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This is a list of American citizens who have held titles of nobility from other countries. Nobility is not granted by the United States itself under the Title of Nobility Clause of the Constitution .
List of honorary citizens of the United States; Num. Name Image Date Nationality Note Ref. 1 Sir Winston Churchill: April 9, 1963 United Kingdom: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, notably during World War II. [8] [15] 2 Raoul Wallenberg: October 5, 1981 [a] Sweden: Swedish diplomat who rescued Jews in Hungary from the Holocaust. [16] 3, 4 ...
At the end of their studies, all the students of the College of Europe are invited to the city hall by the mayor of Bruges to become honorary citizens of the city of Bruges. [14] In 2011, Lady Gaga received the title of honorary citizen of Sydney for her support of the LGBT+ community. [15]
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Former President of the United States: For his contribution to the dissolution of the Soviet Union and his support of the independence of the Baltic states. For example, he proclaimed the Baltic Freedom Day in 1982. 2 27 February 1996: Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson (1939–) Former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland
2 Mihajlo Pupin (1858–1935) 1921 Serbian physicist, physical chemist and philanthropist based in the United States. United States [1] 3 Edouard Herriot (1872–1957) 1933 French Radical politician of the Third Republic who served three times as Prime Minister and for many years as President of the Chamber of Deputies. French Third Republic [1] 4
The legal basis for conferring this honour was the Prussian Act on Local Government from 1831, which introduced the term of an honorary citizen. In the period of the Free City of Gdańsk (1918-1945) and the Communist State (1945-1989) the title of an Honorary Citizen of Gdańsk was awarded to a number of controversial figures such as Adolf ...
Romania/ United States: Bill Clinton (born 1946) President of the United States (1993–2001) United States: Jacques Chirac (1932 - 2019) President of France (1995–2007) France: Gabriela Szabo (born 1975) Olympic athlete and Minister of Youth and Sports (2014–2015), named in 1999 the world's best athlete Romania: Nicolae Herlea (1927–2014 ...