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Recipients of the Legion of Honour
- Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges was born on the 24th of August 1899 in Palermo, a poor neighborhood of Buenos Aires. His family lived in a large house filled with an…
- Salvador DalíOn the 11th of May 1904, a boy named Salvador Dalí was born in Figueres, Catalonia. He arrived at 8:45 am on the first floor of Carrer Monturiol 20.
- Richard StraussRichard Georg Strauss was born on the 11th of June 1864 in Munich. His father Franz worked as a principal horn player at the Court Opera and taught at the…
- Akira KurosawaOn the 23rd of March 1910, Akira Kurosawa was born in Tokyo to a samurai family. His father Isamu worked as the director of the Army's Physical Education…
- Kitazawa RakutenRakuten Kitazawa entered the world in 1876 within the Kita Adachi district of Omiya. This location sits inside what is now known as Saitama Prefecture.
- BelgradeThe Sava River meets the Danube at a sharp angle, creating a natural fortress on the high ground above. This confluence has defined Belgrade since before…
- Ilya RepinIlya Yefimovich Repin was born on the 5th of August 1844 in the town of Chuguev, then part of the Russian Empire. His father, Yefim Vasilyevich Repin, had…