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No, Al, because the Republic of France (like the Republic of the United States) does not bestowe knighthoods on its citizines (or anybody else).
In the British system, titular honours (knighthoods and peerages) are accompanied by formal titles ("Sir", "Baron" etc) as well as appropriate postnominal letters such a KBE, GCMG, etc
The French republican system of honours is entirely different from that of either Britain or Canada. Notwithstanding that "Chevalier" translates literally as "knight", a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour is in no way comparable to a British knighthood (much less a peerage). Not even in France does a recipient of the Legion of Honour add either titles or postnominal letters to his or her name, and if our new External Affairs Minister, Bill Graham (who is a Chevaier of the Legion of Honour) were to use his honour as justification to be called "Sir Bill" the French would be the first to ridicule such posturing.
Comparing a British knighthood to a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour amounts to confusing apples with baseballs.
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