Every person that has achieved the coveted EGOT status

It’s the most coveted award in showbiz, but precious few ever pull off the holy grail of an EGOT.

The most recognition a performer can ever achieve in terms of Hollywood awards is the combination of an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony.

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It’s an exclusive club many hope to join, but precious few can claim to have been recognised in the world of TV, recording, film and stage.

Here is a list of all the people who can proudly call themselves EGOT winners:

Richard Rodgers (1962)

US composer Richard Rodgers (1902 - 1979) in London for the opening of 'The Boys From Syracuse'Photo by Ted West/Getty Images

Richard Rogers was the first person to achieve EGOT status in 1962 and here is path to achieving the coveted milestone:

Emmy Award

• Outstanding achievement in original music composed for television, "Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years"(1962)

Grammy Awards

• Best show album, "The Sound of Music" (1960)
• Best show album, "No Strings" (1962)

Academy Award

• Best original song, "State Fair"(1945)

Tony Awards

• Best musical, "South Pacific" (1950)
• Best producers, "South Pacific" (1950)
• Best original score, "South Pacific" (1950)
• Best musical, "The King and I" (1952)
• Best musical, "The Sound of Music," (1960)
• Best original score, "No Strings" (1962)
• Special award (1962)
• Special award (1972)
• Lawrence Langner memorial award for distinguished lifetime achievement in the American theatre (1979)

Helen Hayes (1977)

American actress Helen Hayes (1900 - 1993) at her home near New York, USA, circa 1935 Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Helen Haynes was the second person (and first woman) to complete the EGOT in 1977 , and it took the longest with the journey taking 45 years.

Emmy Award

• Best actress (1953)

Grammy Award

• Best spoken word recording, "Great American Documents" (1976)

Academy Awards

• Best actress in a leading role, "The Sin of Madelon Claudet" (1932)
• Best actress in a leading role, "Airport" (1971)

Tony Awards

• Best actress in a play, "Happy Birthday" (1947)
• Best actress in a play, "Time Remembered" (1958)
• Lawrence Langner memorial award for distinguished lifetime achievement in the American theatre (1980)

Rita Moreno (1977)

Puerto Rican actress, dancer and singer Rita Moreno with a cake dedicated to 'West Side Story', UK, 25th February 1963 Photo by Kaye/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

In the same year, West Side Story star Rita Moreno became part of the EGOT club too.

Emmy Awards

• Outstanding performance by a supporting actress in variety or music series, "The Muppet Show" (1977)
• Outstanding lead actress for a single appearance in a drama or comedy series, "The Rockford Files" (1978)

Grammy Award

• Best recording for children, "The Electric Company" (1972)

Academy Award

• Best actress in a supporting role, "West Side Story" (1962)

Tony Award

• Best featured actress in a play, "The Ritz" (1975)

John Gielgud (1991)

1954: English actor and producer Sir Arthur John Gielgud (1904 - 2000) Photo by Baron/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

There was gap spanning 14 years before another actor won all major awards, the next being actor and producer John Gielguld in 1991.

Emmy Award

• Outstanding lead actor in a miniseries or a special, "Summer's Lease" (1991)

Grammy Award

• Best spoken word, documentary or drama recording, "Ages Of Man – Readings From Shakespeare" (1979)

Academy Award

• Best actor in a supporting role, "Arthur" (1982)

Tony Awards

• Special award (1959)
• Best direction of a play, "Big Fish, Little Fish" (1961)

Audrey Hepburn (1994)

Portrait of Belgian-born American actress Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993) as she wears a strapless gown and holds white kid-gloved hands up to her chin, early 1950s Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Many remember Audrey Hepburn from her iconic roles in Breakfast At Tiffany's (1961) as well as Roman Holiday (1953) with the latter helping the actor achieved EGOT status in 1994.

Emmy Award

• Outstanding individual achievement – informational programming, "Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn" (1993)

Grammy Award

• Best spoken word recording for children, "Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales" (1993)

Academy Awards

• Best actress in a leading role, "Roman Holiday" (1953)
• Jean Hersholt humanitarian award (1993)

Tony Award

• Best actress in a play, "Ondine" (1954)

Marvin Hamlisch (1995)

American composer Marvin Hamlisch (1944 - 2012), London, 30th September 1977 Photo by Roy Jones/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

American composer Marvin Hamlisch joined the illustrious EGOT list 28 years ago.

