First Lieutenant David Jarvis, Second Lieutenant Ellsworth P. Bertholf and Dr. Samuel Call June 28, 1902 32 Stat. 492  

Wright brothers March 4, 1909 35 Stat. 1627  

Captain Arthur Henry Rostron July 6, 1912 37 Stat. 639  

Captain Paul H. Kreibohm and others March 19, 1914 38 Stat. 769  

Domicio da Gama, Romulo Naon, and Eduardo Suarez March 4, 1915 38 Stat. 1228  

Charles Lindbergh May 4, 1928 45 Stat. 490  

Lincoln Ellsworth, Roald Amundsen, and Umberto Nobile May 29, 1928 45 Stat. 2026–2027  

Thomas Edison May 29, 1928 45 Stat. 1012  

First Successful Trans-Atlantic Flight February 9, 1929 45 Stat. 1158  

Major Walter Reed and Associates for Yellow Fever Experimentations in Cuba February 28, 1929 45 Stat. 1409–1410  

Officers and Men of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition May 23, 1930 46 Stat. 379  

Lincoln Ellsworth June 16, 1936 49 Stat. 2324  

George Cohan June 29, 1936 49 Stat. 2371  

Mrs. Richard Aldrich and Anna Bouligny June 20, 1938 52 Stat. 1365 

Howard Hughes August 7, 1939 53 Stat. 1525  

Reverend Francis Quinn August 10, 1939 53 Stat. 1533  

William Sinnott June 15, 1940 54 Stat. 1283  

Roland Boucher January 20, 1942 56 Stat. 1099–1100  

George Catlett Marshall, General of the Army, and Fleet Admiral Ernest Joseph King March 22, 1946 60 Stat. 1134–1135  

John J. Pershing, General of the Armies of the United States August 7, 1946 60 Stat. 1297–1298  

Brigadier General Billy Mitchell August 8, 1946 60 Stat. 1319  

Vice President Alben W. Barkley August 12, 1949 P.L. 81-221, 63 Stat. 599  

Irving Berlin July 16, 1954 P.L. 83-536, 68 Stat. A120  

Doctor Jonas Salk August 9, 1955 P.L. 84-297, 69 Stat. 589  

Surviving Veterans of the American Civil War July 18, 1956 P.L. 84-730, 70 Stat. 577  

Rear Admiral Hyman Rickover August 28, 1958 P.L. 85-826, 72 Stat. 985  

Doctor Robert Goddard September 16, 1959 P.L. 86-277, 73 Stat. 562-563  

Robert Frost September 13, 1960 P.L. 86-747, 74 Stat. 883  

Doctor Thomas Anthony Dooley III May 27, 1961 P.L. 87-42, 75 Stat. 87  

Bob Hope June 8, 1962 P.L. 87-478, 76 Stat. 93  

Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of Representatives September 26, 1962 P.L. 87-478, 76 Stat. 605  

Douglas MacArthur, General of the Army October 9, 1962 P.L. 87-760, 76 Stat. 760  

Walt Disney May 24, 1968 P.L. 90-316, 82 Stat. 130–131  

Sir Winston Churchill May 7, 1969 P.L. 91-12, 83 Stat. 8–9  

Roberto Clemente May 14, 1973 P.L. 93-33, 87 Stat. 71  

Marian Anderson March 8, 1977 P.L. 95-9, 91 Stat. 19  

Lieutenant General Ira Eaker October 10, 1978 P.L. 95-438, 92 Stat. 1060  

Robert Kennedy November 1, 1978 P.L. 95-560, 92 Stat. 2142  

John Wayne May 26, 1979 P.L. 96-15, 93 Stat. 32  

Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, and Larry Newman June 13, 1979 P.L. 96-20, 93 Stat. 45  

