Knight of the Legion of Honour
Jazz musicians who received the Knight of the Legion of Honour: list of 13 recipients by year.
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (French: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur [ɔʁdʁ nɑsjɔnal d(ə) la leʒjɔ̃ dɔnœʁ] ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre impérial de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest and most prestigious French national institution, both military and civil. It consists of five classes and was originally established in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte. The order has been retained, with occasional minor alterations, by all subsequent French governments and regimes. The order's motto is Honneur et Patrie ("Honour and Fatherland"); its seat is the Palais de la Légion d'Honneur next to the Musée d'Orsay, on the left bank of the Seine in Paris. Since 1 February 2023, the Order's grand chancellor has been retired general François Lecointre.
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Recipients
| 2023 | Liane Foly French singer |
| 2022 | Rhoda Scott American musician |
| 2010 | Manu Dibango Cameroonian musician and songwriter, recording artist (1933–2020) |
| 2009 | René Urtreger French musician |
| 1996 | Sacha Distel French musician (1933–2004) |
| 1993 | Guy Marchand French actor, singer and musician (1937–2023) |
| 1990 | Martial Solal French jazz pianist and composer (1927–2024) |
| 1957 | Josephine Baker American-born French dancer, singer and actress (1906–1975) |
| 1933 | Darius Milhaud French composer (1892–1974) |
| — | Gene Kelly American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer (1912–1996) |
| — | Hans Werner Henze German composer (1926–2012) |
| — | Barbara Hendricks American operatic soprano and concert singer |
| — | Didier Lockwood French jazz violonist and composer (1956–2018) |