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

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]

Légion d'honneur recipients by name A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z

• Claude Nahon
• Zdzislaw Najder
• Étienne de Nansouty (1768–1815), French general, commander of the Guard cavalry during the Napoleonic Wars. Commander (1804), Grand Officer (1805), Grand Eagle (1807).
• Ehsan Naraghi
• Juan-David Nasio
• Martin Dunbar-Nasmith
• Klaus Naumann
• Shahram Nazeri (1950–), Iranian musician and singer awarded the Legion in 2007.
• Philip Neame
• Wendell Cushing Neville
• Simon Newcomb
• Michel Ney (17698–1815), French general, Napoleonic Wars
• Prince Nicholas of Romania
• Anna de Noailles
• Philippe Noiret
• Manuel Noriega (b. 1934), Panamanian General awarded the Legion in 1987.
• Lauris Norstad
• Richard Norton
• Pierre Notting
• William Nutley

References

1. 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