List of honors and awards received by Barack Obama

The following is a list of accolades and honors conferred upon the 44th U.S. President, Barack Obama.

Honorary degrees

Institution	Degree	Date	Citation
Hampton University	LLD	2010	[1]
Wesleyan University	LLD	2008	[2]
Notre Dame University	LLD	2009	[3]
Knox College	LLD	2005	[4]

Awards

• Freedom of the City of Cape Town (jointly with Michelle Obama). The freedom scroll was accepted on their behalf by Acting U.S. Ambassador, Virginia Palmer.^[5][6]
• 2009 Nobel Peace Prize
• Best Spoken Word Album Grammy Awards for abridged audiobook versions of Dreams from My Father in February 2006 and for The Audacity of Hope in February 2008.
• His concession speech after the New Hampshire primary was set to music by independent artists as the music video "Yes We Can", which was viewed 10 million times on YouTube in its first month^[7] and received a Daytime Emmy Award.^[8]
• Obama received the 2005 NAACP Image Award – Chairman's Award upon his election to the U.S. Senate and the 2007 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction for Dreams from My Father.
• 2013 NME Award for Hero of the Year
• 2014 "Ambassador of Humanity" Award from the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education^[9]
• 2011 Transparency Award jointly offered by OMB Watch, the National Security Archive, the Project on Government Oversight, the Reporters' Committee for Freedom of the Press and OpenTheGovernment.org.^[10][11]
• 2013 Israeli President's Medal of Distinction^[12]
• 2008 Harold Washington Award^[13] from the Congressional Black Caucus as well as the 2008 Phoenix Award from the CBC Foundation, Inc.^[14]

Namesakes

References

5. "Acting US Ambassador accepts scroll for Freedom of the City on behalf of the Obamas". Politicsweb. June 9, 2013. Archived from the original on October 10, 2013.
6. Cronje, Jan (May 27, 2013). "Award for Obamas 'not a game'". IOL News. Archived from the original on October 10, 2013.
7. Strange, Hannah (March 5, 2008). "Celebrities join YouTube revolution". The Times (London). Retrieved December 18, 2008.(subscription required)
8. Wappler, Margaret (June 20, 2008). "Emmys give knuckle bump to will.i.am; more videos on the way". Los Angeles Times blogs. Archived from the original on May 16, 2011. Retrieved January 26, 2012.