Tom Hanks has been awarded a Kennedy Center Honor, a Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the French Legion of Honor.
The Legion of Honour , full name National Order of the Legion of Honour ( Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur ) , is the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits , established 1802 by Napoléon Bonaparte . Tom Hanks . In 2014 , he received a Kennedy Center Honor and , in 2016 , he received a Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama , as well as the French Legion of Honor .