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This is a List of the Companions of the Liberation, which consist of people, communities and military units that have been awarded the
This is a List of the Companions of the Liberation, which consist of people, communities and military units that have been awarded the Ordre de la Libération
The Order of Liberation (french: Ordre de la Libération) is a French Order which was awarded to heroes of the Liberation of France during World War II. It is a very high honour, second only after the ''Légion d’Honneur'' (Legion of Honour ...
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1038 people, 5 cities, and 18 military units have been awarded '' Compagnons de la Libération''. Amongst the 1038 Compagnons, 271 have been awarded posthumously, 60 were not French at the time they were awarded and six are women. The last surviving member of the order, Hubert Germain
Hubert Germain (6 August 1920 – 12 October 2021) was a French politician who was a member of the French Resistance during World War II. He was the last living Companion of the Order of Liberation.
Biography
Germain was born on 6 August 1920 ...
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*André Aalberg *Michel Abalan *Valentin Abeille *José Aboulker
Jos̩ Aboulker (5 March 1920 Р17 November 2009) was a French Algerian Jew and the leader of the anti-Nazi resistance in French Algeria in World War II. He received the U.S. Medal of Freedom, the Croix de Guerre, and was made a Compani ...
*Robert Abraham
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*Alain Agenet
*Edouard Ahnne
* Raymond Appert
*Marcel Albert
Marcel Albert (25 November 1917 – 23 August 2010) was a French World War II flying ace who flew for the air forces of the Vichy government and the Free French forces, and also for the Soviet Air Force and the Royal Air Force. He was born in ...
*Berty Albrecht
Berty Albrecht (15 February 1893 – 31 May 1943) was a French feminist and Resistance martyr.
Life
Albrecht was born Berthe Wild in Marseilles on 15 February 1893 to a middle-class Protestant family. She married the Dutch banker Frédéric Alb ...
*Blaise Alexandre
*Roland Alibert de Falconnet
* Émile Allegret
*Roger Alloues
*Henri Amiel
* Dimitri Amilakvari
*René Amiot
* Hubert Amyot D'Inville
*Louis Andlauer
*Gustave André
*Roger André
*Jacques Andrieux
*Pierre Anglade
*Bernard Anquetil
*Roméo Antoniotti
*Paul Appert
*Pierre Arainty
*Paul Aribaud
* Louis Armand
* Michel Arnaud
*Paul Arnault
*Pierre Arrighi
*François Arzel
*Henri d'Astier de la Vigerie Henri d'Astier de La Vigerie (11 September 1897 – 10 October 1952) was a French soldier, ''Résistance'' member, and conservative politician.
Life
Henri d'Astier was born in Villedieu-sur-Indre, a small village in the Indre département of cent ...
*François d’Astier de la Vigerie
* Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie
*Jean Astier de Villatte
*Pierre Aubertin
*Philippe Auboyneau
Philippe Auboyneau (9 November 1899 – 22 February 1961) was an officer in the French Navy. As an admiral, he was commander of the Free French naval forces in the Pacific and the Mediterranean during the Second World War. He was awarded the Ordr ...
*Antoine Avinin
Antoine Louis Avinin (b. 26 January 1902 d.29 October 1962) liases Albert Arnaud, Albert Anceau, Albert Audin, Talbertwas a French businessman, resistance fighter and politician.
Biography
He was born in Lyon. His parents owned a food trading bu ...
*Fernand Aymé
*Jean Ayral
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*Gabriel Bablon *René Babonneau *Joseph Bakos *Jean Ballarin *André Ballatore *Jacques Ballet *Bernard Barberon *Roger Barberot *Gustave Barlot *Raymond Basset *Paul Batiment *Jacques Bauche *Guy Baucheron de Boissoudy *René Bauden *René Baudry * Jacques Baumel *Georges Bavière *Maurice Bayrou *Jean de Bazelaire de Ruppierre *Jacques Beaudenom de Lamaze *Henri Beaugé-Berubé *Pierre Beaugrand *Jean Bécourt-Foch *Didier Béguin *Louis Béguin *Valentin Béhélo * Mohamed Bel Hadj *Jean Bellec *Émile Bellet *Louis Bénard *Auguste Bénébig *Henri Benevene *Lionel Beneyton *Pierre de Bénouville *Raoul Béon *Frédéric Bergamin *Georges Bergé *Jean-Pierre Berger *André Bergeret *Pierre Bernard *Claude Bernard *Philippe Bernardino *Adrien Bernavon *Lucien Berne *Pierre Bernheim *Lucien Bernier *Pierre Bertaux *Jean Bertin *Jean Bertoli *Antonin Betbeze * Antoine Béthouart *Pierre Beucler *Georges Bidault
Georges-Augustin Bidault (; 5 October 189927 January 1983) was a French politician. During World War II, he was active in the French Resistance. After the war, he served as foreign minister and prime minister on several occasions. He joined the ...
