Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, has received numerous honors in recognition of his career in politics.
Obama received the Norwegian Nobel Committee's Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, The Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education's Ambassador of Humanity Award in 2014, the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in 2017, and the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award in 2018. He was named TIME Magazine's Time Person of the Year in 2008 and 2012.
He also received two Grammy Awards for Best Spoken Word Album for Dreams from My Father (2006), and The Audacity of Hope (2008) as well as two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Narrator for Our Great National Parks (2022), and Working: What We Do All Day (2023).
country | Date | Decoration |
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United States | January 5, 2017 | Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service[1] |
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2021) |
Country | Date | Decoration |
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Saudi Arabia | June 3, 2009 | Order of King Abdulaziz (Collar) [2] |
Israel | March 21, 2013 | President's Medal[3] |
Philippines | April 28, 2014 | Order of Sikatuna (Grand Collar) [4] |
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2021) |
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (May 2017) |
Year | Association | Category | Project | Result | Ref. |
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2006 | Grammy Award | Best Spoken Word Album | Dreams from My Father | Won | |
2008 | Grammy Award | Best Spoken Word Album | The Audacity of Hope | Won | |
2022 | Grammy Award | Best Spoken Word Album | A Promised Land | Nominated | |
2022 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Narrator | Our Great National Parks: A World of Wonder | Won | |
2022 | Children's and Family Emmy Award | Outstanding Short Form Program | We the People | Won | |
2022 | Children's and Family Emmy Award | Outstanding Preschool Animated Series | Ada Twist, Scientist | Won | |
2023 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Narrator | Working: What We Do All Day: The Middle | Won |
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2021) |
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2021) |
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.
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