Library of Congress Living Legend - Definition and Overview

A Library of Congress Living Legend is someone recognized by the Library of Congress for his or her creative contributions to American life. Those honored include artists, writers, activists, film makers, physicians, entertainers, sports figures, and public servants.

Partial list of honorees

• Hank Aaron
• Muhammad Ali
• Madeline Albright
• Harry Belafonte
• Tony Bennett
• Big Bird
• Larry Bird
• Judy Blume
• T. Berry Brazelton
• William F. Buckley, Jr.
• Carol Burnett
• Benjamin Solomon Carson, Sr.
• Benny Carter
• Johnny Cash
• Vinton Cerf
• Julia Child
• Linda Chavez
• Beverly Cleary
• David Copperfield
• Bill Cosby
• Merce Cunningham
• Michael DeBakey
• Sylvia Earle
• Marian Wright Edelman
• Ahmet Ertegun
• Suzanne Farrell
• John Kenneth Galbraith
• Andrew Goodpastor
• Stephen Jay Gould
• Katharine Graham
• Mickey Hart
• Herblock (Herbert Block)
• Al Hirschfeld
• Quincy Jones
• Jenette Kahn (for Superman)
• Max Kampelman
• George Kennan
• Jackie Joyner Kersee
• B.B. King
• Billie Jean King
• Jeane Kirkpatrick
• Ursula LeGuin
• Annie Leibovitz
• Carl Lewis
• John Lewis
• Alan Lomax
• Yo-Yo Ma
• Robert McCloskey
• Mark McGwire
• Rita Moreno
• Toni Morrison
• Katherine Paterson
• I.M. Pei
• Jaroslav Pelikan
• Itzhak Perlman
• Colin Powell
• Leontyne Price
• Tito Puente
• Sally K. Ride
• Cal Ripken
• Fred Rogers
• Philip Roth
• Martin Scorsese
• Pete Seeger
• Maurice Sendak
• Bobby Short
• Stephen Sondheim
• Steven Spielberg
• Ralph Stanley
• Gloria Steinem
• Isaac Stern
• Barbra Streisand
• William Styron
• Harold Varmus
• Gwen Verdon
• Fred L. Whipple
• Tiger Woods
• Herman Wouk

External link

• Press release with initial honorees (http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2000/00-059.html)