Who wouldn’t want a Nobel Prize, Academy Award or knighthood? More people than you might expect.

So when the renowned French chef Jérôme Brochot decided last month to return his restaurant’s Michelin star, he joined the company of writers, actors, political figures and others who have refused or returned such accolades.

Here are some memorable examples:

The ‘Godfather’ Refuses a Blessing

“I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse,” may be Marlon Brando’s most famous line in “The Godfather,” but when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences bestowed its Best Actor award on him for his title role in 1973, refuse was exactly what he did.