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Year Image Recipient Nationality References
1957 A smiling, older man in a dark suit with a narrow-striped shirt and wide-stripped tie. He has receding but long, wavy hair. Willy Brandt  German [1]
1958 Winston Churchill  British [2]
1959 William Joseph Donovan  American [3]
1960 Richard Evelyn Byrd  American [3]
1965 George Meany  American [4]
1966 David Dubinsky  Russian [3]
1967 David Sarnoff  American [5]
1969 Lucius D. Clay  American [3]
1970 Jacob K. Javits  American [5]
1975 Bruno Kreisky  Austrian [6]
1976 Leo Cherne  American [3]
1977 Hubert Humphrey  American [4]
1978 Joseph Buttinger  Austrian [3]
1979 Mary Pillsbury Lord[A]  American [3]
1981 Lane Kirkland
Irena Kirkland
 American
 American
[1]
1987 Elie Wiesel  Romanian [4]
1987 John C. Whitehead  American [7]
1989 Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan  French
 Iranian
  Swiss
[3]
1989 Lech Wałęsa  Polish [4]
1990 Violeta Chamorro  Nicaraguan [3]
1991 Fang Lizhi
Li Shuxian
 Chinese
 Chinese
[3]
1991 Javier Pérez de Cuéllar  Peruvian [8]
1992 Cyrus Vance  American [5]
1993 George Soros[B]  Hungarian [9]
1993 Dwayne Andreas[C]  American [3]
1994 Theodore J. Forstmann[B]  American [10]
1994 Felix Rohatyn[C]  Austrian [10]
1995 File:Burma 3 150.jpg Aung San Suu Kyi[D]  Burmese [11]
1995 Sadako Ogata  Japanese [11]
1995 Richard Holbrooke  American [3]
1997 Robert P. De Vecchi  American [5]
1999 Madeleine Albright  American [5]
2001 John McCain  American [12]
2002 Reynold Levy  American [13]
2002 Hamid Karzai  Afghan [14]
2003 Václav Havel  Czech [11]
2004 Roméo Dallaire[B]  Canadian [15]
2005
George H.W. Bush
Bill Clinton
 American
 American
[16]
2006 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf  Liberian [17]
2007
António Guterres
Angelina Jolie
 Portuguese
 American
[11]
2008 Kofi Annan  Ghanaian [18]

References

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  1. ^ a b Krebs, Albin (1981-04-07). "Notes on people; Kirklands to Get Awards". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  2. ^ "Give Churchill Freedom Award". Gettysburg Times. 1958-05-30. p. 2. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "IRC Freedom Award". International Rescue Committee. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  4. ^ a b c d "Walesa says West to blame if Poland fails". Times-News (North Carolina). 1989-11-17. p. 2. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Madeleine Albright receives International Rescue Committee's Freedom Award". International Rescue Committee. 1999-11-10. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  6. ^ "Austria's Kreisky Will Get Freedom Award". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. 1975-04-10. p. 35. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  7. ^ "Press Release – SG/SM/7625". United Nations. 2000-11-15. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  8. ^ "Social Events". The New York Times. 1991-11-03. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  9. ^ "High Commissioner and Angelina Jolie to receive IRC Freedom Award". United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 2007-11-06. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  10. ^ a b "Benefits". The New York Times. 1994-11-20. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  11. ^ a b c d "UN refugee agency, Angelina Jolie receive Freedom Award". United Nations. 2007-11-08. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  12. ^ "Remarks of Senator John McCain – The International Rescue Committee's 2001 Freedom Award Dinner". U.S. Senator John McCain – Arizona. 2001-11-14. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  13. ^ "2008 UPS Lecture on Nonprofit Leadership, Governance and Economic Stewardship". Georgia State University. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  14. ^ "His Excellency President Hamed Karzai". The Embassy of Afghanistan – Tokyo. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  15. ^ "Samantha Power – IRC Freedom Award Dinner – November 10, 2004" (pdf). Harvard University. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  16. ^ "IRC Honors Former Presidents Bush and Clinton for Tsunami, Katrina Relief Efforts". International Rescue Committee. 2005-11-10. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
  17. ^ "Biographical Brief of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf". Government of the Republic of Liberia – Executive Mansion. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  18. ^ Lunn, Stephen (2008-12-09). "Give 'til it hurts". The Australian. Retrieved 2010-05-19. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)