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This edit changes the "G" list of "Legion of Honour" recipients: 1) Trials out the new format for the "Legion of Honour" medal information, i.e. a structured list, instead of a random incoherent and chaotic text list; 2) Adds inline citations to evidence each entry of information into the table; 3) Populates each entry with a standard set of information about the awarded medals.
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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>
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>


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


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* [[Gabby Gabreski]]
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* Jean Louis Gaillot (1919–2003), [[French Resistance]] member during World War II
! Recipient
* [[Akseli Gallen-Kallela]]
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* [[Aurele H. Gamache]] 66th Infantry Division, World War II
! General Work
* [[Jeanne Gang]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://studiogang.com/now/jeanne-gang-awarded-chevalier-de-la-legion-dhonneur|title=Studio Gang – Jeanne Gang Awarded Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur}}</ref>
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* [[Valentino Garavani]] (born 1932), Italian fashion design
! Reason for the Award
* [[Gabriel García Márquez]]
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* [[Timothy Garden, Baron Garden]]
* [[Jean-Claude Gaudin]]
| [[Gabby Gabreski]]
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*[[Charles Gauthier]] (1831–1891), French sculptor<ref name=Benezit>" GAUTHIER, Charles." ''Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Oxford Art Online'', [[Oxford University Press]]. Retrieved 23 June 2014.</ref>
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* [[James M. Gavin]]
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* [[Hobart R. Gay]]
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* [[George Reginald Geary]]
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* [[Jacob Casson Geiger]]
| Jean Louis Gaillot
* [[Erol Gelenbe]], Computer Scientist and Engineer
| 1919 &ndash; 2003
* [[Étienne Maurice Gérard]]
| [[French Resistance]] member during World War II
* [[Alain Gerbault]]
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* [[François Géré]] (born 1950), French historian
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* [[Paul Gérin-Lajoie]]
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* Claire M. Germain<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/faculty/bio.cfm?id=174|title=Bio|website=www.lawschool.cornell.edu}}</ref> (born 1951), professor of law and law librarian<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIHkTIV-4tA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/sIHkTIV-4tA |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Claire M. Germain legion d'honneur 17 July 2007 - YouTube|website=[[YouTube]] }}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* [[Leonard T. Gerow]]
| [[Akseli Gallen-Kallela]]
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* Josephine de Gersdorff
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* Colonel [[Walter Giblin]] World War II Deputy Director O.S.S. Paris
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* [[Jerzy Giedroyc]] (1906–2000), Polish writer and activist
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* [[Henri Giffard]] (1825–1882), French engineer. Invented the steam injector and the powered airship.
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* [[Pierre Giffard]] (1853–1922) French journalist, newspaper publisher and sports organiser.
| Aurele H. Gamache
* [[Gilberto Gil]] (born 1942), Brazilian musician and politician
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* [[Guy Gilbert]]
| 66th Infantry Division, World War II
* [[Virginia Gildersleeve]]
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* [[Pierre Gilliard]] (1879–1962), French tutor to the children of [[Nicholas II of Russia]]
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* [[Françoise Gilot]]
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* [[Jean Giraudoux]] (1882–1944), French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright
| [[Jeanne Gang]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://studiogang.com/now/jeanne-gang-awarded-chevalier-de-la-legion-dhonneur|title=Studio Gang – Jeanne Gang Awarded Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur}}</ref>
* [[Olivier Giroud]], World Cup winning footballer
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* [[Paul Giroud]] (1898–1989), French physician and biologist
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* [[Hubert de Givenchy]] (born 1927), French fashion designer
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* [[Gladwyn Jebb]], 1st Baron Gladwyn
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* [[Lady Feodora Gleichen]]
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* Graham Russell "Russ" Godden (born 1920), Stirling pilot RAF Squadron 196 (1944–45)
| [[Valentino Garavani]]
* [[Franck Goddio]] (born 1947), French underwater archaeologist
| 1932 - Present
* [[Pierre Godeau]]
| Italian fashion design
* [[Rick Goings]]
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* [[Hermann Goldschmidt]] French - German astronomer and painter
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* Major-General [[Leonardo González García]], Mexican Air Force Commander
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* [[Jane Goodall]]
| [[Gabriel García Márquez]]
* [[Allan Goodman]]
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*[[Lawrence Seymour Goodman]] (1920-2021), British Pilot
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* [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]] (born 1941), Indian filmmaker
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* [[Nadine Gordimer]] (born 1923), South African novelist and writer
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* [[Amédée Gordini]]
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* [[Bart Gordon]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://franceintheus.org/spip.php?article3896|title=Barton Gordon Made Officer of the Legion of Honor|website=France in the United States / Embassy of France in Washington, D.C.}}</ref>
| [[Timothy Garden, Baron Garden]]
* [[Pete Goss]]
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* [[Derrick Gosselin]]
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* [[Théodore Gosselin]]
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* [[Henri Gouhier]]
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* [[Georges Goursat]] (1863–1934), French caricaturist
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* [[Bill Graham (Canadian politician)|Bill Graham]]
| [[Jean-Claude Gaudin]]
* [[Arthur Forbes, 9th Earl of Granard]]
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* [[David E. Grange, Jr.]]