Hubert Humphrey June 13, 1979 P.L. 96-91, 93 Stat. 46  

American Red Cross December 12, 1979 P.L. 96-138, 93 Stat. 1063  

Ambassador Kenneth D. Taylor OC March 6, 1980 P.L. 96-201, 94 Stat. 79  

Simon Wiesenthal March 17, 1980 P.L. 96-211, 94 Stat. 101  

1980 US Olympic Team July 8, 1980 P.L. 96-306 94 Stat. 937  

Queen Beatrix I of the Netherlands March 22, 1982 P.L. 97-158, 96 Stat. 18–19  

Admiral Hyman Rickover (second time) June 23, 1982 P.L. 97-201, 96 Stat. 126–127  

Fred Waring August 26, 1982 P.L. 97-246, 96 Stat. 315–316  

Joe Louis August 26, 1982 P.L. 97-246, 96 Stat. 315–316  

Louis L'Amour August 26, 1982 P.L. 97-246, 96 Stat. 315–316  

Leo Ryan November 18, 1983 P.L. 98-159, 97 Stat. 992  

Danny Thomas November 29, 1983 P.L. 98-172, 97 Stat. 1119–1120  

Harry S. Truman May 8, 1984 P.L. 98-278, 98 Stat. 173–175  

Lady Bird Johnson May 8, 1984 P.L. 98-278, 98 Stat. 173–175  

Elie Wiesel May 8, 1984 P.L. 98-278, 98 Stat. 173–175  

Roy Wilkins May 17, 1984 P.L. 98-285, 98 Stat. 186  

George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin August 9, 1985 P.L. 99-86, 99 Stat. 288–289  

Natan Sharansky and Avital Shcharansky May 13, 1986 P.L. 99-298, 100 Stat. 432–433  

Harry Chapin May 20, 1986 P.L. 99-311, 100 Stat. 464  

Aaron Copland September 23, 1986 P.L. 99-418, Stat. 952–953  

Mary Lasker December 24, 1987 P.L. 100-210, 101 Stat. 1441  

Jesse Owens September 20, 1988 P.L. 100-437, 102 Stat. 1717  

Andrew Wyeth November 9, 1988 P.L. 100-639, 102 Stat. 3331–3332  

Laurence Spelman Rockefeller May 17, 1990 P.L. 101-296, 104 Stat. 197-199

General Matthew B. Ridgeway November 5, 1990 P.L. 101-510, 104 Stat. 1720-1721

General H. Norman Schwarzkopf April 23, 1991 P.L. 102-32; 105 Stat. 175-176

General Colin Powell April 23, 1991 P.L. 102-33; 105 Stat. 177-178

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson November 2, 1994 P.L. 103-457, 108 Stat. 4799-4800

Ruth and Billy Graham February 13, 1996 P.L. 104-111, 110 Stat. 772-773

Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra May 14, 1997 P.L. 105-14, 111 Stat. 32-33

Mother Teresa of Calcutta June 2, 1997 P.L. 105-16, 111 Stat. 35-36

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew October 6, 1997 P.L. 105-51, 111 Stat. 117-1171

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela July 29, 1998 P.L. 105-215, 112 Stat. 895-896

Little Rock Nine October 21, 1998 P.L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681-597

Gerald R. and Betty Ford October 21, 1998 P.L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681-598

Rosa Parks May 4, 1999 P.L. 106-26, 113 Stat. 50-51

Theodore M. Hesburgh December 9, 1999 P.L. 106-153, 113 Stat. 1733-1734

John Cardinal O'Connor March 3, 2000 P.L. 106-175, 114 Stat. 20-21

Charles M. Schulz June 20, 2000 P.L. 106-225, 114 Stat. 457-458

Pope John Paul II July 27, 2000 P.L. 106-250, 114 Stat. 622-623

Ronald and Nancy Reagan July 27, 2000 P.L. 106-251, 114 Stat. 624-625

Navajo Code Talkers December 21, 2000 P.L. 106-554, 114 Stat. 2763

General Henry H. Shelton January 16, 2002 P.L. 107-127, 115 Stat. 2405-2406 

Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom July 17, 2003 P.L. 108-60, 117 Stat. 862-863

Jackie Roosevelt Robinson October 23, 2003 P.L. 108-101, 117 Stat. 1195-1197

Dr. Dorothy Height December 6, 2003 P.L. 108-162, 117 Stat. 2017-2019

Reverend Joseph A. DeLaine, Harry and Eliza Briggs, and Levi Pearson December 15, 2003 P.L. 108-180, 117 Stat. 2645-2647

Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King  October 25 , 2004 P.L. 108-368, 118 Stat. 1746-1748

The Tuskegee Airmen April 11 , 2006  P.L. 109-213, 120 Stat. 322

Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama September 27, 2006 P.L. 109-287; 120 Stat. 1231-1232

Byron Nelson  October 16, 2006 P.L. 109-357; 120 Stat. 2044-2046

Dr. Norman E. Borlaug December 14, 2006 P.L. 109-395, 120 Stat. 2709

Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D. October 10, 2007 P.L. 110-95, 121 Stat. 1008

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi May 6, 2008 P.L. 110-209, 122 Stat. 721

Constantino Brumidi July 1, 2008 P.L. 110-259, 122 Stat. 2430-2432

Edward William Brooke III July 1, 2008 P.L. 110-260, 122 Stat. 2433-2435

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