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

The following is a list of some notable Légion d'honneur recipients by name. The Légion d'honneur is the highest order of France. A complete, chronological list of the members of the Legion of Honour nominated from the very first ceremony in 1803 to now does not exist. The number is estimated at one million including about 3,000 Grand Cross.[1]

References

  1. Wattel, Michel et Béatrice, Les Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur. De 1805 à nos jours, titulaires français et étrangers, Archives et Culture, 2009
  2. Both Pierre Curie and Marie Curie turned down the offer of the Légion d'Honneur: "British Humanist Association" (history), webpage: HUK-2024 Archived 2007-04-27 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. L. Laestadius, Fragments of Lappish Mythology, Trans. Börje Vähämäki, Aspasia Books, Beaverton, Ont. Canada. (2002), p45.
  4. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Catalogue of the Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Museum, 1902.
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