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* [[Ulysses S. Grant III]]
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* [[Jules Gravereaux]]
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* [[Cary Travers Grayson]]
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* [[John Campbell Greenway]]
| [[Charles Gauthier]]<ref>{{cite book|first=Charles|last=Gauthier|title=Benezit Dictionary of Artists|publisher=Oxford Art Online, [[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref>
* [[Henri Grégoire]]
| 1831 &ndash; 1891
* [[Joseph-Ernest Grégoire]]
| French sculptor
* [[Earle Davis Gregory]]
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* [[Robert Gregory (cricketer)|Robert Gregory]]
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* [[John Greig (born Glasgow 12.11.1923), Telegraphist, Forward Observation Unit (3rd Division D-Day landings, World War II). Died 09.02.2021 from Scepticemia at Goldielea Residential Home, Dumfries.[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_(Ian)_GREIG_12.11.1923_at_Ranville_Cemetery_near_Caen_France_1.04.17.jpg English: John (Ian) GREIG 12.11.1923]
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* [[Jean Grelaud]]
* [[Brigitte Grésy]]
| [[James M. Gavin]]
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* [[James Grierson (British Army officer)|James Grierson]]
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* [[Antoine Griezmann]]
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* [[Jean-Pierre Grünfeld]], a French nephrologist.
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* [[Stanislaw Grzmot-Skotnicki]]
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* [[Jean-Marie Guéhenno]]
| [[Hobart R. Gay]]
* [[Ferdinand Gueldry]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bonhams : Ferdinand Joseph Gueldry (French, 1858-1945) The boat race |url=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23581/lot/3/ |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=www.bonhams.com}}</ref>
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* [[Michel Guérard]] (born 1933), French chef
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* [[Henry Guerlac]] (1922–1981), American historian
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* Jean Aimé Pierre Guerrier (1925–1949), Lieutenant at the [[13th Demi-Brigade of Foreign Legion|13<sup>e</sup> Demi-Brigade de Légion Étrangère]]
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* Jose Gustavo Guerrero (1876–1958), Salvadoran lawyer, First President of The International Court of Justice in the Netherlands
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* [[Gordon Guggisberg]]
* [[Sacha Guitry]]
| [[George Reginald Geary]]
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* [[Ara Güler]]
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* [[Björn Gunnlaugsson]] (1788–1876), Icelandic cartographer.
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*[[Ruchira Gupta|Ruchria Gupta]]
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*[[Donald Bilmont Gustafson]] (1923–2017), 103rd Infantry Division, 409th Battalion, World War II<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/04/29/saratoga-french-consul-general-presents-donald-gustafson-her-countrys-highest-decoration/|title=Saratoga: French consul general presents Donald Gustafson her country's highest decoration|date=April 29, 2015}}</ref>
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* [[Georges Guynemer]]
* [[Gautier Capucon]]
| [[Jacob Casson Geiger]]
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| [[Erol Gelenbe]]
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| Computer Scientist and Engineer
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| [[Étienne Maurice Gérard]]
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| [[Alain Gerbault]]
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| [[François Géré]]
| 1950 - Present
| French historian
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| [[Paul Gérin-Lajoie]]
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| Claire M. Germain<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/faculty/bio.cfm?id=174|title=Bio|website=www.lawschool.cornell.edu}}</ref> (born 1951), professor of law and law librarian<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIHkTIV-4tA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/sIHkTIV-4tA |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Claire M. Germain legion d'honneur 17 July 2007 - YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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| [[Leonard T. Gerow]]
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| Josephine de Gersdorff
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| [[Ferdinand Gueldry]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bonhams : Ferdinand Joseph Gueldry (French, 1858 &ndash; 1945) The boat race |url=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23581/lot/3/ |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=www.bonhams.com}}</ref>
| 1858 &ndash; 1945
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| Colonel Walter Giblin
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| World War II Deputy Director O.S.S. Paris
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| [[Jerzy Giedroyc]]
| 1906 &ndash; 2000
| Polish writer and activist
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| [[Henri Giffard]]
| 1825 &ndash; 1882
| French engineer. Invented the steam injector and the powered airship.
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| [[Pierre Giffard]]
| 1853 &ndash; 1922
| French journalist, newspaper publisher and sports organiser.
