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

The French government gives out the Legion of Honour awards, to both FrenchLégion Code, article 16. and foreignLes 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. 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), 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. 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. Alt URL The awards are traditionally published and promoted on 14 July.

The following is a non-exhaustive list of recipients of the Legion of Honour awards, since the first ceremony in May 1803. 2,550 individuals can be awarded the insignia every year. The total number of awards is close to 1 million (estimated at 900,000 in 2021, including over 3,000 Grand Cross recipients), with some 92,000 recipients alive today. Only until 2008 was gender parity achieved among 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.

RecipientDates(birth–death) General work & reason for the recognition Award category (date) Nils Waltersen Aasen 1878–1925 A Norwegian arms inventor, known for developing the modern hand grenade and land mine. Knight (1915) Nicole Abar 1959–present A former footballer. Knight (July 13 2016) Claudio Abbado 1933–2014 Italian conductor Louise Abbéma 1853Register of Births of the town of Étampes, quoted by the local scholar Bernard Gineste, "Acte de naissance de Louise Abbéma", in Corpus Etampois.–1927 French painter, sculptor, and designer of the Belle Époque. Knight (1906) Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon 1818–1881 French sculptor and photographer Knight (decree: 9 August 1870) Isabelle Adjani 1955–present French actress and singer of Algerian and German descent. Recognised for her contribution to the arts. Knight (14 July 2010) Arnaud de Borchgrave 1926–2015 Belgian-American journalist who specialized in international politics. Knight (July 2014) Alfred Agache 1843–1915 French academic painter Akihito 1933–present Emperor of Japan (125th). Known for presiding over the Heisei era, an expression of achieving peace worldwide. Ekrem Akurgal 1911–2002 Turkish archaeologist Azzedine Alaïa (turned down) 1935–2017 Tunisian couturier and shoe designer Knight (2008) . Pierre Albaladejo 1933–present French rugby union player Albert II, Prince of Monaco 1958–present Prince of Monaco Helene Aldwinckle 1920–2020 Bletchley Park codebreaker (World War II) Knight (Ceremony: 19 July 2019) Jean Alesi 1964–present French former Formula 1 driver Knight (2006) Alexander I of Yugoslavia Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis Édouard Alexandre 1824–1888French organ inventor and manufacturer Knight (1860) Hossein Alizâdeh Jean Francois Allard 1785–1839 French soldier and adventurer 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 Regina Annenberg Weingarten David Annoussamy Nominated: 2006Received: 2007 Jacques Anquetil Admiral Mohammad Anwar Mohammad Nor Chief of Defence Force of Malaysia (2007) Senedu Araya-Sellassie Founder of Vision on Africa, VoA Geoffrey Arbuthnot Denys Arcand Alphonse Areola World Cup winning footballer Mohammed Arkoun Elizabeth Arden Dombasle Arielle 1953–present French actress, singer, producer Giorgio Armani 1934–2025 Italian fashion designer Edwin Howard Armstrong Gladys Arnold Henry "Hap" Arnold Yann Arthus-Bertrand Photographer, journalist, reporter and environmentalist Bahram Aryana 1906–1985 Former Chief of Staff of the Shah's Armed Forces Grand Officier (TBA) Sir Frederick Ashton Founding choreographer of The Royal Ballet Szymon Askenazy Olivar Asselin Celal Atik Vera Atkins Charley Attali 1930-2006 Israeli aerospace engineer, in charge of the Diamant Richard Attenborough Pierre Augereau Aung San Suu Kyi Jacqueline Auriol Charles Aznavour

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

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