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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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! Recipient

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

! General Work

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

! Reason for the Award

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| [[Iannis Xenakis]]

| 1922 - 2001

| Greek-French composer, music theorist, architect, performance director, and engineer.

! TBA{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

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==See also==

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* [[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]]

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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}}