Contents 1 Common uses 2 List of recipients 2.1 General 2.2 Awards and recognition 2.2.1 International 2.2.2 United States 2.2.3 Australia 2.3 Military decoration 2.3.1 United States 2.3.2 Great Britain

A recipient is defined as an entity which receives a good or service. The entity can be a person, a group of persons, a company, an organization, or a government.

In certain countries, the term is commonly, but not exclusively, used to refer to an entity which receives some sort of recognition, such as an award or a medal, or an entity who receives a gift. An award is something given to a person or a group of people to recognize Excellence in a certain field a certificate of excellence A medal is usually a Coin -like sculpted object of metal or other material that has been engraved with an Insignia, Portrait or other artistic rendering

Common uses

• A recipient of an award or medal.
• A recipient, or beneficiary, of United States federal assistance, also known as federal aid.
• A recipient of student financial aid, such as scholarships. Student financial aid refers to funding intended to help students pay education expenses including Tuition and fees Room and board, books and supplies etc
• A universal recipient, a person who has AB positive blood type and so can generally accept a blood donation from anyone. A blood type (also called a blood group) is a classification of Blood based on the presence or absence of inherited Antigenic substances on the
• A recipient of a disease from a carrier

List of recipients

The following articles are lists of recipients of a certain item:

General

• List of top United States patent recipients
• List of notable GED recipients
• List of recipients of MacArthur Fellowships

Awards and recognition

The following articles are lists of recipients of awards, medals, or any other type of public recognition, which can also be referred to as laureate:

International

• List of Nobel laureates
• List of Balzan Prize recipients
• List of Ig Nobel Prize winners
• List of Pierre de Coubertin medal recipients
• List of IEEE Nikola Tesla Award Recipients

United States

• List of National Medal of Science recipients
• List of National Medal of Arts recipients
• List of Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients
• List of recipients of Kennedy Center Honors
• Grabby recipients

Australia

• List of Australian of the Year Award recipients
• List of Senior Australian of the Year Award recipients
• List of Young Australian of the Year Award recipients
• List of Australian Local Hero Award recipients

Military decoration

United States

• List of Medal of Honor recipients

Great Britain

• List of Victoria Cross recipients
• Distinguished Service Order recipients

The USPTO will no longer release an annual list of top 10 organizations receiving the most U The following is a list of notable GED Recipients. Also included are people who are pursuing GEDs The MacArthur Fellows Program or MacArthur Fellowship (sometimes Nicknamed the "genius grant") is an award given by the John D In English, the word laureate has come to signify eminence or association with Literary or Military glory This is a list of Nobel Prize Laureates awarded for their outstanding contributions to Humanitarian causes for Peace, work in Literature List of recipients of the Balzan Prize, one of the world's most prestigious academic awards This is a list of Ig Nobel Prize winners from 1991 to the present day The Pierre de Coubertin medal (also known as the De Coubertin medal or the True Spirit of Sportsmanship medal) is a special Medal given to the The IEEE Nikola Tesla Award is an annual award given each year to a team or to an individual that has made an outstanding contribution to the generation or utilization of Electric The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions The National Medal of Arts is an award and title created by the Congress of the United States in 1984 for the purpose of honoring artists and patrons of the arts The Grammy Hall of Fame Award is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old and that have "qualitative The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to artists in the performing arts This is a listing of the winners of the Adult Erotic Gay Video Awards (the "Grabbys". The following is a list of the recipients of the Australian of the Year award The Senior Australian of the Year Award commenced in 1999 in the International Year of Older Persons, and recognises those Australians aged 60 and over The Young Australian of the Year Awards commenced in 1979 and recognises those aged 16 to 25 who are outstanding and exceptional young Australians The Local Hero Award commenced in 2003 The Local Hero Award acknowledges extraordinary contributions made by Australians in their local community The Medal of Honor is the highest military award in the US military.

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