Watch: Tom Hanks, Michael Jordan, Ellen DeGeneres among stars honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom

For the last time in office, President Obama bestowed the nation's highest civilian honor on 21 individuals from a varying list of categories from science to sports to entertainment. You can watch the full Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony in the player above.

Click through the photo gallery below to see some of the artists, actors, athletes and more who are recipients of the 2016 Medal of Freedom.