The victims of the Hillsborough tragedy are being posthumously awarded the Freedom of Liverpool.
Those who have campaigned on their behalf over the past 27 years will also receive the honour. This includes former Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish and his wife.
Dalglish, who was manager at the time of the 1989 tragedy, ensured the club was efficiently represented at the fans’ funerals.
Other key figures receiving the city’s highest honour include the Rt Rev James Jones and Professor Phil Scraton.
In April, the 96 who died at the FA Cup semi-final in Sheffield were found to have been unlawfully killed.
Those who receive the Freedom of the City later this year will also be awarded a specially commissioned medal while a brass Freedom of Liverpool plaque is to be placed in the city’s Town Hall honouring those who died.
The families of the victims were given the Freedom of the City in 2009.