*François Bigo
*Pierre Billotte
*Abel Billy
*Robert Bineau
*Jacques Bingen
Jacques Bingen (16 March 1908 – 12 May 1944) was a high-ranking member of the French Resistance during World War II who, when captured by the Gestapo, chose to commit suicide rather than risk divulging what he knew under torture.
Early life
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*François Binoche
*Roger Birot
*Antoine Bissagnet
*Arnaud Bisson
*André Blanchard
*René Blanchard
*Pierre Blanchet
*Jacques Blasquez
*Sigismond Blednicki
*Louis Blesy
*Maurice du Boisrouvray
* Alain de Boissieu
*François Bolifraud
*Émile Bollaert
*André Bollier
André Bollier (May 30, 1920 – June 17, 1944) was a member of the French Resistance during World War II.
Bollier was born in Paris and enrolled in the École Polytechnique in 1938. He was called up for military service after his first year of s ...
*Michel Bollot
*Paul Bonaldi
*Georges Bonnet
Georges-Étienne Bonnet (22/23 July 1889 – 18 June 1973) was a French politician who served as foreign minister in 1938 and 1939 and was a leading figure in the Radical Party.
Early life
Bonnet was born in Bassillac, Dordogne, the son of ...
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*Maurice Bonte
*Louis Bonvin
*François Boquet
*Henri Bordas
*Sidiki Boubakari
*Jean Bouchez
*Claude Bouchinet-Serreules
*Michel Boudier
*André Boulloche
*Henri Bouquillard
Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name Henry.
People with this given name
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* Claude Bourdet
*Jacques Bourdis
*Henri Bourgeois
* Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury
*Pierre-Louis Bourgoin
*Pierre Bourgoin
*Augustin Bourrat
*Édouard Bourret
*Émile Bouthemy
*Léon Bouvier
*René Bouvret
*Laurent Bovis
*André Boyer
*Jacques Branet
*Gabriel Branier
*Jean Brasseur
*Raphaël Briard
*Roger Brias
*Charles Bricogne
*Martial Brigouleix
*René Briot
*Pierre Briout
*Pierre Brisdoux Galloni d'Istria
*Félix Broche
*Diego Brosset
* Pierre Brossolette
*Louis Broudin
*Amédée Brousset
*André Brunel
* Gabriel Brunet de Sairigné
*Jacques Brunschwig-Bordier
*Augusto Bruschi
*Pierre Brusson
*Paul Buffet-Beauregard
*Martial Bugeac
*Georges Buis
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*Georges Cabanier *Jean Cadéac d'Arbaud *René Cailleaud *Michel de Camaret *Lucien Cambas *Gustavo Camerini *Jean-Claude Camors *Joseph Canale *Georges Canepa *André Cantes *Jean Capagory *Michel Carage *Roger Carcassonne-Leduc *Jean-Claude Carrier *Joseph Casile *René Casparius * René Cassin *Jean Cassou *Noël Castelain *Georges Catroux
Georges Albert Julien Catroux (29 January 1877 Р21 December 1969) was a French Army general and diplomat who served in both World War I and World War II, and served as Grand Chancellor of the L̩gion d'honneur from 1954 to 1969.
Life
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* Jean Cavaillès
*Alfred Cazaud
*Roger Ceccaldi
*Jean Cédile
*Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Jacques Chaban-Delmas (; 7 March 1915 – 10 November 2000) was a French Gaullist politician. He served as Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1969 to 1972. He was the Mayor of Bordeaux from 1947 to 1995 and a deputy for the Gironde ''dà ...
*Julien Chabert
*Albert Chambonnet
*Jean-Louis Chancel
*Claude Chandon
*Pol Charbonneaux
*Albert Chareyre
*Guy Charmot
*Henri Chas
*Pierre Château-Jobert
*Guy Chauliac
*Guy Chaumet
*Paul Chausse
*Albert Chavanac
*Eugène Chavant
Eugène Chavant was the founder of the French resistance organisation France Combat in 1942 and a prominent member of the French resistance. His nom de guerre was Clement, hence the "dit Clement" on the memorial to him in Grenoble. He was a member ...
