4c-934ed-555e-32f-2f-5e-5b-2-0x-0-lq-20|archive-date=17 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Merchant of Death: Basil Zaharoff|date=24 August 2007|author=John T. Flynn|website=[[Mises Institute]]|url=https://mises.org/library/merchant-death-basil-zaharoff|access-date=17 July 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719035718/https%3A%2F%2Fmises.org%2Flibrary%2Fmerchant-death-basil-zaharoff|archivedate=17 July 2021}}</ref> |
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| Greek arms dealer and industrialist<ref>{{cite web|title=The Mysterious Mr. Zedzed: The Wickedest Man in the World|first=Mike|last=Dash|date=16 February 2012|newspaper=[[Smithsonian Magazine]]|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-mysterious-mr-zedzed-the-wickedest-man-in-the-world-97435790/?no-ist|access-date=17 July 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719023841/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.smithsonianmag.com%2Fhistory%2Fthe-mysterious-mr-zedzed-the-wickedest-man-in-the-world-97435790%2F|archive-date=17 July 2021}}</ref> |
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! [[Legion of Honour|Grand Cross]] (31 July 1914){{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} |
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| Polish general and politician |
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! [[Legion of Honour|Knight]] (1803) and [[Legion of Honour|Commander]] (1804){{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} |
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| 1882 – 1967 |
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| Polish literature historian, literary critic, poet, publicist, and translator |
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| 1859<ref>{{cite book|last=Korzhenkov|first=Aleksandr|year=2009|title=Zamenhof: The Life, Works, and Ideas of the Author of Esperanto|page=2|url=http://www.esperantic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/LLZ-Bio-En.pdf|translator=Ian M. Richmond|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=[[Esperantic Studies Foundation]]|access-date=19 July 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411003347/http://www.esperantic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/LLZ-Bio-En.pdf|archive-date=7 November 2011}}</ref> – 1917<ref>{{cite book|last=Korzhenkov|first=Aleksandr|year=2009|title=Zamenhof: The Life, Works, and Ideas of the Author of Esperanto|page=50|url=http://www.esperantic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/LLZ-Bio-En.pdf|translator=Ian M. Richmond|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=[[Esperantic Studies Foundation]]|access-date=19 July 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411003347/http://www.esperantic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/LLZ-Bio-En.pdf|archive-date=7 November 2011}}</ref> |
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| Ophthalmologist |
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! TBA (1905)<ref>{{cite web|title=3 россиянина, награждённые орденом Почётного легиона за необычные заслуги (3 Russians Awarded Légion d'honneur for Unusual Merits)|url=http://sobesednik.ru/incident/20130816-3-samykh-neobychnykh-nagrazhdeniya-rossiyan-ordenom-pochetnogo-legiona|publisher=Russian Daily "Sobesednik"|date=16 August 2013|access-date=9 September 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718102659/https://sobesednik.ru/obshchestvo/20130816-3-samykh-neobychnykh-nagrazhdeniya-rossiyan-ordenom-pochetnogo-legiona|archive-date=7 November 2011}}</ref> |
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| Creating [[Esperanto]]. |
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| Polish general, politician, military commander and veteran of World War I, the Polish-Soviet War and World War II |
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| [[Petar Zdravkovski]] |
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| 1912 – 1967 |
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| Educator, statesman, and diplomat |
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! [[Legion of Honour|Officer]] (7 May 1956)<ref>{{cite book|first=Saso|last=Dodevski|title=65 Years Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Macedonia 1944-2009|translator-first=Kocarev|translator-last=Saso|publisher=Prosvetno delo, Skopje|date=2009|isbn=978-9989-0-0750-7}}</ref> |
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| 1972<ref>{{cite web|title=Zinedine Zidane Profile |website=ESPN Soccernet|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/player/bio/_/id/11066/zinedine-zidane&cc=4716?ver=global|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628234948/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/player/bio/_/id/11066/zinedine-zidane%26cc%3D4716?ver=global |archive-date=28 June 2011}}</ref> – Present |
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| French former professional football player (midfielder) and coach |
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! [[Legion of Honour|Knight]] (1998) and [[Legion of Honour|Officer]] (2008)<ref>{{cite journal|date=25 July 1998|title=Décret du 24 juillet 1998 portant nomination à titre exceptionnel|trans-title=Decree of 24 July 1998 appointing on an exceptional basis|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000000374701|journal=Official Journal of the French Republic|volume=1998|issue=170|id=PREX9801916D|access-date=2 January 2021|language=fr|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.org/details/2021-07-19a-zinedine-zidane|archive-date=17 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|date=1 January 2009|title=Décret du 31 décembre 2008 portant promotion et nomination|trans-title=Decree of 31 December 2008 on promotion and appointment|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000020020329|journal=Official Journal of the French Republic|volume=2009|issue=1|id=PREX0828237D|access-date=2 January 2021|language=fr|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718142349/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/download/pdf?id=gKLCBB9D9TG0U2Z_vcTQLkOKybiynhwl4zWmqSZPghk%3D|archive-date=17 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/jul/02/euro2000.sport2|title="Zizou top"|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|access-date=21 November 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718111339/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/jul/02/euro2000.sport2|archive-date=17 July 2021}}</ref> |
