List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name (V)
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]
- Tony Vaccaro, U.S. war photographer, in 1994.
- Rose Valland
- Alexander Vallaury
- Ninette de Valois
- John T. Van Rensalier, 150 US Battalion Headquarters, First World War; Also received the Medal of Millitaire.
- Joost van Vollenhoven
- Hoyt Vandenberg
- Cornelius Vanderbilt III
- Tibor Varga, violinist, conductor, pedagogue
- George Vari
- John H. Vaughn, 45th Division, 7th US Army, 2nd World War Technician Fourth Grade
- Jan G.F. Veldhuis
- Violette Verdy
- Jules Verne
- Ben Verwaayen
- Jan G.F. Veldhuis
- Violette Verdy
- Jules Verne
- Ben Verwaayen
- François de Vial, Plenipotentiary Minister of France
- Philip Vian, U.K. World War II
- Jehan Georges Vibert
- Vincent-Marie Viénot, comte de Vaublanc
- Gilles Vigneault
- Jose Enrique Villa Rivera, Mexico General director of the National Polytechnic Institute,
- Jean-Paul Villain, France Investment Director of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, in 2007
- Víctor Manuel Villaseñor, Mexico General Director of the Constructora Nacional de Carros de Ferrocarril, now Bombardier Transportation México, in 1962
- Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet, Catholic Bishop and Council Father at Vatican II
- Nallam Vincatramaya nominated in the year 2007 and received on the year 2008
- Galina Vishnevskaya
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