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| [[Gilberto Gil]]
| 1942 - Present
| Brazilian musician and politician
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| [[Guy Gilbert]]
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| [[Virginia Gildersleeve]]
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| [[Pierre Gilliard]]
| 1879 &ndash; 1962
| French tutor to the children of [[Nicholas II of Russia]]
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| [[Françoise Gilot]]
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| [[Jean Giraudoux]]
| 1882 &ndash; 1944
| French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright
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| [[Olivier Giroud]]
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| World Cup winning footballer
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| [[Paul Giroud]]
| 1898 &ndash; 1989
| French physician and biologist
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| [[Hubert de Givenchy]]
| 1927
| French fashion designer
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| [[Gladwyn Jebb]]
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| 1st Baron Gladwyn
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| [[Lady Feodora Gleichen]]
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| Graham Russell "Russ" Godden (born 1920)
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| Stirling pilot RAF Squadron 196 (1944–45)
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| [[Franck Goddio]]
| 1947 - Present
| French underwater archaeologist
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| Pierre Godeau
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| [[Rick Goings]]
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| [[Hermann Goldschmidt]]
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| French - German astronomer and painter
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| Major-General Leonardo González García
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| Mexican Air Force Commander
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| [[Jane Goodall]]
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| Allan Goodman
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| [[Lawrence Seymour Goodman]]
| 1920 &ndash; 2021
| British Pilot
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| [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]]
| 1941 - Present
| Indian filmmaker
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| [[Nadine Gordimer]]
| 1923 - Present
| South African novelist and writer
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| [[Amédée Gordini]]
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| [[Bart Gordon]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://franceintheus.org/spip.php?article3896|title=Barton Gordon Made Officer of the Legion of Honor|website=France in the United States / Embassy of France in Washington, D.C.}}</ref>
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| [[Pete Goss]]
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| [[Derrick Gosselin]]
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| [[Théodore Gosselin]]
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| [[Henri Gouhier]]
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| [[Georges Goursat]]
| 1863 &ndash; 1934
| French caricaturist
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| [[Bill Graham (Canadian politician)|Bill Graham]]
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| [[Arthur Forbes, 9th Earl of Granard]]
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| [[David E. Grange, Jr.]]
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| [[Ulysses S. Grant III]]
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| [[Jules Gravereaux]]
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| [[Cary Travers Grayson]]
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| [[John Campbell Greenway]]
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| [[Henri Grégoire]]
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| [[Joseph-Ernest Grégoire]]
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| [[Earle Davis Gregory]]
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| [[Robert Gregory (cricketer)|Robert Gregory]]
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| [[John Greig (born Glasgow ) <REF>{{cite web|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_(Ian)_GREIG_12.11.1923_at_Ranville_Cemetery_near_Caen_France_1.04.17.jpg|title=John (Ian) GREIG 12.11.1923}}</ref>
| 1923 - 2021
| Telegraphist, Forward Observation Unit (3rd Division D-Day landings, World War II)
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| [[Jean Grelaud]]
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| [[Brigitte Grésy]]
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| [[James Grierson (British Army officer)|James Grierson]]
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| British Army Officer
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| [[Antoine Griezmann]]
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| [[Jean-Pierre Grünfeld]]
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| A French nephrologist
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| [[Stanislaw Grzmot-Skotnicki]]
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| [[Jean-Marie Guéhenno]]
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| [[Michel Guérard]]
| 1933 - Present
| French chef
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| [[Henry Guerlac]]
| 1922 &ndash; 1981
| American historian
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| Jean Aimé Pierre Guerrier
| 1925 &ndash; 1949
| Lieutenant at the [[13th Demi-Brigade of Foreign Legion|13<sup>e</sup> Demi-Brigade de Légion Étrangère]]
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| Jose Gustavo Guerrero
| 1876 &ndash; 1958
| Salvadoran lawyer, First President of The International Court of Justice in the Netherlands
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| [[Gordon Guggisberg]]
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| [[Sacha Guitry]]
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| [[Ara Güler]]
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| [[Björn Gunnlaugsson]]
| 1788 &ndash; 1876
| Icelandic cartographer
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| [[Ruchira Gupta|Ruchria Gupta]]
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| [[Donald Bilmont Gustafson]] (1923 &ndash; 2017), 103rd Infantry Division, 409th Battalion, World War II<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/04/29/saratoga-french-consul-general-presents-donald-gustafson-her-countrys-highest-decoration/|title=Saratoga: French consul general presents Donald Gustafson her country's highest decoration|date=April 29, 2015}}</ref>
| 1923 &ndash; 2017
| 103rd Infantry Division, 409th Battalion, World War II
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| [[Georges Guynemer]]
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| [[Gautier Capucon]]
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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}}

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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.[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
Gabby Gabreski
Jean Louis Gaillot 1919 – 2003 French Resistance member during World War II
Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Aurele H. Gamache 66th Infantry Division, World War II
Jeanne Gang[5]
Valentino Garavani 1932 - Present Italian fashion design
Gabriel García Márquez
Timothy Garden, Baron Garden
Jean-Claude Gaudin
Charles Gauthier[6] 1831 – 1891 French sculptor
James M. Gavin
Hobart R. Gay
George Reginald Geary
Jacob Casson Geiger
Erol Gelenbe Computer Scientist and Engineer
Étienne Maurice Gérard
Alain Gerbault
François Géré 1950 - Present French historian
Paul Gérin-Lajoie
Claire M. Germain[7] (born 1951), professor of law and law librarian[8]
Leonard T. Gerow
Josephine de Gersdorff
Ferdinand Gueldry[9] 1858 – 1945 Knight (1900)
Colonel Walter Giblin World War II Deputy Director O.S.S. Paris
Jerzy Giedroyc 1906 – 2000 Polish writer and activist
Henri Giffard 1825 – 1882 French engineer. Invented the steam injector and the powered airship.