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| Zidane won the 1998 FIFA World Cup, scoring twice in the final. |
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| [[Henri Zuber]] |
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| 1844<ref>{{cite web|editor=Angel Ingold|first1=Paul|last1=Ristelhuber|first2=Auguste-Marie-Pierre|last2=Ingold|date=1884-1890|publisher=Colmar (Haut-Rhin)|volume=5|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5497438f/f165.image|title=Biographies alsaciennes avec portraits en photographie. Série 4|language=french|access-date=17 July 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719113740/https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5497438f/f165.image|archive-date=17 July 2021}}</ref> – 1909 |
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| French landscape painter |
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! [[Legion of Honour|Knight]] (1886){{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} |
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| 1920 – 2000<ref>{{cite web|author=William J. Clinton|date=2 January 2000|website=The American Presidency Project|url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-the-death-elmo-r-zumwalt-jr|title=Statement on the Death of Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr.|language=English|access-date=17 July 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719113306/https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-the-death-elmo-r-zumwalt-jr|archive-date=17 July 2021}}</ref> |
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| United States Navy officer |
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! [[Legion of Honour|Commander]]{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} |
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{{Portal|France}} |
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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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* [[Ribbons of the French military and civil awards]] |
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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 following is a non-exhaustive list of recipients of the Légion d'honneur awards, since the first ceremony in 1803. The number of total recipients is estimated to be close to one million, including over 3,000 Grand Cross recipients.[1]
The French government gives out these awards based on a recipient's exemplary services rendered to France, or to the causes supported by France, whether they be French[2] or foreign[3] nationals. This award is divided into five distinct ranks: Knight, Officer, Commander, Grand Officer and Grand Cross. 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]
Recipient | Dates (birth - death) |
General Work | Legion of Honour Award Category (Year awarded) | Reason for the Award |
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Giuliano Zaccardelli | 1946/1947[5] – Present | Former Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer and RCMP Commissioner (2000 - 2006) | Officer (2003)[citation needed] | |
Basil Zaharoff | 1849[6] – 1936[7][8] | Greek arms dealer and industrialist[9] | Grand Cross (31 July 1914)[citation needed] | |
Józef Zajączek | 1752 – 1826 | Polish general and politician | Knight (1803) and Commander (1804)[citation needed] | |
Zygmunt Zaleski | 1882 – 1967 | Polish literature historian, literary critic, poet, publicist, and translator | TBA[citation needed] | |
L. L. Zamenhof | 1859[10] – 1917[11] | Ophthalmologist | TBA (1905)[12] | Creating Esperanto. |
Lucjan Zeligowski | 1865 – 1947 | Polish general, politician, military commander and veteran of World War I, the Polish-Soviet War and World War II | Commander[citation needed] | |
Petar Zdravkovski | 1912 – 1967 | Educator, statesman, and diplomat | Officer (7 May 1956)[13] | |
Zinedine Zidane (known as "Zizou") | 1972[14] – Present | French former professional football player (midfielder) and coach | Knight (1998) and Officer (2008)[15][16][17] | Zidane won the 1998 FIFA World Cup, scoring twice in the final. |
Henri Zuber | 1844[18] – 1909 | French landscape painter | Knight (1886)[citation needed] | |
Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. | 1920 – 2000[19] | United States Navy officer | Commander[citation needed] |
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
- ^ Wattel, Michel; Wattel, Béatrice (2009). "Les Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur. De 1805 à nos jours, titulaires français et étrangers". Archives & Culture.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Head of the R.C.M.P. Resigns Over Arar Affair". City News. 6 December 2006. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
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(help) - ^ "Zaharoff, "Mystery Man of Europe", Dies Armaments Salesman One of the Richest Men". The Calgary Daily Herald. 27 November 1936. p. 1. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ John T. Flynn (24 August 2007). "The Merchant of Death: Basil Zaharoff". Mises Institute. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
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- ^ "Zinedine Zidane Profile". ESPN Soccernet. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011.
- ^ "Décret du 24 juillet 1998 portant nomination à titre exceptionnel" [Decree of 24 July 1998 appointing on an exceptional basis]. Official Journal of the French Republic (in French). 1998 (170). 25 July 1998. PREX9801916D. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Décret du 31 décembre 2008 portant promotion et nomination" [Decree of 31 December 2008 on promotion and appointment]. Official Journal of the French Republic (in French). 2009 (1). 1 January 2009. PREX0828237D. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
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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)