List of honorary citizens of the United States

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The US Congress can appoint persons (who are usually not US citizens) to be honorary citizens of the United States for particularly outstanding service, or authorize the president to confer honorary citizenship.

Up to and including 2014, this honor was given to eight people. Six awards took place posthumously. They are listed chronologically according to the date of award.

The honorary citizens of the United States

  • Winston Churchill

  • Raoul Wallenberg

  • William Penn

  • Hannah Callowhill Penn

  • mother Teresa

  • Marquis de La Fayette

  • Kazimierz Pułaski

  • Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid

  1. Winston Churchill (born November 30, 1874 in Woodstock , Oxfordshire , † January 24, 1965 in London ), former British Prime Minister
    • Awarded on April 9, 1963
     
  2. Raoul Wallenberg (born August 4, 1912 in Kappsta on Lidingö , † around 1947 in Moscow ), Swedish diplomat and Righteous Among the Nations
    • posthumous award on October 5, 1981
     
  3. William Penn (born October 14, 1644 in London , † July 30, 1718 in Ruscombe, Berkshire ), founder of the Pennsylvania colony
    • posthumous award on October 19, 1984
     
  4. Hannah Callowhill Penn (born February 11, 1671 in Bristol , † 1727 in London ), second wife of William Penn and administrator of the Pennsylvania colony
    • posthumous award on October 19, 1984
     
  5. Mother Teresa (born August 26, 1910 in Skopje , † September 5, 1997 in Calcutta ), Catholic nun and human rights activist
    • Awarded on October 1, 1996
     
  6. Marquis de La Fayette (born September 6, 1757 in Chavaniac , † May 20, 1834 in Paris ), French general on the side of the colonists in the American War of Independence
    • posthumous award on August 6, 2002
     
  7. Kazimierz Pułaski (born March 6, 1745 in Warsaw , † October 11, 1779 near Savannah ), Polish general on the side of the colonists in the American War of Independence
    • posthumous award on November 7, 2009
     
  8. Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid (born July 23, 1746 in Macharaviaya near Málaga , † November 30, 1786 in Tacubaya , now part of Mexico City ), Spanish general and politician, commanded Spanish troops in the American War of Independence
    • posthumous award on July 28, 2014
     

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernardo Galvez: HJ Res. 105 Engrossed in House (EH) . Retrieved November 29, 2014.