List of honorary citizens of Warsaw

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Coat of arms of the city of Warsaw

The city of Warsaw has granted honorary citizenship to 61 people since 1918 .

Of these, three awards were made posthumously (1999, 2009, 2010), and one honoree declined the award (1994)

Note: The listing is done chronologically according to the date of award.

The honorary citizens of the city of Warsaw

Józef Piłsudski
Marie Curie
  1. Józef Piłsudski (born December 5, 1867 in Zułów, † May 12, 1935 in Warsaw)
    Marshal
    Awarded in 1918
  2. Ignacy Jan Paderewski (born November 18, 1860 in Kuryłówka, † June 29, 1941 in New York)
    Pianist, composer and politician
    Awarded in 1919
  3. Józef Haller (born August 13, 1873 in Jurczyce, † June 4, 1960 in London)
    general
    Awarded in 1919
  4. Maxime Weygand (born January 21, 1867 in Brussels, † January 28, 1965 in Paris)
    French general and politician
    Awarded in 1920
  5. Lucjan Żeligowski (born October 17, 1865 in Nyaswisch, † July 9, 1947 in London)
    general
    Awarded in 1920
  6. Herbert C. Hoover (born August 10, 1874 in Westbranch, Iowa, † October 20, 1964 in New York)
    US Secretary of Commerce
    Awarded in 1921
  7. Ferdinand Foch (born October 2, 1851 in Tarbes, † March 20, 1929 in Paris)
    French Marshal
    Awarded in 1923
  8. Maria Skłodowska-Curie (born November 7, 1867 in Warsaw, † July 4, 1934 in Sancellemoz)
    Physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize winner in 1903 and 1911
    Awarded in 1924
  9. Eugenia Kierbedź (* 1855 - † 1946)
    Awarded in 1929
  10. Stanisław Broniewski-Orsza (* 1915; † 2001)
    Awarded in 1992
  11. Aleksander Gieysztor (* 1916; † 1999)
    Awarded in 1992
  12. Janina Porczyńska (* 1927; † 2009)
    Awarded in 1992
  13. Zbigniew Porczyński (* 1919; † 2000)
    Awarded in 1992
  14. Jerzy Waldorff (* 1910; † 1999)
    Awarded in 1992
  15. Jan Podoski (* 1904; † 1998)
    Awarded in 1993
  16. Margaret Susan Ryder (1923--2000)
    Awarded in 1993
  17. Juliusz Gomulicki (* 1909; † 2006) - Gomulicki has refused the title of honorary citizen
    Awarded in 1994
  18. Stanisław Jankowski-Agaton (born September 29, 1911 in Warsaw, † March 5, 2002 in Warsaw)
    Awarded in 1995
  19. Kazimierz Leski ( 1912--2000 )
    Awarded in 1995
    John Paul II
    Ryszard Kaczorowski
    Józef Glemp
    Marek Edelman
  20. John Paul II (born May 18, 1920 in Wadowice, † April 2, 2005 in Vatican City)
    Pope
    Awarded in 1996
  21. Władysław Bartoszewski (born February 19, 1922 in Warsaw, † April 24, 2015 in Warsaw)
    Historian, publicist and politician
    Awarded in 1999
  22. Ryszard Kaczorowski (born November 26, 1919 in Białystok, † April 10, 2010 in Smolensk, Russia)
    Politician
    Awarded in 1999
  23. Franciszek Kamiński (* 1902; † 2000)
    Awarded in 1999
  24. Stefan Starzyński (* 1893; † 1942)
    Awarded in 1999
  25. Józef Cardinal Glemp (born December 18, 1929 in Inowrocław, † January 23, 2013 in Warsaw)
    Archbishop of Warsaw and Primate of Poland
    Awarded in 2000
  26. Marek Edelman (born September 19, 1919 - † October 2, 2009 in Warsaw)
    Commander of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
    Awarded in 2001
  27. Jan Nowak-Jeziorański (born October 3, 1914 in Warsaw, † January 20, 2005 in Warsaw)
    Journalist and writer
    Awarded in 2003
  28. Zdzisław Peszkowski (* 1918; † 2007)
    Awarded in 2003
