List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name - H

The following people are recipients of the Légion d'honneur.
*John Hall (1795-1865) - British military surgeon of the Crimean War
*Harriet Hallowell (~1872 - 1943) Harriet Hawley Hallowell, an American painter born in Philadelphia, living in Moret-sur-Loing, France, for her relief work caring for soldiers during and after World War I. A photo and more information is on line at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania: [http://www.hsp.org/default.aspx?id=887] Harriet was the sister of George Hawley Hallowell, the Boston painter (1871-1926).
*John Hardress Lloyd Anglo-Irish soldier and polo player
*Ahmad Y Hassan (1925-) Historian of Arabic and Islamic science and technology
*H. Kent Hewitt (1887-1972) American Admiral who commanded the amphibious landings in North Africa, Italy, and Southern France during WWII
*Robert R Holmes (1916-) for service in France during World War II
*Mahmoud Hesabi (1903-1992), Iranian scientist awarded the Legion in 1957 for his achievements.
*Pierre Hermé, famous pastry chef was awarded the Legion by Jacques Chirac on the 03 May 2007, just before Nicolas Sarkozy's election.
*Hans Reidar Holtermann (1895-1966), for allied service in World War II
*Francis Huster (born 1947), actor
*James Hutchison (1893-1979), the prinicipal British liaison officer with the French Resistance during World War II
*Paul Hewson aka Bono (2007)