List of halls and walks of fame

Walhalla hall of fame temple, Germany

A hall, wall, or walk of fame is a list of individuals, achievements, or animals, usually chosen by a group of electors, to mark their fame in their field. In some cases, these halls of fame consist of actual halls or museums which enshrine the honorees with sculptures, plaques, and displays of memorabilia and general information regarding the inducted recipients. Sometimes, the honorees' plaques may instead be posted on a wall (hence a '"wall of fame") or inscribed on a sidewalk (as in a "walk of fame" or an "avenue of fame"). In other cases, the hall of fame is more figurative and simply consists of a list of names of noteworthy people or achievements. The lists are maintained by an organization or community, and may be national, state, local, or private.

The English-language term was popularised in the United States by the Hall of Fame for Great Americans at Bronx Community College, in New York City, completed in 1900. Its inspiration is the Ruhmeshalle ("Hall of Fame") in Munich, Germany. The Walhalla memorial in Bavaria, Germany, is an even earlier hall of fame, conceived in 1807 and built between 1830 and 1842. The meaning of "fame" has changed over the years, originally meaning "renown" as opposed to today's more common meaning of "celebrity."^[1]

Halls of fame[edit]

Aviation and space[edit]

Music[edit]

Show business and theater[edit]

Sports halls of fame[edit]

All sports[edit]

See: Category:All-sports halls of fame

College sports[edit]

See: Category:College sports halls of fame in the United States

American football[edit]

Association football[edit]

Australian rules football[edit]

National-level: League-based[edit]

Australian Football Hall of Fame (Est. 1996)

National-level: Club-based[edit]

Adelaide (Est. 2015)
Brisbane Lions (Est. 2012)
Carlton (Est. 1987)
Collingwood (Est. 2004)
Essendon (Est. 2002)
Footscray-Western Bulldogs (Est. 2010)
Geelong (Est. 2002)
Hawthorn (Est. 2003)
Melbourne (Est. 2001)
North Melbourne (Est. 2002)
Port Adelaide (Est. 1998)
Richmond (Est. 2002)
St. Kilda (Est. 2003)
Sydney Swans (Est. 2009)
West Coast Eagles (Est. 2011)

State-level[edit]

Australian Capital Territory Football Hall of Fame ACT (Est. 2006)
New South Wales Football Hall of Fame NSW (Est. 2003)
Northern Territory Football Hall of Fame NT (Est. 2010)
Queensland Football Hall of Fame QLD (Est. 2008)
South Australian Football Hall of Fame (Est. 2002)
Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame (Est. 2005)
West Australian Football Hall of Fame (Est. 2004)

Baseball and softball[edit]

Basketball[edit]

Australian Basketball Hall of Fame (formerly NBL Hall of Fame)
FIBA Hall of Fame
Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame (U.S.)
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (U.S.)
National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame (U.S.)
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Horse racing[edit]

Ice hockey[edit]

Motorsports[edit]

Professional wrestling[edit]

Rugby league[edit]

Rugby Football League Hall of Fame (est. 1988)
Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame (est. 2002)
Widnes Vikings Hall of Fame (est. 1992)
Wigan Warriors Hall of Fame (est. 1998)

Rugby union[edit]

IRB Hall of Fame (International Rugby Board) (rugby union)
International Rugby Hall of Fame (rugby union)

Other sports[edit]

Other halls of fame[edit]

Walls of fame[edit]

Piteå Wall of Fame (Sweden)

United Kingdom[edit]

United States[edit]

Walks of fame[edit]

Aerospace Walk of Honor (Lancaster, California, U.S.)
America's Walk of Honor (Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, U.S.)
Anaheim Walk of Stars (Anaheim, California, U.S.)
Australian of the Year Walk (Canberra, Australia)
Birmingham Walk of Stars (Birmingham, England)
Bronx Walk of Fame (Bronx, New York City, U.S.)^[3]
Canada's Walk of Fame (Toronto)
Entrepreneur Walk of Fame (Boston, MA)
Eastwood City Walk of Fame (Eastwood City, Quezon City, Philippines)
Dog Walk of Fame (London, England)
Gennett Walk of Fame (Richmond, Indiana, U.S.)
Hollywood Walk of Fame (Hollywood, California, U.S.)
Hollywood's Rockwalk (Hollywood, California, U.S.)
Hong Kong Avenue of Stars (Hong Kong, China)
International Civil Rights Walk of Fame (Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.)
Jubilee 150 Walkway (Adelaide, South Australia)
Kazan Alley of Tatar Stars (Tatarstan, Russia)^[4]
Las Vegas Walk of Fame (Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.)
London Avenue of Stars (London, England)
Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame
Michigan Walk of Fame (Lansing, Michigan, U.S.)
Milwaukee Brewers Walk of Fame (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.)
Minnesota Walk of Fame (Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.)
New Rochelle Walk of Fame (New Rochelle, New York, U.S.)
Munich Olympic Walk of Stars (Olympiapark, Munich, Germany)
Music City Walk of Fame (Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.)
Palm Springs Walk of Stars (Palm Springs, California, U.S.)
Paseo de las Luminarias, Mexico City
Sault Ste Marie Walk of Fame (Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada)
St. Louis Walk of Fame (St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.)
US Space Walk of Fame
Walk of Fame (Brighton, England)
Walk of Fame Bucharest
Walk of Game (San Francisco, California, U.S.)
Walk of the Stars (Bandra, Mumbai, India)
World Poker Tour Walk of Fame

References[edit]

^ R. Rubin (1997). "The Mall of Fame". The Atlantic Monthly. 280 (1): 14–18.
^ S. Pajot (30 April 2014). "Gloria Estefan, Five Others Being Inducted to Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame". Retrieved 22 September 2014.
^ *http://thenewyorkcityminute.com/2011/11/15/the-bronx-walk-of-fame/
^ "The Names of Munira Bulatova and Salavat Fatkhutdinov Light up on the Alley of Stars in Kazan" (Russian: На Аллее звезд в Казани зажглись имена Муниры Булатовой и Салавата Фатхудтинова)

[1] R. Rubin (1997). "The Mall of Fame". The Atlantic Monthly. 280 (1): 14–18.

[2] S. Pajot (30 April 2014). "Gloria Estefan, Five Others Being Inducted to Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame". Retrieved 22 September 2014.

[3] *http://thenewyorkcityminute.com/2011/11/15/the-bronx-walk-of-fame/

[4] "The Names of Munira Bulatova and Salavat Fatkhutdinov Light up on the Alley of Stars in Kazan" (Russian: На Аллее звезд в Казани зажглись имена Муниры Булатовой и Салавата Фатхудтинова)

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]