Editing Library of Congress Living Legend

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A '''Library of Congress Living Legend''' was someone recognized by the [[Library of Congress]] for creative contributions to American life. Those honored include artists, writers, activists, [[film director|film maker]]s, physicians, entertainers, sports figures, and [[public servant]]s. [[Librarian of Congress]] [[Carla Hayden]] retired the program in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/about/awards-and-honors/living-legends/|title=Awards & Honors|website=loc.gov|accessdate=November 18, 2020}}</ref>

==List of honorees==
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* [[Hank Aaron]] (died 2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=Living Legends |url=https://www.loc.gov/about/awards-and-honors/living-legends/ |website=Library of Congress |access-date=August 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223105131/https://www.loc.gov/about/awards-and-honors/living-legends/ |archive-date=December 23, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Madeleine Albright]] (died 2022)
* [[Muhammad Ali]] (died 2016)
* [[Mario Andretti]]
* [[Ernie Banks]] (died 2015)
* [[Harry Belafonte]] (died 2023)
* [[Tony Bennett]] (died 2023)
* [[James H. Billington]] (died 2018)
* [[Big Bird]] (original performer [[Caroll Spinney]] died 2019)
* [[Larry Bird]] 
* [[Herblock]] (died 2001)
* [[Judy Blume]]
* [[Julian Bond]] (died 2015)
* [[T. Berry Brazelton]] (died 2018)
* [[Gwendolyn Brooks]] (died 2000)
* [[Dave Brubeck]] (died 2012)
* [[Kobe Bryant]] (died 2020)
* [[William F. Buckley, Jr.]] (died 2008)
* [[Carol Burnett]]
* [[Laura Bush]]
* [[Ben Carson]]
* [[Benny Carter]] (died 2003)
* [[Johnny Cash]] (died 2003)
* [[Vinton Cerf]]
* [[Ray Charles]] (died 2004)
* [[Linda Chavez]]
* [[Julia Child]] (died 2004)
* [[Beverly Cleary]] (died 2021)
* [[David Copperfield (illusionist)|David Copperfield]]
* [[Bill Cosby]] 
* [[Walter Cronkite]] (died 2009)
* [[Merce Cunningham]] (died 2009)
* [[Michael DeBakey]] (died 2008)
* [[Sylvia Earle]]
* [[Marian Wright Edelman]]
* [[Ahmet Ertegun]] (died 2006)
* [[Suzanne Farrell]]
* [[John Kenneth Galbraith]] (died 2006)
* [[Andrew Goodpaster]] (died 2005)
* [[Stephen Jay Gould]] (died 2002)
* [[Katharine Graham]] (died 2001)
* [[Archie Green]] (died 2009)
* [[Thomas Hampson]]
* [[Herbie Hancock]]
* [[Mickey Hart]]
* [[Al Hirschfeld]] (died 2003)
* [[Bob Hope]] (died 2003)
* [[Marta Casals Istomin]]
* [[Glenn R. Jones]] (died 2015)
* [[Quincy Jones]] (died 2024)
* [[Jenette Kahn]]
* [[Max Kampelman]] (died 2013)
* [[George F. Kennan|George Kennan]] (died 2005)
* [[Jackie Joyner Kersee]]
* [[B. B. King|B.B. King]] (died 2015)
* [[Billie Jean King]]
* [[Jeane Kirkpatrick]] (died 2006)
* [[John Kluge]] (died 2010)
* [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] (died 2018)
* [[Annie Leibovitz]]
* [[Miguel León-Portilla]] (died 2019)
* [[Carl Lewis]]
* [[John Lewis]] (died 2020)
* [[Mario Vargas Llosa]] (died 2025)
* [[Alan Lomax]] (died 2002)
* [[Yo-Yo Ma]]
* [[Robert McCloskey]] (died 2003)
* [[David McCullough]] (died 2022)
* [[Mark McGwire]]
* [[Rita Moreno]]
* [[Toni Morrison]] (died 2019)
* [[Odetta]] (died 2008)
* [[Gordon Parks]] (died 2006)
* [[Dolly Parton]]
* [[Katherine Paterson]]
* [[I. M. Pei]] (died 2019)
* [[Jaroslav Pelikan]] (died 2006)
* [[Itzhak Perlman]]
* [[Colin Powell]] (died 2021)
* [[Leontyne Price]]
* [[Tito Puente]] (died 2000)
* [[Sally K. Ride]] (died 2012)
* [[Cal Ripken]]
* [[Cokie Roberts]] (died 2019)
* [[Frank Robinson]] (died 2019)
* [[Fred Rogers]] (died 2003)
* [[Philip Roth]] (died 2018)
* [[Bob Schieffer]]
* [[Gunther Schuller]] (died 2015)
* [[Martin Scorsese]]
* [[Pete Seeger]] (died 2014)
* [[Maurice Sendak]] (died 2012)
* [[Bobby Short]] (died 2005)
* [[Stephen Sondheim]] (died 2021)
* [[Steven Spielberg]]
* [[Ralph Stanley]] (died 2016)
* [[Gloria Steinem]]
* [[Isaac Stern]] (died 2001)
* [[Barbra Streisand]]
* [[William Styron]] (died 2006)
* [[Harold Varmus]]
* [[Gwen Verdon]] (died 2000)
* [[Lew Wasserman]] (died 2002)
* [[Fred L. Whipple]] (died 2004)
* [[National Council for the Traditional Arts|Joseph Wilson]] (died 2015)
* [[Tiger Woods]]
* [[Herman Wouk]] (died 2019)
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==See also==

* [[List of awards for contributions to culture]]
* [[List of medicine awards]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2000/00-059.html Library of Congress to Honor "Living Legends"] (press release, with initial honorees). April 14, 2000. Public Affairs Office. Library of Congress official website
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170601233836/https://www.loc.gov/about/awards-and-honors/living-legends/ Living Legends] (full list). Library of Congress official website, archived from the Internet Wayback Machine. Original site no longer extant.

[[Category:Library of Congress|Living Legend]]
[[Category:Arts awards in the United States]]
[[Category:Medicine awards]]
[[Category:Governance and civic leadership awards]]
[[Category:American sports trophies and awards]]
[[Category:2000 establishments in the United States]]
[[Category:2018 disestablishments in the United States]]