*Guy Chavenon
*Paul Chenailler
*Camille Chevalier
*Maurice Chevance-Bertin
*Bernard Chevignard
*Pierre de Chevigné
Pierre Gabriel Adhéaume de Chevigné (16 June 1909 – 4 April 2004) was a French politician, who was the Minister of Defence in the Fourth Republic between 14 May and 1 June 1958.
Early life
Chevigné was born on 16 June 1909 in Toulon. He wa ...
*Gilbert Chevillot
*Geoffroy Chodron de Courcel
*Maurice Choron
*Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 Winston Churchill in the Second World War, dur ...
*Maurice Claisse
*Roland Claude
*Eugène Claudius-Petit
*Charles Clerc
* Charles Cliquet
*Francis-Louis Closon
* Pierre Clostermann
*Jean Clouet des Pesruches
*Jean Coggia
*Philibert Collet
*Constant Colmay
*Charles Colonna d'Istria
*Paulin Colonna d'Istria
*Jean Colonna d'Ornano
*Adrien Conus
*Roger Coquoin
*Daniel Cordier
*Jean-Marie Corlu
*Édouard Corniglion-Molinier
*Renaud de Corta]
*Louis Cortot
*Henri Cotteret
*Christian Coudray
*Hervé Coué
*Émile Coulaudon
Émile Coulaudon (29 December 1907 - 1 June 1977), known as Colonel Gaspard, was one of the principal leaders of the French Resistance in Auvergne during the Second World War.
Life prior to the Resistance
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*Jean Coupigny
*Pierre Cournarie
*Paul Courounet
*Edmond Coussieu
*Robert Cremel
*Jean Crépin
*Roger Crivelli
*René Crocq
*Irénée Cros
*Michel Cruger
*Robert Cunibil
*Camille Cunin
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Edmond Debeaumarché (15 December 1906 – 28 March 1959) was a French postal worker who joined the French Resistance during World War II. For his service Debeaumarché was highly decorated. In 1960 Debeaumarché received the posthumous distinction ...
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* Pierre Dejussieu-Pontcarral
Pierre Dejussieu-Pontcarral (14 February 1898, Lyon - 1 August 1984, Paris) was a French military man who fought during World War I, and again during World War II when he became one of the leaders of French Resistance.
Biography
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* Raymond Delange
Raymond Delange (21 January 189814 May 1976) was a French Army general. He was a veteran of World War I, World War II and the Algerian War. He was made a Companion of the Liberation for his World War II service.
Early life
Raymond Delange was bo ...
* Charles Delestraint
* Raymond Deleule
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* Lucien Detouche
* Robert Détroyat
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* André Devigny
André Devigny (25 May 1916 – 12 February 1999) was a French soldier and member of the Résistance.
Biography
Devigny was a schoolteacher who joined the French Army just before the outbreak of World War II in 1939. He was part of the fighting ...
* André Dewavrin
Andr̩ Dewavrin DSO, MC (9 June 1911 Р20 December 1998) was a French officer who served with Free French Forces intelligence services during World War II.
Biography
He was born in Paris, the son of a businessman. He graduated as an ar ...
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* Laure Diebold
* Thadée Diffre
* Louis Dio
* Daniel Divry
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew language, Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel (given ...
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* Raymond Dronne
Capitaine Raymond Dronne (8 March 1908, in Mayet, France – 5 September 1991, in Paris) was a French civil servant and, following World War II, a politician. He was the second Allied officer to enter Paris as part of the liberation forces duri ...
* Henri Drouilh
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*François Dumont (sculptor) (1688–1729), French sculptor
*François Dumont (painter) (1751–1831), French painter of portrait miniatures
*François Dumont (pianist)
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* René Dupont
Ren̩ Dupont (18 April 1896 Р22 March 1966) was a French weightlifter. He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of ...
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*Félix Éboué
Adolphe Sylvestre Félix Éboué (; 26 December 1884 – 17 May 1944) was a French Guiana, French French colonial empires, colonial administrator and Free French Forces, Free French leader. He was the first black French man appointed to a hig ...
