Kennedy Center Honors

Organizer

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Why it counts

The Kennedy Center's annual honors for lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts, given since 1978

Held

annual, honorees announced in summer, gala in early December

Reigning winners

Kennedy Center Honoree · 2000

• Angela Lansbury source 1 · source 2
• Chuck Berry source 1 · source 2
• Clint Eastwood source 1 · source 2
• Mikhail Baryshnikov source 1 · source 2
• Plácido Domingo source 1 · source 2