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

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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.[3] Commander is the highest civilian category for a non-French citizen, and requires a minimum of five years in the Officer rank. The Grand Officer and the Grand Cross are awarded only to French citizens.[4] The awards are traditionally published and promoted on 14 July.[5]

The following is a non-exhaustive list of recipients of the Légion d'honneur awards, since the first ceremony in May 1803.[6] 2,550 individuals can be awarded the insignia every year.[5] the total number of awards was is close to 1 million[7] (estimated at 900,000 in 2021,[5] including over 3,000 Grand Cross recipients[8]), with some 92,000 recipients alive today.[9] 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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Recipient Dates
(birth - death) 		General Work Award Category (Year awarded) Reason for the Award
Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie 1810 – 1897 French explorer, geographer, and astronomer Knight (27 September 1850)[10][11]
William G. Dabney 1924 – 2018 American soldier (African-American resident of Roanoke, Virginia) Knight (5 June 2009)[12][13] Actions during the invasion of Normandy, as last known surviving soldier from the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion. [Note: Awarded on the 65th anniversary of D-Day.]
Leon Dabo 1865 – 1960 American painter Knight (1934)[citation needed] Contributions to art.
Jan Henryk Dąbrowski 1755 – 1818 Polish general and statesman Officer (1804)[14]
Grand Cross[15]
Stefan Dąb-Biernacki 1890 – 1959 Polish general Knight[citation needed]
Artin Dadyan Paşa 1830 – 1901 Ministre of Foreign affairs of Ottoman TBA[citation needed]
Saro Dadyan Turkish Ottoman Historian TBA[citation needed]
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre[16] 1787 - 1851 Artist and inventor of the daguerreotype process of photography. TBA[citation needed]
Edouard Daladier 1884 – 1970 Prime Minister of France TBA (May 1917)[citation needed] Gallantry in action.
Salvador Dalí 1904 – 1989 Spanish surrealist artist TBA[citation needed]
Ahmad Hasan Dani 1920 – 2009 Pakistani archaeologist, historian, and linguist. TBA (1998)[17]
Barney Danson 1921 – 2011 Canadian World War II veteran abd Canadian politician (former Defence Minister). TBA[citation needed]
Robert Darnton 1939 – Present American cultural historian and academic librarian specializing in 18th-century France. Knight (1999)[citation needed]
André Darrigade 1929 – Present French professional road bicycle racer Officer[citation needed]
Raymond Daudel 1920 – 2006 French chemist Officier[18]
Madeleine Hamm Dautartas 1923 – 2021[19] French Resistance figure TBA[citation needed]
Paul Davenport 1946 – Present University of Alberta president (10th) and University of Western Ontario president (9th). TBA[citation needed]
Walter J. Davey 1897 – 2001 British World War I Veteran for service in France. TBA[citation needed]
Athanase David 1882 – 1953 Canadian lawyer, politician, and businessman. Knight (1923)
Officer (1925)
Commander (1934)[citation needed]
Michel David-Weill 1932 – Present Investment banker and former Chairman of Lazard Frères. Commander[citation needed]
Miles Davis 1926 – 1991 American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Knight (1991)[citation needed]
Michael S. Davison 1917 – 2006 United States Army four-star general TBA[citation needed]
Louis Nicolas Davout 1770 – 1823 Marshal of France Grand Cross][20]
Marcel Déat 1894 – 1955 French politician TBA[citation needed]
Francois Debat 1785 – 1861 TBA[citation needed]
Alma de Bretteville Spreckels 1881 – 1968 Wealthy socialite and philanthropist (San Francisco, California) Grand Cross[21]
André Debry 1898 – 2005 Last surviving French veterans of the World War I. Officer[22] War record and work as school principal
Claude Debussy[23] 1862 – 1918 French composer Knight (January 1903)[24]
