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Officer of the Legion of Honour

150 connected Legacies

Dominique Alexandre GodronMarch 25, 1807 — August 16, 1880Dominique Alexandre Godron (French pronunciation: [dɔminik alɛksɑ̃dʁ ɡɔdʁɔ̃]; 25 March 1807 - 16 August 1880) was a French…Nadine GordimerNovember 20, 1923 — July 13, 2014Nadine Gordimer (20 November 1923 – 13 July 2014) was a South African writer and political activist. She…Zénobe GrammeApril 4, 1826 — January 20, 1901Zénobe Théophile Gramme (French pronunciation: [zenɔb teɔfil ɡʁam]; 4 April 1826 – 20 January 1901) was a Belgian…Georges GuingouinFebruary 2, 1913 — October 27, 2005Georges Guingouin (2 February 1913, Magnac-Laval in Haute-Vienne, France – 27 October 2005, Troyes, France) was a French…Jules GuyotMay 17, 1807 — March 31, 1872Jules Guyot (English: ghee-YOH, French: [ʒyl ɡɥijo]; 17 May 1807 – 31 March 1872) was a French physician…Karl HalsApril 27, 1822 — September 7, 1898Karl Marius Anton Johan Hals (27 April 1822 – 7 September 1898) was a Norwegian businessperson who co-founded…David HockneyJuly 9, 1937 — June 11, 2026David Hockney (9 July 1937 – 11 June 2026) was a British painter, stage designer and photographer. As…Charles-Édouard HocquardJanuary 15, 1853 — January 1, 1911Charles-Édouard Hocquard (Nancy 1853 - Lyons 1911) was a French medical doctor and explorer, remembered primarily as a…Victor HugoFebruary 26, 1802 — May 22, 1885Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (French: [viktɔʁ maʁi yɡo] ; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a…Nobuyuki IdeiNovember 22, 1937 — June 2, 2022Nobuyuki Idei (出井 伸之, Idei Nobuyuki; 22 November 1937 – 2 June 2022) was a Japanese businessman. He…Eugene JamotNovember 14, 1879 — April 24, 1937Eugène Jamot (14 November 1879 – 24 April 1937) was a French military doctor in the colonial troops…Pierre-Georges JeanniotJuly 2, 1848 — January 1, 1934Pierre-Georges Jeanniot (English: zhæ-nee-OH, French: [pjɛʁ ʒɔʁʒ ʒanjɔ]; 1848–1934) was a Swiss-French Impressionist painter, designer, watercolorist, and engraver…Michel JouvetNovember 16, 1925 — October 3, 2017Michel Valentin Marcel Jouvet (16 November 1925 – 3 October 2017) was a French neuroscientist and medical researcher.…Theodore von KármánMay 11, 1881 — May 6, 1963Theodore von Kármán (Hungarian: (szőllőskislaki) Kármán Tódor [(søːløːʃkiʃlɒki) ˈkaːrmaːn ˈtoːdor], May 11, 1881 – May 6, 1963) was…Adnan KassarJanuary 1, 1930 — May 2, 2025Adnan Kassar (Arabic: عدنان القصار; 1930 – 2 May 2025) was a Lebanese banker, businessman and politician, who…Pauline KergomardApril 24, 1838 — February 13, 1925Pauline Kergomard (née Reclus, 24 April 1838 – 13 February 1925) was a French educator. She is known…