57 Famous People You Probably Don't Know Have The Extremely Rare Presidential Medal Of Freedom

According to the U.S. government, "The Presidential Medal of Freedom is given by the president of the United States to honor individuals who have made great contributions to either the United States or the world."

I decided to go through the list and pick out any of the bigger and more famous names out since 2002.

What's even more interesting is to see which President picked who.

1.Julia Child

2.Dave Thomas

3.Charlie Daniels

4.Bill Cosby

5.John Paul II

6.Rita Moreno

7.Estée Lauder

8.Arnold Palmer

9.Muhammad Ali

10.Carol Burnett

11.Aretha Franklin

12.B.B. King

13.Ben Carson

14.Anthony Fauci

15.Tony Blair

16.Stephen Hawking

17.Sidney Poitier

18.Chita Rivera

19.Warren Buffett

20.Angela Merkel

21.Bob Dylan

22.Loretta Lynn

23.Oprah

24.Tom Brokaw

25.Meryl Streep

26.Stevie Wonder

27.Stephen Spielberg

28.Emilio Estefan

29.Gloria Estefan

30.Barbra Streisand

31.James Taylor

32.Stephen Sondheim

33.Robert Redford

34.Robert De Niro

35.Tom Hanks

36.Cicely Tyson

37.Diana Ross

38.Bruce Springsteen

39.Ellen DeGeneres

40.Lorne Michaels

41.Bill Gates

42.Melinda French Gates

43.Michael Jordan

44.Kareem Abdul-Jabar

45.Elvis

46.Babe Ruth

47.Antonin Scalia

48.Mariano Rivera

49.Tiger Woods

50.Rush Limbaugh

51.Gary Player

52.Annika Sörenstam

53.Simone Biles

54.Steve Jobs

55.John McCain

56.Denzel Washington

57.And Megan Rapinoe