The Légion d'honneur archives, stored in the Archives Nationales, have been digitised and made available for public access online. The online database, known as “Leonore”, allows users to search for individuals using a family name or surname. The archives contain the names of those who were inducted into the Légion d'honneur (created in 1802) and who died before 1977.
Click here for the website (external link in French).