List of Past Grand Marshalls of the Tournament of Roses Parade
- 1890- Dr. Francis F. Rowland
- 1891- No Grand Marshal
- 1892- Dr. Francis F. Rowland
- 1893- No Grand Marshal
- 1894- Dr. Francis F. Rowland
- 1895- Dr. H. H. Sherk
- 1896 & 1897- Edwin Stearns
- 1898 & 1899- Martin H. Weight
- 1900 & 1901- Charles Daggett
- 1902 & 1903- C. C. Reynolds
- 1904 & 1905- Dr. Francis F. Rowland
- 1906- John B. Miller
- 1907 & 1908- Dr. Ralph Skillen
- 1909- Walter S. Wright
- 1910- Dr. Francis F. Rowland, Prof. Charles F. Holder, one of the key founders of the parade
- 1911- Dr. Ralph Skillen
- 1912- E. H. Groenendyke
- 1913- Leigh Guyer
- 1914- Charles Daggett
- 1915- M. S. Pashgian
- 1916- Dr. Francis F. Rowland
- 1917- Dr. C. D. Lockwood
- 1918- Dr. Z. T. Malaby
- 1919- Frank Hunter
- 1920- Frank G. Hogan
- 1921- W. A. Boucher
- 1922- Harold Landreth
- 1923- H.L. Gianetti
- 1924- Colonel George S. Parker
- 1925- Lewis H. Turner
- 1926- Colonel L. J. Mygatt
- 1927- Dr. C.D. Lockwood
- 1928- John McDonald
- 1929- Marco Hellman
- 1930- James Rolph
- 1931- General C. S. Farnsworth
- 1932- William May Garland
- 1933- Mary Pickford
- 1934- Admiral William S. Sims
- 1935- Harold Lloyd
- 1936- James V. Alfred
- 1937- Eugene Biscailuz
- 1938- Leo Carillo
- 1939- Shirley Temple
- 1940- Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy
- 1941- E. O. Nay
- 1942- Kay Kyser
- 1943- Earl Warren
- 1944- Amos Alonzo Stagg
- 1945- Herbert Hoover
- 1946- Admiral William Halsey
- 1947- Bob Hope
- 1948- General Omar Bradley
- 1949- Perry Brown
- 1950- Paul G. Hoffman
- 1951- Cpl. Robert S. Gray (For Gen. Eisenhower)
- 1952- Medal of Honor Men: Major Carl Sitter, Captain Lewis Millet, Lt. Stanley Adams, Lt. Thomas Hudner, Captain Raymond Harvey, Sgt. Ernest Kouma, Sgt. Joseph Rodriguez
- 1953- Richard M. Nixon
- 1954- General William F. Dean
- 1955- Earl Warren
- 1956- Charles E. Wilson
- 1957- Eddie Rickenbacker
- 1958- Robert Gordon Sproul
- 1959- E. L. "Bob" Bartlett
- 1960- Richard M. Nixon
- 1961- William F. Quinn
- 1962- Albert D. Rosellini
- 1963- Dr. William H. Pickering
- 1964- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1965- Arnold Palmer
- 1966- Walt Disney
- 1967- Thanat Khoman
- 1968- Everett Dirksen
- 1969- Bob Hope
- 1970- Apollo 12 Astronauts: Alan L. Bean, Charles Conrad, Jr, Richard F. Gordon, Jr
- 1971- Reverend Billy Graham
- 1972- Lawrence Welk
- 1973- John Wayne
- 1974- Charles M. Schulz
- 1975- Henry L. "Hank" Aaron
- 1976- Kate Smith
- 1977- Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
- 1978- Gerald R. Ford
- 1979- Lathrop K. Leishman
- 1980- Frank Sinatra
- 1981- Lorne Greene
- 1982- Jimmy Stewart
- 1983- Merlin Olsen
- 1984- Danny Kaye
- 1985- Lee A. Iacocca
- 1986- Erma Bombeck
- 1987- Pelé
- 1988- Gregory Peck
- 1989- Shirley Temple Black
- 1990- Senator John Glenn
- 1991- Bob Newhart
- 1992- His Grace, Cristobol Colon, Congressman Ben Nighthorse Campbell
- 1993- Angela Lansbury
- 1994- William Shatner
- 1995- Juan "Chi Chi" Rodriguez
- 1996- Kermit the Frog, Muppet, television show host, movie actor, news reporter for the News Flash! segment of Sesame Street
- 1997- Carl Lewis
- 1998- Carol Burnett, comedienne
- 1999- Buzz Aldrin, Shirley Temple Black, Jackie Robinson (posthumously), David L. Wolper
- 2000- Roy E. Disney
- 2001- Tom Brokaw
- 2002- Regis Philbin, television talk show co-host and game show host
- 2003- Bill Cosby, Art Linkletter, Fred Rogers
- 2004- John Williams, conductor
