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Meet 10 Famous Artists Who Won the Medal of Freedom

Duke Ellington Seated at the Piano
Duke Ellington Medal of Freedom for Music, 1969Bettmann/Corbis
John Wayne
John Wayne Medal of Freedom for Film, 1980Getty Images
Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams Medal of Freedom for Photography, 1980David Hume Kennerly—Getty Images
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin Medal of Freedom for Music, 1985Express Newspapers/Getty Images
Photo of Frank SINATRA
Frank Sinatra Medal of Freedom for Music, 1985Getty Images
Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball Medal of Freedom for Media, 1989Getty Images
Portrait of Audrey Hepburn For 'Sabrina,' 1954.
Audrey Hepburn Medal of Freedom for Film, 1992Getty Images
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Medal of Freedom for Music, 1992NBC/Getty Images
Writer and Lecturer Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel Medal of Freedom for Literature, 1992Matthew Mendelsohn—Corbis
SIDNEY POITIER
Sidney Poitier Medal of Freedom for Film, 2009Frank Trapper—Sygma/Corbis
Photo of Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou Medal of Freedom for Literature, 2011Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Bob Dylan Portrait With Acoustic Guitar
Bob Dylan Medal of Freedom for Music, 2012Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

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