List of awards and honors received by Donald Trump

This following is a list of awards and honors received by Donald Trump, a businessman, TV personality, 45th president of the United States, and current president-elect.

Awards, recognitions and accolades

International

•  Georgia :
  • Presidential Order of Excellence (2012)^[1][2][3]
•  Saudi Arabia :
  • Collar of The Order of Abdulaziz al Saud (Class I) (2017)^[4][5]
•  Kosovo :
  • Order of Freedom (2020)^[6]
•  Morocco :
  • Order of Muhammad (2021)^[7]

    

    Trump receiving the 2015 Marine Corps–Law Enforcement Foundation's annual Commandant's Leadership Award

Organizational

• National Jewish Hospital's Humanitarian Award (1976)^[8]
• Jewish National Fund's Tree of Life Award (1983)^[9]
• Ellis Island Medal of Honor (1986)^[10][11]
• Freedoms Foundation's President's Medal (1995)^[12]
• Muhammad Ali Entrepreneur Award (2007)^[13]
• Unicorn Children's Foundation's Shining Star Award (2008)^[14]
• Palm Beach Police Foundation's Palm Tree Award (2010)^[15]
• Lois Pope LIFE Foundation's Presidential Hero Award (2011)^[16]
• The Algemeiner's Liberty Award (2015)^[17]
• Marine Corps–Law Enforcement Foundation's Commandant's Leadership Award (2015)^[18]
• The Friends of Zion Museum's Friends of Zion Award (2017)^[19]
• 20/20 Bipartisan Justice Center's Bipartisan Justice Award (2019)^[20][21][22]
• McDonalds French Fry Certification Pin (2024)^[23][24]

Halls of fame

Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

• Gaming Hall of Fame (1995)^[25]
• Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Television Category (2007)^[26][27]
• WWE Hall of Fame (2013)^[28]
• New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame (2015)^[29]
• Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame (2018)^[30]

Media

• Two-time Time Person of the Year (2016, 2024)^[31][32]
• Two-time Financial Times Person of the Year (2016, 2024)^[33][34]
• Sports Business Journal Most Influential Person in Sports Business (2017)^[35]
• Two-time Gallup Poll Most Admired Man (2019 – shared with Barack Obama, 2020)^[36]
• Fox Nation Patriot of the Year (2024)^[37]

Honorary degrees

• Liberty University – Doctor of Business Administration (2012)^[38][39]
• Liberty University – Doctor of Laws (2017)^[40][41][42]

Revoked

• Robert Gordon University – Doctor of Business Administration (conferred 2010;^[43][44] revoked 2015^[45])
• Lehigh University – Doctor of Laws (conferred 1988;^[42][46][47] revoked 2021^[48][49])
• Wagner College – Doctor of Humane Letters (conferred 2004;^[50][51] rescinded 2021^[52])

Satirical

• Ig Nobel Prize in medical education (shared with Jair Bolsonaro, Boris Johnson, Narendra Modi, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Alexander Lukashenko, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Vladimir Putin, and Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow) (2020)^[53]

See also

• List of things named after Donald Trump

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