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 3
Jacques d'Amboise
American ballet dancer
James Levine
American conductor
Neil Simon
American playwright
Alan Jay Lerner
American lyricist
Adolph Green
American lyricist
Isaac Stern
American Violinist
Shari Lewis
American ventriloquist
Gian Carlo Menotti
Italian composer
Alex Lacamoire
American composer
Fayard Nicholas
American choreographer
Alvin Ailey
American dancer
Dennis Wilson
American musician
Itzhak Perlman
Israeli-American Violinist
Mstislav Rostropovich
Russian cellist
Martha Argerich
Argentine classical pianist
Dolores Hope
American singer
Betty Comden
American lyricist
Beverly Sills
American operatic soprano
Yehudi Menuhin
Violinist
Jessye Norman
American opera singer
Sammi Davis
Actress
Carmen de Lavallade
American actress
J. Williams
New Zealand musical artist
Paul McCarthy
Irish footballer
Sammy Davis Sr.
American dancer
Paul Taylor
American saxophonist
Cleotha Staples
Singer
Michael Nichols
American journalist
Neal Simon
Political leader
Charles Scorsese
American film actor
Lauren Kennedy
American actress
Merce Cunningham
American dancer
Jesse Norman
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Bill T. Jones
American choreographer
Agnes de Mille
American dancer
Martin Kennedy
Rugby league rugby prop
A. Quincy Jones
Architect
Edward Villella
American ballet dancer
Carl Burnett
Musical artist
Nathan Milstein
American Violinist
Arthur Rubinstein
Polish-American pianist
Rudolf Serkin
Austrian-American pianist
Judith Jamison
American dancer
Charles Ray
American sculptor
Jason Robards Sr.
American actor
Stuart Kennedy
Former football player
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