*Hermann Eckstein
*Albert Eggenspiller
*Rudolph Eggs
* Dwight D. Eisenhower
*Constant Engels
*Jean Eon
*Juan-José Espana
* Henri Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves
*Jules Evenou
*Yves Ezanno
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*Yves Farge *Henry Farret *Marceau Faucret *Michel Faul *Philippe Fauquet *François Faure *Benjamin Favreau *Emile Fayolle *Constantin Feldzer *Louis Ferrant *Joseph de Ferrières de Sauveboeuf *Henri Fertet
Henri Claude Fertet (27 October 1926 – 26 September 1943) was a French schoolboy and resistance fighter who was executed by the German occupying forces during World War II. He was posthumously awarded several national honours. He is known for ...
(1926-1943), French Resistance fighter
*Jean Fèvre
*Marcel Finance
*Louis Finite
*Pierre Finite
*Paul Flandre
*Guy Flavien
*Jacques Florentin
*Louis Flury-Hérard
*Raphaël Folliot
*Albert Fossey
*Henri Fougerat
*François Fouquat
*Claudius Four
*Pierre Fourcaud
* Michel Fourquet
*Jean Fournier
*Louis Fournier de la Barre
*Pierre Fourrier
*Yvan Franoul
*Philippe Fratacci
* Henri Frenay
*Geoffroy Frotier de Bagneux
*Henri Fruchaud
*Bernard Fuchs
*Roger Furst
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*Pierre Gabard *Adolphe Gaétan *André Gallas *Robert Galley
Robert Galley (11 January 1921 – 8 June 2012) was a French politician and member of the Free French Forces during World War II, for which he received the Ordre de la Libération.
The son of a doctor, Galley was born in Paris on January 11, 19 ...
*Gilbert Garache
*Pierre Garbay
Pierre Garbay (4 October 1903 – 17 July 1980) was a French Army General.
Biography
Of modest origins, after completing high school, Garbay was admitted to Saint-Cyr military academy in 1921 and graduated as a sub-lieutenant in 1924. He then fo ...
*François Garbit
*Roger Gardet
*Henri Garnier
* Romain Gary
*René Gatissou
*Gontran Gauthier
*Marcel Gayant
*Alain Gayet
*Jean Gemahling
*André Genet
*René Génin
*Louis Gentil
*André Geoffroy
* George VI
*André Gerberon
*Hubert Germain
Hubert Germain (6 August 1920 – 12 October 2021) was a French politician who was a member of the French Resistance during World War II. He was the last living Companion of the Order of Liberation.
Biography
Germain was born on 6 August 1920 ...
*René Gervais
*Raymond Gibert-Seigneureau
*Jean Gilbert
*Xavier Gillot
*Ernest Gimpel
*Emile Ginas
*Alexandre Gins
*Noël Giorgi
*Arthur Giovoni
*Nicolas de Glos
*Louis Godefroy
*André-Jean Godin
*Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert
Joseph Jean de Goislard de Monsabert (Libourne 30 September 1887 – Dax, 13 June 1981), was a French general who served during the Second World War.
Monsabert graduated from Saint-Cyr military academy and was commissioned as a lieutenant in 1 ...
*Charles Gonard
*Henri Gorce-Franklin
*Jean Gosset
*Jean de Goujon de Thuisy
*William Gould
*Georges Goumin
*François Goussault
*Georges Goychman
*Toussaint Gozzi
*Albert Grand
* Gilbert Grandval
*Georges Grasset
*André Gravier
*Paul Grenier
*Alain Grout de Beaufort
*Marcel Guaffi
*Max Guedj
*Yves Guellec
*Alphonse Guéna
*Paul Guénon
*Claude Guérin
*René Gufflet
*Gaston Guigonis
*Pierre Guilhemon
*Roger Guillamet
*Maurice Guillaudot
*Jacques de Guillebon
*Paul Guillon
*Marcel Guillot
*Maxime Guillot
*Auguste Guillou
*Georges Guingouin Georges Guingouin (2 February 1913, Magnac-Laval in Haute-Vienne, France – 27 October 2005, Troyes, France) was a French Communist Party (PCF) militant who played a leading role in the French resistance as head of the Maquis du Limousin. He was ...
*Jean Guyot
*Marius Guyot
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*Joseph Hackin *Marie Hackin
Marie may refer to:
People Name
* Marie (given name)
* Marie (Japanese given name)
* Marie (murder victim), girl who was killed in Florida after being pushed in front of a moving vehicle in 1973
* Marie (died 1759), an enslaved Cree person in Tr ...
