Frank became world famous after her diary was published as "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl" after the end of World War II.

The diary was written in 1944 while she and her family were being hidden from the Nazis in an attic by a Dutch family in Amsterdam.

It was known that Anne, who died in a Nazi prison camp 60 years ago, was not a Dutch citizen before she was nominated, the network said, adding that despite her lack of citizenship her name would not be removed from the list, according to the New York Post.

"Although we are very sympathetic to the request from KRO, it's not legally possible to award posthumous Dutch citizenship," the Justice Ministry said, noting that Dutch law does not allow citizenship to be awarded posthumously.

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