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

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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. [5]

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The following is a non-exhaustive list of recipients of the Legion of Honour awards, since the first ceremony in May 1803. [3] 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]

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RecipientDates
(birth – death)		General work & reason for the recognitionAward category (date)
Giuliano Zaccardelli 1946/1947 [9] – presentFormer Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer and RCMP Commissioner.
Basil Zaharoff 1849 [10] – 1936 [11] [12] Greek arms dealer and industrialist [13]
  • Knight (TBA)
  • Officer (TBA)
  • Commander (TBA)
  • Grand Officer (TBA)
  • Grand Cross (31 July 1914)[ citation needed ]
Józef Zajączek 1752 – 1826 Poland general and politician
  • Knight (1803)
  • Commander (1804) [14]
Zygmunt Zaleski 1882 – 1967Polish literature historian, literary critic, poet, publicist, and translatorTBA[ citation needed ]
Arshad-uz Zaman TBA – 2008 Bangladesh Ambassador. Recognised for his lifelong affection for France and its language, which included his translation of the works of Andre Malraux into Bengali. He was the first Bangladeshi to receive the award.Knight (TBA) [15] [16]
L. L. Zamenhof 1859 [17] – 1917 [18] Ophthalmologist. Recognised for creating Esperanto.
  • Knight (TBA)
  • Officer (1905) [19]
Lucjan Żeligowski 1865 – 1947Polish general, politician, military commander and veteran of World War I, the Polish–Soviet War and World War II
Petar Zdravkovski 1912 – 1967Educator, statesman, and diplomat
  • Knight (TBA)
  • Officer (7 May 1956) [20]
Zinedine Zidane 1972 [21] – present France former professional football player and coach. Recnognised for winning the 1998 FIFA World Cup, scoring twice in the final.
Henri Zuber 1844 [25] – 1909French landscape painter Knight (1886)[ citation needed ]
Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. 1920 – 2000 [26] United States Navy officer

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The French government gives out the Legion of Honour awards, to both French and foreign 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, 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. 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 Office 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 each require three years' service in their respective immediately lower rank. The awards are traditionally published and promoted on 14 July.

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. 1 2 3 "France train attack: Chris Norman awarded Legion d'honneur". BBC News . 24 August 2015. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  4. ↑ DM, Florey (29 March 2017). "Michelle Yeoh receives France's highest civilian honour". Cinema Online. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021. Alt URL
  5. 1 2 3 4 "The Grand Chancellery is co-producing a film on women and the Legion of Honor". The Grand Chancellery of the Legion of Honour. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Legion of Honour". Australian Government – Department of Veteran's Affairs. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  7. ↑ Wattel, Michel; Wattel, Béatrice (2009). "Les Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur. De 1805 à nos jours, titulaires français et étrangers". Archives & Culture.
  8. ↑ Benoist, Chloé (18 December 2020). "Explained: Sisi, Macron and the dubious history of France's Legion of Honour". Middle East Eye. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "Head of the R.C.M.P. Resigns Over Arar Affair". CityNews . 6 December 2006. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  10. ↑ Thompson, Ralph (November 1932). "Who Is Sir Basil Zaharoff?". Current History. 37 (2). University of California Press: 173–178. doi:10.1525/curh.1932.37.2.173. JSTOR   45334178. S2CID   249072268. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021. Alt URL
  11. ↑ "Zaharoff, "Mystery Man of Europe", Dies Armaments Salesman One of the Richest Men". The Calgary Daily Herald. 27 November 1936. p. 1. Retrieved 17 July 2021. Alt URL
  12. ↑ John T. Flynn (24 August 2007). "The Merchant of Death: Basil Zaharoff". Mises Institute . Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  13. ↑ Dash, Mike (16 February 2012). "The Mysterious Mr. Zedzed: The Wickedest Man in the World". Smithsonian Magazine . Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  14. ↑ Nadzieja (1988), p.139
  15. ↑ "A time for farewell". The Daily Star. 19 April 2008. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  16. ↑ "Ambassador Arshad-uz Zaman passes away". The Daily Star. 13 April 2008. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  17. ↑ Korzhenkov, Aleksandr (2009). Zamenhof: The Life, Works, and Ideas of the Author of Esperanto (PDF). Translated by Ian M. Richmond. Washington, D.C.: Esperantic Studies Foundation. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  18. ↑ Korzhenkov, Aleksandr (2009). Zamenhof: The Life, Works, and Ideas of the Author of Esperanto (PDF). Translated by Ian M. Richmond. Washington, D.C.: Esperantic Studies Foundation. p. 50. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  19. ↑ "3 россиянина, награждённые орденом Почётного легиона за необычные заслуги (3 Russians Awarded Légion d'honneur for Unusual Merits)". Russian Daily "Sobesednik". 16 August 2013. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  20. ↑ Dodevski, Saso (2009). 65 Years Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Macedonia 1944–2009. Translated by Saso, Kocarev. Prosvetno delo, Skopje. ISBN   978-9989-0-0750-7.
  21. ↑ "Zinedine Zidane Profile". ESPN Soccernet. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011.
  22. ↑ "Décret du 24 juillet 1998 portant nomination à titre exceptionnel" [Decree of 24 July 1998 appointing on an exceptional basis]. Official Journal of the French Republic (in French). 1998 (170). 25 July 1998. PREX9801916D. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021. Alt URL
  23. ↑ "Décret du 31 décembre 2008 portant promotion et nomination" [Decree of 31 December 2008 on promotion and appointment]. Official Journal of the French Republic (in French). 2009 (1). 1 January 2009. PREX0828237D. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  24. ↑ ""Zizou top"". The Guardian . London. July 2000. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  25. ↑ Ristelhuber, Paul; Ingold, Auguste–Marie–Pierre (1884–1890). Angel Ingold (ed.). "Biographies alsaciennes avec portraits en photographie. Série 4" (in French). Colmar (Haut-Rhin). Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  26. ↑ William J. Clinton (2 January 2000). "Statement on the Death of Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr". The American Presidency Project. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
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