The list of recipients:

George Soros, ‘philanthropist’ and investor

Hillary Clinton

Bono, the frontman of rock band U2

Michael J. Fox, the “Back to the Future” star

Earvin “Magic” Johnson, a Los Angeles Lakers legend

Ralph Lauren, the visionary fashion designer

Lionel Messi, the MLS star and captain of Argentina’s World Cup-winning soccer team

Denzel Washington, the Academy-Award-winning actor

Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of Vogue

William Sanford Nye, the television presenter better known as “Bill Nye the Science Guy

Robert Francis Kennedy, the slain former New York senator and US Attorney General

Jane Goodall, the renowned primatologist and anthropologist

David M. Rubenstein, the billionaire co-founder of The Carlye Group

José Andrés, the celebrity chef and founder of the World Central Kitchen charity group

Ashton Baldwin Carter, the former Defense Secretary

Tim Gill, an entrepreneur whose work has advanced LGBT rights

George W. Romney, the late businessman and former Michigan governor

George Stevens, Jr., an author and playwright

Fannie Lou Hamer, the late civil rights leader and founder of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party