List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name (A)
The following is a list of some notable Légion d'honneur recipients by name. The Légion d'honneur is the highest order of France. A complete, chronological list of the members of the Legion of Honour nominated from the very first ceremony in 1803 to now does not exist. The number is estimated at one million including about 3,000 Grand Cross.[1]
- Nils Waltersen Aasen
- Claudio Abbado
- Louise Abbéma
- Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon
- Isabelle Adjani
- Arnaud de Borchgrave
- Alfred Agache (painter)
- Akihito, Emperor of Japan
- Ekrem Akurgal
- Azzedine Alaïa
- Pierre Albaladejo
- Albert II, Prince of Monaco
- Jean Alesi French former Formula 1 driver and a racing driver
- Alexander I of Yugoslavia
- Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
- Hossein Alizâdeh
- Jean Francois Allard
- Henry Allingham
- Auguste Jean Ameil
- Dimitri Amilakhvari
- Jacques Ancel
- Władysław Anders
- Alfred Anderson
- Colonel (later Brigadier General) AT Anderson
- Alexander E Anderson USS General A. E. Anderson (AP-111)
- Constantine Andreou, sculptor & painter
- Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey
- Albert Anker
- Gregory Annenberg Weingarten[2]
- Regina Annenberg Weingarten[2]
- David Annoussamy nominated in the year 2006 and received on the year 2007
- Jacques Anquetil
- Admiral Mohammad Anwar Mohammad Nor, Chief of Defence Force of Malaysia (2007)
- Senedu Araya-Sellassie, Founder of Vision on Africa, VoA[3]
- Geoffrey Arbuthnot
- Denys Arcand
- Elizabeth Arden
- Dombasle Arielle (1953–), French actress, singer, producer
- Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer
- Edwin Howard Armstrong
- Gladys Arnold
- Henry "Hap" Arnold
- Yann Arthus-Bertrand, photographer, journalist, reporter and environmentalist
- Bahram Aryana (1906-1985), Grand Officier of the Légion d'Honneur, former Chief of Staff of the Shah's Armed Forces
- Sir Frederick Ashton, founding choreographer of The Royal Ballet
- Szymon Askenazy
- Olivar Asselin
- Celal Atik
- Vera Atkins
- Richard Attenborough
- Pierre Augereau
- Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
- Jacqueline Auriol
- Charles Aznavour
References
- ↑ Wattel, Michel et Béatrice, Les Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur. De 1805 à nos jours, titulaires français et étrangers, Archives et Culture, 2009
- 1 2 "Gregory Weingarten" (PDF). National Park Foundation. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ↑ "A Determined Soul: Senedu Araya-Sellassie of VoA". Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Association of Women in Business. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
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