Kennedy Center Honors

Kennedy Center Honors

The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture. The honors have been presented annually since 1978, culminating each December in a star-studded gala celebrating the honorees in the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington, D. C.

Kennedy Center Honors People (First 49 people) - Page 1

Betty Davis

Betty Davis

American singer

Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

American actress

Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim

American composer

George Lucas

George Lucas

American filmmaker

Jason Robards

Jason Robards

American actor

Sting

Sting

Musician

Luciano Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti

Italian operatic tenor

Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson

American actor

Carol Burnett

Carol Burnett

American actress

Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn

American actress

Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck

American actor

Pete Townshend

Pete Townshend

Musician

John Williams

John Williams

Television presenter

Perry Como

Perry Como

American singer

Sean Connery

Sean Connery

Actor

Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda

American actor

Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon

American actor

Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple

Former Chief of Protocol of the United States

Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder

Filmmaker

Paul Newman

Paul Newman

American actor

Robert Redford

Robert Redford

American actor

Claudette Colbert

Claudette Colbert

Film actress

Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers

American actress

George Jones

George Jones

American musician

Merle Haggard

Merle Haggard

American singer-songwriter

Paul Simon

Paul Simon

American musician

Chuck Berry

Chuck Berry

American singer

James Brown

James Brown

Former Kentucky Secretary of State

LL Cool J

LL Cool J

American rapper

Dave Brubeck

Dave Brubeck

American jazz pianist

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

American singer

Johnny Carson

Johnny Carson

American television host

Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks

American actor

James Cagney

James Cagney

American actor

Sammy Davis Jr.

Sammy Davis Jr.

American singer

Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett

American former professional basketball player

Lionel Hampton

Lionel Hampton

American vibraphonist

Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

Bahamian-American actor

Lena Horne

Lena Horne

American dancer

Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee

American actress

Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas

American actor

George Balanchine

George Balanchine

Choreographer

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Choreographer

Harold Prince

Harold Prince

American theatre director

Jerome Robbins

Jerome Robbins

American dancer

Julie Harris

Julie Harris

American actress

Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams

American playwright

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