Biden Pres. Medal of Freedom given to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi; VP Al Gore; Rep. James Clyburn; Clarence B. Jones; Phil Donahue; Michael Bloomberg; Gregory Boyle; Opal Lee; Ellen Ochoa; Jane Rigby; Teresa Romero; Judy Shepard; Medgar Wiley Evers (posth); Frank R. Lautenberg (posth); James Francis Thorpe (posth); Elizabeth Dole, former Rep. Senator from NC & former secretary of both Labor & Transportation; & John Kerry, a former U.S. secretary of state.
Michelle Yeoh, first Asian to win Best Actress & Olympian swimmer Kathy Ledecky,

JFK established Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963 to recognize people who have made “an especially meritorious contribution to security or national interests of US, World Peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.”
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/05/03/president-biden-announces-recipients-of-the-presidential-medal-of-freedom-2/