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Kennedy Center Honors

The Kennedy Center Honors are annual honors given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture. They have been presented annually since 1978, culminating each December in a gala celebrating five Honorees in the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington, D.C. While the awards are primarily given to individuals, they have occasionally been given to duos or musical groups, as well as to one Broadway musical, one television show, and one performing arts venue.

Infobox

Awarded for
Lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts
Country
United States
Presented by
Board of Trustees of the Kennedy Center
First award
1978
Website
www.kennedy-center.org/programs/specialevents/honors

Tables

· Recipients › 1970s
1978
1978
Year
1978
Honorees
Marian Anderson, Fred Astaire, George Balanchine, Richard Rodgers, and Arthur Rubinstein
1979
1979
Year
1979
Honorees
Aaron Copland, Ella Fitzgerald, Henry Fonda, Martha Graham, and Tennessee Williams
Year
Honorees
1978
Marian Anderson, Fred Astaire, George Balanchine, Richard Rodgers, and Arthur Rubinstein
1979
Aaron Copland, Ella Fitzgerald, Henry Fonda, Martha Graham, and Tennessee Williams
· Recipients › 1980s
1980
1980
Year
1980
Honorees
Leonard Bernstein, James Cagney, Agnes de Mille, Lynn Fontanne, and Leontyne Price
1981
1981
Year
1981
Honorees
Count Basie, Cary Grant, Helen Hayes, Jerome Robbins, and Rudolf Serkin
1982
1982
Year
1982
Honorees
George Abbott, Lillian Gish, Benny Goodman, Gene Kelly, and Eugene Ormandy
1983
1983
Year
1983
Honorees
Katherine Dunham, Elia Kazan, Frank Sinatra, James Stewart, and Virgil Thomson
1984
1984
Year
1984
Honorees
Lena Horne, Danny Kaye, Gian Carlo Menotti, Arthur Miller, and Isaac Stern
1985
1985
Year
1985
Honorees
Merce Cunningham, Irene Dunne, Bob Hope, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, and Beverly Sills
1986
1986
Year
1986
Honorees
Lucille Ball, Ray Charles, Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy, Yehudi Menuhin, and Antony Tudor
1987
1987
Year
1987
Honorees
Perry Como, Bette Davis, Sammy Davis Jr., Nathan Milstein, and Alwin Nikolais
1988
1988
Year
1988
Honorees
Alvin Ailey, George Burns, Myrna Loy, Alexander Schneider, and Roger L. Stevens
1989
1989
Year
1989
Honorees
Harry Belafonte, Claudette Colbert, Alexandra Danilova, Mary Martin, and William Schuman
Year
Honorees
1980
Leonard Bernstein, James Cagney, Agnes de Mille, Lynn Fontanne, and Leontyne Price
1981
Count Basie, Cary Grant, Helen Hayes, Jerome Robbins, and Rudolf Serkin
1982
George Abbott, Lillian Gish, Benny Goodman, Gene Kelly, and Eugene Ormandy
1983
Katherine Dunham, Elia Kazan, Frank Sinatra, James Stewart, and Virgil Thomson
1984
Lena Horne, Danny Kaye, Gian Carlo Menotti, Arthur Miller, and Isaac Stern
1985
Merce Cunningham, Irene Dunne, Bob Hope, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, and Beverly Sills
1986
Lucille Ball, Ray Charles, Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy, Yehudi Menuhin, and Antony Tudor
1987
Perry Como, Bette Davis, Sammy Davis Jr., Nathan Milstein, and Alwin Nikolais
1988
Alvin Ailey, George Burns, Myrna Loy, Alexander Schneider, and Roger L. Stevens
1989
Harry Belafonte, Claudette Colbert, Alexandra Danilova, Mary Martin, and William Schuman
· Recipients › 1990s
1990
1990
Year
1990
Honorees
Dizzy Gillespie, Katharine Hepburn, Risë Stevens, Jule Styne, and Billy Wilder
1991
1991
Year
1991
Honorees
Roy Acuff, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Fayard and Harold Nicholas, Gregory Peck, and Robert Shaw
