List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name (W)
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.[1]
- James Waddell (French Foreign Legion), highly decorated New Zealander World War I.
- Youssef Wahba Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt
- Mourad Wahba Pasha
- Sadek Wahba Pasha
- Magdi Wahba
- Mark Wainberg, Leading Canadian AIDS Researcher
- Nancy Wake, Resistance Commander in WW2, highly decorated allied servicewoman.
- Malvin E. Walker, American Army Officer World War II
- Herbert Ward, sculptor and Red Cross officer during World War I.
- Rose Warfman
- Oswald Watt
- John Webber, telegrapher in British Navy during D-Day Landings on Sword Beach awarded Medal 27 May 2015
- Nicholas Fox Weber, American cultural historian and foundation director
- Herman Armour Webster, artist and French windmill preservationist[2]
- Ben Weider
- Léon Weil
- Arnold Weinstock
- Pierre Weiss
- David Weisstub
- Wladyslaw Wejtko
- Arsène Wenger, Arsenal Football Club Manager (2002)
- William Westmoreland
- Maxime Weygand
- Joseph Weyland, Luxembourgian diplomat
- Edith Wharton
- Earle Wheeler
- Belle Armstrong Whitney[3]
- Boleslaw Wieniawa-Dlugoszowski
- Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and author, Nobel Laureate (2000)
- Simon Wiesenthal
- Harvey Ladew Williams, Jr., international businessman
- Arthur Knyvet Wilson
- Henry Hughes Wilson
- Ronald Wilson, member of regiment of Royal Engineers, awarded 2018[4]
- Jean-Pierre Wimille
- Edwin B. Winans (U.S. Army general)
- Wong Kar Wai
- Evelyn Wood (British Army officer)
- Klaus Wowereit
- Orville Wright
- Wilbur Wright
- Katharine Wright
- Severin Wunderman
- Reinhold Würth
References
- ^ 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
- ^ The original invitation to become an officier of the Légion d'honneur as well as a photograph of the ceremony are in the Herman A. Webster Collection, Smithsonian Archives of American Art
- ^ "Tribute to Belle Whitney" New York Times (August 25, 1922): 9.
- ^ "Nantwich war veteran, 95, awarded Legion d'honneur by France". Nantwich News. 23 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.