  29. Marek Kwiatkowski (born April 25, 1930 in Caen, France - † August 10, 2016)
    Awarded in 2003
  30. Kazimierz Majdański (born March 1, 1916 in Małgów near Kalisz; † April 29, 2007 in Warsaw)
    archbishop
    Awarded in 2004
  31. Jerzy Majewski (* 1925)
    Awarded in 2004
  32. Kazimierz Romaniuk (born August 21, 1927)
    archbishop
    Awarded in 2004
  33. Szymon Szurmiej (* 1923)
    Awarded in 2004
  34. Sławoj Leszek Głódź (born August 13, 1945 in Bobrówka, Poland)
    archbishop
    Awarded in 2005
    Norman Davies
  35. Professor Norman Davies (born June 8, 1939 in Bolton, Lancashire)
    British historian
    Awarded in 2005
  36. Wacław Karłowicz (* 1907; † 2007)
    Awarded in 2006
  37. Zofia Korbońska (* 1915; † 2010)
    Awarded in 2006
  38. Barbara Wachowicz (* 1937)
    Awarded in 2006
  39. Janusz Brochwicz-Lewiński (* 1920)
    Awarded in 2007
  40. Wiesław Chrzanowski (December 20, 1923 - April 29, 2012)
    Awarded in 2007
  41. Czesław Cywiński (* 1926; † 2010)
    Awarded in 2007
  42. Hilary Koprowski (born December 5, 1916 in Warsaw, Poland, † April 11, 2013 in Philadelphia)
    Awarded in 2007
  43. Irena Sendlerowa (born February 15, 1910 in Otwock, Russian Empire; † May 12, 2008 in Warsaw, Poland)
    Awarded in 2007
  44. Lech Wałęsa (born September 29, 1943 in Popowo near Lipno )
    Awarded in 2007
  45. Symcha Rotem (1924-2018)
    Awarded in 2008
  46. Zbigniew Ścibor-Rylski (born March 10, 1917 in Brówki † August 3, 2018 in Warsaw)
    Awarded in 2008
  47. Stefan Starba-Bałuk (* 1914)
    Awarded in 2008
  48. Erwin Axer (born January 1, 1917 in Vienna; † August 5, 2012 in Warsaw)
    Awarded in 2008
  49. Józef Zawitkowski (* 1938)
    Awarded in 2008
  50. Tendzin Gyatsho (born July 6, 1935 in Taktser, Amdo Province, Eastern Tibet)
    14th Dalai Lama
    Awarded in 2009
  51. Witold Pilecki (born May 13, 1901 in Olonez, Russia, † May 25, 1948 in Warsaw, Poland)
    Awarded in 2009
  52. Tadeusz Mazowiecki (born April 18, 1927 in Płock, Poland; † October 28, 2013 in Warsaw)
    Awarded in 2009
  53. Michał Jan Sumiński (* December 13, 1915 - December 24, 2011)
    Awarded in 2009
  54. Lech Kaczyński (born June 18, 1949 in Warsaw; † April 10, 2010 near Smolensk, Russia)
    Awarded in 2010
  55. Ziuta Hartman (* 1922)
    Awarded in 2010
  56. Maria Stypułkowska-Chojecka (* 1926)
    Awarded in 2010
  57. Aleksander Kwaśniewski (born November 15, 1954 in Białogard, Poland)
    Awarded in 2010
  58. Henryk Skarżyński (* 1954)
    Awarded in 2010
  59. Lidia Korsakówna (born January 17, 1934 - † August 6, 2013)
    Awarded in 2011
  60. Henryk Hoser (born November 27, 1942 in Warsaw)
    Bishop of Warsaw Praga
    Awarded in 2011
  61. Jerzy Buzek (born July 3, 1940 in Smilowitz, Teschen district)
    Awarded in 2011
  62. Witold Kieżun
    Awarded in 2012
  63. Sławomir Pietras
    Awarded in 2012
  64. Jerzy Regulski
    Awarded in 2012
  65. Stanislaw Wyganowski
    Awarded in 2012
  66. Maria Janion (born December 24, 1926 in Mońki, Podlachia, † August 23, 2020 in Warsaw)
    Literary scholar, critic and university professor
    Awarded in 2013
  67. Irena Santor
    Awarded in 2013
  68. Zbigniew Romaszewski
    Awarded in 2013
  69. Jan Olszewski
    Awarded in 2014
  70. Jerzy Owsiak
    Awarded in 2014
  71. Mieczysław Szostek
    Awarded in 2014
  72. Andrzej Wajda
    Awarded in 2015
  73. Henryk Samsonowicz
    Awarded in 2015
  74. Adam Strzembosz
    Award ceremony 2016

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