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

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) Sitiveni Rabuka 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"French Honor U.S. Paratroop Chief", Stars and Stripes (ETO), Dec 14, 1942, page 1 1907 – 2003 United States Army officer Maryse Rageul 1898 – 1952 French Air Corp Captain Commander Rainier III, Prince of Monaco 1949 – 2005 Prince of Monaco Grand Cross Joseph Ralston 1943 – Current Seewoosagur Ramgoolam 1900 – 1985 Adil Rami World Cup winning footballer Fidel Valdez Ramos 1928 – Present Filipino general and politician Charlotte Rampling Bertram Ramsay Axel Rappe 1838 – Present Jean Raspail 1838 – Present Novelist and journalist TBA (1983) Satyajit Ray Film maker and artist from India. Robert Redford American actor Richard Redgrave British artist and administrator Willie Redmond Pierre-Joseph Redouté 1759 – 1840 French painter Major Gordon Michael Reeves 1912 – 2003 Major in British Army during World War II, liaison officer on General Koenig's staff in North Africa Suzanne Reichenberg 1853 – 1924 French actress Chevalier William Edward Moyses Reilly Jean Rémy 1899 – 1955 French colonel, Companion of the Liberation during World War II Grand Officier Ernest Renan Louis Renault Rosalie Rendu Géraud Réveilhac 1851 – 1937 Général de division of World War I Grand Officier Òscar Ribas Reig 1936 – 2020 Former Prime Minister of Andorra Jacqueline de Ribes 1929 – Present French socialite and fashion designer Patrick Ricard 1945 – 2012 Entrepreneur Commander (13 July 2007) Robert C. Richardson Jr. 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 René Riffaud 1898 – 2007 Tunisian veteran of World War I Antoine Rigaudeau Frédéric Rimbaud 1814 – 1878 Captain of Chasseurs, father of the poet, Arthur Rimbaud Eric Ripert Jean-Pierre Rives Captain of the national rugby union team, sculptor Jeanne Robert Member of the French Resistance William Roberts (veteran) Thomas Bilbe Robinson Russell M. Robinson WWII B-24 Pilot, 8th AF. Awarded Roanoke, VA USA, by the French Gen. Military Attache US TBA (5 June 2019) Yves Rocard David Rockefeller John D. Rockefeller Jr. Henryk Rodakowski Auguste Rodin George Rodocanachi Pierre Louis Roederer Jacques Rogge William Allen Rogers (W.A. Rogers) 1854 – 1931 American Illustrator (famous for Uncle Sam cartoons in the New York Herald during WWI) Felix Rohatyn Paul Rohmer 1876 – 1977 French physician, Officier of the Légion d'honneur Manfred Rommel 1928 – Present German politician Maurice Rose Charles Rosenthal 1875 – 1954 Australian World War 1 general Marie-Thérèse Rossel Gioachino Rossini Claudia Roth Alphonse James de Rothschild Alfred de Rothschild James Mayer de Rothschild Marie-Hélène de Rothschild Col. Richard de Roussy de Sales 1905 – 1994 Recognised for his service with the French Resistance in World War II. Joseph Rovan Alex Rowe 1966 – Present British national serving in the French Foreign Legion Stefan Rowecki JK Rowling Norman Richard Rudd 1922 – Present Recognised for his military service in the defence of France and French territories (1939 - 1945). James Earl Rudder Sir Edward Ruggles-Brise, 1st Baronet Bruce Ruxton Nano Ružin Edward Rydz-Śmigły

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

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