List of honors named for Ronald Reagan

     Reagan received a number of awards in his pre- and post-presidential years. After he was elected president, Reagan received a lifetime gold membership in the Screen Actors Guild, as well as the United States Military Academy's Sylvanus Thayer Award.

     Reagan received an honorary British knighthood, The Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in 1989. This entitled him to the use of the post-nominal letters GCB, but did not entitle him to be known as "Sir Ronald Reagan." Only two American presidents have received the honor—Reagan and George H.W. Bush. Reagan was also named an honorary Fellow of Keble College, Oxford. Japan awarded Reagan the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum in 1989, the only American president to receive the award.

     In 1993, Reagan's former Vice-President and sitting President George H.W. Bush awarded Reagan the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor that the United States can give. Reagan was also awarded the Republican Senatorial Medal of Freedom, the highest honor bestowed by the Republican members of the Senate.

     On February 6, 1998, Washington National Airport was renamed Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport by a bill signed into law by President Clinton. Three years later, the USS Ronald Reagan was christened by Nancy Reagan and the United States Navy. It is one of few ships christened in honor of a living person, and the first to be named in honor of a living former president. Also in 1998, the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center was dedicated in Washington, D.C. Reagan was among 18 included in Gallup's List of Widely Admired People of the 20th Century, from a poll conducted of the American people in 1999.

     Congress authorized the creation of Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site in Dixon, Illinois, in 2002, pending federal purchase of the property. On May 16 of that year, Nancy Reagan accepted the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor bestowed by Congress, on behalf of the president and herself.[166]

     The United States Postal Service issued a President Ronald Reagan commemorative postage stamp in 2005. On May 14, CNN, along with the editors of TIME magazine, named him the "most fascinating person" of the network's first 25 years. TIME also named Reagan one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century. On June 26, 2005, the Discovery Channel asked its viewers to vote for The Greatest American in an unscientific poll; Reagan received the honorary title.

     In 2006, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver inducted Reagan into the California Hall of Fame, located at The California Museum for History, Women, and the Arts. In 2007, Polish President Lech Kaczynski posthumously awarded Reagan the highest Polish distinction, the Order of the White Eagle. Reagan backed the nation of Poland throughout his presidency, supporting the anti-communist Solidarity movement, along with Pope John Paul II.