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The French government gives out the Legion of Honour awards, to both French[1] and foreign[2] nationals, based on a recipient's exemplary services rendered to France, or to the causes supported by France. This award is divided into five distinct categories, i.e. three ranks: Knight, Officer, Commander, and two titles: 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.[3] The awards are traditionally publised and promoted on 14 July.[4]
The following is a non-exhaustive list of recipients of the Légion d'honneur awards, since the first ceremony in 1803. 2,550 individuals can be awarded the insignia every year.[4] the total number of awards was is close to 1 million[5] (estimated at 900,000 in 2021[4], including over 3,000 Grand Cross recipients[6]), with some 92,000 recipients alive today[7]. Only until 2008 was gender parity achieved amongst the yearly list of recipients, with the total number of women recipients since the award's establishement being only 59 at the end of the second French empire and only 26,000 in 2021.[4]
| Recipient | Dates (birth - death) |
General Work | Legion of Honour Award Category (Year awarded) | Reason for the Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Éric Tabarly | 1931 - Present | French Navy officer and yachtsman | Knight[8] | Winning the 64th edition of the Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race. |
| Görgün Taner | 1959 - Present | General Director of the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) | Knight (January 2011) | Turkey commissioner during the Cultural Season of Turkey in France. |
| Louis-Alexandre Taschereau | 1867 – 1952 | 14th Premier of Quebec, Canada | ||
| J. R. D. Tata | 1904 – 1993 | Indian aviator, industrialist, entrepreneur and chairman of Tata Group. | TBA (1983) | Contributions to Indian industry |
| Julia Catlin Park DePew Taufflieb[9] | 1864 - 1947 | An American who lived in France during World War I | TBA (1917) | She was famour for turning her residence (Chateau d'Annel) into a field hospital (Note: First female American to receive this award). |
| François Tavenas | 1942 – 2004 | Canadian engineer and academic | Knight (1999) | |
| Elizabeth Taylor | 1932 – 2011 | English-American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian. | Knight (1987) | Philanthropic work in HIV/AIDS activism. |
| Maxwell D. Taylor | 1901 – 1987 | United States Army officer and diplomat | Knight and Commander | |
| Ludmilla Tchérina | 1924 - 2004 | Circassian princess, prima ballerina, actress, author and sculptor. | Officier (1980) | |
| Vojin Tcholak-Antitch | 1877 – 1945 | Serbia senior army officer in the Royal Serbian Army and the Royal Yugoslav Army | TBA (1929) | His actions during the Franco-Serb offensive, and the subsequent capitulation of Bulgaria. |
| Pierre Teilhard de Chardin | 1881 – 1955 | French Jesuit priest, scientist, paleontologist, theologian, philosopher and teacher. | Service in World War I as a stretcher-bearer in the 8th Moroccan Rifles. | |
| Nüvit Tekül | 1921 - 2005 | Professor of medicine from Turkey. | Knight (1982) | |
| Charles Tellier | 1828 – 1913 | French Engineer | ||
| Iran Teymourtash | 1914 – 1991 | Women's rights activist in Iran. | ||
| Jean Victor Tharreau | 1767 - 1812 | French general, died at Battle of Borodino | ||
| Florian Thauvin | 1993 - Present | French professional footballer (Liga MX club Tigres UANL) | Knight (2018)[10] | |
| Marie-Jo Thiel | 1957 - Present | French ethics academic | Knight (29 June 2013)[11] | |
| Kristin Scott Thomas | 1960 - Present | English actress, also holding French citizenship! | ||
| Mathilde Thomas | Cosmetics Entrepreneur | |||
| Harold Warris Thompson | 1908 – 1983 | English physical chemist, who served as chairman of the Football Association. | Knight (1971) | |
| Joseph R. Thompson | U.S. Army World War II veteran | Knight (2012) | ||
| Sir Henry Worth Thornton | 1871 – 1933 | Businessman and Railways Manager | ||
| Jean Thurel | 1699 - 1807 | French soldier | Knight (26 October 1804)[12] | Known for having an unusually long career that spanned 92 years of service [Note: One of the first to recieve the award.] |
| Germaine Tillion | 1907 – 2008 | French ethnologist | Grand Cross | Note: One of the only five women ever received this award. |
| Alexis de Tocqueville | 1805 – 1859 | French aristocrat, diplomat, political scientist, political philosopher, and historian | ||
| Jean Todt | 1946 - Present | French motor racing executive and former rally co-driver | Grand Cross (2011) | |