1992
1992
Year
1992
Honorees
Lionel Hampton, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, Ginger Rogers, Mstislav Rostropovich, and Paul Taylor
1993
1993
Year
1993
Honorees
Johnny Carson, Arthur Mitchell, Georg Solti, Stephen Sondheim, and Marion Williams
1994
1994
Year
1994
Honorees
Kirk Douglas, Aretha Franklin, Morton Gould, Harold Prince, and Pete Seeger
1995
1995
Year
1995
Honorees
Jacques d'Amboise, Marilyn Horne, B.B. King, Sidney Poitier, and Neil Simon
1996
1996
Year
1996
Honorees
Edward Albee, Benny Carter, Johnny Cash, Jack Lemmon, and Maria Tallchief
1997
1997
Year
1997
Honorees
Lauren Bacall, Bob Dylan, Charlton Heston, Jessye Norman, and Edward Villella
1998
1998
Year
1998
Honorees
Fred Ebb and John Kander, Willie Nelson, André Previn, Shirley Temple Black and Bill Cosby
1999
1999
Year
1999
Honorees
Victor Borge, Sean Connery, Judith Jamison, Jason Robards, and Stevie Wonder
Year
Honorees
1990
Dizzy Gillespie, Katharine Hepburn, Risë Stevens, Jule Styne, and Billy Wilder
1991
Roy Acuff, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Fayard and Harold Nicholas, Gregory Peck, and Robert Shaw
1992
Lionel Hampton, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, Ginger Rogers, Mstislav Rostropovich, and Paul Taylor
1993
Johnny Carson, Arthur Mitchell, Georg Solti, Stephen Sondheim, and Marion Williams
1994
Kirk Douglas, Aretha Franklin, Morton Gould, Harold Prince, and Pete Seeger
1995
Jacques d'Amboise, Marilyn Horne, B.B. King, Sidney Poitier, and Neil Simon
1996
Edward Albee, Benny Carter, Johnny Cash, Jack Lemmon, and Maria Tallchief
1997
Lauren Bacall, Bob Dylan, Charlton Heston, Jessye Norman, and Edward Villella
1998
Fred Ebb and John Kander, Willie Nelson, André Previn, Shirley Temple Black and Bill Cosby
1999
Victor Borge, Sean Connery, Judith Jamison, Jason Robards, and Stevie Wonder
· Recipients › 2000s
2000
2000
Year
2000
Honorees
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Chuck Berry, Plácido Domingo, Clint Eastwood, and Angela Lansbury
2001
2001
Year
2001
Honorees
Julie Andrews, Van Cliburn, Quincy Jones, Jack Nicholson, and Luciano Pavarotti
2002
2002
Year
2002
Honorees
James Earl Jones, James Levine, Chita Rivera, Paul Simon, and Elizabeth Taylor
2003
2003
Year
2003
Honorees
James Brown, Carol Burnett, Loretta Lynn, Mike Nichols, and Itzhak Perlman
2004
2004
Year
2004
Honorees
Warren Beatty, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, Elton John, Joan Sutherland, and John Williams
2005
2005
Year
2005
Honorees
Tony Bennett, Suzanne Farrell, Julie Harris, Robert Redford, and Tina Turner
2006
2006
Year
2006
Honorees
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Zubin Mehta, Dolly Parton, Smokey Robinson, and Steven Spielberg
2007
2007
Year
2007
Honorees
Leon Fleisher, Steve Martin, Diana Ross, Martin Scorsese, and Brian Wilson
2008
2008
Year
2008
Honorees
Morgan Freeman, George Jones, Barbra Streisand, Twyla Tharp, and The Who
2009
2009
Year
2009
Honorees
Mel Brooks, Dave Brubeck, Grace Bumbry, Robert De Niro, and Bruce Springsteen
Year
Honorees
2000
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Chuck Berry, Plácido Domingo, Clint Eastwood, and Angela Lansbury
2001
Julie Andrews, Van Cliburn, Quincy Jones, Jack Nicholson, and Luciano Pavarotti
2002
James Earl Jones, James Levine, Chita Rivera, Paul Simon, and Elizabeth Taylor
2003
James Brown, Carol Burnett, Loretta Lynn, Mike Nichols, and Itzhak Perlman
2004
Warren Beatty, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, Elton John, Joan Sutherland, and John Williams
