19:
543:
While controversy exists regarding his enlistment, the
Foreign Legion backs his claim to have served, and a portrait of Porter hangs in the Foreign Legion’s museum at
563:
41:
200:
412:, American, later decorated USMC officer and OSS operative in Occupied France during WWII (Also served in the Legion as an acting Lieutenant)
264:
568:
178:
233:
221:
109:
143:
83:
403:
173:
163:
89:
69:
30:. The following is a list of legionnaires who have gained fame or notoriety inside or outside of the legion.
523:
506:
132:
93:
502:
227:
34:
497:
415:
184:
27:
253:
119:
45:
426:
289:
239:
158:
78:
468:
409:
63:
55:
406:, British businessman, adventurer, author and the oldest man to reach the South Pole unsupported
397:
361:
325:
319:
279:
244:
215:
168:
153:
148:
98:
59:
474:
210:
518:
439:
385:
307:
295:
138:
104:
355:
492:
487:
456:
301:
205:
189:
557:
512:
432:
391:
373:
337:
272:
259:
124:
450:
367:
343:
18:
462:
444:
420:
379:
349:
313:
194:
115:
50:
331:
230:- former resistant deported to Buchenwald, participated in the Algiers putsch.
22:
The Croix de guerres of officers, NCO's and legionnaires in the
Foreign Legion
248:
74:
544:
128:
334:, French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist
438:
Pal Sárközy de Nagy-Bócsa, advertiser, father of French
President
17:
256:- French legionnaire, officer and later Czechoslovakian general
453:, Professional Soldier of Fortune in Biafra and Southern Sudan
292:, All American football player and decorated World War I pilot
394:, French-American fighter pilot and flying ace in World War I
236:- Colonel dead on duty in 1948, Compagnon de la Libération
435:, Japanese hostage in Iraq who later died in captivity
322:, Luxembourgian cyclist and Tour de France winner
340:, former lieutenant general of the Croatian Army
77:- head of the Nguyễn Dynasty, the now deposed
75:Crown Prince Bảo Long (Chữ nôm 保隆) of Vietnam
8:
267:- New Zealander in the French Foreign Legion
536:
304:, First African-American military pilot
42:Alexandre Joseph Count Colonna-Walewski
509:, honorary Légionnaire de 1ère classe.
400:, Soviet Marshal and Defence Minister.
62:noble, became an iconic figure of the
564:Soldiers of the French Foreign Legion
247:, 1908-9, then prince, later King of
101:- French mercenary and anti-Communist
7:
423:, American composer and songwriter
388:, Jewish-Hungarian polymath author
14:
352:, British journalist and murderer
26:Notable people who served in the
382:, Swiss ufologist, photographer
1:
222:Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud
526:Honorary Caporal (Corporal)
585:
429:, serving British national
234:Gabriel Brunet de Sairigné
110:François Certain Canrobert
459:, Serbian former militant
310:, Swiss novelist and poet
174:Prince Louis II of Monaco
569:Special forces personnel
471:, American film director
84:François Achille Bazaine
524:Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.