*Maurice Halna du Fretay
*Emmanuel d’Harcourt
*Bernard Harent
*Olivier Harty de Pierrebourg
* John F. Hasey
*Arnauld Haudry de Soucy
*Pierre de Hauteclocque
*Pierre Hautefeuille
*Yves de la Hautière (Carré de Lusançay dit)
*Jacques Hazard
*Bernard Hébert
*Jacques Hébert
*Gérard Hennebert
*Mathurin Henrio
Mathurin Henrio (16 April 1929, in Baud – 10 February 1944, in Baud)Order of the Liberation websiteMathurin Henrio(Retrieved 11 September 2013) was a young French resistance fighter who was shot dead by German soldiers for refusing to answe ...
*Marcelle Henry
*Pierre-Jean Herbinger
*Georges Héritier
*Jean d'Hers
*Robert Hervé
*Yves Hervé
*Claude Hettier de Boislambert
Claude Hettier de Boislambert (26 July 1906 - 22 February 1986) came to prominence during the German military administration in occupied France during World War II, German occupation of France in the 1940s as a French Resistance, Resistance leader ...
*Alfred Heurteaux
*Jean-Marie Heyrend
*Jules Hirleman
*Georges Hugo
*François d'Humières
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*Paul Ibos *Albert Idohou *Pierre Iehlé *André Ima *François Ingold *Henry Ingrand *Victor Iturria
Victor Iturria (22 October 1914 – 25 August 1944) was a French paratrooper during World War II. He served as an anti-tank gunner during the Battle of France and was evacuated to England during the Battle of Dunkirk, where he joined the Free Frenc ...
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*Henri Jaboulay *André Jacob * François Jacob *Paul Jacquier *Rodolphe Jaeger *André Jamme *Jean Jaouen *Félix Jaquemet *André Jarrot *Edmond Jean *Georges Jeanperrin *Jean Jestin *Marcel Jeulin *Bertrand Jochaux du Plessis *Jules Joire *Paul Joly *Paul Jonas *Augustin Jordan *Jacques Joubert des Ouches *Georges Jouneau *Paul Jourdier *Germain Jousse
Germain Jousse (November 20, 1895, in Coulaines - March 21, 1988, in Monblanc), was a member of the French Resistance during the Second World War.
World War I
In 1914 Germain Jousse conscripted into the army. Promoted to second lieutenant in Jun ...
*Pierre Julitte
Pierre Julitte (1910–1991) was a French engineer, writer, and member of the resistance during World War II. A prisoner at Buchenwald concentration camp, he recollected his camp experiences in a book titled for the camp's so-called Goethe Oak, ' ...
*Yves Jullian
*Robert Jumel
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*André Kailao *Maurice Kaouza *Henri Karcher *Jean Kerléo * Philippe Kieffer *Auguste Kirmann *Robert Kaskoreff *Imre Kocsis *Marie Pierre Kœnig
Marie may refer to:
People Name
* Marie (given name)
* Marie (Japanese given name)
* Marie (murder victim), girl who was killed in Florida after being pushed in front of a moving vehicle in 1973
* Marie (died 1759), an enslaved Cree person in T ...
*Jules de Koenigswarter
Baron Jules Adolphe de Kœnigswarter (''also'' Königswarter) (7 March 1904 – 15 February 1995), was a French soldier and diplomat of Jewish descent.
Early life
Koenigswarter was born on 7 March 1904 at 22 Rue Galilée in Paris into a large an ...
*Albert Kohan
*Yorgui Koli
*Marcel Kollen
*Dominique Kosseyo
*Georges Koudoukou
*Paul Koudoussaragne
*Alexandre Krementchousky
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*Henri Labit *François de Labouchère *René La Combe *Emile Laffon *Henry Lafont *Pierre Lafont *Yves Lagatu *Roger de la Grandière * André Lalande *Georges Lamarque *Claude Lamirault *Marcel Langer *Pierre Langlois *Xavier Langlois *Jacques Langlois de Bazillac *Roger Lantenois *Jean Laquintinie * Edgard de Larminat *Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Jean Joseph Marie Gabriel de Lattre de Tassigny (2 February 1889 – 11 January 1952) was a French général d'armée during World War II and the First Indochina War. He was posthumously elevated to the dignity of Marshal of France in 1952.