Emmy Awards

• Outstanding individual achievement in music direction, "Barbra: The Concert" (1995)
• Outstanding individual achievement in music and lyrics, "Barbra: The Concert" (1995)
• Outstanding music and lyrics, "AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies" (1999)
• Outstanding music direction, "Timeless: Live in Concert" (2001)

Grammy Awards

• Album of best original score written for a motion picture or a television special, "The Way We Were" (1974)
• Best pop instrumental performance, "The Entertainer" (1974)
• Best new artist (1974)
• Song of the year, "The Way We Were" (1974)

Academy Awards

• Best original dramatic score, "The Way We Were" (1974)
• Best original song score and/or adaptation, "The Sting" (1974)
• Best original song, "The Way We Were" (1974)

Tony Award

• Best original score, "A Chorus Line" (1976)

Jonathan Tunick (1997)

Composer Jonathan Tunick, nominee for Best Orchestrations for "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder," attends the 2014 Tony Awards Meet The Nominees Press Reception at the Paramount Hotel on April 30, 2014 in New York City. Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions

Two years later, another composer, this time Jonathan Tunick reached EGOT status.

Emmy Award

• Outstanding achievement in music direction, "Night of 100 Stars" (1982)

Grammy Award

• Best instrumental arrangement accompanying vocal(s), "No One Is Alone" (1988)

Academy Award

• Best adaptation score, "A Little Night Music" (1978)

Tony Award

• Best orchestrations, "Titanic" (1997)

Mel Brooks (2001)

Mel Brooks attends the 70th EE British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) at Royal Albert Hall on February 12, 2017 in London, England Photo by John Phillips/Getty Images

Mel Brooks was the first person to reach the EGOT achievement in the 21st Century.

Emmy Awards

• Outstanding writing achievement in variety, "The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special" (1967)
• Outstanding guest actor in a comedy series, "Mad About You" (1997)
• Outstanding guest actor in a comedy series, "Mad About You" (1998)
• Outstanding guest actor in a comedy series, "Mad About You" (1999)

Grammy Awards

• Best spoken comedy album, "The 2000 Year Old Man In The Year 2000" (1998)
• Best long form music video, "Recording The Producers – A Musical Romp With Mel Brooks" (2001)
• Best musical show album, "The Producers" (2001)

Academy Award

• Best writing, story and screenplay – written directly for the screen, "The Producers" (1969)

Tony Awards

• Best book of a musical, "The Producers" (2001)
• Best musical, "The Producers" (2001)
• Best original score, "The Producers" (2001)

Mike Nichols (2001)

Honoree Mike Nichols speaks onstage during the 38th AFI Life Achievement Award honoring Mike Nichols held at Sony Pictures Studios on June 10, 2010 in Culver City, California. The AFI Life Achievement Award tribute to Mike Nichols premiered on TV Land on Saturday, June 25 at 9PM ET/PSTPhoto by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for AFI

In the same year, director Mike Nichols also jointed the limited club, he is known for films such as "The Graduate" (1967) and "Wit" (2001).

Emmy Awards

• Outstanding directing for a miniseries, movie, or special, "Wit" (2001)
• Outstanding made for television Movie, "Wit" (2001)
• Outstanding directing for a miniseries, movie, or dramatic special, "Angels in America" (2004)
• Outstanding miniseries, "Angels in America" (2004)

Grammy Award

• Best comedy performance, "An Evening With Mike Nichols and Elaine May" (1961)

Academy Award

• Best director, "The Graduate" (1968)

Tony Awards

• Best direction of a play, "Barefoot in the Park" (1964)
• Best direction of a play, "Luv" and "The Odd Couple" (1965)
• Best direction of a play, "Plaza Suite" (1968)
• Best direction of a play, "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" (1972)
• Best musical, "Annie" (1977)
• Best direction of a play, "The Real Thing" (1984)
• Best direction of a musical, "Monty Python's Spamalot" (2005)
• Best direction of a play, "Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman" (2012)

Whoopi Goldberg (2002)

Whoopi Goldberg attends The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021 in New York City Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

In 2002, actor Whoopi Goldberg made history by becoming the first Black person to achieve an EGOT.

