National Humanities Medal Winners

People with National Humanities Medal

People

Name Title
Madeleine L'Engle Young Adult Author
Marilynne Robinson Novelist essayist
Mark Noll American historian
Martin E. Marty
Marva Collins Teacher
Mary Ann Glendon American diplomat
Mary Lefkowitz American classical scholar
Maxine Hong Kingston Novelist memoirist
Midge Decter Neoconservative American writer and journalist
Milton J. Rosenberg American psychologist and radio host
Mortimer J. Adler Philosopher and author
Myron Magnet
Natalie Zemon Davis Canadian-American historian
Patricia Battin librarian first president of Commission on Preservation and Access
Patricia MacLachlan American children's writer
Paul Mellon American racehorse owner
Pauline Schultz American historian
Philip Roth (actor) American actor
Philippe de Montebello Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ramón Eduardo Ruiz American historian
Ramón Saldívar American academic
Rebecca Goldstein American novelist short story writer biographer philosopher
Richard Brookhiser American historian
Richard Gilder
Richard Peck Writer
Richard Pipes American historian
Rita Dove American poet author
Robert B. Silvers American journalist
Robert Ballard (athlete) Australian track and field athlete
Robert Caro biographer
Robert D. Putnam American political scientist
Robert Darnton American historian
Robert Fagles American academic and poet
Robert Neelly Bellah American sociologist
Ron Chernow author historian biographer
Rudolfo Anaya Novelist poet
Russell Freedman American biographer and historian for children
Ruth Wisse American academic
Sharon Percy Rockefeller American politician
Shelby Foote Novelist historian
Shelby Steele American academic
Stanley Nelson, Jr. Film director
Stanley Nider Katz Historian specializing in American legal and constitutional history and the history of philanthropy
Stephen E. Ambrose American historian
Steven Spielberg American film director and producer
Studs Terkel American author historian and broadcaster
Taylor Branch American historian
Ted Sorensen American lawyer
Terry Gross American journalist radio personality
Thomas A. Saunders III American philanthropist

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