Kennedy Center Honors
The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture. The honors have been presented annually since 1978, culminating each December in a star-studded gala celebrating the honorees in the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington, D. C.
Kennedy Center Honors People (First 49 people) - Page 1
Betty Davis
American singer
Cicely Tyson
American actress
Stephen Sondheim
American composer
George Lucas
American filmmaker
Jason Robards
American actor
Sting
Musician
Luciano Pavarotti
Italian operatic tenor
Jack Nicholson
American actor
Carol Burnett
American actress
Katharine Hepburn
American actress
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress
Gregory Peck
American actor
Pete Townshend
Musician
John Williams
Television presenter
Perry Como
American singer
Sean Connery
Actor
Henry Fonda
American actor
Jack Lemmon
American actor
Shirley Temple
Former Chief of Protocol of the United States
Billy Wilder
Filmmaker
Paul Newman
American actor
Robert Redford
American actor
Claudette Colbert
Film actress
Ginger Rogers
American actress
George Jones
American musician
Merle Haggard
American singer-songwriter
Paul Simon
American musician
Chuck Berry
American singer
James Brown
Former Kentucky Secretary of State
LL Cool J
American rapper
Dave Brubeck
American jazz pianist
Ella Fitzgerald
American singer
Johnny Carson
American television host
Mel Brooks
American actor
James Cagney
American actor
Sammy Davis Jr.
American singer
Tony Bennett
American former professional basketball player
Lionel Hampton
American vibraphonist
Sidney Poitier
Bahamian-American actor
Lena Horne
American dancer
Ruby Dee
American actress
Kirk Douglas
American actor
George Balanchine
Choreographer
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Choreographer
Harold Prince
American theatre director
Jerome Robbins
American dancer
Julie Harris
American actress
