Distinctions awarded to Michel Plancherel
- Membre correspondant of the Société des sciences de Coimbra (1925).
- Honorary member of the Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève (1940).
- Membre étranger of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Turin (1940).
- Honorary member of the Société fribourgeoise des sciences naturelles (1943)
- Honorary member of the Swiss Mathematical Society (1954).