List of honors and awards received by Barack Obama

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Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States, has received numerous honors in recognition of his career in politics. These include:

National honors[]

Country Date Decoration Post-nominal letters
 United States of America 5 January 2017 Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service[1]

Foreign honors[]

Country Date Decoration Post-nominal letters
 Italy 8 March 2021 Aisppd Onlus Medal Award At the IX International Day of Awareness and Prevention of Women Diseases
 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 3 June 2009 Order of King Abdulaziz (Collar) [2]
 Israel 21 March 2013 President's Medal[3]
 Republic of the Philippines 28 April 2014 Order of Sikatuna (Grand Collar) [4]

Scholastic[]

Honorary degrees
Location Date School Degree Gave Commencement Address
 Illinois 4 June 2005 Knox College Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)[5][6] Yes [7]
 Massachusetts 2 June 2006 University of Massachusetts Boston Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)[8] Yes [9]
 Illinois 16 June 2006 Northwestern University Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)[10] Yes [11]
 Louisiana 13 August 2006 Xavier University of Louisiana Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)[12] Yes [13]
 District of Columbia 12 May 2007 Howard University Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)[14]
 New Hampshire 19 May 2007 Southern New Hampshire University Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)[15] Yes [16]
 Connecticut 25 May 2008 Wesleyan University Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)[17][18] Yes [19]
 Indiana 17 May 2009 University of Notre Dame Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)[20][21] Yes [22]
 Michigan 1 May 2010 University of Michigan Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)[23] Yes [24]
 Virginia 9 May 2010 Hampton University Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)[25] Yes [26]
 Ohio 5 May 2013 Ohio State University Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)[27] Yes [28]
 Georgia (U.S. state) 19 May 2013 Morehouse College Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)[29] Yes [30]
 District of Columbia 7 May 2016 Howard University Doctor of Science (D.Sc.)[14][31] Yes [32]
 New Jersey 15 May 2016 Rutgers University Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)[33][34] Yes [35]

Awards[]

Location Date Institution Award
 Maryland 2005 NAACP Chairman's Award
 California 2006 National Academy of Recording Arts and Science Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album (Dreams from My Father)
 Maryland 2007 NAACP Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction
 California 2008 National Academy of Recording Arts and Science Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album (The Audacity of Hope)
 District of Columbia 2008 Congressional Black Caucus Harold Washington Award [36]
 District of Columbia 2008 Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Incorporated Phoenix Award [37]
 New York 2008 TIME magazine Time Person of the Year
 Norway 10 December 2009 Norwegian Nobel Committee Nobel Peace Prize
 District of Columbia 7 April 2011 OMB Watch/National Security Archive/Project On Government Oversight/Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press/ Transparency Award [38][39]
 New York 2012 TIME magazine Time Person of the Year
 United Kingdom 2013 New Musical Express NME Award for Hero of the Year
 California 7 May 2014 The Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education at the University of Southern California "Ambassador of Humanity" Award [40]
 Massachusetts 7 May 2017 John F. Kennedy Library Foundation John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award [41][42]
 New Hampshire 2 November 2017 For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology "Make It Loud" award
  • For His contributions as President supporting FIRST and STEM Education
  • [43]
 District of Columbia 13 December 2018 Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award [44]
 Italy 8 March 2021 Aisppd Onlus Medal Award at the IX International Day of Awareness and Prevention of Women Diseases Tribute to International Women's Day
  • 2008: His concession speech after the New Hampshire primary was set to music by independent artists as the music video "Yes We Can", which was viewed 10 million times on YouTube in its first month[45] and received a Daytime Emmy Award.[46]
  • 9 February 2020: Best Documentary Feature Academy Award for American Factory, made by the Obamas' production company, Higher Ground.[47] Barack Obama was not personally among the winners of the award.

Freedom of the City[]

Namesakes[]

Main article: List of things named after Barack Obama

There are 13 community schools named after him, including: Barack & Michelle Obama Elementary School, St Paul, Minnesota; Barack Obama Charter Elementary School, Compton, California; Barack Obama Elementary School, Hempstead, New York; Barack Obama Elementary School, Richmond, Virginia; President Barack Obama School - Public School 34, Jersey City, New Jersey. Barack Obama School of International Studies (Public 6-12 IB), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy at A. Maceo Smith (BOMLA), magnet secondary school for boys located in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas.

References[]

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  43. ^ "FIRST Honors President Barack Obama, Commits to Closing STEM Equity Gap". FIRST. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
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50. "Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy." Wikipedia Entry.

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