List_of_Légion_d'honneur_recipients_by_name_(H)

List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name (H)

List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name (H)

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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 (in ascending order[3]), i.e. three ranks: Knight, Officer, Commander, and two titles: Grand Officer and Grand Cross. Knight is the most common and is awarded for either at least 20 years of public service or acts of military or civil bravery.[3] The rest of the categories have a quota for the number of years of service in the category below before they can be awarded. The Officer rank requires a minimum of eight years as a Knight, and the Commander, the highest civilian category for a non-French citizen, requires a minimum of five years as an Officer. The Grand Officer and the Grand Cross are awarded only to French citizens, and each requires three years' service in their respective immediately lower rank.[4] The awards are traditionally published and promoted on 14 July.[5]

The following is a non-exhaustive list of recipients of the Legion of Honour awards, since the first ceremony in May 1803.[3] 2,550 individuals can be awarded the insignia every year.[5] the total number of awards was is close to 1 million[6] (estimated at 900,000 in 2021,[5] including over 3,000 Grand Cross recipients[7]), with some 92,000 recipients alive today.[8] Only until 2008 was gender parity achieved amongst the yearly list of recipients, with the total number of women recipients since the award's establishment being only 59 at the end of the second French empire and only 26,000 in 2021.[5]

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    Légion Code, article 16.
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    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.
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    "Legion of Honour". Australian Government – Department of Veteran's Affairs. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
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    Wattel, Michel; Wattel, Béatrice (2009). "Les Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur. De 1805 à nos jours, titulaires français et étrangers". Archives & Culture.
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    "Orders of Merit". Official Otto von Habsburg. Archived from the original on 16 May 2017.
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    M. & B. Wattel. (2009). Les Grand'Croix de la Légion d'honneur de 1805 à nos jours. Titulaires français et étrangers. Paris: Archives & Culture. p. 413. ISBN 978-2-35077-135-9.
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    Spence, Robert (1970). "Otto Hahn 1879–1968". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 16: 302. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1970.0010.
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    Mikelbank, Peter (17 May 2016). "Tom Hanks to Receive France's Highest Honor for His Work Highlighting World War II". People. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
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    Roberts III, Faimon A. (11 May 2016). "National World War II Museum president and supporters Tom Hanks, Tom Brokaw to receive award in Paris". The New Orleans Advocate. Archived from the original on 27 December 2018.
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    "Charles Auguste Octave Hector Hanoteau". National Archives - Léonore Database (in French). France. 18 June 1870. p. 1. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
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    "Yuko Harayama". World Economic Forum. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021.
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    "John Hardress-Lloyd". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
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    Horner, Bill (III) (1 August 2021). "Chatham's Wesley Hart Set to be Awarded French Legion of Honor". Chapelboro. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
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    Gunderman, Mark (25 May 2000). "France honors local vet with highest award". The Chippewa Herald. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
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    Shaw, Phil (17 August 2016). "Joao Havelange obituary: Former Fifa president and IOC member". The Independent. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
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    "Casino empire builder Stanley Ho dies at 98". The Standard. France. 26 May 2020. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021.
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    "Yvette Horner gravit la Légion d'honneur, entre Fabien Pelous et le chef Anton !". www.purepeople.com (in French). Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
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