Presidential Medal of Freedom
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is an award bestowed by the president of the United States. The Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal are the highest civilian awards of the United States.
Presidential Medal Of Freedom People (First 49 people) - Page 1
John Steinbeck
American writer
Harper Lee
American novelist
Ben Bradlee
American journalist
Katharine Graham
American publisher
John Chafee
Former United States Secretary of the Navy
Madeleine Albright
Former United States Secretary of State
Jesse Jackson
Former Shadow US Senator, DC
Billy Graham
American evangelist
Thurgood Marshall
Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Stephen Hawking
English theoretical physicist
Gregory Peck
American actor
Robert Redford
American actor
Lorne Michaels
Canadian-American television producer
Andy Griffith
American actor
Ella Fitzgerald
American singer
Johnny Carson
American television host
Stephen Hopkins
British musician
Gloria Steinem
American journalist
James Cagney
American actor
Doris Day
American actress
Bill Russell
American professional basketball player
Elie Wiesel
Romanian-American writer
Dick Rutan
Fighter pilot
Chuck Yeager
Flying ace
Georgia O'Keeffe
American artist
Jasper Johns
American painter
Shimon Peres
Former Prime Minister of Israel
Sidney Poitier
Bahamian-American actor
John Wayne
American actor
Kirk Douglas
American actor
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
German-American architect
Walt Disney
American animation film producer
John Glen
Chief Secretary to the Treasury of the United Kingdom
Franklin Graham
President of Samaritan's Purse
Neil Armstrong
American astronaut
Charlton Heston
American actor
Ron Reagan
American commentator
Rachel Carson
American marine biologist
Omar Bradley
Former United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bob Hope
Fictional character
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
John F. Kennedy's sister
Muhammad Ali
Pakistani writer
Desmond Tutu
South African bishop
Pope John Paul II
Former head of the Catholic Church
William J. Perry
Boxer
John Kenneth Galbraith
Canadian-American economist
Isabel Allende
Chilean writer
