Previous recipients of the accolade include James Cameron, Clint Eastwood, Peter Jackson and Christopher Nolan.
The accolade has been awarded by Unesco, the arm of the United Nations which promotes culture.
It is the first to achieve the accolade of publication in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.
Simon Beaufoy, the screenwriter for the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire, said the accolade was "superb news" for his hometown.
Caf spokesman Suleiman Habuba had previously told BBC Sport that there was nothing sinister in Kanoute winning the accolade.
This year, Bret McKenzie's Man or Muppet from The Muppets beat Real in Rio, from Rio, to win the accolade.
Charity Bee Guardians, which handed the accolade to the council, said the city should be "so proud" of its new title.
The 26-year-old Australian batsman has yet to be offered a new deal despite picking up the accolade at Friday's end-of-season awards.
And, Facebook also held the accolade for most-searched term two years in a row, per web tracking firm Experian Hitwise.
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Aardman spokesman Arthur Sheriff said the team was delighted with the accolade.
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The accolade recognised the corporation for its live and catch-up coverage of all 304 events during the games across multiple platforms and devices.
His honorary chartered surveyor award was presented to Planning Minister Derek MacKay, who accepted the accolade on behalf of the nation on Monday.
Musical director Rob Smith said the band was "really pleased" to win the accolade which showed Wonderbrass was "up there with the professionals".
Mr Livingstone, 67, said the accolade would have been for services to the Olympics but he did not believe politicians should get honours.
The accolade, awarded by the Guernsey Adolescent Smokefree Project, came as Le Tissier hit the headlines for his part in a failed betting scam.
He capped it all with his unforgettable match-winning 95 in the final match, which earnt him the accolade of England's man of the series.
The accolade is the university's highest rank in the guide, with only Cambridge and Oxford above it out of 126 UK universities and colleges.
He becomes only the second Australian to win the award after Jamie Lyon, who won the accolade in 2005 during his time with Saints.
The pair join an elite list of those already given the accolade, including rock group U2, Mother Teresa and former American president Bill Clinton.
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The former DJ and broadcaster was awarded the accolade in 2005.
It is the second time in four seasons the team has clinched the accolade and around 75, 000 people were in the Millennium Stadium to witness it.
To win the accolade, though, he will have to vanquish Radio 1Xtra's Charlie Sloth, Classic FM's John Suchet, Radio 2 veteran Ken Bruce and 6 Music's Lauren Laverne.
Regeneration chiefs said the accolade would boost the local economy.
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Previous recipients of the accolade include US playwright David Mamet.
The star clinched the accolade for his role in the film Topsy Turvy, directed by Mike Leigh, in which he plays Gilbert of the operetta team Gilbert and Sullivan.
But it is his blog that has propelled him to celebrity status in China and earned him the accolade as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people of 2009.
"Benjamin Button, " a noughties update of "Forrest Gump" could also pick up an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Eric Roth who won the accolade for "Forrest Gump" in 1995.
The accolade comes after Mr Coleman was asked to compose a piece of Olympic-themed music performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales during 2012 as part of the Cultural Olympiad.
Ross, who previously worked as a commissioner for the BBC, said she owed the accolade to the "wonderful film-makers I've had the privilege of working with" and to her Film4 team.
The Novotel Sheffield Centre secured the accolade in the Access for All award section and Wakefield's Tourism Information Centre pipped some well-known and popular towns to the title of Tourist Information Centre.
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