List of Awards and Nominations Received By Frank Sinatra - Awards, Citations and Honors

Awards, Citations and Honors

  • Medal of Honour of the State of Israel (1972)
  • Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award (1972)
  • Honorary Citizen of Chicago (1975)
  • Scopus Award from the American Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1976)
  • Honorary Doctorate litterarum humanarum (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1976)
  • Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1979)
  • American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Pied Piper Award (Las Vegas, 1979)
  • Inductee into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame (1980)
  • Inclusion in the National Broadcasters Hall of Fame (New York City, 1982)
  • Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Medal of Honor Award (1983)
  • Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts (Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, 1984)
  • Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class (1984)
  • Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded by President Ronald Reagan (Hoboken, New Jersey, 1985)
  • Honorary Doctor of Engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology (1985)
  • Lifetime Achievement Award from the NAACP (1987)
  • Society of Singers Lifetime Achievement Award (1990)
  • Ella Award (Society of Singers, Los Angeles, 1990)
  • Distinguished Life Achievement Award (Honorary Award for lifetime achievement) of the American Cinema Awards (Los Angeles, 1992)
  • Career Achievement Award (Palm Springs International Film Festival, 1993)
  • Congressional Gold Medal (1997, presented posthumously in 1998)
  • American Music Award of Merit (Los Angeles, 1998)
  • Named as the "Greatest Voice of the Twentieth Century" by BBC Radio 2 (2001)
  • Each year on Sinatra's birthday, (December 12), the Empire State Building lights up with blue lights in reference to Sinatra's nickname, "Ol' Blue Eyes".
  • Honorary membership of Alpha Phi Delta
  • Was ranked among Quigley's Top Ten Money-Makers Poll five times—1956(10), 1957(5), 1958(10), 1959(7) and 1960(8)
  • Sinatra has three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame:
    • For his contribution to Motion pictures at 1600 Vine Street
    • For his contribution to Recording at 1637 Vine Street
    • For his contribution to Television at 6538 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Frank Sinatra is inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame. (2007)
  • Inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2008.

The asteroid 7934 Sinatra was named after him.

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