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. The Officer rank requires a minimum of eight years as a Knight, and the Commander, the highest civilian category for a non-French citizen, requires a minimum of five years as an Officer. The Grand Officer and the Grand Cross are awarded only to French citizens, and each requires three years' service in their respective immediately lower rank.[4] The awards are traditionally published and promoted on 14 July.[5]
The following is a non-exhaustive list of recipients of the Legion of Honour awards, since the first ceremony in May 1803.[3] 2,550 individuals can be awarded the insignia every year.[5] the total number of awards was is close to 1 million[6] (estimated at 900,000 in 2021,[5] including over 3,000 Grand Cross recipients[7]), with some 92,000 recipients alive today.[8] Only until 2008 was gender parity achieved amongst the yearly list of recipients, with the total number of women recipients since the award's establishment being only 59 at the end of the second French empire and only 26,000 in 2021.[5]
^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.
^ abc"France train attack: Chris Norman awarded Legion d'honneur". BBC News. 24 August 2015. 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. from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021. Alt URL
^ abcd"The Grand Chancellery is co-producing a film on women and the Legion of Honor". The Grand Chancellery of the Legion of Honour. from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 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. from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
^"S. M. Felton, Veteran Rail Executive, Dies". Chicago Tribune. Chicago. 12 March 1930. p. 1. from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
External linksedit
Official website
Léonore database, census of recipients of the Legion of Honor (deceased before 1977), on the French Ministry of Culture website(in French)
Code of the Legion of Honor and the Military Medal, Légifrance(in French)
April 14, 2024
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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 The Officer rank requires a minimum of eight years as a Knight and the Commander the highest civilian category for a non French citizen requires a minimum of five years as an Officer The Grand Officer and the Grand Cross are awarded only to French citizens and each requires three years service in their respective immediately lower rank 4 The awards are traditionally published and promoted on 14 July 5 The following is a non exhaustive list of recipients of the Legion of Honour awards since the first ceremony in May 1803 3 2 550 individuals can be awarded the insignia every year 5 the total number of awards was is close to 1 million 6 estimated at 900 000 in 2021 5 including over 3 000 Grand Cross recipients 7 with some 92 000 recipients alive today 8 Only until 2008 was gender parity achieved amongst the yearly list of recipients with the total number of women recipients since the award s establishment being only 59 at the end of the second French empire and only 26 000 in 2021 5 List of Legion d honneur recipients by name A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Recipient Dates birth death General work amp reason for the recognition Award category date Douglas Fairbanks Jr Fairuz 1935 PresentFrantisek FajtlPierre Farah Pr Surgeon Member of the French Academy of MedicineHenry FarmanHorace Farquhar 1st Earl FarquharCharles S FarnsworthFaucher de Saint MauriceWilliam Fawcett 1894 1974Nabil Fekir World Cup winning footballerLogan FelandSamuel Morse Felton Jr 9 1853 1930Carlo Feraud de VillyFrank Ferrington 1923 2006Henri Fertet 1926 1943 French Resistance fighterFrancis Worgan FestingDavid FeuerwerkerMustafa Fevzi CakmakArt FialaBenjamin Eugene Fichel Artist TBA 1870 Eugen FilottiCarlos Finlay 1833 1915Alfred FinniganHicri FisekHicri Fisek 1918 2002Sadan Fisek 1922 2002Eugene FisetHamilton Fish IIIStanislas Flache 1919 PresentGustave FlaubertGordon Van de Meer Fleming 1921 PresentRenee FlemingRobert John FlemingJoel Lafayette Fletcher Jr 1897 1972Maurice FloquetBrian Flowers Baron FlowersFerdinand FochRene FonckJust FontaineGeorge Forbes scientist Glenn FordLeonard Leopold Forgemol de BostquenardLaurent Fortin 1967 PresentVictor FortuneTsuguharu Foujita Japanese painter who became a French nationalGeorges FournierJacques Fournier 1924 Present French industrialist and president of DumezMaximilien Sebastien FoyAbraham FoxmanFrancais of NantesAuguste FranchommeDenis Francoise Boulanger 1796 1849Aleksander FredroPaul L Freeman Jr Mirella FreniInes de La Fressange Roger Vivier Representative and first model to receive the medalFrederick Carl FriesekeVarian Fry 1907 1967 Operated a refugee network from Marseille helped over 2 000 people escape the Holocaust in 1940 41 1967 Chevalier See also edit nbsp France portalLegion of Honour List of Legion of Honour recipients by name List of foreign recipients of Legion of Honour by name List of foreign recipients of the Legion of Honour by country List of British recipients of the Legion of Honour for the Crimean War Legion of Honour Museum Ribbons of the French military and civil awards War Cross France References edit Legion Code article 16 Les etrangers qui se seront signales par les services qu ils ont rendus a la France ou aux causes qu elle soutient Legion 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 from the original on 19 July 2021 Retrieved 20 July 2021 Alt URL 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 Legion of Honour Australian Government Department of Veteran s Affairs 31 January 2021 Retrieved 27 July 2021 Wattel Michel Wattel Beatrice 2009 Les Grand Croix de la Legion d honneur De 1805 a nos jours titulaires francais et etrangers Archives amp Culture Benoist Chloe 18 December 2020 Explained Sisi Macron and the dubious history of France s Legion of Honour Middle East Eye Archived from the original on 26 July 2021 Retrieved 27 July 2021 S M Felton Veteran Rail Executive Dies Chicago Tribune Chicago 12 March 1930 p 1 Archived from the original on 18 July 2021 Retrieved 17 July 2021 via Newspapers com External links editOfficial website Leonore database census of recipients of the Legion of Honor deceased before 1977 on the French Ministry of Culture website in French Code of the Legion of Honor and the Military Medal Legifrance in French Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of Legion d 27honneur recipients by name F amp oldid 1203359424, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
