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This is a partial list of well-known recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, grouped by the aspect of life in which they are/were renowned. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is awarded by the President of the United States "for especially meritorious contribution to (1) the security or national interests of the United States, or (2) world peace, or (3) cultural or other significant public or private endeavors"; it is awarded to individuals selected by the President or recommended to him by the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board.^[1]

Business and economics

Gary Becker (2007)
Edgar Bronfman, Sr. (1999)
James E. Burke (2000)
Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr.
Peter Drucker (2002)
Milton Friedman (1988)
John Kenneth Galbraith (twice; in 1946 from President Harry Truman and in 2000 from President Bill Clinton)
Alan Greenspan
Bryce Harlow
Friedrich Hayek
Lane Kirkland (1994)
Estée Lauder (2004)
George Mardikian (1951)
Walter Reuther (1995)
David Rockefeller (1998)
James W. Rouse (1995)
Roger Bonham Smith (2004)
George W. Taylor (professor) (1966)
Dave Thomas (2003, posthumously)
Juan Trippe (1985, posthumously)
Sam Walton
Walter B. Wriston (2004)

Computing

Education

Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. (1964)
Margaret McNamara (1981; wife of fellow recipient Robert McNamara)
Antonia Pantojas (1996)

History

Medicine

Philosophy

Science

Sociology

Robert Coles (1998)
James Q. Wilson (2003)

Arts

Architecture

Art

Dance

Film

Lucille Ball (1989, posthumously)
James Cagney (1984)
Bebe Daniels
Doris Day (2004)
Olivia De Havilland
Marlene Dietrich
Walt Disney (1964)
Kirk Douglas (1981)
John Ford
Samuel Goldwyn
Helen Hayes
Audrey Hepburn (1992)
Charlton Heston (2003)
Bob Hope (1969)
Danny Kaye
Carole Lombard (1942, posthumously)
Rita Moreno (2004)
Gregory Peck (1969)
Martha Raye (1993)
James Stewart
Lew Wasserman (1995)
John Wayne (1980, posthumously)

Literature

Music

Photography

Ansel Adams (1980)
Edwin H. Land (1963)

Media

Journalism

Radio

Paul Harvey (2005)
Lowell Thomas (1976)

Television

Philanthropy

Brooke Astor (1998)
Zachary Fisher (1998)
Eugene Lang (1996)

Politics and government

Activists

Diplomacy

Environmentalism

Espionage

Foreign heads of state or government

U.S. Diplomats/Politicians

Law

U.S. First Ladies

U.S. members of Congress

Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen (1999)
Senator Edward W. Brooke (2004)
Senator John H. Chafee (2000)
Senator Bob Dole (1997)
Representative Dante B. Fascell (1998)
Senator William Fulbright (1993)
Senator Barry Goldwater
Representative Henry Hyde (2007)
Senator Henry M. Jackson
Representative Barbara Jordan (1994)
Representative Clare Boothe Luce (1983)
Senator George McGovern (2000)
Representative Robert H. Michel (1994)
Senator George J. Mitchell (1999)
Representative G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery
Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (2000)
Senator Gaylord Nelson (1995)
Representative Tip O'Neill
Senator Margaret Chase Smith
Senator Strom Thurmond
Representative Mo Udall (1996)
Representative Carl Vinson (awarded with Distinction)

U.S. presidents

35th President John F. Kennedy (1963, posthumously)^[6]
36th President Lyndon B. Johnson (1980, posthumously)^[7]
38th President Gerald Ford (1999)
39th President Jimmy Carter (1999)
40th President Ronald Reagan (1993)^[8]

U.S. Vice Presidents

Other political figures

Gero von Schulze-Gaevernitz (1945)
Homer Morrison Byington (1946)
Jean Monnet, statesman of the world, 1963
James J. Caffrey(1977)
Sargent Shriver (1994)
Arthur Flemming (1994)
James P. Grant (1994)
James Brady (1996)
Albert Shanker (1998)
Max Kampelman (1999)
Simon Wiesenthal (2000)
Aung San Suu Kyi (2000)
Irving Kristol (2002)
Norman Podhoretz (2004)
Paul Bremer
Ella T. Grasso
Paul Nitze
Whitney Young

Religion

Sports

Muhammed Ali's Presidential Medal of Freedom on display at the Ali Center

Humanitarian

Notes and references

^ http://www.medaloffreedom.com/, citing Executive Order 11085 dated Feb. 22, 1963
^ "Curriculum Vitae of I. M. Pei". Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
^ "President Bush Commemorates Foreign Policy Achievements and Presents Medal of Freedom to Ambassador Ryan Crocker". White House. January 15, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
^ Although Berg was better-known as a baseball player, he was awarded the medal for his espionage activities during World War II. He turned down the medal during his lifetime; it was re-awarded after his death, with his sister accepting on his behalf.
^ Lady Bird Johnson Biography
^ Presidential Medal of Freedom - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum
^ Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient President Lyndon Baines Johnson
^ Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient President Ronald W. Reagan, 40th President of the United States

External links

Order re-establishing the Medal, from the website of the John F. Kennedy Library
List of recent recipients, from the United States Senate website

[1] ttp://www.medaloffreedom.com/, citing Executive Order 11085 dated Feb. 22, 1963

[pcf-c-2] "Curriculum Vitae of I. M. Pei". Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. Retrieved 2009-07-20.

[3] "President Bush Commemorates Foreign Policy Achievements and Presents Medal of Freedom to Ambassador Ryan Crocker". White House. January 15, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-16.

[4] Although Berg was better-known as a baseball player, he was awarded the medal for his espionage activities during World War II. He turned down the medal during his lifetime; it was re-awarded after his death, with his sister accepting on his behalf.

[5] Lady Bird Johnson Biography

[6] Presidential Medal of Freedom - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum

[7] Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient President Lyndon Baines Johnson

[8] Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient President Ronald W. Reagan, 40th President of the United States

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