List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name (W)
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]
- James Waddell (French Foreign Legion), highly decorated New Zealander World War I.
- Youssef Wahba Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt
- Mourad Wahba Pasha
- Sadek Wahba Pasha
- Magdi Wahba
- Mark Wainberg, Leading Canadian AIDS Researcher
- Nancy Wake, Resistance Commander in WW2, highly decorated allied servicewoman.
- Malvin E. Walker, American Army Officer World War II
- Herbert Ward, sculptor and Red Cross officer during World War I.
- Rose Warfman
- Oswald Watt
- John Webber, a Telegrapher in British Navy during D-Day Landings on Sword Beach awarded Medal 27 May 2015
- Nicholas Fox Weber, American cultural historian and foundation director
- Ben Weider
- Léon Weil
- Arnold Weinstock
- David Weisstub
- Wladyslaw Wejtko
- Arsène Wenger, Arsenal Football Club Manager (2002)
- William Westmoreland
- Maxime Weygand
- Joseph Weyland, Luxembourgian diplomat
- Edith Wharton
- Earle Wheeler
- Boleslaw Wieniawa-Dlugoszowski
- Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and author, Nobel Laureate (2000)
- Simon Wiesenthal
- Harvey Ladew Williams, Jr., international businessman
- Arthur Knyvet Wilson
- Henry Hughes Wilson
- Jean-Pierre Wimille
- Edwin B. Winans (U.S. Army general)
- Wong Kar Wai
- Evelyn Wood (British Army officer)
- Klaus Wowereit
- Severin Wunderman
- Reinhold Würth
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
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