2005
Tony Bennett, Suzanne Farrell, Julie Harris, Robert Redford, and Tina Turner
2006
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Zubin Mehta, Dolly Parton, Smokey Robinson, and Steven Spielberg
2007
Leon Fleisher, Steve Martin, Diana Ross, Martin Scorsese, and Brian Wilson
2008
Morgan Freeman, George Jones, Barbra Streisand, Twyla Tharp, and The Who
2009
Mel Brooks, Dave Brubeck, Grace Bumbry, Robert De Niro, and Bruce Springsteen
· Recipients › 2010s
2010
2010
Year
2010
Honorees
Merle Haggard, Jerry Herman, Bill T. Jones, Paul McCartney, and Oprah Winfrey
2011
2011
Year
2011
Honorees
Barbara Cook, Neil Diamond, Yo-Yo Ma, Sonny Rollins, and Meryl Streep
2012
2012
Year
2012
Honorees
Buddy Guy, Dustin Hoffman, David Letterman, Natalia Makarova, and Led Zeppelin
2013
2013
Year
2013
Honorees
Martina Arroyo, Herbie Hancock, Billy Joel, Shirley MacLaine, and Carlos Santana
2014
2014
Year
2014
Honorees
Al Green, Tom Hanks, Patricia McBride, Sting, and Lily Tomlin
2015
2015
Year
2015
Honorees
Carole King, George Lucas, Rita Moreno, Seiji Ozawa, and Cicely Tyson
2016
2016
Year
2016
Honorees
Martha Argerich, Eagles, Al Pacino, Mavis Staples, and James Taylor
2017
2017
Year
2017
Honorees
Carmen de Lavallade, Gloria Estefan, LL Cool J, Norman Lear, and Lionel Richie
2018
2018
Year
2018
Honorees
Cher, Philip Glass, Reba McEntire, Wayne Shorter, and the creators of Hamilton
2019
2019
Year
2019
Honorees
Earth, Wind & Fire, Sally Field, Linda Ronstadt, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Sesame Street
Year
Honorees
Ref.
2010
Merle Haggard, Jerry Herman, Bill T. Jones, Paul McCartney, and Oprah Winfrey
2011
Barbara Cook, Neil Diamond, Yo-Yo Ma, Sonny Rollins, and Meryl Streep
2012
Buddy Guy, Dustin Hoffman, David Letterman, Natalia Makarova, and Led Zeppelin
2013
Martina Arroyo, Herbie Hancock, Billy Joel, Shirley MacLaine, and Carlos Santana
2014
Al Green, Tom Hanks, Patricia McBride, Sting, and Lily Tomlin
2015
Carole King, George Lucas, Rita Moreno, Seiji Ozawa, and Cicely Tyson
2016
Martha Argerich, Eagles, Al Pacino, Mavis Staples, and James Taylor
2017
Carmen de Lavallade, Gloria Estefan, LL Cool J, Norman Lear, and Lionel Richie
2018
Cher, Philip Glass, Reba McEntire, Wayne Shorter, and the creators of Hamilton
2019
Earth, Wind & Fire, Sally Field, Linda Ronstadt, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Sesame Street
· Recipients › 2020s
2020
2020
Year
2020
Honorees
Debbie Allen, Joan Baez, Garth Brooks, Midori, and Dick Van Dyke
2021
2021
Year
2021
Honorees
Justino Díaz, Berry Gordy, Lorne Michaels, Bette Midler, and Joni Mitchell
2022
2022
Year
2022
Honorees
George Clooney, Amy Grant, Gladys Knight, Tania León, and U2
2023
2023
Year
2023
Honorees
Billy Crystal, Renée Fleming, Barry Gibb, Queen Latifah, and Dionne Warwick
2024
2024
Year
2024
Honorees
Francis Ford Coppola, Grateful Dead, Bonnie Raitt, Arturo Sandoval, and the Apollo Theater
2025
2025
Year
2025
Honorees
Michael Crawford, Gloria Gaynor, KISS, Sylvester Stallone, and George Strait
Year
Honorees
Ref.
2020
Debbie Allen, Joan Baez, Garth Brooks, Midori, and Dick Van Dyke
2021
Justino Díaz, Berry Gordy, Lorne Michaels, Bette Midler, and Joni Mitchell
2022
George Clooney, Amy Grant, Gladys Knight, Tania León, and U2
2023
Billy Crystal, Renée Fleming, Barry Gibb, Queen Latifah, and Dionne Warwick
2024
Francis Ford Coppola, Grateful Dead, Bonnie Raitt, Arturo Sandoval, and the Apollo Theater
2025
Michael Crawford, Gloria Gaynor, KISS, Sylvester Stallone, and George Strait

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