• degrees (lower to higher): Chevalier (Knight), Officier (Officer), Commandeur (Commander), Grand Officier (Grand Officer) and Grand Croix (Grand Cross)...
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    Grande Médaille of the French Academy of Sciences in 2010 and the Grand Officier of the French Légion d'honneur in 2011. He was elected a foreign member...
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    Susannah York (category Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres)
    (1978), The Silent Partner (1978) and Superman (1978). She was appointed an Officier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1991. York was born in Chelsea, London...
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    Cannes Film Festival, he received the Honorary Palme d'Or. He was made Officier (Officer) of the Ordre national du Mérite in 1995. He was made Chevalier...
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  • Pierre Théberge (category Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres)
    the 20th century such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Alex Colville and Walker Evans. He also acquired Louise Bourgeois’s Maman, a 30-foot-tall sculpture...
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  • degrees in ascending order: Chevalier (Knight), Officier (Officer), Commandeur (Commander), Grand Officier (Grand Officer) and Grand Croix (Grand Cross)...
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    2021. "The French Legion Of Honor Presents Chesley Sullenberger With The Officier Award". Getty Images. December 17, 2010. "The Founders' Medal" (PDF). Air...
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    John Waters (category Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres)
    is marked by character, wisdom and wit." In 2018, Waters was named an Officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, a cultural award from the French...
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    appointed Commander of the Legion of Honor in 1885; and was made Grand Officier of the Legion of Honour in 1905. He began to teach drawing at the Académie...
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    made Commander of the Danish Order of the Dannebrog; France appointed him Officier, Legion of Honour, in 1953; the Italian government created him Grande Ufficiale...
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