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List of Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients (44)
This is not a complete list, but only those people who have been entered as leaves on Our Family Tree. If you know of one who is not here with his or her family, login and add them!| Name | Birth | In Office | Birthplace |
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Lucille BallFilm | 6 AUG 1911 | NY, Chautauqua Co, Celoron | |
Jacques Martin BarzunLiterature | 30 NOV 1907 | France, Ile-de-France, Créteil | |
Katharine MeyerMedia | 16 JUN 1917 | NY, New York Co, New York City | |
Marion "John Wayne" MorrisonFilm | 26 MAY 1907 | IA, Madison Co, Winterset | |
Ellsworth Bunker | 11 MAY 1894 | 1963 | NY, Westchester Co, Yonkers |
Luis Albert Munoz Marin | 18 FEB 1898 | 1963 | Puerto Rico, San Juan |
Dean AchesonCabinet Member | 11 APR 1893 | 1964 | CT, Middlesex Co, Middletown |
Walter Elias DisneyFilm | 5 DEC 1901 | 1964 | IL, Cook Co, Chicago |
Thomas Stearns EliotLiterature | 26 SEP 1888 | 1964 | MO, St Louis City |
John Ernest SteinbeckLiterature | 27 FEB 1902 | 1964 | CA, Monterey Co, Salinas |
Ellsworth Bunker | 11 MAY 1894 | 1967 | NY, Westchester Co, Yonkers |
Neil Alden Armstrong | 5 AUG 1930 | 1969 | OH, Auglaize Co, Wapakoneta |
Laurance Spelman RockefellerBusiness | 26 MAY 1910 | 1969 | NY, New York Co, New York City |
David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce | 12 FEB 1898 | 1976 | MD, Baltimore City |
Omar Nelson BradleyMilitary | 12 FEB 1893 | 1977 | MO, Randolph Co |
Joseph Paul "Joe" DiMaggioSports | 25 NOV 1914 | 1977 | CA, Riverside Co, Martinez |
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller | 07/08/1908 | 1977 | ME, Hancock Co, Bar Harbor |
Norman Perceval RockwellArt | 02/03/1894 | 1977 | NY, New York Co, Manhattan |
Ansel AdamsPhotography | 20 FEB 1902 | 1980 | CA, San Francisco Co, San Francisco |
Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" WilliamsLiterature | 26 MAR 1911 | 1980 | MS, Lowndes Co, Columbus |
Walter CronkiteMedia | 4 NOV 1916 | 1981 | MO, Buchanan Co, St Joseph |
Lt. Kirk DouglasFilm | 9 DEC 1916 | 1981 | NY, Montgomery Co, Amsterdam |
Eunice Mary KennedyHumanitarian | 10 JUL 1921 | 1984 | MA, Norfolk Co, Brookline |
Francis Albert "Frank" SinatraMusic | 12 DEC 1915 | 1985 | NJ, Hudson Co, Hoboken |
James Maitland StewartFilm | 20 MAY 1908 | 1985 | PA, Indiana Co |
Helen Hayes BrownFilm | 10 OCT 1900 | 1986 | DC, Washington |
Vermont C. RoysterMedia | 30 APR 1914 | 1986 | NC, Wake Co, Raleigh |
Jean Marie FairclothIntelligence | 28 DEC 1898 | 1988 | TN, Davidson Co, Nashville |
Elizabeth Ann Bloomer | 8 APR 1918 | 1991 | IL, Cook Co, Chicago |
Richard Bruce "Dick" CheneyCabinet Member | 30 JAN 1941 | 1991 | NE, Lancaster Co, Lincoln |
John William "Johnny" Carson | 23 OCT 1925 | 1992 | IA, Adams Co, Corning |
Samuel Moore "Sam" WaltonBusiness and Retail | 29 MAR 1918 | 1992 | OK, Kingfisher Co, Kingfisher |
Marjory Stoneman | 7 APR 1890 | 1993 | MN, Hennepin Co, Minneapolis |
Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. | 9 NOV 1915 | 1994 | MD, Carroll Co, Westminster |
David Aldrich RockefellerBusiness | 12 JUN 1915 | 1998 | NY, New York Co, New York City |
Roberta Brooke RussellPhilanthropy | 30 MAR 1902 | 1998 | NH, Rockingham Co, Portsmouth |
Chef Julia McWilliamsMedia | 08/15/1912 | 2003 | CA, Los Angeles Co, Pasadena |
Gilbert Melville GrosvenorEnvironmentalism | 5 MAY 1931 | 2004 | DC, Washington |
Andrew Samuel GriffithMedia | 1 JUN 1926 | 2005 | NC, Surry Co, Mt Airy |
Jean Ann KennedyDiplomacy | 20 FEB 1928 | 2011 | MA, Norfolk Co, Brookline |
John Herschel Glenn | 18 JUL 1921 | 2012 | OH, Guernsey Co, Cambridge |
Benjamin Crowninshield "Ben" Bradlee Sr.Media | 26 AUG 1921 | 2013 | MA, Suffolk Co, Boston |
Ethel Ann SkakelActivism | 11 APR 1928 | 2014 | IL, Cook Co, Chicago |
President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden Jr. | 20 NOV 1942 | 2017 | PA, Lackawanna Co, Scranton |
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