Recipient |
Dates (birth – death) |
General work, and reason for the recognition |
Award Category (Date) |
Sitiveni Rabuka[9] |
1948 – Present |
Former Prime Minister of Fiji. Recognised for saving a French officer during an attack on the UN Headquarters in Lebanon in 1980. |
TBA (1980) |
Edson Raff[10] |
1907 – 2003 |
United States Army officer |
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Maryse Rageul |
1898 – 1952 |
French Air Corp Captain |
Commander |
Rainier III, Prince of Monaco[11] |
1949 – 2005 |
Prince of Monaco |
Grand Cross |
Joseph Ralston[12] |
1943 – Current |
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Seewoosagur Ramgoolam |
1900 – 1985 |
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Adil Rami |
1900 – 1985 |
World Cup winning footballer |
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Fidel Valdez Ramos[13] |
1928 – Present |
Filipino general and politician |
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Charlotte Rampling |
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Bertram Ramsay |
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Axel Rappe |
1838 – Present |
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Jean Raspail |
1838 – Present |
Novelist and journalist |
TBA (1983) |
Satyajit Ray |
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Film maker and artist from India. |
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Robert Redford |
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American actor |
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Richard Redgrave |
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British artist and administrator |
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William Hoey Kearney Redmond |
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Pierre-Joseph Redouté |
1759 – 1840 |
French painter |
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Major Gordon Michael Reeves |
1912 – 2003 |
Major in British Army during World War II, liaison officer on General Koenig's staff in North Africa |
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William Edward Moyses Reilly |
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Jean Rémy |
1899 – 1955 |
French colonel, Companion of the Liberation during World War II |
Grand Officier |
Ernest Renan |
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Louis Renault |
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Rosalie Rendu |
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Géraud Réveilhac |
1851 – 1937 |
Général de division of World War I |
Grand Officier |
Òscar Ribas Reig |
1936 – 2020 |
Former Prime Minister of Andorra |
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Jacqueline de Ribes |
1929 – Present |
French socialite and fashion designer |
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Patrick Ricard |
1945 – 2012 |
Entrepreneur |
Commander (13 July 2007) |
Robert C. Richardson Jr. |
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Frances "Rusty" Rice |
1920 – Present |
American US Army Nurse in Bastogne, France during the "Bulge" WWII |
Knight (27 December 2014) |
William Thomas Rickard |
1828 – 1905 |
QMS British Royal Navy. Recognised for his gallantry in Crimea |
Knight (1854 - 1856) |
Edward Vernon Rickenbacker |
1890 – 1973 |
American captain. Recognised for his U.S. Army Air Service during World War I |
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René Riffaud |
1898 – 2007 |
Tunisian veteran of World War I |
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Antoine Rigaudeau |
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Frédéric Rimbaud |
1814 – 1878 |
Captain of Chasseurs, father of the poet, Arthur Rimbaud |
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Eric Ripert |
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Jean-Pierre Rives |
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Captain of the national rugby union team, sculptor |
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Jeanne Robert |
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Member of the French Resistance |
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William Roberts (veteran) |
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Thomas Bilbe Robinson |
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Russell M. Robinson |
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WWII B-24 Pilot, 8th AF. Awarded Roanoke, VA USA, by the French Gen. Military Attache US |
TBA (5 June 2019) |
Yves Rocard |
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David Rockefeller |
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John D. Rockefeller Jr. |
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Henryk Rodakowski |
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Auguste Rodin |
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George Rodocanachi |
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Pierre Louis Roederer |
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Jacques Rogge |
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William Allen Rogers (W.A. Rogers) |
1854 – 1931 |
American Illustrator (famous for Uncle Sam cartoons in the New York Herald during WWI) |
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Felix Rohatyn |
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Paul Rohmer |
1876 – 1977 |
French physician, Officier of the Légion d'honneur |
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Manfred Rommel |
1928 – Present |
German politician |
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Maurice Rose |
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Charles Rosenthal |
1875 – 1954 |
Australian World War 1 general |
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Marie-Thérèse Rossel |
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Gioachino Rossini |
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Claudia Roth |
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Alphonse James de Rothschild |
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Alfred de Rothschild |
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James Mayer de Rothschild |
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Marie-Hélène de Rothschild |
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Col. Richard de Roussy de Sales |
1905 – 1994 |
Recognised for his service with the French Resistance in World War II. |
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Joseph Rovan |
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Alex Rowe |
1966 – Present |
British national serving in the French Foreign Legion |
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Stefan Rowecki |
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JK Rowling |
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Norman Richard Rudd |
1922 – Present |
Recognised for his military service in the defence of France and French territories (1939 - 1945). |
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James Earl Rudder |
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Sir Edward Ruggles-Brise, 1st Baronet |
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Bruce Ruxton |
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Nano Ružin |
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Edward Rydz-Śmigły |
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