Legion of Honour
The Legion of Honour is the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits, established in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte and retained by all later French governments and régimes.
Legion Of Honour People (First 49 people) - Page 0
Nicolas Sarkozy
Former President of France
Oliver Stone
American film director
J. K. Rowling
British author
Frank Press
American geophysicist
Douglas MacArthur
American military leader
Ben Bradlee
American journalist
Louis Schweitzer
Businessman
Antoine Frérot
French businessman
Asghar Farhadi
Iranian film director
Cy Twombly
American painter
Montserrat Caballé
Spanish operatic soprano
Le Corbusier
Swiss-French architect
Paddy Mayne
Rugby union player
Otto Hahn
German chemist
Pierre Joliot
French biologist
Charles de Gaulle
Former President of France
Ferdinand Foch
Former Chief of Staff of the French Army
Philippe Pétain
Former President of the Council of Ministers of France
Umberto Eco
Italian medieval historian
Michel Houellebecq
French author of novels
T.E. Lawrence
British archaeologist
Wesley Clark
Political figure
Petter Wallenberg
Swedish author
Edward Tuck
American diplomat
Ben Bradley
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Yaşar Kemal
Writer
Alois Mock
Former Vice-Chancellor of Austria
John Neumeier
American ballet dancer
Mikhail Prokhorov
Russian-Israeli politician
Roxana Mărăcineanu
Former Minister for Sport and the Olympic and Paralympic Games of France
John A. Lejeune
Scholar
Roy Farran
Soldier
Paul Sarkozy
Lawyer
Władysław Anders
General
Robert Nivelle
Former Chief of Staff of the French Army
Joseph Gallieni
Former Minister of War of France
Maxime Weygand
Former Chief of Staff of the French Army
François Darlan
Stéphane Hessel
Diplomat
Curtis LeMay
American general
A. Piatt Andrew
Economist
Michel Ney
French commander
Maurice Gamelin
Former Chief of Staff of the French Army
Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
Former Governor-General of India
Daniel Olbrychski
Polish film actor
Diana Vreeland
American fashion editor
Eusebio Leal
Historian
