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National Humanities Medal

HONOR

Awarded since 1997 to those "whose work has deepened the nation's understanding of the humanities, broadened our citizens' engagement with the humanities, or helped preserve and expand Americans' access to important resources in the humanities."

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Fouad Ajami
Author
9-Sep-1945   Director of Middle East Studies, SAIS
Stephen E. Ambrose
Author
10-Jan-1936 13-Oct-2002 Band of Brothers
Richard Brookhiser
Journalist
23-Feb-1955   National Review
Joan Ganz Cooney
Film/TV Producer
30-Nov-1929   Producer of Sesame Street
Midge Decter
Journalist
25-Jul-1927   Neoconservative maven
E. L. Doctorow
Author
6-Jan-1931   The Book of Daniel
Ernest J. Gaines
Novelist
15-Jan-1933   A Lesson Before Dying
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Author
16-Sep-1950   The Signifying Monkey
Richard Gilder
Business
c. 1932   Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Mary Ann Glendon
Diplomat
7-Oct-1938   US Ambassador to the Vatican
Vartan Gregorian
Educator
8-Apr-1934   President of Carnegie Corporation
Victor Davis Hanson
Historian
5-Sep-1953   Carnage and Culture
Don Henley
Musician
22-Jul-1947   The Eagles
Roger Hertog
Business
c. 1941   Reinvented The New York Sun
Hal Holbrook
Actor
17-Feb-1925   Mark Twain Tonight
Quincy Jones
Music Producer
14-Mar-1933   Musician, Composer, Producer
Donald Kagan
Historian
1-May-1932   The Great Dialogue
Garrison Keillor
Radio Personality
7-Aug-1942   A Prairie Home Companion
Barbara Kingsolver
Author
8-Apr-1955   Prodigal Summer
Maxine Hong Kingston
Author
27-Oct-1940   The Woman Warrior
Hilton Kramer
Critic
25-Mar-1928 27-Mar-2012 The New Criterion
Erich Kunzel
Conductor
21-Mar-1935 1-Sep-2009 Conductor, Cincinnati Pops, 1977-2009
Madeleine L'Engle
Author
29-Nov-1918 6-Sep-2007 A Wrinkle In Time
Jim Lehrer
Journalist
19-May-1934   PBS NewsHour
Lew Lehrman
Business
15-Aug-1938   Rite Aid drugstore founder
Art Linkletter
TV Personality
17-Jul-1912 26-May-2010 Kids Say the Darndest Things
William Manchester
Author
1-Apr-1922 1-Jun-2004 The Arms of Krupp
Paul Mellon
Philanthropist
11-Jun-1907 1-Feb-1999 Yale Center for British Art benefactor
Toni Morrison
Author
18-Feb-1931   Beloved
Cynthia Ozick
Author
17-Apr-1928   The Puttermesser Papers
Les Paul
Guitarist
9-Jun-1915 13-Aug-2009 Electric guitar/multitrack recording pioneer
John Rawls
Philosopher
21-Feb-1921 24-Nov-2002 A Theory of Justice
John Searle
Philosopher
Dec-1932   Chinese Room Argument, Philosopher of Language
Ted Sorensen
Attorney
8-May-1928 31-Oct-2010 Aide to JFK
Thomas Sowell
Economist
30-Jul-1930   Conservative economist, Hoover fellow
Steven Spielberg
Film Director
18-Dec-1946   E.T.
Shelby Steele
Activist
1-Jan-1946   The Content of Our Character
Studs Terkel
Author
16-May-1912 31-Oct-2008 Working
John Updike
Novelist
18-Mar-1932 27-Jan-2009 Rabbit, Run
August Wilson
Playwright
27-Apr-1945 2-Oct-2005 The Piano Lesson
Tom Wolfe
Author
2-Mar-1931   Bonfire of the Vanities
Andrew Wyeth
Painter
12-Jul-1917 16-Jan-2009 American painter, Christina's World


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