List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name (O)
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]
- Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf
- Victoria Ocampo (1890–1979) Argentine intellectual, publisher, writer and critic.
- Michel Ocelot, French filmmaker; "Chevalier" presented October 2009.[2]
- Brian O'Connell
- Richard O'Connor
- François-Joseph Offenstein (1760–1837) French general and military commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
- Olav V of Norway
- Laurence Olivier, (1907–1989), English actor and director
- Joseph Francis Olliffe
- John O'Neill Sergeant, World War I, V.C., M.M. Soldier in the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
- Terence O'Reilly Irish Rebel who fought in the 1798 Rebellion in Wicklow, Wexford and Dublin and under Napoleon at Austerlitz
- Mathieu Orfila
- Philippe Antoine d'Ornano
- Sherard Osborn
- Władysław Ostrowski
- Terence Otway
- Georges Ouégnin, directeur du protocole d'Etat ivoirien
- William "Bill" Bruce Overstreet, Jr. World War II P-51 "Mustang" Fighter pilot. 357th FG, 363rd FS, "Yoxford Boys"; "Chevalier" presented December 8, 2009AD
- Amos Oz, Israeli writer, journalist
- Andranik Ozanian
- Seiji Ozawa
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Brane, Edouard (26 October 2009). "Le papa de "Kirikou" reçoit la Légion d'Honneur" (in French). AlloCiné. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
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