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The following is a list of notable foreign members of the Legion of Honor by their country of origin. The Legion of Honor is the highest decoration in France. and is divided into five degrees (lower to higher): Chevalier (Knight), Officier (Officer), Commandeur (Commander), Grand Officier (Grand Officer) and Grand Croix (Grand Cross). Membership in the Legion of Honor is restricted to French nationals. Foreign nationals who have served France or the ideals it upholds may, however, receive a distinction of the Légion, which is nearly the same thing as membership in the Légion. Foreign nationals who live in France are submitted to the same requirements as Frenchmen. Foreign nationals who live abroad may be awarded a distinction of any rank or dignity in the Légion. A complete, chronological list of the members of the Legion of Honor nominated from the very first ceremony in 1804 to now does not exist. The number is estimated at one million. Among them about 3,000 were decorated with the Grand Cross (including 1,200 French). Albania Grand Officer Ismail Kadare (2020), a writer Iliaz Vrioni, politician Commander Edi Rama (2017), Albanian Prime Minister Chevalier Fatos Kongoli (2010), a writer Officier Drita Hadaj (2014), Professor Algeria Algeria was part of France from 1830 to 1962 Grand Cross Abdelkader El Djezairi (1860), religious and military leader who led a struggle against the French colonial invasion in the mid-19th century. In 1860, Abdelkader, who was living in exile in Syria, fought to save thousands of Christians in Damascus during the conflict between the Druze and Maronites. The French government then bestowed on him the Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur Si Kaddour Benghabrit (1939), official and founder of the Muslim Institute of the Great Mosque of Paris Djelloul Ben Lakhdar (1856-1940), bachaga of the Larbaa Chevalier Saïd Cid Kaoui (1904), berberologist, lexicographer and interpreter officer of the 1st class. Argentina Chevalier Adolfo Bioy Casares (1981), writer. Ernesto Sabato (1979, Chevalier; 1986 Commander), writer, humanist, former member of the CONADEP, founder and first President of the Fundación Ernesto Sabato. Juan David Nasio (1999), psychoanalyst, psychiatric physician, writer. Officier Victoria Ocampo (1962), writer, critic; founder, publisher and director of Sur, philanthropist. Commander Jorge Luis Borges (1983), writer, teacher. Grand Cross Mauricio Macri (2016), president of Argentina Australia Grand Officer General Sir John Monash, (1919), Appointed Grand Officier during World War I Commander Stephen Brady AO CVO, (2017), Australian Ambassador to France Sir Ninian Stephen (dec'd), (1983), Governor-General of Australia Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston, (2007), former Chief of the Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, (2017), Chief of the Defence Force, Appointed Chevalier in 2015 Officer Major General Sir John Gellibrand, (1919), Commander 3rd Australian Division, Appointed Officier during World War I Major General Sir Thomas Glasgow, (1919), Commander 1st Australian Division, Appointed Officier during World War I Major General Sir Charles Rosenthal, (1919), Commander 2nd Australian Division, Appointed Officier during World War I George Beattie Lean (1983), Chairman of Peko-Wallsend, President of the France-Australia Industrial Round Table Ross Steele, (2008), for promoting the teaching of French language and culture. Was also appointed Chevalier in 1996 General Sir Peter Cosgrove, , Governor General of Australia General David Hurley, (2012), Governor of New South Wales Vice Admiral Ray Griggs, (25 March 2014), Chief of Navy Dame Marie Bashir, (2014), Governor of New South Wales. Was also appointed Chevalier in 2009 Lieutenant General David Morrison, (July 2014), Chief of Army. Vice Admiral Tim Barrett, (8 April 2017), Chief of Navy. Vice Admiral David Johnston, (16 November 2018), Vice Chief of the Defence Force. Nancy Wake, partisan of the French Resistance in World War 2 Chevalier Lieutenant Colonel Sir Michael Bruxner, (1917), later to become a prominent NSW politician, was appointed as a Chevalier "in recognition of distinguished services" during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in the First World War Lieutenant General Sir Leslie Morshead, (1919), 33rd Battalion, AIF, Appointed Officier during World War I James Taylor (1927), Australian Olympic Federation President Professor Francis Patrick Donovan (1998), appointed Chevalier in recognition of services to the International Court of Arbitration and the relationship between France and Australia. Charlie Mance (Age 98) travelled to France in 1998 to receive the medal for serving in France as an ally in World War One. Robert Cowper (2004), flying ace of the Second World War Tom Hughes, (2005), prominent barrister and Attorney-General in the Gorton Government, appointed Chevalier for his contribution as an RAAF pilot in the D-Day landings Suzanne Cory, (2009), professor of medical research with the Institut Pasteur Duncan Kerr, Judge of the Federal Court of Australia (2011) His Honour Judge Warren C Fagan, QC, former president of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal of Victoria, officier de Palmes Académiques, former president de L'alliance Francaise de Melbourne, chevalier de Légion d'Honneur (2012) Christopher Jenkins (2013) Professor Kurt Lambeck , (2013), geoscientist who helped establish the Centre national d'études spatiales (National Centre for Space Studies) John Spender KC (2013) Edmund Charles Spencer World War I veteran awarded the Légion d'Honneur on the 80th anniversary of the armistice. Rear Admiral Michael Noonan, (October 2017), Deputy Chief of Navy Cr Noel D'Souza (October 2020), Mayor of Randwick (2015-2017) Graham Russell "Russ" Godden (1920–), Stirling bomber pilot in RAF 196 Squadron from 1944 to 1945, 38 Group, who, as well as flying supplies to Arnhem during Operation Market Garden (23 September 1994) and being tug pilot during Operation Varsity (Crossing of the Rhine, 24 March 1945), also piloted a Stirling bomber during Special Operation Executive missions to France and Norway, as well as dropping French S.A.S paratroops into the Netherlands during Operation Amherst (7 April 1945). Donald Matheson was awarded the Knight in the National Order of the Legion of Honour by his Excellency Mr. Jean-Pierre Thébault, Ambassador of France to Australia, c/- Donald's son, Tesselaar Romanoff Matheson, on the 6th October 2022. This most prestigious distinction was awarded to Donald for his part during the Normandy Landings, on the 6th June 1944 aboard H.M.S Black Prince. Austria Chevalier Peter Engelmann, Philosopher and Publisher (2013) Armenia Officier Andranik Ozanian, military commander and statesman (1919) Religious Leader Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva, The First Lady of Azerbaijan Novruz Mammadov, Prime Minister of Azerbaijan (2.... Discover the Michelle Kenyon Aleksandra Babic popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Michelle Kenyon Aleksandra Babic books.