List of Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients (38)

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Name	Birth	In Office	Birthplace
Lucille Ball Film	6 AUG 1911		NY, Chautauqua Co, Celoron
Jacques Martin Barzun Literature	30 NOV 1907		France, Ile-de-France, Créteil
Hubert Horatio Humphrey	27 MAY 1911		SD, Codington Co, Wallace
Katherine Meyer Media	16 JUN 1917		NY, New York Co, New York City
Marion "John Wayne" Morrison Film	26 MAY 1907		IA, Madison Co, Winterset
Dean Acheson Cabinet Member	11 APR 1893	1964	CT, Middlesex Co, Middletown
Walter Elias Disney Film	5 DEC 1901	1964	IL, Cook Co, Chicago
Thomas Stearns Eliot Literature	26 SEP 1888	1964	MO, St Louis City
John Ernest Steinbeck Literature	27 FEB 1902	1964	CA, Monterey Co, Salinas
Laurance Spelman Rockefeller Business	26 MAY 1910	1969	NY, New York Co, New York City
David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce	12 FEB 1898	1976	MD, Baltimore City
Omar Nelson Bradley Military	12 FEB 1893	1977	MO, Randolph Co
Joseph Paul "Joe" DiMaggio Sports	25 NOV 1914	1977	CA, Riverside Co, Martinez
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller	07/08/1908	1977	ME, Hancock Co, Bar Harbor
Norman Perceval Rockwell Art	02/03/1894	1977	NY, New York Co, Manhattan
Ansel Adams Photography	20 FEB 1902	1980	CA, San Francisco Co, San Francisco
Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams Literature	26 MAR 1911	1980	MS, Lowndes Co, Columbus
Walter Cronkite Media	4 NOV 1916	1981	MO, Buchanan Co, St Joseph
Kirk Douglas Film	9 DEC 1916	1981	NY, Montgomery Co, Amsterdam
Eunice Mary Kennedy Humanitarian	10 JUL 1921	1984	MA, Norfolk Co, Brookline
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra Music	12 DEC 1915	1985	NJ, Hudson Co, Hoboken
James Maitland Stewart Film	20 MAY 1908	1985	PA, Indiana Co
Helen Hayes Brown Film	10 OCT 1900	1986	DC, Washington
Vermont C. Royster Media	30 APR 1914	1986	NC, Wake Co, Raleigh
Jean Marie Faircloth Intelligence	28 DEC 1898	1988	TN, Davidson Co, Nashville
Elizabeth Ann Bloomer	8 APR 1918	1991	IL, Cook Co, Chicago
Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney Cabinet Member	30 JAN 1941	1991	NE, Lancaster Co, Lincoln
Samuel Moore "Sam" Walton Business and Retail	29 MAR 1918	1992	OK, Kingfisher Co, Kingfisher
Robert Sargent Shriver Jr.	9 NOV 1915	1994	MD, Carroll Co, Westminster
David Aldrich Rockefeller Business	12 JUN 1915	1998	NY, New York Co, New York City
Roberta Brooke Russell Philanthropy	30 MAR 1902	1998	NH, Rockingham Co, Portsmouth
Chef Julia McWilliams Media	08/15/1912	2003	CA, Los Angeles Co, Pasadena
Gilbert Melville Grosvenor Environmentalism	5 MAY 1931	2004	DC, Washington
Andrew Samuel Griffith Media	1 JUN 1926	2005	NC, Surry Co, Mt Airy
Jean Ann Kennedy Diplomacy	20 FEB 1928	2011	MA, Norfolk Co, Brookline
Benjamin Crowninshield "Ben" Bradlee Sr. Media	26 AUG 1921	2013	MA, Suffolk Co, Boston
Ethel Ann Skakel Activism	11 APR 1928	2014	IL, Cook Co, Chicago
Vice President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden Jr.	20 NOV 1942	2017	PA, Lackawanna Co, Scranton

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List of Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients (38)

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