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1 of 12Duke Ellington Medal of Freedom for Music, 1969Bettmann/Corbis -
2 of 12John Wayne Medal of Freedom for Film, 1980Getty Images -
3 of 12Ansel Adams Medal of Freedom for Photography, 1980David Hume Kennerly—Getty Images -
4 of 12Aretha Franklin Medal of Freedom for Music, 1985Express Newspapers/Getty Images -
5 of 12Frank Sinatra Medal of Freedom for Music, 1985Getty Images -
6 of 12Lucille Ball Medal of Freedom for Media, 1989Getty Images -
7 of 12Audrey Hepburn Medal of Freedom for Film, 1992Getty Images -
8 of 12Ella Fitzgerald Medal of Freedom for Music, 1992NBC/Getty Images -
9 of 12Elie Wiesel Medal of Freedom for Literature, 1992Matthew Mendelsohn—Corbis -
10 of 12Sidney Poitier Medal of Freedom for Film, 2009Frank Trapper—Sygma/Corbis -
11 of 12Maya Angelou Medal of Freedom for Literature, 2011Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images -
12 of 12Bob Dylan Medal of Freedom for Music, 2012Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
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