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Meet 10 Famous Artists Who Won the Medal of Freedom

Meet 10 Famous Artists Who Won the Medal of Freedom

Lucille Ball — Lucille Ball Medal of Freedom for Media, 1989Getty Images

November 24, 2014 1:51 PM EST

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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