1982
Richard Morefield
Malcom Toon
William F. Buckley
1983
Al McGuire
Gordon Parks
Bettina Gregory
Billy Mills
1984
Arkady Shevchenko
Malcom S. Forbes, Jr.
Keith Fuller
Jean-Michael Cousteau
1985
Phyllis Schafly
Sarah Weddington
Rocky Bleier
Adm. Stansfield Turner
Lou Peel
1986
Elizabeth Dole
Mark Shields
Lynette Woodard
F. Lee Bailey
1987
Edmund Muskie
Eugene Cernan
Dr. Forest S. Tennant, Jr.
Dr. Robert Ballard
1988
Sen. Nancy Kassebaum
Ike Pappas
Gene Keady
George Plimpton
1989
Andrew Young
Donald Hodel
Pete Souza
Calvin Trillin
1990
Whitey Herzog
Dr. Red Duke
Wilma Mankiller
Gary Shilling
1991
Betty Mahmoody
John Stoessinger
Helen Thomas
Jim Lehrer
1992
Maya Angelou
Aurelius Fernandez
Peter Vidmar
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
1993
Charles Kuralt
Joe Theismann
Kevin Saunders
1994
Frank Deford
Delano Lewis
Bruce Babbitt
Olympia Dukakis
1995
Jane Bryant Quinn
Gene Budig
Stan Herd
John Lucas
1996
Dan Glickman
Eugene Kranz
Larry Hedrick
Marlin Fitzwater
1997
Cotton Fitzsimmons
Bernie Siegel, M.D.
Susan Stamberg
1998
Yolanda King
John Carlin
Senator Bob Dole
Andrew Tobias
1999
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Capitol Steps
George Cohon
2000
Dee Wallace Stone
William Strickland
Tom Osborne
Bill Kurtis
2001
Ben Bradlee
Drs. Jerry & Nancy Jaax
Hannah Pick
The God Squad
2002
Ben Vereen
Erin Gruwell
Faces of America
Dr. Jack Wright
2003
Art Linkletter
Capt. Wally Schirra
Dr. Bob Arnot
Alva Simon
Tex Winter
2004
Dr. Ben Carson
Dr. Ronan Tynan
Faith Ringgold
Gracia Burnham
2005
Dr. Richard Carlson
General Richard Myers
Dr. Robert Putnam
Richard Norton Smith
Mario Andretti
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
2006
Jim Richardson
Capt. Jeff Ashby
Lech Walesa
Slim Goodbody
Dr. David Franz
2007
Jeannette Walls
Bill Snyder
Dan Glickman
Bob Woodward
2008
James Bradley
Beverly Morgan-Welch
Senator Pat Roberts
Soledad O'Brien
Jerry Moe
2009
Bob Schieffer
Dr. Russell Vreeland
David Dillon
Daniel Pink
2010
Henry Winkler
Dr. Jennifer Koontz
Fred Kaplan
Mark Parkinson
Scott Parazynski &
Jeff Ashby
Michael Josephson
2011
Jeff Corwin
Kevin Hazel
Richard Picciotto
Cokie Roberts
2012
Frank Abagnale
Dr. Andersen
Candy Crowley
Kathleen Koch
2013
J.R. Martinez
Elizabeth Smart
Joe Schillaci
Jeff Henderson
2014
Tony Mendez
Laura Ling
Richard Phillips
Dr. Adam Steltzer
2015
Robert Edsel
J.B. Bernstein
Derreck Kayongo
Daniel Seddiqui
2016
Beck Weathers
David Garibaldi
Dr. Stephen Humphreys
Michael Arad
2017
Dayton Moore
Steve Hartman
Sean James
Shawn Johnson
2018
Mitch Holthus
Capt. Scott Kelly
RJ Mitte
Doreen Welsh
2019
Dr. Rick Rigsby
Denise Kiernan
John O'Leary
Fredi Lajvardi
2020
Byron Pitts
2021
Col. Mark Tillman
Amanda Knox
2022
Céline Cousteau
Nick Hague
Kevin Lockett
Lynsey Addario
2023
Ginger Kerrick
Bill Self
Aron Ralston
Dr. Temple Grandin