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Freedom Medal Lonnie Bunch

Freedom of Speech and Expression The Boston Globe

Freedom of Worship Krista Tippett

Freedom from Want Franklin Thomas

Freedom from Fear Sandy Hook Promise

2017

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Freedom Medal Harry Belafonte

Freedom of Speech Dan Rather

Freedom of Worship Dr. Bashar A. Shala and Pastor Steve Stone

Freedom from Want Ai-jen Poo

Freedom from Fear Cristina Jiménez Moreta

2015

Freedom Medal The Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Freedom of Speech Arthur Mitchell

Freedom of Worship Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II

Freedom from Want Dr. Olufunmilayo Olopade

Freedom from Fear Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation

2013 

Freedom Medal Wendell Berry

Freedom of Speech Paul Krugman

Freedom of Worship Sister Simone Campbell

Freedom from Want Coalition of Immokalee Workers

Freedom from Fear Ameena Matthews

2012

Freedom Medal Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Freedom of Speech Al Jazeera

Freedom of Worship His All Holiness Archbishop Bartholomew I

Freedom from Want Ela Ramesh Bhatt

Freedom from Fear Hussain al-Shahristani

2011 

Freedom Medal Russell D. Feingold

Freedom of Speech Michael J. Copps

Freedom of Worship Rev. Barry W. Lynn

Freedom from Want Jacqueline Novogratz

Freedom from Fear Bryan A. Stevenson

2010

Freedom Medal European Court of Human Rights

Freedom of Speech Novaya Gazeta

Freedom of Worship Asma Jahangir

Freedom from Want Maurice Strong

Freedom from Fear Gareth Evans

2009

Freedom Medal Hillary Clinton

Freedom of Speech Anthony Romero

Freedom of Worship Eboo Patel

Freedom from Want Vicki Escarra

Freedom from Fear Pasquale D’Amur

2008 

Freedom Medal Richard von Weizsacker

Freedom of Speech Lakhdar Brahimi

Freedom of Worship Karen Armstrong

Freedom from Want Jan Egeland

Freedom from Fear War Child Netherlands

2008

Special Presentation

Freedom Medal Forrest Church

2007 

Freedom Medal Carl Levin & Richard Lugar

Freedom of Speech Bill Moyers

Freedom of Worship Peter J. Gomes

Freedom from Want Barbara Ehrenreich

Freedom from Fear Brent Scowcroft

2006 

Special Presentation

Freedom of Speech Mike Wallace

2006 

Freedom Medal Mohamed ElBaradei

Freedom of Speech Carlos Fuentes

Freedom of Worship The Taize Community

Freedom from Want Muhammad Yunus

Freedom from Fear Aung San Suu Kyi

2005 

Freedom Medal President William J. Clinton

Freedom of Speech Tom Brokaw

Freedom of Worship Cornel R. West

Freedom from Want Marsha J. Evans

Freedom from Fear Lee H. Hamilton and Thomas J. Kean

2005 

Special Presentation

Freedom Medal The Lady Soames, LG, DBE

Freedom of Speech The BBC World Service

2004 

Special Presentation

Freedom from Want Anton Rupert

Freedom from Fear Robert J. Dole

2004

Freedom Medal Kofi Annan

Freedom of Speech Lennart Meri

Freedom of Worship Sari Nusselbeh

Freedom from Want Marguerite Barankitse

Freedom from Fear Max Kohnstamm

2003 

Freedom Medal George J. Mitchell

Freedom of Speech Studs Terkel

Freedom of Worship Robert F. Drinan

Freedom from Want Dolores Huerta

Freedom from Fear Robert C. Byrd

2003

Special Presentation

Freedom Medal Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

2002

Freedom Medal President Nelson Mandela

Freedom of Speech Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Freedom of Worship Nasr H. Abu Zayd

Freedom from Want Gro Harlem Brundtland

Freedom from Fear Ernesto Zedillo

2002

Special Presentation

Freedom Medal William J. vanden Heuvel

2001

Freedom Medal & Freedom from Fear

The Veterans of World War II

Richard D. Winters (US Army)

Robert E. Bush (US Navy)

William T. Ketcham (US Marine Corps)

Lee A. Archer, Jr. (US Air Force)

Ellen Buckley (US Army Nurse Corps)