Clara Longworth de Chambrun 1873 – 1954 American patron of the arts and scholar of Shakespeare Knight (1928)[citation needed]
George W. Deckard 1896 – 2001 American World War I veteran TBA[citation needed]
Odile Decq 1955 – Present Architect Knight (2003)[citation needed]
Reza Deghati 1952 – Present Iranian-French photojournalist TBA[citation needed]
Kambiz Derambakhsh Iranian cartoonist Knight (26 October 2014)[25]
Simone Del Duca 1912 – 2004 French businesswoman Commander[citation needed]
Cino Del Duca 1899 – 1967 Italian-born businessman film producer and philanthropist TBA[citation needed]
Percival Alfred Delafield 1897 – 1999 UK Royal Engineer. TBA[citation needed]
Léon Delagrange 1873 – 1910 French aviator Knight (1909)[citation needed]
Paul-Louis Delance 1845 – 1924 French painter Knight (1908)[26]
Sonia Delaunay 1885 – 1979 French artist Officer (1975)[citation needed]
Alain Delon 1935 – Present French actor (1960s-1970s) and businessman. Knight (21 February 1991)
Officer (25 March 2005)[27]
Eugène Deloncle 1890 – 1944 French Fascist leader and former naval engineer Knight (decree: 16 June 1920)[28] Military service (World War I), including the Champagne frontline. Known for becoming a prominent nazi-collaborator during World War II.
Ousmane Dembélé 1997 – Present French professional football player (FC Barcelona / France national football team). Knight (2018)[29]
Mimi Denisi Greek actress TBA[30]
Gérard Depardieu 1948 – Present French actor Knight (1996)[31]
William E. DePuy 1919 – 1992 United States Army General Commander[citation needed]
Georges Descrières 1930 – 2013 French actor Officer (January 2004)[32]
Catherine Destivelle 1960 – Present French rock climber and mountaineer TBA[citation needed]
Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe 1846 – 1919 French petroleum businessman (Oil) and early aviation supporter Commander (20 November 1912)[citation needed]
Gabriel Devéria 1844 – 1899 French diplomat and interpreter Knight (1876)
Officer (1896)[33]
Louis DeWachter
(known as Louis Dewis) 		1872 – 1946 Belgian Post-Impressionist painter Knight[34]
Harry DeWolf 1903 – 2000 Canadian naval officer Oficer (3 September 1946)[citation needed] For services at sea in the war against the enemy.
Douglas Dickerson World War II 82nd Airborne Veteran TBA[citation needed]
Joseph T. Dickman 1857 – 1927 United States Army officer (major general, service in five wars) Commander (1919)[citation needed]
William Didier-Pouget 1864 – 1959 French artist Knight (decree: 14 November 1900)
Officer (decree: 13 July 1933)[35]
Laure Diebold 1915 – 1965 Member of the French Resistance during World War II TBA[citation needed]
Marlene Dietrich 1901 – 1992[36] American Actress and Singer Knight
Commander[37] 		Wartime work.
Céline Dion 1968[38] – Present Canadian singer Knight (May 2008)[39][40][41][42]
Jacques Diouf 1938 – 2019[43] Senegalese diplomat and United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General Officer (1978)
Commander (1998)[44]
Walt Disney 1901 – 1966 American entrepreneur, animator, writer, voice actor, and film producer Knight (1935)[45]
Abdelkader El Djezairi 1808 – 1883 Algerian religious and military leader Grand Cross[46][47] Leading a struggle against the French colonial invasion in the mid-19th century.
Do Cao Tri 1923 – 1971 General in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) TBA[citation needed]
Douglas Dodds-Parker 1909 – 2006 British imperial administrator, wartime soldier, and Conservative politician. TBA[citation needed]
Robert Doisneau 1912 – 1994 Photographer TBA[citation needed]
Arnold Dolmetsch 1858 – 1940 French-born musician and instrument maker Knight (1938)[citation needed]
Arielle Dombasle 1953 – Present French actress, singer, producer TBA[citation needed]
Phạm Văn Đồng (ARVN general) 1919 – 2008 General of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Vietnam TBA[citation needed]
Kees van Dongen 1877 – 1968 Dutch-French painter Knight (decree: 13 January 1926)
Officer (decree: 27 February 1954)[48] 		Known for being one of the leading Fauves.
