List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name (I) explained

The French government gives out the Legion of Honour awards, to both French[1] and foreign[2] 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[3]), 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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] The total number of awards is close to 1 million[6] (estimated at 900,000 in 2021,[5] including over 3,000 Grand Cross recipients[7]), with some 92,000 recipients alive today.[8] 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.[5]

RecipientDates
(birth  - death)
General work & reason for the recognitionAward category (date)
Khalil Ibrahim Pasha1957  - 2011Sudanese insurgent leader who was the founder of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM).TBA
Jean Ichbiah1940  - 2007French computer scientistKnight (1979)[9]
René Iché1897  - 195420th-century French sculptor TBA
Idris1890  - 1983Libyan political and religious leader, who served as the emirate and then the King of Libya.
Toomas Hendrik Ilves1953  - PresentEstonian politician, and fourth president of Estonia.
Im Kwon-taek1934  - PresentSouth Korean film director.Knight (30 November 2007)[10] [11]
Sofia Imber1924  - 2017Romanian-born Venezuelan journalist and supporter of the arts.Knight (TBA)
Daniel Inouye1924  - 2012American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Hawaii.Knight (6 November 2007)[12]
Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside1880  - 1959Senior British Army officer who served as Imperial General Staff Chief during the first year of the World War II.
Bidzina Ivanishvili1956  - PresentGeorgian politician, businessman, philanthropist and former Prime Minister of Georgia.Knight (31 December 2020)[13] [14]
Frances Ivens1870  - 1944Obstetrician and gynaecological surgeon. Recognised for her services to the French forces at Royaumont.Knight (TBA)[15]

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Notes and References

  1. Légion Code, article 16.
  2. Les 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.
  3. News: France train attack: Chris Norman awarded Legion d'honneur. BBC News. 24 August 2015. 27 July 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210727080410/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34039225. 27 July 2021.
  4. Web site: Michelle Yeoh receives France's highest civilian honour. Florey. DM. Cinema Online. 29 March 2017. 20 July 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210719153150/http://www.cinema.com.my/articles/news_details.aspx?search=2017.n_michellereceivesfrancecivilianhonour_34756. 19 July 2021. Alt URL
  5. Web site: The Grand Chancellery is co-producing a film on women and the Legion of Honor. The Grand Chancellery of the Legion of Honour. 24 July 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210724003139/https://www.legiondhonneur.fr/en/actualites/la-grande-chancellerie-co-produit-un-film-sur-les-femmes-et-la-legion/1813/6. 24 July 2021.
  6. Web site: Legion of Honour. Australian Government  - Department of Veteran's Affairs. 31 January 2021. 27 July 2021.
  7. News: Michel. Wattel. Béatrice. Wattel. Les Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur. De 1805 à nos jours, titulaires français et étrangers. Archives & Culture. 2009.
  8. Web site: Explained: Sisi, Macron and the dubious history of France's Legion of Honour. Chloé. Benoist. 18 December 2020. Middle East Eye. 27 July 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210726145417/https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-france-sisi-legion-honneur-explained-history. 26 July 2021.
  9. Web site: Jean Ichbiah (1940–2007). Ada Information Clearinghouse. 2007. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220709013545/http://archive.adaic.com/news/pressrelease/ichbiah.html. 9 July 2022.
  10. Web site: Lee. Hyo-won. France to Award Director Im Kwon-taek. 28 November 2007. The Korea Times. 9 July 2022. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220709023832/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2007/12/141_14567.html. 9 July 2022.
  11. Web site: Yang. Sung-jin. Great filmmaker Im to get French Legion of Honor. naver.com. 4 December 2007. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220709024825/https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/044/0000069281. 9 July 2022.
  12. News: France's President Sarkozy awards US Senator Inouye with the Legion of Honour medal in Washingtondate=6 November 2007. Townhall. Reuters. December 15, 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150130132859/http://townhall.com/photos/2007/11/06/frances_president_sarkozy_awards_us_senator_inouye_with_the_legion_of_honour_medal_in_washington. January 30, 2015.
  13. Web site: Promotion et nomination dans l’ordre national de la Légion d’honneur et dans l’ordre national du Mérite. Legiondhonneur.fr. Edition spéciale du Journal officiel de la République française. 18. 17 July 2021.
  14. Web site: President Macron grants ruling party chair Ivanishvili top French award. Georgia. Tbilisi. 6 January 2021. Agenda.ge. 6 January 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210718054158/https://agenda.ge/en/news/2021/28. 18 July 2021.
  15. Web site: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. 2014. RCOG Roll of Active Service, 1914-1918. dead. 9. https://web.archive.org/web/20150928042242/https://www.rcog.org.uk/globalassets/documents/guidelines/library-services/heritage/rcog_roll_of_fm_on_active_service_1914-1918.pdf. 28 September 2015.