In the third quarter of this year, 1,376 Americans renounced their US citizenship, putting the annual tally on track to top 2016’s record, data from the Treasury Department show.

If this year’s fourth quarter mirrors that of 2016, when 2,365 people chose to expatriate, 2017’s annual tally would be 6,813.

That’s a 26 percent rise from 2016’s total of 5,411 - which was itself a 26 percent jump from 2015.The pace of Americans jumping ship started to accelerate in 2010, when the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca) became law.

The act was intended to stem tax evasion of US citizens living or working abroad by basically requiring foreign institutions holding assets for American expats to report those accounts or withhold a 30 percent tax on them.

Famous names who have expatriated in the past include the writer TS Eliot (born in St. Louis), director Terry Gilliam (born in Minneapolis) and director John Huston (born in Nevada, Montana).

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This time last year, the UK’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson was on the quarterly list. (He was born in New York.)

This year, one particular name on the list seems apt: John Quitter.