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*Edouard Laurent
*Jean-Claude Laurent-Champrosay
*Henri Laurentie
* Pierre Laureys
*Roger Lavenir
*André Lavergne
*Albert Lebon
* Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
*Charles Le Cocq
*Jacques Lecompte-Boinet
*Guy Le Coniac de la Longrays
*Yves Le Dû
* Pierre Lefaucheux
*Marcel Lefèvre
*Paul Legentilhomme
Paul Louis Legentilhomme (March 26, 1884 – May 23, 1975) was an officer in the French Army during World War I and World War II. After the fall of France in 1940, he joined the forces of the Free French. Legentilhomme was a recipient of the " ...
*Yves Léger
*Charles Le Goasguen
*Pierre Le Gourierec
*Michel Legrand
*Claude Le Hénaff
*Jean Lejeune
*Paul Leistenschneider
*Jacques Lemarinel
*Jules Le Mière
*René Lemoine
*René Lenoir
*René Lepeltier
*Joseph Léonard
*Aimé Lepercq
Aimé Marie Antoine Lepercq (2 September 1889 – 9 November 1944) was a French soldier, industrialist and political figure.
Early life and education
Born in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or (now part of the Metropolis of Lyon), as the eldest of nine chi ...
*Claude Lepeu
*Pierre Lequesne
*Georges Le Sant
*Roger Lescure
*René Lesecq
*Joël Le Tac
*Jean Levasseur
*Jean-Pierre Lévy
*Roger Lévy
*Henri Lévy-Finger
*Jean Lhuillier
*André Lichtwitz
*Lucien Limanton
*Hugues Limonti
*Albert Litas
*Albert Littolff
*Philippe Livry-Level
*Alexandre Lofi
* Pierre Louis-Dreyfus (1908-2011)
*Edmond Louveau
*Jean Lucchesi
*Yves Lucchesi
*André Lugiez
*Charles Luizet
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*Edmond Magendie *Louis Magnat *Jean Magne *Henri Magny *Yves Mahé *Jacques Maillet *Henri Maillot * Louis Mairet *Pierre de Maismont *Stanislas Malec-Natlacen *Henri Malin *Horace Mallet *Jean-Pierre Mallet * André Malraux *Stanislas Mangin *Henri Manhès *Henri Manigart *Jacques Mansion *Claude Mantel *Henri Marais *Robert Marchand *Jean Maridor *Pierre Marienne *Philippe Marmissolle-Daguerre *Gérard Marsault *Paul Marson *Albert Marteau *Christian Martell *François Martin *Marc Martin-Siegfried *Albert Marty *Louis Masquelier *Olivier Massart *Raymond Massiet *Robert Masson * Jacques Massu *Antoine Masurel *Roger Mathieu *Jacques Mathis * Joseph Maugard *Charles Mauric *Michel Maurice-Bokanowski
Michel Maurice-Bokanowski (6 November 1912 – 3 May 2005) was a French politician of Polish descent. He was Minister of Posts and Telecommunications in 1960–62 and Minister of Industry in 1962–66. He was a Senator from 1968 to 1995.
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*Roger Maylie
*André Mazana
*Alphée Maziéras
*Christian Megret de Devise
*Paul Mélis
*Jacques Menestrey
*François de Menthon
*Edouard Méric
*Pierre Messmer
Pierre Joseph Auguste Messmer (; 20 March 191629 August 2007) was a French Gaullist politician. He served as Minister of Armies under Charles de Gaulle from 1960 to 1969 – the longest serving since Étienne François, duc de Choiseul under Lo ...
*Raymond Meyer
*Paul-Hémir Mezan
*Louis Michard
*Simone Michel-Lévy
*Paul Milleliri
*Jean de Milleret
*Victor Mirkin
*Pierre Moguez
* Mohammed V
*Roger Mompezat
* Raoul Monclar
*René Mondenx
*Georges Moneger
*Henri Monfort
*Xavier de Montbron
*Fred Moore
*Yvon Morandat
Yvon Morandat (25 December 1913, Buellas – 8 December 1972) liases "Léo", "Mareuil" and "Arnolphe"was a trade union leader, a member of the French Resistance as an SOE RF Section/'' Bureau central de renseignements et d'action'' operative a ...
