Presidential Citizens Medal recipients

Muhammad Ali was an American professional boxer and activist. A global cultural icon, widely known by the nickname "the Greatest", he is often regarded as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time. He held the Ring magazine heavyweight title from 1964 to 1970, was the undisputed champion from 1974 to 1978, and was the WBA and Ring heavyweight champion from 1978 to 1979. In 1999, he was named Sportsman of the Century by Sports Illustrated and the Sports Personality of the Century by the BBC.

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was a British and American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. She then became the world's highest-paid movie star in the 1960s, remaining a well-known public figure for the rest of her life. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her seventh on its list of the greatest female screen legends.

American general and diplomat (1937–2021)

American actor

American politician (1923–2021)

American baseball player (1934–2021)

CIA director, U.S. Secretary of Defense, and university president

Elizabeth Lynne Cheney is an American attorney and former politician who was the U.S. representative for Wyoming's at-large congressional district from 2017 to 2023, and served as chair of the House Republican Conference from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, she is known for her vocal opposition to Donald Trump.

American statesman and diplomat (1930-2011)

American politician (1902–2003)

American lawyer and politician (born 1944)

American basketball player and politician (born 1943)

American astronaut and NASA administrator (1937–2024)

Puerto Rican baseball player (1934–1972)

American political theorist, moralist, historian, social critic, literary critic, and writer (1918–1994)

American civil rights activist

American lawyer, politician, public servant and Christian advocate (1931–2012)

American activist (1912-2010)

American aerospace engineer (born 1943)

Taiwanese-American physician and scientist

American banking executive, 70th US Treasury Secretary

American politician and businessman (born 1939)

American politician

President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1899-1994)

American politician (born 1948)

American politician (1918–2009)

American government official (1941–1996)

American chemist (1900–2004)

American diplomat and government official (1945-2025)

13th Librarian of Congress (1929–2018)

American politician (1926-2019)

American politician (1944–2025)

American philanthropist, socialite, and writer (1902–2007)

President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

American prosecutor (1912–2004)

American legal scholar

American activist

American politician and judge (1921-2005)

former White House spokesman

American diplomat

American lobbyist and businessman (1944–2022)

American politician (1930-2012)

NASA administrator (1929-2018)

American writer (born 1950)

American politician (1909–2000)

Civil rights activist (1922-2011)

American pediatrician and activist (1929–2001)

American diplomat (1926-2014)

American labor leader (1922-1999)

American conservative activist, the founder and former president of The Heritage Foundation (1941–2025)

American nonprofit executive

American politician (1923–2017)

American newspaper correspondent and columnist (1941-2021)

American aviator

American aviator, test pilot, and recipient of the Purple Heart medal

Recipient of the Presidential Citizens medal (1922-2015)

American rabbi (born 1930)

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

American engineer (1921–2015)

Capitol police officer who steered mob away from Senate chambers