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

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]

• Ira C. Eaker
• Amelia Earhart (1897–1937?), first woman to fly solo across Atlantic Ocean (1932)
• Clint Eastwood (b. 1930)
• Shirin Ebadi
• Félix Éboué
• Oya Eczacıbaşı (b. 1959)
• Albert Edelfelt
• Clarence Ransom Edwards
• (b. 1924), for outstanding dedication and service in World War II
• Blanche Edwards-Pilliet (1858-1941)
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• (1897–2004)
• Duke Ellington
• (1925–2009), for outstanding dedication and service in World War II
• , Swedish professor (chevalier 2003)
• Laurence Equilbey, choral conductor
• Birger Eriksen (1875–1958), for allied service in World War II
• Behiç Erkin Turkish Colonel,Ambassador and First TCDD General Director
• Tapani Erling
• Georges Auguste Escoffier (1846–1935), first chef to receive this award for elevating the status of French cuisine
• Thomas W. Evans
• Rémi Joseph Isidore Exelmans
• Léopold Eyharts
• Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès (1767–1846)

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