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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>
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>

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>


{{Légion d'honneur recipients by name}}
{{Légion d'honneur recipients by name}}


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*[[Michelle Yeoh]] (Malaysian actress)
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* [[Steven C. Yevich]]
! Recipient
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* [[Alvin York]]
! style="white-space: nowrap;"|Dates<BR>(birth - death)
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*[[Andrew Young]] ([[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]])
! General Work
* [[Mark Young (revolutionary)|Mark Young]] (British revolutionary)
! style="white-space: nowrap"|Legion of Honour Award Category (Year awarded)
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* [[William Young (veteran)]]
! Reason for the Award
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| [[Michelle Yeoh]]
| 1962 – Present
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| Malaysian actress
! style="white-space: nowrap"|[[Legion of Honour|Knight]] (Awarded: 23 April 2007; Present: 03 October 2007)<ref>{{cite news|title=Actress Michelle Yeoh gets top French award|date=3 October 2007|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-yeoh/actress-michelle-yeoh-gets-top-french-award-idUSKLR418720071003|newspaper=[[Reuters]]|access-date=20 July 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719141746/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-yeoh/actress-michelle-yeoh-gets-top-french-award-idUSKLR418720071003|archive-date=20 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=4 October 2007 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7028276.stm|title=Yeoh receives France's top honour|newspaper=[[BBC News]]|access-date=20 July 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719145320/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7028276.stm|archive-date=20 July 2021}}</ref>, [[Legion of Honour|Officer]] (14 March 2012)<ref>{{cite web|date=16 March 2012|url=http://www.mysinchew.com/node/71423|title=Michelle Yeoh receives Legion of Honour from France|work=Bernama via mysinchew.com|access-date=20 July 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref>, and [[Legion of Honour|Commander]] (28 March 2017).<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><ref>{{cite web|title=Michelle Yeoh now a Commander of the Legion of Honour|newspaper=[[The Star]]|date=28 March 2017|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/03/28/michelle-yeoh-now-a-commander-of-the-legion-of-honour/|access-date=20 July 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719151239/https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/03/28/michelle-yeoh-now-a-commander-of-the-legion-of-honour/|archive-date=20 July 2021}}</ref>
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| Steven C. Yevich
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! TBA{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}
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| [[Alvin York]]
| 1887 – 1964<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s65pmBAUmD4C&pg=PA98 |title=Medal of Honor: Historical Facts & Figures |last=Owens |first=Ron |date=2004 |publisher=Turner Publishing Company |access-date=October 14, 2019 |quote=Exclusive of the five Marines who earned double awards of the Medal, Lt. [[Samuel I. Parker|Samuel Parker]] was the most highly decorated soldier of WWI. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014123426/https://books.google.com/books?id=s65pmBAUmD4C&pg=PA98&#v=onepage&q&f=false |archive-date=October 14, 2019 |url-status=live|isbn=9781563119958 }}</ref>
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! TBA<ref>{{cite news|title=Sergeant York, War Hero, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/09/03/archives/sergeant-york-war-hero-dies-killed-25-germans-and-captured-132-in.html|date=3 September 1964|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|page=1 and 26|access-date=20 September 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718010503/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/09/03/archives/sergeant-york-war-hero-dies-killed-25-germans-and-captured-132-in.html|archive-date=17 July 2021}}</ref>
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| [[Andrew Young]]
| 1982 – 1990
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| [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]]
! TBA{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}
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| Mark Young}
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| British revolutionary
! TBA{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}
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| [[William Young (veteran)|William Young]]
| 1900 – 2007
| [[World War I]] Veteran
! TBA (1998)<ref>{{cite news|title=Great War veteran dies aged 107|date=26 July 2007|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/26/nveteran126.xml|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=5 September 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201120235/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/26/nveteran126.xml|archive-date=5 September 2018}}</ref>
| Service in France in 1918.
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==See also==
{{Portal|France}}
* [[Legion of Honour]]
* [[Croix de Guerre|War Cross (France)]]
* [[List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name|List of {{lang|fr|Légion d'honneur|nocat=y}} recipients by name]]
* [[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]]
* [[List of foreign recipients of the Légion d'Honneur|List of foreign recipients of the {{lang|fr|Légion d'Honneur|nocat=y}}]]
* ''{{lang|fr|[[Musée de la Légion d'honneur|Musée national de la Légion d'honneur et des ordres de chevalerie]]}}''
* [[Ribbons of the French military and civil awards]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|National Order of the Legion of Honour|Legion of Honour}}
* [http://www.legiondhonneur.fr/en Official website]
* [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}}
* [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}}

Revision as of 10:31, 20 July 2021

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
Michelle Yeoh 1962 – Present Malaysian actress Knight (Awarded: 23 April 2007; Present: 03 October 2007)[5][6], Officer (14 March 2012)[7], and Commander (28 March 2017).[8][9]
Steven C. Yevich TBA[citation needed]
Alvin York 1887 – 1964[10] TBA[11]
Andrew Young 1982 – 1990 United States Ambassador to the United Nations TBA[citation needed]
Mark Young} British revolutionary TBA[citation needed]
William Young 1900 – 2007 World War I Veteran TBA (1998)[12] Service in France in 1918.

See also

References

  1. ^ Wattel, Michel; Wattel, Béatrice (2009). "Les Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur. De 1805 à nos jours, titulaires français et étrangers". Archives & Culture.
  2. ^ Légion Code, article 16.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Actress Michelle Yeoh gets top French award". Reuters. 3 October 2007. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021. {{cite news}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 19 July 2021 suggested (help)
  6. ^ "Yeoh receives France's top honour". BBC News. 4 October 2007. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 19 July 2021 suggested (help)
  7. ^ "Michelle Yeoh receives Legion of Honour from France". Bernama via mysinchew.com. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Michelle Yeoh now a Commander of the Legion of Honour". The Star. 28 March 2017. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 19 July 2021 suggested (help)
  10. ^ Owens, Ron (2004). Medal of Honor: Historical Facts & Figures. Turner Publishing Company. ISBN 9781563119958. Archived from the original on October 14, 2019. Retrieved October 14, 2019. Exclusive of the five Marines who earned double awards of the Medal, Lt. Samuel Parker was the most highly decorated soldier of WWI.
  11. ^ "Sergeant York, War Hero, Dies". New York Times. 3 September 1964. p. 1 and 26. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2010. {{cite news}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 18 July 2021 suggested (help)
  12. ^ "Great War veteran dies aged 107". The Daily Telegraph. 26 July 2007. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018. {{cite news}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 1 February 2008 suggested (help)
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