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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