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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>

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! style="white-space: nowrap;"|Dates<BR>(birth &ndash; death)

! General Work

! style="white-space: nowrap"|Legion of Honour Award Category (Year awarded)

! Reason for the Award

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| [[Victor Babeș]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Leşcu |first1=Christine |title=Radio Romania International &ndash; Scientist Victor Babes |url=https://www.rri.ro/en_gb/scientist_victor_babes-2554858 |accessdate=18 June 2020 |work=Radio Romania International |date=29 October 2016}}</ref>

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| Romanian physician and scientist

!

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| [[John Tremayne Babington]]

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!

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| [[Col d'Aubisque#The col|Andre Bach]]

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!

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| [[Amitabh Bachchan]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Highest French distinction, the Officer of the Legion of Honour conferred on Amitabh Bachchan |url=https://in.ambafrance.org/Highest-French-distinction-the |website=La France en Inde / France in India |accessdate=18 June 2020 |language=en |date=27 January 2007}}</ref>

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| Indian actor

! TBA (2007)

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| [[Louis Bachelier]]

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!

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| [[Michel Bacos]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Langer |first1=Emily |title=Remembering Michel Bacos, French pilot who survived the 1976 Entebbe hijacking &ndash; as a hero |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/michel-bacos-death-french-pilot-israel-hostages-entebbe-thunderbolt-netanyahu-a8852456.html |accessdate=18 June 2020 |work=The Independent |date=5 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

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| French pilot of [[Air France Flight 139]]

!

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| [[Absalom Baird]]

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!

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| [[Josephine Baker]] (''Chevalier'')<ref>{{cite web |title=Siren of the Resistance: The Artistry and Espionage of Josephine Baker |url=https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/siren-resistance-artistry-and-espionage-josephine-baker |website=The National WWII Museum {{!}} New Orleans |accessdate=18 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

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| American-born French actress and [[French Resistance|Resistance]] agent

!

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| [[Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna]]

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| India

!

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| [[James Arthur Baldwin]]<ref>{{cite news |title=James Arthur Baldwin|date=20 June 1986|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/20/arts/bernstein-and-baldwin-join-legion-of-honor.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=8 February 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628233550/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/20/arts/bernstein-and-baldwin-join-legion-of-honor.html|archive-date=29 June 2022}}</ref>

| 1924 &ndash; 1987

| African-American writer & defender of human rights

! Commander (20 June 1986), Officer (TBA), & Kinght (TBA)

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| [[Albert Ball]]

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!

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| [[Benjamin Ball (physician)]]

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!

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| [[Basile Baltus de Pouilly]]

| 1766 &ndash; 1845

| General, [[French Revolutionary Wars]] and [[Napoleonic Wars]]

!

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| [[Raffaello de Banfield]]

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!

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| [[François Barbé-Marbois]]

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!

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| [[Jean-François Barbier]]

| 1754 &ndash; 1828

| General, [[French Revolutionary Wars]] and [[Napoleonic Wars]]

!

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| John J. Barceló III<ref>{{cite web |title=John J. Barceló III |url=http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/faculty/bio_john_barcelo.cfm |publisher=Cornell Law School |accessdate=8 February 2016}}</ref>

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| American Law Professor

!

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| [[Van T. Barfoot]]

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!

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| [[Karno Barkah]]

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| Indonesian aviation pioneer

!

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| Michael Barker<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Barker|date=22 September 2014|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/sony-classics-michael-barker-tom-734876 |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |accessdate=13 February 2016}}</ref>

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| Co-President and Co-Founder of Sony Pictures Classics

!

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| Myron G. Barlow<ref>{{cite web |title=Myron G. Barlow|url=http://www.barlowgenealogy.com/Families/MyronBarlow/Myron.html |publisher= The Barlow Genealogy |accessdate= 13 February 2016}}</ref>

| 1873 &ndash; 1937

| American painter

! TBA (1932)

| Painting achievements.

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| [[George Barnett]]

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!

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| Denis Gabriel Barois<ref>{{cite web |title= Denis Gabriel Barois |url= https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000000199827 |publisher= Le service public de la diffusion du droit |accessdate= 13 February 2016}}</ref>

| 1922 &ndash; Present

| Délégué au Conseil supérieur des Français de l'étranger (Mexique)

!

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| [[Théophile Barrau]]

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!

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| [[Charles Barrois]]

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!

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| [[Jeanne Julia Bartet]]

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!

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| Marcus "Stub" Bartusek<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globegazette.com/news/local/manly-vet-receives-highest-french-honor-for-world-war-ii/article_da8c997f-9301-54de-b871-c29ea1924cf8.html|title=Manly vet receives highest French honor for World War II service |date=9 October 2018|publisher=}}</ref>

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| USA, World War II, [[106th Infantry Division (United States)]], 424th Regiment

!

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| Dame [[Shirley Bassey]]

| 1937 &ndash; Present

| U.K. Singer

!

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| [[Maryse Bastié]]

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!

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| [[Jean Ambroise Baston de Lariboisière]]

| 1759 &ndash; 1812

| General, [[French Revolutionary Wars]] and [[Napoleonic Wars]]

!

