Recipient |
Dates (birth–death) |
General Work, and reason for the recognition |
Award Category (Date) |
Éric Tabarly |
1931–1998 |
French Navy officer and yachtsman. Recognised for winning the 64th edition of the Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race. |
Knight[9] |
Görgün Taner |
1959–present |
General Director of the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV). Turkey commissioner during the Cultural Season of Turkey in France. |
Knight (January 2011) |
Louis-Alexandre Taschereau |
1867–1952 |
14th Premier of Quebec, Canada |
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J. R. D. Tata |
1904–1993 |
Indian aviator, industrialist, entrepreneur and chairman of Tata Group. Recognised for his contributions to Indian industry |
TBA (1983) |
Julia Catlin Park DePew Taufflieb[10] |
1864–1947 |
An American who lived in France during World War I. Famous for turning her residence (Chateau d'Annel) into a field hospital (Note: First female American to receive this award). |
TBA (1917) |
François Tavenas |
1942–2004 |
Canadian engineer and academic |
Knight (1999) |
Elizabeth Taylor |
1932–2011 |
English-American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian. recognised for her philanthropic work in HIV/AIDS activism. |
Knight (1987) |
Maxwell D. Taylor |
1901–1987 |
United States Army officer and diplomat |
Knight 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. Recognised for his actions during the Franco-Serb offensive, and the subsequent capitulation of Bulgaria. |
TBA (1929) |
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin |
1881–1955 |
French Jesuit priest, scientist, paleontologist, theologian, philosopher and teacher. Recognised for his service in World War I as a stretcher-bearer in the 8th Moroccan Rifles. |
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Joaquim Salvador Lavado Tejon (known as Quino) |
1932–2020 |
Argentine-Spanish People cartoonist |
TBA (March 2014)[11] |
Nüvit Tekül |
1921–2005 |
Professor of medicine from Turkey. |
Knight (1982) |
Charles Tellier |
1828–1913 |
French Engineer |
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Iran Teymourtash |
1914–1991 |
Women's rights activist in Iran. |
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Jean Victor Tharreau |
1767–1812 |
French general, died at Battle of Borodino |
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Florian Thauvin |
1993–present |
French professional footballer (Liga MX club Tigres UANL) |
Knight (2018)[12] |
Marie-Jo Thiel |
1957–present |
French ethics academic |
Knight (29 June 2013)[13] |
Kristin Scott Thomas |
1960–present |
English actress, also holding French citizenship. |
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Mathilde Thomas |
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Cosmetics Entrepreneur |
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Harold Warris Thompson |
1908–1983 |
English physical chemist, who served as chairman of the Football Association. |
Knight (1971) |
Joseph R. Thompson |
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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. Known for having an unusually long career that spanned 92 years of service [Note: One of the first to receive the award.] |
Knight (26 October 1804)[14] |
Germaine Tillion |
1907–2008 |
French ethnologist [NOTE: One of the only five women ever received this award.] |
Grand Cross |
Alexis de Tocqueville |
1805–1859 |
French aristocrat, diplomat, political scientist, political philosopher, and historian. |
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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)[15] |
Edward Tomkins |
1915–2007 |
British diplomat |
Grand Officer (1984) |
Charles Hard Townes |
1915–2015 |
U.S. physicist |
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Mira Trailovic |
1924–1989 |
Serbia dramaturg and theatre director (Serbian and Yugoslavia theatre). |
TBA (1985) |
Catherine Trautmann |
1951 |
French politician (French Socialist Party) |
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Constant Troyon |
1810–1865 |
French painter of the Barbizon school. |
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Louis W. Truman |
1908–2004 |
United States Army officer |
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Lap-Chee Tsui |
1950–Present |
China-born Canada geneticist |
Knight (October 2007)[16] |
André Tulard |
1899–1967 |
Civil administrator and police inspector. [Note: An active collaborator with the Germans in World War II.] |
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Jean Turcan |
1846–1895 |
French sculptor who specialized particularly in public figures. |
TBA (1888) |
André Turcat |
1921–2016 |
French test pilot (Chief test pilot of the first Concorde prototype) |
Grand Officer (2005) |
Adélard Turgeon |
1863–1930 |
Canada lawyer and politician. |
Knight (1904) Officer (1928) |
John Joseph Turk |
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U.S. Army World War II Veteran |
Knight (December 2013) |
Desmond Tutu |
1931–present |
South Africa Anglican cleric and theologian. Known for his anti-apartheid and human rights activism work. |
Grand Officer (1998) |
Nathan Farragut Twining |
1897–1982 |
United States Air Force general |
Knight Commander |
Edward W. Tyre |
1924 -– 2021 |
United States Army Air Corps pilot, 2nd Lieutenant, World War II veteran |
Knight (April 2013) |