| Corentin Tolisso | 1994 - Present | French professional footballer (Bundesliga club Bayern Munich / France national football team. | Knight (2018)[13] | |
| Edward Tomkins | 1915 – 2007 | British diplomat | Grand Officer (1984) | |
| Charles Hard Townes | 1915 - 2015 | U.S. physicist | ||
| Mira Trailovic | 1924 – 1989 | Serbia dramaturg and theatre directors (Serbian and Yugoslavia theatre). | TBA (1985) | |
| Catherine Trautmann | 1951 | French politician (French Socialist Party) | ||
| Constant Troyon | 1810 – 1865 | French painter of the Barbizon school. | ||
| Louis W. Truman | 1908 – 2004 | United States Army officer | ||
| Lap-Chee Tsui | 1950 - Present | China-born Canada geneticist | Knight (October 2007)[14] | |
| André Tulard | 1899 – 1967 | Civil administrator and police inspector | An active collaborator with the Germans in World War II. | |
| Jean Turcan | 1846 – 1895 | French sculptor who specialized particularly in public figures. | 1888 | |
| André Turcat | 1921 - 2016 | French test pilot (Chief testpilot of the first Concorde prototype) | Grand Officer (2005) | |
| Adélard Turgeon | 1863 – 1930 | Canada lawyer and politician. | Knight (1904) and Officer (1928) | |
| John Joseph Turk | U.S. Army World War II Veteran | Knight (December 2013) | ||
| Desmond Tutu | 1931 - Present | South Africa Anglican cleric and theologian | Grand Officer (1998) | Known for his anti-apartheid and human rights activism work. |
| Nathan Farragut Twining | 1897 – 1982 | United States Air Force general | Knight and Commander |
See also
- Legion of Honour
- War Cross (France)
- List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name
- List of British recipients of the Légion d'Honneur for the Crimean War
- List of foreign recipients of the Légion d'Honneur
- Musée national de la Légion d'honneur et des ordres de chevalerie
- Ribbons of the French military and civil awards
References
- ^ Légion Code, article 16.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d "The Grand Chancellery is co-producing a film on women and the Legion of Honor". The Grand Chancellery of the Legion of Honour. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Legion of Honour". Australian Government - Department of Veteran's Affairs. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ Wattel, Michel; Wattel, Béatrice (2009). "Les Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur. De 1805 à nos jours, titulaires français et étrangers". Archives & Culture.
- ^ Benoist, Chloé (18 December 2020). "Explained: Sisi, Macron and the dubious history of France's Legion of Honour". Middle East Eye. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 26 July 2021 suggested (help) - ^ Tabarly, Éric. "Biographie".
- ^ http://www.culture.gouv.fr/LH/LH340/PG/FRDAFAN84_O19800035v2658202.htm
- ^ "Décret du 31 décembre 2018 portant promotion et nomination" [Decree of 31 December 2018 on promotion and appointment]. Official Journal of the French Republic (in French). 2019 (1). 1 January 2019. PRER1835394D. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "Events". European Centre for Teaching and Research in Ethics (EEQMP). Retrieved 27 July 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ La Sabretache (societe d'etudes d'histoire militaire) (1895). "Le médaillon de vétérance". Carnet de la Sabretache: revue militaire rétrospective (in French). Vol. III. Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France: Berger-Levrault et Cie. pp. 264–73. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
- ^ "Décret du 31 décembre 2018 portant promotion et nomination" [Decree of 31 December 2018 on promotion and appointment]. Official Journal of the French Republic (in French). 2019 (1). 1 January 2019. PRER1835394D. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ ""Visit of the Grand Chancellor of the Légion d'honneur"". Consulate General of France in Hong Kong and Macau. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
On the 15th of October, General Jean-Pierre Kelche met the members of the Légion d'Honneur Club Hong Kong Chapter ... Vice-Chancellor of HKU, Pr Lap Chee Tsui and Pr Malik Peiris, scientific director of the HKU-Pasteur Research Centre received the award of Knight of the Légion d'Honneur.
External links
- Official website
- Code de la légion d'honneur et de la médaille militaire, legifrance.gouv.fr (in French)
- Base Léonore, recensement des récipiendaires de la Légion d’honneur (décédés avant 1977), on the website of the French Ministry of Culture (in French)
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