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| [[Jean Baubérot]]

| 1941 &ndash; Present

| French historian and sociologist

!

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| [[Luc-Marie Bayle]]

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!

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| [[Pierre-Dominique Bazaine]]

| 1786 &ndash; 1838

| French Mathematician and Engineer

!

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| [[Pierre-Dominique (Adolphe) Bazaine]]

| 1809 &ndash; 1893

| French Railway Engineer

!

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| [[François Achille Bazaine]]

| 1811 &ndash; 1888

| Marshal of France

!

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| [[George Albert Bazaine-Hayter]]

| 1843 &ndash; 1914

| French General

!

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| [[Paul Bazelaire]]

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!

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| [[Cecil Beaton]]

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!

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| [[Gérald Beaudoin]]

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!

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| [[Roger Beaufrand]]

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!

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| [[Thomas Beecham]]

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!

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| [[Azouz Begag]]

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!

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| [[Reginald R. Belknap]]

| 1871 &ndash; 1959

| United States Navy rear admiral

!

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| [[Alexander Graham Bell]]

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!

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| [[Dillon Bell|Sir Francis Dillon Bell]]

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| New Zealand Statesman

!

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| Jean-Louis Bélard<ref>{{cite web |title= Jean-Louis Bélard |url= http://ambafrance-us.org/spip.php?article3442 |publisher= Embassy of France in Washington, D.C |accessdate= 13 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Jean-Louis Bélard |url= https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000019160503 |publisher= Le service public de la diffusion du droit |accessdate= 13 February 2016}}</ref>

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!

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| [[Jean-Paul Belmondo]]

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!

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| Guillermo B. Belt<ref>{{cite book |title= Guillermo B. Belt |isbn = 9780804707572|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=SoqaAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=Guillermo+B.+Belt+legion+d'honneur#q=Guillermo%20B.%20Belt%20legion%20d'honneur |accessdate= 13 February 2016}}</ref>

| 1906 &ndash; 1989

| Cuban diplomat

!

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| Arnaud Beltrame

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| Gendarme Colonel, Gendarmerie National (Award and promotion both Posthumous)

! TBA (2018)

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| Charles Bequignon

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!

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| [[Józef Bem]]

|

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!

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| [[Edvard Beneš]]

|

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!

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| [[Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant]]

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!

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| [[François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo]]

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|

!

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| [[Jean Béraud]]

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!

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| [[Henri Bergson]]

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!

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| [[Jean Berlie]]

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!

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| [[Louis Bernacchi]]

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!

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| [[Claude Bernard]]

|

| Physiologist, founding father of modern physiology and endocrinology

!

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| [[Tom Bernard]]

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| Co-President and Co-Founder of Sony Pictures Classics

!

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| [[Étienne-Prosper Berne-Bellecour]]

|

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!

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| [[Sarah Bernhardt]]

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!

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| [[Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld]]

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!

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| [[Pier Luigi Bersani]]

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!

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| [[Louis-Alexandre Berthier]]

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!

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| [[Pierre Berthier]]

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!

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| [[Roberte Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough]]

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|

!

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| [[Jean-Baptiste Bessières]]

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!

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| [[Ramón Emeterio Betances]]

| 1827 &ndash; 1898

| [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] medical doctor, political leader and diplomat

!

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|-

| [[Íngrid Betancourt]]

|

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!

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| [[André Bettencourt]]

|

|

!

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| [[Jacques Claude Beugnot]]

|

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!

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| [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]]

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| King of Thailand

!

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| [[Marthe Bibesco]]

|

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!

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| [[Marcel Bigeard]]

|

|

!

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| [[Kenneth W. Bilby]]

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| American businessman and author

!

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| [[Carl Bildt]]

|

|

!

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| [[Pierre Billotte]]

|

|

!

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| [[Émile Bin]]

|

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!

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| [[Milva|Maria Ilva Biolcati]]

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| [[Italy|Italian]] singer and actress

!

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| [[Wilfred Bion]]

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!

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| [[Sir Robert Bird, 2nd Baronet]]

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!

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| [[George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood]]

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!

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| [[Billy Bishop]]

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!

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| [[Harry Gore Bishop]]

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!

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| [[Monique de Bissy]]

|

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!

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| [[Henri Biva]]

| 1848 &ndash; 1929

| French painter

! Knight (1900)

|

|-

| [[George G. Blackburn]]

|

|

!

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| [[Alice Guy-Blaché]]

|

| Cinema pioneer

!

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| [[Sergent Blandan]]

|

|

!

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| [[Tasker H. Bliss]]

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|

!

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| [[Denise Bloch]]

|

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!

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| [[Marc Bloch]]

|

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!

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| [[Marc Boegner]]

|

|

!

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| [[Jean-Bédel Bokassa]]

|

|

!

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| [[Albina du Boisrouvray]]

|

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!

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| [[Petar Bojović]]

|

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!

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| [[Claude Bolling]]

|

|

!

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| [[Kathryne Bomberger]]

|

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!

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| [[Marie-Claude Bomsel]]

|

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!

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| [[Napoleon|Napoleon Bonaparte]]

|

| Founder of the Légion d'honneur

!

