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

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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)
James PacilloOne of the 100 selected D-Day veteransTBA (6 June 2004)[ citation needed ]
Boris Pahor TBA[ citation needed ]
Louis Alexandre PajotKnight (22 October 1959)[ citation needed ]
John Painter (supercentenarian) TBA[ citation needed ]
Euzhan Palcy TBA[ citation needed ]
Orhan Pamuk Turkish writerTBA [9]
Maurice Papon 1910–2007After being convicted for crimes against humanity in 1998-99 for his role during Vichy was dismissed from the order. onTBA (Awarded:1961 Dismissed: 18 November 1999)[ citation needed ]
Asha Pandey TBA[ citation needed ]
Paul Paray TBA[ citation needed ]
Jacques Parisot 1882-1967 social medicine Grand Cross [10]
Jacques ParizeauTBA[ citation needed ]
Robert M. Parker, Jr. TBA[ citation needed ]
Tony Parker TBA[ citation needed ]
Jack ParrotD-Day veteranTBA (2018) [11]
Arvo Pärt 1935 - PresentEstonian composerKnight (2011) [12]
Earle E. Partridge TBA[ citation needed ]
Louis Pasteur 1822–1895French chemistGrande Croix[ citation needed ]
Harry Patch 1898–2009Last surviving British veteran of the trenches (World War I)TBA (1995)[ citation needed ]
George S. Patton American generalTBA[ citation needed ]
Samuel Paty 1973-2020French middle-school teacher who was murdered on 16/10/2020 and posthumously given the award.TBA[ citation needed ]
Gen Paul TBA[ citation needed ]
Benjamin Pavard World Cup winning footballerTBA[ citation needed ]
Luciano Pavarotti TBA[ citation needed ]
George Pearce TBA[ citation needed ]
Ernest Peddell1899–2000Australian Private, 2nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force;TBA (1998)[ citation needed ]
Barthélémy PedinielliBelonged to the 3rd Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment. Recognised for his commitment during the Second World War alongside the Free French forces.Knight[ citation needed ]
Malik Peiris Hong Kong doctor/professorTBA[ citation needed ]
Ernest Peixotto 1869–1940American illustrator and travel writerTBA[ citation needed ]
Claiborne Pell United States SenatorTBA[ citation needed ]
Alphonse Frédéric Pellerin1833–1912French civil engineerKnight (25 July 1905) [13] [14]
John Lysaght Pennefather TBA[ citation needed ]
Jacques Pépin 1935 - PresentChefKnight [15]
Ronald Perelman 1942 - PresentAmerican businessmanTBA (1992)[ citation needed ]
Jacques PerfettiniTBA[ citation needed ]
Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon TBA[ citation needed ]
Lester James Peries Prolific Sri Lankan film director and recipient of SrilankabhimanyaTBA[ citation needed ]
František Peřina TBA[ citation needed ]
Eva Perón 1919–1952First Lady of Argentina (1946-1952) and Spiritual Leader of the Nation of Argentina (1952–Present Day).TBA (1947)[ citation needed ]
Joseph-Xavier Perrault TBA[ citation needed ]
Jean Baptiste Perrin TBA[ citation needed ]
Philippe Perrin TBA[ citation needed ]
John J. Pershing TBA[ citation needed ]
Peter I of Serbia TBA[ citation needed ]
Peter II of Yugoslavia TBA[ citation needed ]
Pedro II of Brazil TBA[ citation needed ]
Zinovy Peshkov TBA[ citation needed ]
Edmund Phelps Director of the Center on Capitalism and Society.TBA[ citation needed ]
Edmund S. Phelps TBA[ citation needed ]
Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux 1815–1884painterTBA [16]
Sir Eric Phipps 1875–1945British ambassador to Berlin (1933–36) and Paris (1936–39).TBA[ citation needed ]
Frank Pickersgill TBA[ citation needed ]
François-Édouard Picot TBA[ citation needed ]
Abbé Pierre TBA[ citation needed ]
Desmond Piers TBA[ citation needed ]
Wallace Pike 1899–1999Canadian WWI veteran of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment.TBA (1998)[ citation needed ]
Józef Pilsudski TBA[ citation needed ]
Max L. PilliardTBA[ citation needed ]
Honoré Le PimpecTBA[ citation needed ]
Harold Pinter 1930–2008British writer and political activist.TBA (2007)[ citation needed ]
Robert Pires 1973 - PresentFrench world cup winning football playerTBA[ citation needed ]
Tadeusz Piskor TBA[ citation needed ]
Pedro José Amadeo Pissis French geologistTBA[ citation needed ]
Michel Platini TBA[ citation needed ]
Georges René Le Peley de Pléville TBA[ citation needed ]
Paul Pogba TBA[ citation needed ]
James H. Polk TBA[ citation needed ]
Elena Poniatowska TBA[ citation needed ]
Józef Antoni Poniatowski TBA[ citation needed ]
Lily Pons TBA[ citation needed ]
Lazare Ponticelli 1897–2008Italian-born French veteran of World War I and supercentenarian.TBA[ citation needed ]
Elvira Popescu 1894–1993Romanian-born French actress.TBA[ citation needed ]
Paolo Portoghesi TBA[ citation needed ]
Marjorie Merriweather Post TBA[ citation needed ]
Stanisław Kostka Potocki TBA[ citation needed ]
William Didier-Pouget 1864–1959French artistOfficer [17]
Colin Powell TBA[ citation needed ]
William C. Powers 1946–2019President of the University of Texas at Austin.TBA[ citation needed ]
Ignacy Pradzynski TBA[ citation needed ]
Cedric Prakash TBA[ citation needed ]
Alain Prost Four-time Formula One championTBA[ citation needed ]
Gilbert PritzelTBA[ citation needed ]
Moshe Prywes 1914–1998Israeli physician and educator; first President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.TBA[ citation needed ]
Denys Puech TBA[ citation needed ]
Bill Purple World War II Airforce PilotKnight (13 September 2013) [18]
Radomir Putnik TBA[ citation needed ]
Daniel Pauly 2017Marine biologistChevalier de la Légion D’Honneur [19]

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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. ↑ "Orhan Pamuk Awarded Officier De l'Ordre National De La Legion D'Honneur". GettyImages. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Ministère de la culture - Base Léonore". www2.culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "D-Day veteran awarded Legion d'Honneur". BBC News. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  12. ↑ "Le compositeur Arvo Pärt décoré de l'ordre de la Légion d'Honneur" . Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  13. ↑ "Histoire des communes: l'Aigle". www.perche-gouet.net (in French). Cercle de Recherches Généalogiques du Perche-Gouët. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  14. ↑ "Pellerin (Alphonse). Châlons 1849" (PDF), Bulletin administratif. Société des anciens élèves des écoles nationales d'arts et métiers (in French), 11: 1255–1258, November 1912, retrieved 9 February 2023
  15. ↑ The Day I Met The OMELETTE GOD (Jacques Pépin) , retrieved 1 September 2023
  16. ↑ "Death of a French Painter" (PDF). The New York Times. 10 November 1884.
  17. ↑ William Didier-Pouget, Archives nationales, Ministère de la Culture
  18. ↑ Maeda, Wendy (14 September 2013). "Petersham man honored by French Legion of Honor for service during WWII". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  19. ↑ "Daniel Pauly knighted by the French government". Sea Around Us. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
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