List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name (R)
Appearance
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]
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- Sitiveni Rabuka (b. 1948) Former Prime Minister of Fiji
- Edson Raff
- Maryse Rageul
- Rainier III, Prince of Monaco
- Joseph Ralston
- Fidel V. Ramos
- Charlotte Rampling
- Bertram Ramsay
- Axel Rappe (born 1838)
- Satyajit Ray, prominent film maker and artist from India. Mr. Ray was also awarded the Oscar as a Life Time Achievement Award by the Academy of Motion Pictures, USA.
- Robert Redford, American actor
- Richard Redgrave, British artist and administrator
- William Hoey Kearney Redmond
- Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840), French painter.
- Gordon Reeves (1912-2003), Major in British Army during World War II, liaison officer on General Koenig's staff in North Africa
- Major Gordon Michael Reeves
- William Edward Moyses Reilly
- Jean Rémy (1899-1955), French colonel, Companion of the Liberation during World War II, Grand Officier of the Légion d'honneur
- Ernest Renan
- Louis Renault
- Rosalie Rendu
- Géraud Réveilhac (1851–1937), Général de division of World War I, Grand Officier of the Légion d'honneur
- Jacqueline de Ribes (b. 1929), French socialite and fashion designer.
- Robert C. Richardson, Jr.
- Frances "Rusty" Rice (b. 1920), American US Army Nurse in Bastogne, France during the "Bulge" WWII awarded Chevalier December 27, 2014AD
- William Thomas Rickard (1828-1905) QMS British Royal Navy Gallantry in Crimea 1854-1856
- Edward Vernon Rickenbacker (1890-1973), American captain, U.S. Army Air Service during World War I
- René Riffaud (1898–2007), Tunisian veteran of World War I
- Antoine Rigaudeau
- Frédéric Rimbaud (1814-1878) Captain of Chasseurs, father of the poet, Arthur Rimbaud
- Eric Ripert
- Jean-Pierre Rives, captain of the national rugby union team, sculptor
- Jeanne Robert, member of the French Resistance
- William Roberts (veteran)
- Thomas Bilbe Robinson
- Yves Rocard
- David Rockefeller
- John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
- Henryk Rodakowski
- Auguste Rodin
- George Rodocanachi
- Pierre Louis Roederer
- Jacques Rogge
- William Allen Rogers (W.A. Rogers)- 1854-1931 American Illustrator (famous for Uncle Sam cartoons in the New York Herald during WWI)
- Felix Rohatyn
- Paul Rohmer (1876-1977) French physician, Officier of the Légion d'honneur
- Manfred Rommel (1928–), German politician
- Maurice Rose
- Charles Rosenthal (1875-1954) Australian World War 1 general
- Marie-Thérèse Rossel
- Gioachino Rossini
- Claudia Roth
- Alphonse James de Rothschild
- Alfred de Rothschild
- James Mayer de Rothschild
- Marie-Hélène de Rothschild
- Col. Richard de Roussy de Sales (1905-1994), awarded for his service with the French Rèsistance in WWII.
- Joseph Rovan
- Alex Rowe (b. 1966) British national serving in the French Foreign Legion
- Stefan Rowecki
- JK Rowling
- Norman Richard Rudd (b.1922) award De Légion d'honneur in recognition of his military service in the defence of France and French territories. 1939 - 1945
- James Earl Rudder
- Sir Edward Ruggles-Brise, 1st Baronet
- Bruce Ruxton
- Nano Ružin
- Edward Rydz-Śmigły
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