Pierre Giffard 1853 – 1922 French journalist, newspaper publisher and sports organiser.
Gilberto Gil 1942 - Present Brazilian musician and politician
Guy Gilbert
Virginia Gildersleeve
Pierre Gilliard 1879 – 1962 French tutor to the children of Nicholas II of Russia
Françoise Gilot
Jean Giraudoux 1882 – 1944 French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright
Olivier Giroud World Cup winning footballer
Paul Giroud 1898 – 1989 French physician and biologist
Hubert de Givenchy 1927 French fashion designer
Gladwyn Jebb 1st Baron Gladwyn
Lady Feodora Gleichen
Graham Russell "Russ" Godden (born 1920) Stirling pilot RAF Squadron 196 (1944–45)
Franck Goddio 1947 - Present French underwater archaeologist
Pierre Godeau
Rick Goings
Hermann Goldschmidt French - German astronomer and painter
Major-General Leonardo González García Mexican Air Force Commander
Jane Goodall
Allan Goodman
Lawrence Seymour Goodman 1920 – 2021 British Pilot
Adoor Gopalakrishnan 1941 - Present Indian filmmaker
Nadine Gordimer 1923 - Present South African novelist and writer
Amédée Gordini
Bart Gordon[10]
Pete Goss
Derrick Gosselin
Théodore Gosselin
Henri Gouhier
Georges Goursat 1863 – 1934 French caricaturist
Bill Graham
Arthur Forbes, 9th Earl of Granard
David E. Grange, Jr.
Ulysses S. Grant III
Jules Gravereaux
Cary Travers Grayson
John Campbell Greenway
Henri Grégoire
Joseph-Ernest Grégoire
Earle Davis Gregory
Robert Gregory
[[John Greig (born Glasgow ) [11] 1923 - 2021 Telegraphist, Forward Observation Unit (3rd Division D-Day landings, World War II)
Jean Grelaud
Brigitte Grésy
James Grierson British Army Officer
Antoine Griezmann
Jean-Pierre Grünfeld A French nephrologist
Stanislaw Grzmot-Skotnicki
Jean-Marie Guéhenno
Michel Guérard 1933 - Present French chef
Henry Guerlac 1922 – 1981 American historian
Jean Aimé Pierre Guerrier 1925 – 1949 Lieutenant at the 13e Demi-Brigade de Légion Étrangère
Jose Gustavo Guerrero 1876 – 1958 Salvadoran lawyer, First President of The International Court of Justice in the Netherlands
Gordon Guggisberg
Sacha Guitry
Ara Güler
Björn Gunnlaugsson 1788 – 1876 Icelandic cartographer
Ruchria Gupta
Donald Bilmont Gustafson (1923 – 2017), 103rd Infantry Division, 409th Battalion, World War II[12] 1923 – 2017 103rd Infantry Division, 409th Battalion, World War II
Georges Guynemer
Gautier Capucon

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. ^ "Studio Gang – Jeanne Gang Awarded Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur".
  6. ^ Gauthier, Charles. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online, Oxford University Press.
  7. ^ "Bio". www.lawschool.cornell.edu.
  8. ^ "Claire M. Germain legion d'honneur 17 July 2007 - YouTube". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15.
  9. ^ "Bonhams : Ferdinand Joseph Gueldry (French, 1858 – 1945) The boat race". www.bonhams.com. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  10. ^ "Barton Gordon Made Officer of the Legion of Honor". France in the United States / Embassy of France in Washington, D.C.
  11. ^ "John (Ian) GREIG 12.11.1923".
  12. ^ "Saratoga: French consul general presents Donald Gustafson her country's highest decoration". April 29, 2015.

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