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.
Haakon VII of Norway
Otto von Habsburg (1912–2011) - last crown prince of Austria-Hungary and European politician
Otto Hahn
Oskar Halecki
Arthur Halestrap
Vahid Halilhodžić (b. 1952), former Bosnian football player, now successful football manager, received his Légion d'Honneur on 23. July 2004, during his tenure as manager of PSG.
John Hall (1795–1865), British military surgeon of the Crimean War
Harriet Hallowell (~1872–1943), an American painter, living in Moret-sur-Loing, France, for her relief work caring for soldiers during and after World War I
Alphonse Halimi
Józef Haller de Hallenburg
Lionel Halsey
Edward Hamilton (officer)
Alexander M Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton-Gordon (1859-1939)
Thomas T. Handy
Mohamed Haniff (1937), a Tamil born in Pondicherry of French India was accorded the Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur. He was also the Deputy Mayor of Pondicherry during the French rule in India
Tom Hanks, American actor and filmmaker.
Hector Hanoteau
Yuko Harayama, Japanese government administrator of science and technology support, 2011 recipient
John Hardress Lloyd Anglo-Irish soldier and polo player
Moses Hardy
Saad Hariri
David A. Harris
Walter Burton Harris
Arthur A. Hartman
Stanley Harycki (1898-2001) Bridge engineer of Polish descent and United States veteran of World War I and II.
John F. "Jack" Hasey
Ahmad Y. al-Hassan (b. 1925), historian of Arabic and Islamic science and technology
João Havelange Brazilian ex-president of FIFA.
It is said in Václav Havel that he was recipient of the Grand Cross of Légion d’honneur.
Baron Haussmann
Jean-Joseph Ange d'Hautpoul
Major General Mian Hayaud Din (1910–65), Royal Indian Army officer who commanded British troops supporting the French Army in Indochina 1945–46
Michael Heidelberger
Paul César Helleu
Ray Henault
Edward Henry
Thierry Henry
Pierre Hermé, pastry chef (b. 1961)
Daniel Hernández (painter)
Major General Mark L. Hersey, U.S. Army
H. Kent Hewitt (1887–1972), American Admiral who commanded the amphibious landings in North Africa, Italy, and Southern France during WWII
Paul Hewson, aka "Bono"
René Alphonse Higonnet
Gustave-Adolphe Hirn
Lewis Hodges
Frans van der Hoff
Lucius Roy Holbrook
Wilhelmina Holladay
Sekai Holland
Bruce K. Holloway
James L. Holloway III
Hans Reidar Holtermann (1895–1966), for allied service in World War II
Gérard Houllier (b. 1947), football manager
Angus Houston
Clark Howell
Clarence R. Huebner
Tom Hughes
Victor Hugo
Husain Bey, Crown Prince of Tunisia
Francis Huster (b. 1947), actor
James Hutchison (1893–1979), the principal British liaison officer with the French Resistance during World War II
Robert Hutchison, 1st Baron Hutchison of Montrose
Joris-Karl Huysmans
