Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award is awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) at the Governors Awards ceremonies for a person's "outstanding contributions to humanitarian causes". The award category was created in 1956 and first awarded at the 29th Academy Awards, in March 1957.

The award is named after Danish American screen actor and humanitarian Jean Hersholt (1886–1956), who was president of the Motion Picture Relief Fund for 18 years. 

List of recipients
+ Key  Indicates posthumous award

YearImageRecipientNationality 1956 75px|alt=Y. Frank Freeman circa 1910    1957 75px|alt=Samuel Goldwyn in 1919    1959 75px|alt=Bob Hope in 1978    1960    1961   1962   1965 –   1966 –   1967  75px|alt=Gregory Peck in 1948   1968 75px|alt=Martha Raye in the 1940s   1969 75px|alt=George Jessel in the film Stage Door Canteen (1943)   1970 75px|alt=Frank Sinatra in Pal Joey (1957)   1972 75px|alt=Rosalind Russell in 1956   1973   1974 75px|alt=Arthur B. Krim in 1962   1975 –   1977 75px|alt=Charlton Heston in The President's Lady (1953)    1978 75px   1979 –    1981 75px|alt=Danny Kaye undated   1982 –   1983 75px   1984   1985 75px|alt=Charles "Buddy" Rodgers in 1929   1989 75px|alt=Howard W. Koch in 1966   1992 75px|alt=Audrey Hepburn in 1956     75px|alt=Elizabeth Taylor in 1956    1993 75px|alt=Paul Newman in 1963   1994 75px|alt=Quincy Jones in 2014   2001 75px|alt=Arthur Hiller in 1970    2004 –    2006 75px|alt=Sherry Lansing in 2002   2008 75px|alt=Jerry Lewis in 1973   2011 75px|alt=Oprah Winfrey in 2014   2012 75px|alt=Jeffrey Katzenberg in 2014  2013 75px|alt=Angelina Jolie in 2014   2014 75px|alt=Harry Belafonte in 2011   2015 75px|alt=Debbie Reynolds in 1998   2019 75px|alt=Geena Davis in 2019  2021 75px|alt=Tyler Perry in 2016  –  2022 75px|alt=Danny Glover in 2014.   2023 75px|alt=Michael J. Fox in 2020. Michael J. Fox   2024 75px|alt=Michelle Satter in 2015. Michelle Satter  2025 75px Richard Curtis  2026110x110px Dolly Parton

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Category:Academy Award categories