507:Battle of Dien Bien Phu
346:, German-French painter
133:Battle of Dien Bien Phu
364:, Finnish army captain
218:King of Serbia and SHS
51:Prince Aage of Denmark
23:
498:Christian de Castries
416:Radomir Pavitchevitch
350:Erwin James (Monahan)
201:Henri, comte de Paris
197:, (Acting Lieutenant)
185:Raoul Magrin-Vernerey
90:Prince Louis Napoléon
70:Paul Arnaud de Foïard
44:, non-marital son of
21:
465:, Australian aviator
328:, German fighter ace
286:, Jewish philosopher
144:John F. "Jack" Hasey
503:Geneviève de Galard
316:, Austrian composer
290:Arthur Bluethenthal
228:Hélie de Saint Marc
224:- Marshal of France
181:- Marshal of France
118:- Commander at the
112:- Marshal of France
86:- Marshal of France
79:Emperors of Vietnam
515:- Croatian General
469:William A. Wellman
410:Peter Julien Ortiz
298:, Italian minister
64:Free French Forces
56:Dimitri Amilakvari
24:
477:, Guinean Colonel
398:Rodion Malinovsky
362:Aarne Juutilainen
326:Siegfried Freytag
245:Sisowath Monivong
216:Peter I of Serbia
169:Jean-Marie Le Pen
154:Aarne Juutilainen
149:Pierre Jeanpierre
120:Battle of Camarón
99:Dominique Borella
576:
548:
541:
475:Mamady Doumbouya
376:, Polish painter
282:, also known as
240:Pierre Segrétain
179:Patrice MacMahon
584:
583:
579:
578:
577:
575:
574:
573:
554:
553:
552:
551:
542:
538:
533:
519:Pierre Langlais
505:– nurse at the
484:
447:, American poet
440:Nicolas Sarkozy
386:Arthur Koestler
358:, German writer
308:Blaise Cendrars
296:Giuseppe Bottai
276:
254:Josef Šnejdárek
139:Georges Hamacek
105:Augustus Buchel
94:Prince Imperial
38:
12:
11:
5:
582:
580:
572:
571:
566:
556:
555:
550:
549:
535:
534:
532:
529:
528:
527:
521:
516:
510:
500:
495:
493:Marcel Bigeard
490:
488:Dick Applegate
483:
480:
479:
478:
472:
466:
460:
457:Milorad Ulemek
454:
448:
442:
436:
430:
424:
418:
413:
407:
401:
395:
389:
383:
377:
371:
365:
359:
353:
347:
341:
335:
329:
323:
320:François Faber
317:
311:
305:
302:Eugene Bullard
299:
293:
287:
280:Léon Ashkenazi
275:
270:
269:
268:
262:
257:
251:
242:
237:
231:
225:
219:
213:
208:
206:Zinovy Peshkov
203:
198:
192:
190:Pierre Messmer
187:
182:
176:
171:
166:
161:
156:
151:
146:
141:
136:
122:
113:
107:
102:
96:
87:
81:
72:
67:
53:
48:
37:
32:
28:Foreign Legion
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
581:
570:
567:
565:
562:
561:
559:
546:
540:
537:
530:
525:
522:
520:
517:
514:
513:Ante Gotovina
511:
508:
504:
501:
499:
496:
494:
491:
489:
486:
485:
481:
476:
473:
470:
467:
464:
461:
458:
455:
452:
449:
446:
443:
441:
437:
434:
433:Akihiko Saito
431:
428:
425:
422:
419:
417:
414:
411:
408:
405:
402:
399:
396:
393:
392:Raoul Lufbery
390:
387:
384:
381:
378:
375:
374:Moise Kisling
372:
369:
366:
363:
360:
357:
354:
351:
348:
345:
342:
339:
338:Ante Gotovina
336:
333:
330:
327:
324:
321:
318:
315:
312:
309:
306:
303:
300:
297:
294:
291:
288:
285:
281:
278:
277:
274:
271:
266:
265:James Waddell
263:
261:
260:Susan Travers
258:
255:
252:
250:
246:
243:
241:
238:
235:
232:
229:
226:
223:
220:
217:
214:
212:
211:Rémy Raffalli
209:
207:
204:
202:
199:
196:
193:
191:
188:
186:
183:
180:
177:
175:
172:
170:
167:
165:
164:André Lalande
162:
160:
159:Pierre Koenig
157:
155:
152:
150:
147:
145:
142:
140:
137:
134:
130:
126:
125:Jules Gaucher
123:
121:
117:
114:
111:
108:
106:
103:
100:
97:
95:
91:
88:
85:
82:
80:
76:
73:
71:
68:
65:
61:
57:
54:
52:
49:
47:
43:
40:
39:
36:
33:
31:
29:
20:
16:
539:
451:Rolf Steiner
404:Simon Murray
370:, U.S. actor
368:Norman Kerry
356:Ernst Jünger
344:Hans Hartung
283:
131:, killed at
127:- commander
25:
15:
463:Oswald Watt
445:Alan Seeger
421:Cole Porter
380:Billy Meier
314:Max Deutsch
195:Peter Ortiz
116:Jean Danjou
558:Categories
332:Jean Genet
46:Napoleon I
547:, France.
427:Alex Rowe
482:Honorary
273:Enlisted
249:Cambodia
60:Georgian
35:Officers
545:Aubagne
284:Manitou
129:13 DBLE
531:Notes
560::
92:-
58:-
135:.
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