*Émilienne Moreau-Evrard
Émilienne Moreau-Evrard (4 June 1898 – 5 January 1971) was a French heroine of World War I, a high-profile female member of the "Brutus" Resistance network during World War II and later, a member of the Provisional Consultative Assembly. Mor ...
*André Morel
*René Morel
* Théodose Morel
*François Morel-Deville
*Paul Morlon
*Roger Motte
*Jacques Mouchel-Blaisot
* René Mouchotte
*Jean Moulin
Jean Pierre Moulin (; 20 June 1899 – 8 July 1943) was a French civil servant and resistant who served as the first President of the National Council of the Resistance during World War II from 27 May 1943 until his death less than two months l ...
*André Moulinier
*André Mounier
*Mouniro
*Yves Mourier
*Léonel de Moustier
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Léonel Marie Ghislain Alfred de Moustier, son of Marquis Pierre de Moustier, was born in Paris. His father represented Doubs in the C ...
*Jean des Moutis
*André Moynet
*Jean Mufraggi
*Henri Muller
*Jules Muracciole
*Émile Muselier
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*Jean Nanterre *René de Naurois
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Second World War
During the Second World War Naurois assisted the French Resistance, helped organise the escape of Jews fro ...
*Léon Nautin
*Némir
*Edmond Nessler
*Jean Netter
*Paul Neuville
*Jean-Bernard Ney
*Louis Nicolas
*René Nicolau
*Alfred Noël
*Robert Noireau
*Lucien Nouaux
*Noukoun Kone
*Jean-Pierre Nouveau
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*René Pailleret * Gaston Palewski *Pierre Pannetier *André Parant *Gilbert Parazols *Jacques Pâris de Bollardière
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Bollardière was born in 1907 in Brittany, into a family with a tradition ...
*Alexandre Parodi
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*René Parodi
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*André Patou
*Joseph Paturau
*Joseph Pécro
*René Peeters
*Louis Pélissier
*Adrien Peltier
*Pierre Pène
*Joseph Perceval
*Achille Peretti
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Peretti was born in Ajaccio. A lawyer by profession, he was a member of the French resistance, and was in charge of security of Charles de Gaulle's government in Al ...
*Etelvino Perez
*Victor Perner
*Jacques Pernet
*Elie Péju
*François Péron
*Antoine Péronne
*Guy Pérotin
*Raymond Perraud
*Jacques Petitjean
*René Petre
*François Philippe
*Michel Pichard
*Olivier de Pierrebourg
*Jacques Piette
*Charles Pijeaud
*Alfred Pillafort
*Jean Pillard
* Christian Pineau
*Edmond Pinhède
*Edouard Pinot
*Stéphane Piobetta
*Hippolyte Piozin
*Jean-Charles Plantevin
*René Pleven
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*Roger Podeur
*Raymond Pognon
*Jean Poirel
*René Poitevin
*Pierre Poletti
*Jean Pompei
*Dominique Ponchardier Dominique Ponchardier (March 3, 1917, Saint-Étienne – April 17, 1986, Nice) was a French author and screenwriter who had been a member of the French Resistance during World War II, and later held positions as an intelligence officer, diplomat, co ...
*Pierre Ponchardier
*Edmond Popieul
*André Postel-Vinay
*Joseph Pouliquen
*Pierre Pouyade
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*Roland de la Poype
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*Paul Prets
*Moïse Priez
*Corentin Prigent
*Maurice Prochasson
*Georges Prost
*Jean Proszeck
*Ernest Pruvost
*Pierre Puech-Samson
*Joseph Putz
*Lazare Pytkowicz
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Biography
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*Laurent Ravix
*Georges-Louis Rebattet
*Louis Rebour
*David Régnier
*Eugène Reilhac
*Alfred Reilinger
*Jean Rémy
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Biography
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Rémy joined the Rus ...