Francis Patrick Donovan 1922 − 2012 Australian academic, lawyer, and diplomat. Knight (1998)[citation needed]
William J. Donovan 1883 – 1959 American World War I veteran TBA[citation needed]
Gustave Doret 1866 – 1943 Swiss composer and conductor TBA[citation needed]
Henri Lucien Doucet 1856 – 1895 French painter TBA (1891)[citation needed]
Kirk Douglas 1916 – 2020 American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and philanthropist TBA (1990)[49] Distinguished services to France in arts and letters.
Henry Doulton 1820 –1897 English businessman, inventor and manufacturer of pottery. Knight (1878)[50] Known for developing the firm of Royal Doulton.
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi 1940 Iranian writer and actor TBA (2014)[citation needed] Known for his promotion of social and artistic freedom in contemporary Iran.
Wayne A. Downing 1940 – 2007 United States Army general (four-stars) TBA[citation needed]
Jacques Drabier Pilot in the Free French Air Force during the Nazi Occupation[51] TBA[citation needed]
Normand Drapeau U.S. WWII veteran [52] TBA[citation needed]
Alfred Dreyfus 1859 – 1935 French artillery officer Knight (decree: 13 July 1906; ceremony: 21 July 1906)[53]
Officer (November 1918)[54]
Louis Auguste Dubuisson TBA[55]
Marcel Louis Célestin Dubuisson TBA[56]
René Ducourtieux 1924 - 2013 French NCO Army (1944–1962) TBA[citation needed]
Francis P. Duffy 1871 – 1932 Canadian American soldier, Catholic priest and military chaplain. TBA[57]
Margot Duhalde 1920 – 2018 Chilean pilot Knight (1946)
Commander (2007)[58] 		Known for serving with the Air Transport Auxiliary of the Royal Air Force in World War II, as Chile's first female military pilot and first female air traffic controller.
Alexandre Dumas, fils 1824 – 1895 French author and playwright TBA[citation needed] Known for the romantic novel "The Lady of the Camellias" (1848)
Dr. Allen B. Du Mont TBA[citation needed]
François Joseph Dumont 1918 - 1997 Free French Air Force TBA[citation needed]
Jules Dumont d'Urville 1790 – 1842 French explorer and naval officer Knight[citation needed] The recovery of the Venus de Milo for France's Louvre. Note: Known for exploring the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica.
Richard Saunders Dundas 1802 – 1861 Royal Navy officer Grand Officer (2 August 1856)[59]
John Dunmore 1923[60] – Present New Zealand historianacademic, historian, author, playwright, and publisher Knight (1976)
Officer (2007)[61][62] 		Note: Only the tenth New Zealander to be award a Knight and the third New Zealander to be promoted to Officer.
Anny Duperey 1947 – Present French actress and best-selling author Knight (1997)[citation needed]
Charles-Edmond Duponchel 1804 - 1864 Paris Opera Director and Businessman (Maison Duponchel silverware company founder). TBA[citation needed] Military service to France
Julien Dupré 1851 – 1910 French painter[63][64] TBA (1892)[65]
Charles François Dupuis 1794 – 1868 French savant and professor of rhetoric at the Collège de Lisieux, Paris Knight[66][67] Known for the Christ myth theory, that Christianity was an amalgamation of various ancient mythologies and that Jesus was a mythical character.
Durga Charan Rakshit South African anti-apartheid campaigner and Nelson Mandela confidante Knight[68] Lifelong service to the community.
Charles Durning 1923 – 2012 American actor Knight (April 2008)[citation needed]
Gaëtan Duval 1930 – 1996 Mauritian Barrister, statesman and politician (Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate). Commander (1973)[69]
Bob Dylan 1941 – Present American singer-songwriter, author and visual artist. TBA (13 November 2013)[70]

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