Freedom of Speech New York Times & Ochs/Sulzberger Family

Freedom of Worship Johnnie Rebecca Carr

Freedom from Want The March of Dimes

2000

Freedom Medal Martti Ahtisaari

Freedom of Speech Bronislaw Geremek

Freedom of Worship Cicely Saunders

Freedom from Want Monkombu S. Swaminathan

Freedom from Fear Louise Arbour

1999

Freedom Medal The Hon. Edward M. Kennedy

Freedom of Speech The Hon. John Lewis

Freedom of Worship The Hon. Corinne C. Boggs

Freedom from Want The Hon. George S. McGovern

Freedom from Fear Robert O. Muller

1998

Freedom Medal President Mary Robinson

Freedom of Speech CNN

Freedom of Worship The Most Reverend Desmond Tutu

Freedom from Want Stephane Hessel

Freedom from Fear Craig Kielburger

1997

Freedom Medal Katharine Meyer Graham

Freedom of Speech The Hon. Sidney R. Yates

Freedom of Worship The Hon. William H. Gray

Freedom from Want The Hon. Mark O. Hatfield

Freedom from Fear The Hon. Daniel K. Inouye

1996 

Freedom Medal His Majesty Juan Carlos of Spain

Freedom of Speech John Hume

Freedom of Worship The Right Reverend Lord Runcle

Freedom from Want Médecins Sans Frontières

Freedom from Fear President Shimon Peres

1995

Freedom Medal President Jimmy Carter

Freedom of Speech Mary McGrory

Freedom of Worship Andrew Young

Freedom from Want Lane Kirkland

Freedom from Fear Elliott Richardson

1995 

Special Presentation

Freedom Medal Jonas Salk

Freedom Medal Ruud Lubbers

1994 

Freedom Medal His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Freedom of Speech Marion Countess Donhoff

Freedom of Worship Gerhart M. Riegner

Freedom from Want Mrs. Sadako Ogata

Freedom from Fear Zdravko Grebo

1993

Freedom Medal The Hon. Cyrus Vance

Freedom of Speech Arthur Miller

Freedom of Worship Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh

Freedom from Want Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Sargent Shriver

Freedom from Fear George Ball

1992 

Freedom Medal The Hon. Javier Perez de Cuellar

Freedom of Speech Mstislav Rostropovich

Freedom of Worship Terry White

Freedom from Want Jan Tinbergen

Freedom from Fear The Right Honorable Lord Carrington

1991 

Freedom Medal The Hon. Thurgood Marshall

Freedom of Speech James B. Reston

Freedom of Worship The Right Reverend Paul Moore, Jr.

Freedom from Want Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward

Freedom from Fear Mike Mansfiel

1990

Freedom Medal President Vaclav Havel

Freedom of Speech Jacques DeLors

Freedom of Worship Lazlo Tokes

Freedom from Want Emile van Lennep

Freedom from Fear Simon Wiesenthal

1990 

Special Presentation

Freedom Medal President Mikhail Gorbachev

1989 

Freedom Medal William J. Brennan, Jr.

Freedom of Speech Walter Cronkite

Freedom of Worship Raphael Lemkin (posthumously), Herman Bookbinder

Freedom from Want Dr. Dorothy I. Height

Freedom from Fear J. William Fulbrigh

1988 

Freedom Medal Helmut Schmidt

Freedom of Speech President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Freedom of Worship Teddy Kollek

Freedom from Want Dr. Halfdan T. Mahler

Freedom from Fear Dr. Armand Hammer

1987

Freedom Medal The Hon. Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr.

Freedom of Speech Herbert Block

Freedom of Worship Rev. Leon Sullivan

Freedom from Want Mary Lasker

Freedom from Fear Dr. George Kennan

1986 

Freedom Medal President Allesandro Pertini

Freedom of Speech El Pais

Freedom of Worship Bernardus Cardinal Alfrink

Freedom from Want The Hon. Bradford Morse

Freedom from Fear Olof Palme

1985 

Freedom Medal The Hon. Claude Pepper

Freedom of Speech Dr. Kenneth B. Clark

Freedom of Worship Elie Wiesel

Freedom from Want Dr. John Kenneth Galbraith

Freedom from Fear Dr. Isidor Rabi

1984

Freedom Medal Harold MacMillan

Freedom of Speech Amnesty International

Freedom of Worship Werner Leich, Christiann F. Beyers Naude

Freedom from Want Liv Ullman

Freedom from Fear Brian Urquhart

1983

Freedom Medal The Hon. W. Averell Harriman

Freedom of Speech Joseph L. Rauh, Jr.

Freedom of Worship Coretta Scott King

Freedom from Want The Hon. Robert S. McNamara

Freedom from Fear The Hon. Jacob K. Javit

1982

Freedom Medal HRH Princess Juliana of the Netherlands

Freedom of Speech Max van der Stoel

Freedom of Worship William A. Visser ‘t Hooft

Freedom from Want H. Johannes Witteveen

Freedom from Fear J. Herman van Roije