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

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 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.

RecipientDates(birth – death) General work, and reason for the recognitionAward Category (Date) Haakon VII of Norway 1872 – 1957 King of Norway (1905 - 1957) Grand Cross Otto von Habsburg 1912 – 2011 European politician and the last crown prince of Austria-Hungary Grand Cross (31 October 2008) Otto Hahn 1879 – 1968 German chemist (radioactivity and radiochemistry) Officer (1959) Oskar Halecki 1891 – 1973 Polish historian, social and Catholic activist. Knight Arthur Halestrap 1898 – 2004 British soldiers. Known for being one of the last surviving British soldiers of the First World War. TBA (1988) Vahid Halilhodžić 1952 – present Former Bosnian football player and football manager (Paris Saint Germain F.C.) Knight (14 July 2004) John Hall 1795 – 1865 British military surgeon of the Crimean War TBA Harriet Hallowell 1872 – 1943 An American painter (Moret-sur-Loing, France). Recognised for her relief work caring for soldiers during and after World War I TBA (1930) Alphonse Halimi 1932 – 2006 French Boxer TBA Józef Haller de Hallenburg 1873 – 1960 Polish Army soldier (lieutenant general) Grand Officer Lionel Halsey 1872 – 1949 Royal Navy officer and courtier. Officer (15 September 1916)Commander (20 April 1917) Edward S. Hamilton 1917 – 2006 American army officer (World War II) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operative (China, East Germany and Turkey). TBA (2005) Alexander Hamilton-Gordon 1859 – 1939 TBA Thomas T. Handy 1892 – 1982 United States Army four-star general Commander Mohamed Haniff 1937 – present Deputy Mayor of Pondicherry during the French rule in India Knight (Decree of 11 Juin 1937 attested on 5 Jan 1981) Tom Hanks 1956 – present American actor and filmmaker. Recognised for his presentation of World War II and support of World War II veterans TBA (2016) Hector Hanoteau 1823 – 1890 French landscape painter Knight (18 June 1870) Yuko Harayama Japanese government administrator of science and technology support Knight (2011) John Hardress Lloyd 1874 – 1952 Anglo-Irish soldier and polo player. Recognised for his service in the British Army during the World War I. Knight Moses Hardy TBA Saad Hariri TBA David A. Harris TBA Walter Burton Harris TBA Wesley Hart TBA Arthur A. Hartman TBA Stanley Harcki 1898 – 2001 Bridge engineer and United States veteran of World War I and World War II. Knight (October 1999) John F. "Jack" Hasey TBA Ahmad Y. al-Hassan 1925 – present Historian of Arabic and Islamic science and technology TBA João Havelange 1916 – 2016 Brazilian ex-president of FIFA Knight Václav Havel 1936 – 2011 Czech statesman, writer and former dissident. Known as the first President of the Czech Republic (1993 - 2003). Grand Cross (March 1990) Baron Haussmann TBA Jean-Joseph Ange d'Hautpoul TBA Major General Mian Hayaud Din 1910 – 1965 Royal Indian Army officer. Known for commanding British troops supporting the French Army in Indochina (1945 – 1946) TBA Michael Heidelberger TBA Paul César Helleu TBA Ray Henault TBA Edward Henry TBA Thierry Henry TBA Pierre Hermé 1961 Pastry chef TBA Daniel Hernández (painter) TBA Lucas Hernandez World Cup winning footballer TBA Major General Mark L. Hersey U.S. Army TBA Jacques-Léopold Heugel Music publisher TBA H. Kent Hewitt 1887 – 1972 American Admiral. Known for commanding the amphibious landings in North Africa, Italy, and Southern France during World War II. TBA Paul Hewson, aka "Bono" TBA René Alphonse Higonnet TBA Pierre Hinzelin, Colonel TBA Gustave-Adolphe Hirn TBA Stanley Ho 1922 – 2020 Casino Mogul. Recognised for his generous philanthropic dononations. Known for laying the foundation for Macau's emergence as the world's biggest gambling destination. Knight (1984) Lewis Hodges TBA Frans van der Hoff TBA Lucius Roy Holbrook TBA Wilhelmina Holladay TBA Sekai Holland TBA Bruce K. Holloway TBA James L. Holloway III TBA Hans Reidar Holtermann 1895 – 1966 Recognised for his allied service in World War II TBA Yvette Horner French accordionist TBA Gérard Houllier 1947 – present Football manager TBA Angus Houston TBA Clark Howell TBA Clarence R. Huebner TBA Tom Hughes TBA Victor Hugo TBA Husain Bey, Crown Prince of Tunisia TBA Francis Huster 1947 Actor TBA James Hutchison 1893 – 1979 Principal British liaison officer with the French Resistance during World War II TBA Robert Hutchison 1st Baron Hutchison of Montrose TBA Joris-Karl Huysmans TBA

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

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