This is a list of notable former United States citizens who voluntarily relinquished their citizenship, and through that act, their nationality.
To protest U.S. policies or actions Other or unclear reasons The column "Federal Register" refers to whether and when the former citizen's name was published by the U.S. government in one of its lists of people giving up citizenship.
An asterisk indicates that Federal Register data for the quarter in which the person relinquished citizenship has not yet been released.
See the article "Quarterly Publication of Individuals Who Have Chosen to Expatriate" for further details on the Federal Register list.
For most of the twentieth century, the State Department regarded such naturalizations as indicating the intent to relinquish U.S. citizenship in almost all cases.