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

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 & reason for the recognitionAward category (date) Charles Thomas Jackson Jean Michel Jarre Jean-Paul Jauffret George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe Sir Walter St David Jenkins 1874 – 1951 Alan Jefferson Recognised for his service in France during World War II. Jean Jérome Jin Yong Joseph Joffre Douglas Johnson British historian of France Evan M. Johnson Johnnie Johnson (RAF officer) Leon W. Johnson Percy Victor Johnson 1899 – 2003 Recognised for his service in France during World War I William Johnson 1923 – 2023 Recognised for his service in France during World War II. Chevalier (06 June 2017) Pierre Joliot Régis Jolivet 1891 – 1966 Quincy Jones Recognised for his artistic and humanitarian contributions to French society Maad a Sinig Kumba Ndoffene Fa Ndeb Joof King of Sine, reigned 1898-1924 Françoise-Hélène Jourda Architect Louis Jourdan French actor Serge Joyal Rene Joyeuse 1920 – 2012 Captain FFL/OSS. Recognised for his service in France during World War II Mychal F. Judge James Justice Recognised for his services in France during World War II

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

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