*Jacques Renard
*Gilbert Renault
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*Henri Rendu
*Jacques Renouvin
*Jean-Gabriel Revault d'Allonnes
*Tibor Revesz-Long
*Jean Rey
*Louis Ricardou
*Noël Riou
*Joseph Risso
*Roger Ritoux-Lachaud
*Louis Rivié
*Paul Rivière
*Jacques Robert
*Maurice Rolland
*Henri Rol-Tanguy
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*Henri Romanetti
*Henri Romans-Petit
*André Rondenay
*Paul-Jean Roquère
*Philippe Roques
*Raymond Roques
*Jean Rosenthal
*Jean-Pierre Rosenwald
*Pierre Rosset-Cournand
*Robert Rossi
*Charles Rossignol
*Georges Rossignol
*Elie Rouby
*Jacques Rouleau
*Jacques Roumeguère
*Nicolas Roumiantzoff
*Remy Roure
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*Jean Rousseau-Portalis
*Antoine Rousselot
*Henri Rousselot
*André Roux
*Robert de Roux
*André Roux
*François Rozoy
*Henry de Rudelle
*Charles Rudrauf
*Pierre Ruibet
*Josef Rysavy
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*Raymond Sabot * Bernard Saint-Hillier *Pierre de Saint-Mart *Jean Sainteny *Jules Saliège *André Salvat *Marcel Sammarcelli *Charles Santini *Maurice Sarazac *Jean-Pierre Sartin *Philippe Sassoon *Robert Saunal *Michel Sauvalle * Henri Sautot *Alain Savary *Albert Savary *Horace Savelli *Jacques Savey *Fred Scamaroni *Henri Schaerrer *Alfred de Schamphelaëre *Jacques-Henri Schloesing *Etienne Schlumberger *Paul Schmidt *André Schock * Maurice Schumann *Philippe de Scitivaux *Xavier de Scitivaux *Jacques de Segrais *François Seité *Henri Serizier *Charles Serre *Jacques Sevestre *Adolphe Sicé *Henri Silvy *Jean Silvy *Henry Simon *Jean Simon *Jean-Salomon Simon *Henri Simon-Dubuisson *Pierre Simonet *Roger Sinaud *François Sommer *Pierre Sonneville *Jean Soubervielle *Jacques Soufflet *Henri Soulat *Jean-Louis Sourbieu *Jacques de Stadieu *Michel Stahl *Marcel SuarèsT
*Benjamin Tagger *Marcel Taillandier *Joseph Tardieu *René Tardy *Jacques Tartière *Pierre Tassin de Saint-Péreuse *Gaston Tavian *Jacques Tayar *Georges William Taylor *Auguste Techer *Jean de Tedesco *Aimé Teisseire
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* Pierre-Henri Teitgen
*Teriieroo a Teriierooiterai
*Roland Terrier
*Alexandre Ter Sarkissoff
*Charles de Testa
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Théodore was born in Paris on November 28 ...
*Fernand Thévenet
*Pol Thibaux
*Gabriel Thierry
* Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu
*Denis Thiriat
*Félix Tilly
*Ettore Toneatti
*Louis Torcatis
*Elie Touchaleaume
*Alfred Touny
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*Roger Touny
*Raymond Tournier
*Henri Tourtet
*Martin Touzeau
*Jean Tranape
*Joseph Trigeaud
*Paul Tripier
*René Troël
*Jacques Trolley de Prévaux
*Pierre Troquereau
*Jean Tulasne
*Jaime Turrell y Turrull
*Edgard Tupët-Thomé
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Biography
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*Jean Vernier
*André Verrier
*Michel Verstraete
*Adolphe Vézinet
*Jean Vialard-Goudou
*Paul Vibert
*Pierre Viénot
*Charles Vignes
*Daniel Vigneux
*Angel Villerot
*Harry de Villoutreys
*Henri Viltard
*Marcel Vincent
*Alban Vistel
*Jean Volvey
*Jean Vourc’h
*Jacques Voyer
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Communities
* Grenoble * ÃŽle de Sein *Nantes
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* Paris
* Vassieux-en-Vercors
Military units
French Army
* ''Bataillon de Marche n°2'' *13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade
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* ''Bataillon d’Infanterie de Marine et du Pacifique''
* ''Régiment de marche du Tchad
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* 2nd Colonial Infantry Regiment
* 1st Colonial Artillery Regiment
* ''1/3ème Régiment d’Artillerie Coloniale''
* 1st Moroccan Spahi Regiment
* ''501e Régiment de chars de combat
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French Air Force
* ''1ère Escadrille de Chasse'' * '' Régiment de Chasse Normandie-Niemen'' * ''2ème Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes de l’Armée de l’Air'' * ''Groupe de Bombardement Lorraine'' * ''Groupe de Chasse Ile-de-France'' * ''Groupe de Chasse Alsace''French Navy
* Sous-marin ''Rubis'' * Corvette '' Aconit'' * '' 1er Régiment de Fusiliers Marins''References