Emmy Awards

• Outstanding special class special, "Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel" (2002)
• Outstanding talk show host, "The View" (2009)

Grammy Award

• Best comedy recording, "Whoopi Goldberg – Original Broadway Show Recording" (1985)

Academy Award

• Best actress in a supporting role, "Ghost" (1991)

Tony Award

• Best musical, "Thoroughly Modern Millie" (2002)

Scott Rudin (2012)

Producer Scott Rudin poses during the 80th annual Academy Awards nominees luncheon held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 4, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images

A decade would go by before another person completed the EGOT milestone, the next was producer Scott Rudin in 2012.

Emmy Awards

• Outstanding children's program, "He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'" (1984)

Grammy Award

• Best musical theater album, "The Book of Mormon" (2011)

Academy Award

• Best motion picture of the year, "No Country for Old Men" (2008)

Tony Awards

• Best musical, "Passion" (1994)
• Best play, "Copenhagen" (2000)
• Best play, "Edward Albee's The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?" (2002)
• Best play, "Doubt" (2005)
• Best play, "The History Boys" (2006)
• Best play, "God of Carnage" (2009)
• Best revival of a play, "Fences" (2010)
• Best musical, "The Book of Mormon" (2011)
• Best revival of a play, "Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman" (2012)
• Best revival of a play, "A Raisin in the Sun" (2014)
• Best play, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" (2015)
• Best revival of a play, "Skylight" (2015)
• Best play, "The Humans" (2016)
• Best revival of a play, "Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge" (2016)

Robert Lopez (2014)

Songwriter Robert Lopez attends The Los Angeles Children's Chorus' Annual Gala Bel Canto honoring Ed Nowak and "Frozen" songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez at The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on April 14, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images

In 2014, songwriter Robert Lopez who help co-wrote the songs featured in the Disney film Frozen was the twelfth person who achieved the EGOT.

Emmy Awards

• Outstanding music direction and composition, "Wonder Pets!" (2008)
• Outstanding music direction and composition, "Wonder Pets!" (2010)

Grammy Awards

• Best musical theater album, "The Book of Mormon" (2011)
• Best song written for visual media, "Let It Go" (2014)
• Best compilation soundtrack for visual media, "Frozen" (2014)

Academy Awards

• Best original song, "Let It Go" (2014)
• Best original song, "Remember Me" (2018)
• Tony Awards
• Best original score, "Avenue Q" (2004)
• Best book of a musical, "The Book of Mormon" (2011)
• Best original score, "The Book of Mormon" (2011)

Andrew Lloyd Webber (2018)

Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber performs during the Platinum Party At The Palace at Buckingham Palace on June 4, 2022 in London, England Photo by Alastair Grant - WPA Pool/Getty Images

British composer Andrew Lloyd-Webber achieved EGOT status in 2018.

Emmy Award

• Outstanding variety special (live), "Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert" (2018)

Grammy Awards

• Best cast show album, "Evita" (1980)
• Best cast show album, "Cats" (1983)
• Best contemporary composition (1986)
• Grammy legend award (1990)

Academy Award

• Best original song, "You Must Love Me" (1996)

Tony Awards

• Best original score, "Evita" (1980)
• Best musical, "Cats" (1983)
• Best original score, "Cats" (1983)
• Best musical, "Phantom of the Opera" (1988)
• Best musical, "Sunset Boulevard" (1995)
• Best original score, "Sunset Boulevard" (1995)
• Lifetime achievement in the theatre (2018)

Tim Rice (2018)

Tim Rice attends the "From Here To Eternity" a BFI Screen Epiphany in partnership with American Express at BFI Southbank on September 25, 2013 in London, England Photo by Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images

Tim Rice who has worked on Disney films such "The Lion King" and "Aladdin," became a member of the EGOT club in 2018 too.

Emmy Awards

• Outstanding variety special (live), "Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert" (2018)

Grammy Awards

• Best musical theater album, "Evita" (1981)
• Best musical album for children, "Aladdin" (1994)
• Best song written for visual media, "A Whole New World" (1994)
• Song of the year, "A Whole New World" (1994)
• Best musical theater album, "Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida" (2001)

Academy Award

• Best original song, "A Whole New World" (1993)
• Best original song, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (1995)
• Best original son, "You Must Love Me" (1997)

Tony Awards

• Best book of a musical, "Evita" (1980)
• Best original score, "Evita" (1980)
• Best original score, "Aida" (2000)

John Legend (2018)

John Legend performs onstage during MusiCares Persons of the Year Honoring Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson at Los Angeles Convention Center on February 03, 2023 in Los Angeles, California Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy

2018 was certainly a popular year for the EGOT, as singer-songwriter John Legend became the third person in the same year to achieve this, and also made history as the first Black man to reach this milestone.

