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