Congressional Gold Medal Winners

People with Congressional Gold Medal

People

Name Title
Leo Ryan American politician of the Democratic Party
Lewis Warrington United States Secretary of the Navy
Lincoln Ellsworth American explorer
Lloyd Oliver
Louis L'Amour Novelist
Louis L'Amour Novelist short story writer
Marian Anderson American contralto
Martin Luther King, Jr. Political activist
Mary Lasker
Matthew Ridgway Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
Maxie Anderson American hot air balloonist and businessman
Melba Pattillo Beals American journalist
Menachem Mendel Schneerson Rabbi
Michael Collins Editing
Minnijean Brown-Trickey
Mother Teresa Actor
Nancy Reagan Former first lady of the United States
Natan Sharansky Israeli politician
Nathanael Greene American politician
Neil Armstrong American astronaut; first human to set foot on the Moon
Nelson Mandela South African politician and anti-apartheid fighter President of South Africa (1994–1999)
Norman Bor American Biologist
Norman Borlaug Agronomist
Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. United States Army general and recipient of the Purple Heart medal
Paul Siple American explorer
Peter Buell Porter American politician
Richard E. Byrd United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Rita Moreno Actress singer
Roald Amundsen Norwegian explorer
Robert F. Kennedy American Senator
Robert Frost American poet
Robert H. Goddard American physicist
Robert Hutchings Goddard Inventor
Roberto Clemente Puerto Rican professional baseball player Major League Baseball Hall of Famer
Roger Terry Tuskegee airman
Rómulo Sebastián Naón Argentine lawyer politician and diplomat
Ronald Reagan American actor and politician 33rd Governor of California 40th President of the United States
Rosa Parks African American civil rights activist seamstress
Roscoe Brown
Roy Wilkins (American football) American football player
Ruth Graham Family Member
Sam Rayburn American politician
Shimon Peres Israeli politician
Simon Wiesenthal Austrian hunter
Stephen Cassin
Stephen Decatur United States Navy officer
Suzanne Parish
Tenzin Gyatso Actor
Terrence Roberts American activist
Thelma Mothershed-Wair Congressional Medal Recipient

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