Emmy Award

• Outstanding variety special (live), "Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert" (2018)

Grammy Awards

• Best new artist (2006)
• Best R&B album, "Get Lifted" (2006)
• Best male R&B vocal performance, "Ordinary People" (2006)
• Best male R&B vocal performance, "Heaven" (2007)
• Best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocals, "Family Affair" (2007)
• Best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocals, "Stay With Me (By the Sea)" (2009)
• Best R&B song, "Shine" (2011)
• Best traditional R&B vocal performance, "Hang on in There" (2011)
• Best R&B album, "Wake Up!" (2011)
• Best song written for visual media, "Glory" (2016)

Academy Award

• Best original song, "Glory" (2015)

Tony Awards

• Best revival of a play, "Jitney" (2017)

Alan Menken (2020)

Alan Menken arrives at the premiere of Disney’s “Disenchanted” at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood CA on November 16, 2022. The film begins streaming only on Disney+ November 18, 2022 Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney

In 2020, Alan Menken who has worked on popular Disney tracks became an EGOT member.

Emmy Awards

• Outstanding contribution to the success of the Academy's anti-drug special for children, "Wonderful Ways to Say No" from the TV special "Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue" (1990, non-competitive)
• Outstanding original song in a children's, young Adult or animated program, "Waiting in the Wings" from "Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure" (2020)

Grammy Awards

• Best recording for children, "The Little Mermaid: Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack" (1991)
• Best song written specifically for a motion picture or television, "Under the Sea" (1991)
• Best album for children, "Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" (1993)
• Best instrumental composition written for a motion picture or for television, "Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" (1993)
• Best song written specifically for a motion picture or television, "Beauty and the Beast" (1993)
• Song of the year, "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)" (1994)
• Best musical album for children, "Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" (1994)
• Best instrumental composition written for a motion picture or for television, "Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" (1994)
• Best song written specifically for a motion picture or television, "A Whole New World" (1994)
• Best song written specifically for a motion picture or television, "Colors of the Wind" (1996)
• Best song written for visual media, "I See the Light" (2012)

Academy Awards

• Best original score, "The Little Mermaid" (1989)
• Best original score, "Under the Sea" (1989)
• Best original score, "Beauty and the Beast" (1991)
• Best original song, "Beauty and the Beast" (1991)
• Best original song, "Aladdin" (1992)
• Best original song, "A Whole New World" (1992)
• Best original musical or comedy score, "Pocahontas" (1995)
• Best original song, "Colors of the Wind" (1995)

Tony Award

• Best original score, "Newsies" (2012)

Jennifer Hudson (2022)

US singer Jennifer Hudson arrives for the Recording Academy and Clive Davis pre-Grammy gala at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California on February 4, 2023 Photo by Michael TRAN / AFP) (Photo by MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images

Last year, singer Jennifer Hudson achieved an EGOT, where her Grammy-award winning albums and Oscar for her performance in 2006 film Dreamgirls contributed to this success.

Emmy Award

• Outstanding interactive media for a daytime program, "Baba Yaga" (2021)

Grammy Awards

• Best R&B album, "Jennifer Hudson" (2009)
• Best musical theater album, "The Color Purple" (2017)

Academy Award

• Best performance by an actress in a supporting role, "Dreamgirls" (2006)

Tony Award

• Best musical, "A Strange Loop" (2022)

Viola Davis (2023)

Viola Davis celebrates the Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling award for "Finding Me" during the 65th GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony at Microsoft Theater on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images for The Recording Academy

Viola Davis is the latest star to join the EGOT club after winning Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling award for "Finding Me" during the 65th GRAMMY Awards, on Sunday.

Emmy Award

• Outstanding lead actress in a drama series, "How to Get Away With Murder" (2015)

Grammy Award

• Best audiobook, narration, and storytelling recording, "Finding Me" (2023)

Academy Award

• Best performance by an actress in a supporting role, "Fences" (2017)

Tony Award

• Best featured actress in a play, "King Hedley II" (2001)
• Best leading actress in a play, "Fences" (2010)

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