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 44 people) - Page 5
Joan Woodward
British sociologist
John Lemmon
Philosopher
Johnnie Williams
Baseball player
Johnnie Carson
Former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs of the United States
Johnny Ca$h
Musical artist
Johnny Williams
Actor
Jake Nicholson
English footballer
Jean Carlo Musician
Brazilian singer
John William Singer
French singer
Pat Kennedy
American basketball coach
Risë Stevens
American operatic soprano
Sammy Davis
British journalist
Stephen Martin
Former Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
Thomas Kennedy
American basketball player
Robert Plante
Author
Placido
Cuban poet
Steven Martin
Author
Yo-Yo Ma
French-American cellist
Lin-Manuel Miranda
American songwriter
Domingo
Music producer
BACALL
Swedish record producer
George Abbot
English archbishop
Roger Stevens
Poet
Bettye Davis
Former AK State Senator
Jane A. Fitzgerald
Jack Nichols
American activist
John William
French singer
James Athenian Stuart
Archaeologist
Benny Goodman
American clarinetist
Rubin Stein
Film director
John Sinatra
Steve Martin
American actor
Morton Gould
American composer
Alexandra Danilova
Russian-American ballet dancer
Patricia McBride
Ballerina
Roger L. Stevens
American theatrical producer
Fred Ebb
American lyricist
Leontyne Price
American soprano
Jerry Herman
American composer
Justino Díaz
Puerto Rican bass-baritone
Victor Borge
Danish-American comedian
Tania León
Cuban-American composer
Marian Anderson
American contralto
