Library of Congress Living Legend
A Library of Congress Living Legend was someone recognized by the
List of honorees
- Hank Aaron (d. 2021)[2]
- Madeleine Albright (d. 2022)
- Muhammad Ali (d. 2016)
- Mario Andretti
- Ernie Banks (d. 2015)
- Harry Belafonte (d. 2023)
- Tony Bennett (d. 2023)
- James H. Billington (d. 2018)
- Big Bird (original performer Caroll Spinney d. 2019)
- Larry Bird
- Herblock (d. 2001)
- Judy Blume
- Julian Bond (d. 2015)
- T. Berry Brazelton (d. 2018)
- Gwendolyn Brooks (d. 2000)
- Dave Brubeck (d. 2012)
- Kobe Bryant (d. 2020)
- William F. Buckley, Jr.(d. 2008)
- Carol Burnett
- Laura Bush
- Ben Carson
- Benny Carter (d. 2003)
- Johnny Cash (d. 2003)
- Vinton Cerf
- Ray Charles (d. 2004)
- Linda Chavez
- Julia Child (d. 2004)
- Beverly Cleary (d. 2021)
- David Copperfield
- Bill Cosby
- Walter Cronkite (d. 2009)
- Merce Cunningham (d. 2009)
- Michael DeBakey (d. 2008)
- Sylvia Earle
- Marian Wright Edelman
- Ahmet Ertegun (d. 2006)
- Suzanne Farrell
- John Kenneth Galbraith (d. 2006)
- Andrew Goodpaster (d. 2005)
- Stephen Jay Gould (d. 2002)
- Katharine Graham (d. 2001)
- Archie Green (d. 2009)
- Thomas Hampson
- Herbie Hancock
- Mickey Hart
- Al Hirschfeld (d. 2003)
- Bob Hope (d. 2003)
- Marta Casals Istomin
- Glenn R. Jones (d. 2015)
- Quincy Jones
- Jenette Kahn
- Max Kampelman (d. 2013)
- George Kennan (d. 2005)
- Jackie Joyner Kersee
- B.B. King(d. 2015)
- Billie Jean King
- Jeane Kirkpatrick (d. 2006)
- John Kluge (d. 2010)
- Ursula K. Le Guin (d. 2018)
- Annie Leibovitz
- Miguel León-Portilla (d. 2019)
- Carl Lewis
- John Lewis (d. 2020)
- Mario Vargas Llosa
- Alan Lomax (d. 2002)
- Yo-Yo Ma
- Robert McCloskey (d. 2003)
- David McCullough (d. 2022)
- Mark McGwire
- Rita Moreno
- Toni Morrison (d. 2019)
- Odetta (d. 2008)
- Gordon Parks (d. 2006)
- Dolly Parton
- Katherine Paterson
- I. M. Pei (d. 2019)
- Jaroslav Pelikan (d. 2006)
- Itzhak Perlman
- Colin Powell (d. 2021)
- Leontyne Price
- Tito Puente (d. 2000)
- Sally K. Ride(d. 2012)
- Cal Ripken
- Cokie Roberts (d. 2019)
- Frank Robinson (d. 2019)
- Fred Rogers (d. 2003)
- Philip Roth (d. 2018)
- Bob Schieffer
- Gunther Schuller (d. 2015)
- Martin Scorsese
- Pete Seeger (d. 2014)
- Maurice Sendak (d. 2012)
- Bobby Short (d. 2005)
- Stephen Sondheim (d. 2021)
- Steven Spielberg
- Ralph Stanley (d. 2016)
- Gloria Steinem
- Isaac Stern (d. 2001)
- Barbra Streisand
- William Styron (d. 2006)
- Harold Varmus
- Gwen Verdon (d. 2000)
- Lew Wasserman (d. 2002)
- Fred L. Whipple(d. 2004)
- Joseph Wilson (d. 2015)
- Tiger Woods
- Herman Wouk (d. 2019)
See also
References
- ^ "Awards & Honors". loc.gov. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
- ^ "Living Legends". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on December 23, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
External links
- Library of Congress to Honor "Living Legends" (press release, with initial honorees). April 14, 2000. Public Affairs Office. Library of Congress official website
- Living Legends (full list). Library of Congress official website, archived from the Internet Wayback Machine. Original site no longer extant.