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| [[Louis, Prince Napoléon| Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon VI)]]

|

|

! [[Legion of Honour|Commander]] (12 December 1977)<BR>

Officer (8 October 1980)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ordre De La Legion D'honneur &ndash; Décret du 14 Avril 1990 Portant Promotion|website= Legífrance|first=|last=|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000000532218?tab_selection=jorf&query=%7B(%40ALL%5Bt%22Prince%20Napoleon%20Louis%2C%20J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me%2C%20Victor-Emmanuel%22%5D)%7D&datePublication=15%2F04%2F1990+%3E+15%2F04%2F1990&isAdvancedResult=true&sortValue=SIGNATURE_DATE_DESC&pageSize=10&typeRecherche=date&init=true&page=1|access-date=29 June 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><BR>Knight {{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}

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| [[Bono]]

|

|

!

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| [[Jorge Luis Borges]]

|

|

!

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| [[Frank Borland]]

|

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!

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| [[Władysław Bortnowski]]

|

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!

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| [[Alfred Bossom]]

|

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!

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| [[Lucien Bouchard]]

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!

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| [[Georges Ernest Boulanger]]

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!

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| [[Gustave Boulanger]]

|

|

! TBA (1868)

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|-

| [[Pierre Boulle]]

|

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!

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| [[Jean-Gustave Bourbouze]]

|

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!

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| [[Antoine Bourseiller]]

|

|

!

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| [[Paul-Émile Boutigny]]

|

| Painter of military subjects

!

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| [[Victor Boutilly]] <ref>{{cite web |title=Boutilly's Legion d'honneur file |url=http://www2.culture.gouv.fr/LH/LH201/PG/FRDAFAN84_O19800035v0896856.htm |website=www2.culture.gouv.fr |access-date=18 April 2022}}</ref>

| 1864 &ndash; 1934

| French forestry inspector

! TBA (1911)

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| [[Frank Henry Bowater]]

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!

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| [[Maurice Bowra]]

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!

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| [[Charles Boyer]]

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!

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| [[Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński]]

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!

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| [[Ali Bozer]]

|

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!

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| [[Olga Boznańska]]

|

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!

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| [[Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee]]

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| Vice President At-Large of The Washington Post

!

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|-

| Jean Branger<ref>{{cite web |title= Jean Branger |url= http://h2.heredis-online.com/fr/Branger/branger/individus#6970 |publisher= Heredis online |accessdate= 13 February 2016}}</ref>

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| Captain, 8th infantry regiment

! Knight (26 December 1852)

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| [[Lloyd Samuel Breadner]]

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!

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| [[Théophile Marie Brébant]]

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!

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| [[Yves Bréchet]]

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!

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| [[Annie Brewer]]

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!

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| [[Francis Bridgeman (Royal Navy officer)|Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman]]

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!

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| [[Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman]]

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!

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| [[Louis Brière de l'Isle]]

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| General, [[Troupes de marine]]

!

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| Donald F. Breitenberg<ref>{{cite web |title= Donald F. Breitenberg |url= http://www.consulfrance-losangeles.org/spip.php?article2619 |publisher= Consulate General of France in Los Angeles |accessdate= 13 February 2016}}</ref>

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| USA World War II, [[101st Airborne]]

!

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| [[Louis de Broglie]]

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!

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| [[Louis Bromfield]]

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!

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| [[Robert S. Brookings]]

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| [[Romaine Brooks]]

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!

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| Albert Bros

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| Escaped pow and member of the Resistance

!

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| [[Daniel Brottier]]

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| [[John Nicholas Brown II]]

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| Philanthropist

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| [[Margaret Brown]]

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!

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| [[Josip Broz Tito]]

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| Leader of Yugoslavia

!

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| [[John Bruce Lockhart]]

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| [[Scotland]], [[Great War]]

!

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| [[Angélique Brûlon]]

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!

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| [[Gabriel Brunet de Sairigné]]

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!

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| Charles F. Bruns<ref>{{cite web |title= Charles F. BrunsCharles F. Bruns |url= http://www.consulfrance-chicago.org/FMEX/?p=3441 |publisher= Consulate General of France in Chicago |accessdate= 13 February 2016}}</ref>

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!

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| [[Michael Bruxner]]

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!

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| [[Frank Buckles]]

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!

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| [[Jean-Eugène Buland]]

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| French painter

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| [[Eugene Bullard]]

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!

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| [[Omar Bundy]]

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| American general

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| Joseph Richard Burke, WO2 (ret'd)<ref>{{cite book|title="Pride, sorrow mesh for honoured Second World War veteran"|date=7 August 2015}}</ref>

|

| [[Canadian Army]], WWII veteran, dispatch rider with the [[Toronto Scottish Regiment]]

! Knight (8 August 2015)

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| [[Richard Burrows]]

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| Chairman of [[British American Tobacco]]

!

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| [[Robert Busnel]]

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!

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| [[Stephen Butcher (Royal Marine)|Stephen Butcher]]

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!

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| [[Richard E. Byrd]]

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| American admiral and explorer

!

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| [[Myles Byrne]]

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!

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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]]

==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}}