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McKay The Disorganised Started conversation Jun 30, 2009
As of today only 6 foreigners have been awarded honorary citizenship of the US.
2 of them are husband and wife, the first was in 1963, the last in 2002, most were awarded posthumously.
I'm afraid there are klaxons on this one. (only 12 so far, but I'm still writing that list 
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van-smeiter Posted Jun 30, 2009
I hope to get under the klaxon radar by saying Charlie Chaplin before you've put him on the klaxon list 
'Honorary' citizens is interesting because, presumably, residency is not a condition. I'm tempted to mention John Lennon's middle name but I can't decide if that would be an obvious 'yes' or an obvious '
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McKay The Disorganised Posted Jun 30, 2009
Nope - not Charlie Chaplin ~ and to save you worrying none of the Beatles are on the list ~ in fact there are no 'celebs' on it at all.
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HonestIago Posted Jun 30, 2009
Prince Rainier (sp?) of Monaco after marrying Grace Kelly?
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McKay The Disorganised Posted Jun 30, 2009
Nope 'fraid not.
These people were awarded citizenship either because of what they did for America, or because of what they did for the world.
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jun 30, 2009
I thinking Einstein, but I'll let Taff front for the possible Klaxon.
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HonestIago Posted Jun 30, 2009
Churchill had, or was at least entitled to, full American citizenship through his American mother.
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HonestIago Posted Jun 30, 2009
How about Turing as one of the posthumous ones? Safe to say he did a lot for the world and America.
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Feisor - -0- Generix I made it back - sortof ... Posted Jun 30, 2009
I read somewhere that Mother Teresa was made an honorary citizen of the US.
I think that there was also an attempt to make Anne Frank a citizen - but I don't know whether it was successful.
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Monkeychop88 Posted Jun 30, 2009
Whats the point of a posthumous citizenship? It's not like you can get a tax refund, or anything?
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tzjin_anthony_ks Posted Jun 30, 2009
oooo oooo... general lafayette got one of these.
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Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Jun 30, 2009
Over here, it's posthumous revocation of citizenship that's the problem. They're trying to get Adolf Hitler's German citizenship taken away - he was from Austria, after all, and got his German citizenship through rather shady means. But it's not that easy to expatriate him, because according to the constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany you can't strip someone of cititzenship if they'd then be stateless, and Hitler surrendered his Austrian citizenship in 1925...
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pedro Posted Jun 30, 2009
De Tocqueville or Thomas Paine (ok, so he probably got it automatically, being around at the start and all).
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