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 2
Pete Seeger
American singer
Carlos Santana
American guitarist
Seiji Ozawa
Japanese conductor
Edward Albee
American playwright
Myrna Loy
American film actress
Charlton Heston
American actor
Elia Kazan
Film director
James Earl Jones
American actor
Rob Letterman
American film director
Ossie Davis
American actor
Andy Blankenbuehler
American dancer
Mike Nicholls
American film director
Brian Wilson
Australian rules football player
Bob Hope
Fictional character
Richard Rodgers
American composer
Leonard Bernstein
American conductor
Thomas Kail
American theatre director
Arthur Miller
American cinematographer
Plácido Domingo
Spanish opera singer
Joan Sutherland
Australian dramatic coloratura soprano
John Kander
American composer
David Letterman
American television host
Lucille Ball
American actress
Fred Astaire
American dancer
Mary Martin
American actress
Itzhak Stern
Accountant
Neil Diamond
American singer-songwriter
Barbara Cook
American actress
George Abbott
American theatrical producer
Philip Glass
American composer
Paul Maar
German writer
Charles Robinson James Bond
Musical artist
Harold Nicholas
American dancer
Mavis Staples
American singer
Sidnei
Brazilian footballer
Danny Kaye
American actor
Benny Carter
American saxophonist
George Burns
American comedian
Aaron Copland
American composer
Taison
Brazilian football player
Frederick Loewe
Composer
Zubin Mehta
Indian conductor
Martha Graham
American dancer
Natalia Makarova
Russian choreographer
Twyla Tharp
American dancer
Norman Lear
American screenwriter
Rita Moreno
Puerto Rican actress
