One of the most influential presidents in US history

One of the highest British organizations, the Order of the Bath, elevated Reagan to the honorary rank of Knight Grand Cross in 1989. He and George H. W. Bush are the only two US presidents to have won the distinction. He received Japan's highest honor, the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum, in the same year.

Ronald Reagan was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, on January 18, 1993. He was listed among the top 100 figures in the 20th century by TIME magazine in 1999. Reagan was chosen as The Greatest American in 2005 by millions of Discovery Channel viewers. One of the most significant American presidents is regarded as being Ronald Reagan. He still has a legendary status among the Republican Party. The conservative "Reagan Revolution" he led had a lasting influence on US foreign and domestic policy, and the years of his presidency are referred to as the Reagan Era.