Past Grand Marshals of the Rose Parade

Every Parade needs a Grand Marshal, and the Rose Parade has had some of the world's most distinguished individuals serving in that honored position. Past Grand Marshals have included actors, astronauts, writers, artists, athletes and political figures.

Early Grand Marshals were local heroes, many of them Tournament organizers. The first Grand Marshal from outside Pasadena was San Francisco Mayor James Rolph in 1930, and as the Tournament grew, so did the stature of its Grand Marshals. Mary Pickford, Earl Warren, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gregory Peck, Bob Hope, Erma Bombeck, Henry "Hank" Aaron, the Apollo 12 astronauts, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Kate Smith, Gerald Ford, Lee Iaccoca, James Stewart, Pele and Angela Lansbury are just a few of the distinguished individuals who have held the honored position. 1966 Grand Marshal Walt Disney rode in the Parade with Mickey Mouse, and Edgar Bergen brought Charlie McCarthy along in 1940. Shirley Temple, who was a 10-year old movie star when she led the 50th Rose Parade returned as diplomat Shirley Temple Black to serve as Grand Marshal of the Tournament's Centennial celebration in 1989.

Tournament of Roses Grand Marshals

2013       Jane Goodall
2012       J.R. Martinez
2011       Paula Deen
2010       Chesley B. Sullenberger III (Captain U.S. Airways)
2009       Cloris Leachman
2008       Emeril Lagasse
2007       George Lucas
2006       Sandra Day O’Connor
2005       Mickey Mouse
2004       John Williams
2003       Fred Rogers
2003       Bill Cosby
2003       Art Linkletter
2002       Regis Philbin
2001       Tom Brokaw
2000       Roy E. Disney
1999       Shirley Temple Black
1999       Jackie Robinson (posthumously)
1999       David L. Wolper
1999       Buzz Aldrin
1998       Carol Burnett
1997       Carl Lewis & Shannon Miller
1996       Kermit the Frog
1995       Juan “Chi Chi” Rodriguez
1994       William Shatner
1993       Angela Lansbury
1992       His Grace, Cristobol Colon
1992       Congressman Ben Nighthorse Campbell
1991       Bob Newhart
1990       Senator John Glenn
1989       Shirley Temple Black
1988       Gregory Peck
1987       Pele
1986       Erma Bombeck
1985       Lee A. Iacocca
1984       Danny Kaye
1983       Merlin Olsen
1982       Jimmy Stewart
1981       Lorne Greene
1980       Frank Sinatra
1979       Lathrop K. Leishman
1978       Gerald R. Ford
1977       Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
1976       Kate Smith
1975       Henry L. “Hank” Aaron
1974       Charles M. Schulz
1973       John Wayne
1972       Lawrence Welk
1971       Reverend Billy Graham
1970       Richard F. Gordon, Jr.
1970       Charles Conrad, Jr.
1970       Apollo 12 Astronauts
1970       Alan L. Bean
1969       Bob Hope
1968       Everett Dirksen
1967       Thanat Khoman
1966       Walt Disney
1965       Arnold Palmer
1964       Dwight D. Eisenhower
1963       Dr. William H. Pickering
1962       Albert D. Rosellini
1961       William F. Quinn
1960       Richard M. Nixon
1959       E.L. “Bob” Bartlett
1958       Robert Gordon Sproul
1957       Eddie Rickenbacker
1956       Charles E. Wilson
1955       Earl Warren
1954       Gen. William F. Dean
1953       Richard M. Nixon
1952       Sgt. Joseph Rodriguez
1952       Sgt. Ernest Kouma
1952       Medal of Honor Men
1952       Maj. Carl Sitter
1952       Lt. Thomas Hudner
1952       Lt. Stanley Adams
1952       Capt. Raymond Harvey
1952       Capt. Lewis Millet
1951       Cpl. Robert S. Gray    
1950       Paul G. Hoffman
1949       Perry Brown
1948       Gen. Omar Bradley
1947 & 69 Bob Hope
1946       Adm. William Halsey
1945       Herbert Hoover
1944       Amos Alonzo Stagg
1943 & 55 Earl Warren
1942       Kay Kyser
1941       E.O. Nay
1940       Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy
1939, 89, 99 Shirley Temple
1938       Leo Carrillo
1937       Eugene Biscailuz
1936       James V. Allred
1935       Harold Lloyd
1934       Adm. William S. Sims
1933       Mary Pickford
1932       William May Garland
1931       Gen. C.S. Farnsworth
1930       James Rolph
1929       Marco Hellman
1928       John McDonald
1927       Dr. C.D. Lockwood
1926       Col. L.J. Mygatt
1925       Lewis H. Turner
1924       Col. George S. Parker
1923       H.L. Gianett
1922       Harold Landreth
1921       W.A. Boucher
1920       Frank G. Hogan
1919       Frank Hunter
1918       Dr. Z.T. Malaby
1917       Dr. C.D. Lockwood
1916       Dr. Francis F. Rowland
1915       M.S. Pashgian
1914       Charles Daggett
1913       Leigh Guyer
1912       E.H. Groenendyke
1911       Dr. Ralph Skillen
1910       Dr. Francis F. Rowland
1909       Walter S. Wright
1907 & 08 Dr. Ralph Skillen
1906       John B. Miller
1904 & 05 Dr. Francis F. Rowland
1902 & 03 C.C. Reynolds
1900 & 01 Charles Daggett
1898 & 99 Martin H. Weight
1896 & 97 Edwin Stearns
1895       Dr. H.H. Sherk
1894       Dr. Francis F. Rowland
1893       No Grand Marshal
1892       Dr. Francis F. Rowland
1891       No Grand Marshal
1890       Dr. Francis F. Rowland