The Tournament of Roses on Thursday, Oct. 13, named Gabby Giffords, the former Arizona congresswoman, the parade’s grand marshal. Her name now joins an illustrious list that dates back decades. We invite you take a glimpse.
2020s
2020 – Laurie Hernández, Rita Moreno and Gina Torres
2021 – None (parade cancelled amid coronavirus pandemic.)
2022 – LeVar Burton
2023 – Gabby Giffords
Grand Marshall Chaka Khan waves to the crowd during the 2019 Rose Parade in Pasadena on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019.(Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
2010s
2010 – Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger III
2011 – Paula Deen
2012 – J. R. Martinez
2013 – Jane Goodall
2014 – Vin Scully
2015 – Louis Zamperini (posthumous)
2016 – Ken Burns
2017 – Greg Louganis, Janet Evans and Allyson Felix
2018 – Gary Sinise
2019 – Chaka Khan
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’connor, center, the grand marshall, rides along Colorado Blvd. Monday Jan. 2nd 2006 in Pasadena’s Rose Parade. (Pasadena Star News/staff photo by Greg Andersen/sxcity)
2000s
2000 – Roy E. Disney
2001 – Tom Brokaw
2002 – Regis Philbin
2003 – Bill Cosby, Art Linkletter and Fred Rogers
2004 – John Williams
2005 – Mickey Mouse
2006 – Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
2007 – George Lucas
2008 – Emeril Lagasse
2009 – Cloris Leachman
Grand Marshal Kermit the Frog the leads the 107th Tournament of Roses Parade Monday, Jan. 1, 1996, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
1990s
1990 – Sen. John Glenn
1991 – Bob Newhart
1992 – Cristóbal Colón de Carvajal y Gorosábel, 18th Duke of Veragua (descendant of Christopher Columbus) and Rep. Ben Nighthorse Campbell
1993 – Angela Lansbury
1994 – William Shatner
1995 – Juan “Chi-Chi” Rodríguez
1996 – Kermit the Frog
1997 – Carl Lewis and Shannon Miller
1998 – Carol Burnett
1999 – Buzz Aldrin, Shirley Temple Black, Jackie Robinson (posthumous) and David L. Wolper
1987 Tournament of Roses Parade grand marshal, Pele. L.A. Daily News file photo
1980s1980 – Frank Sinatra
1981 – Lorne Greene
1982 – James Stewart
1983 – Merlin Olsen
1984 – Danny Kaye
1985 – Lee A. Iacocca
1986 – Erma Bombeck
1987 – Pelé
1988 – Gregory Peck
1989 – Shirley Temple Black
Baseball player Hank Aaron waves to the crowd as grand marshal of the 1975 Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena, Ca., Jan. 1, 1975. Riding with him in the open car is his wife, Billye. (AP Photo)
1970s
1970 – Apollo 12 astronauts Alan L. Bean, Charles Conrad Jr. and Richard F. Gordon Jr.
1971 – Rev. Billy Graham
1972 – Lawrence Welk
1973 – John Wayne
1974 – Charles M. Schulz
1975 – Hank Aaron
1976 – Kate Smith
1977 – Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
1978 – President Gerald Ford
1979 – Lathrop K. Leishman
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife Mamie rode a Cadillac convertible in the 1964 Rose Parade. (Courtesy Tournament of Roses)
1960s
1960 – Vice President Richard M. Nixon
1961 – William F. Quinn
1962 – Albert D. Rosellini
1963 – Dr. William H. Pickering
1964 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower
1965 – Arnold Palmer
1966 –– Walt Disney
1967 – Thanat Khoman
1968 – Sen. Everett Dirksen
1969 – Bob Hope
1950s
1950 – Paul G. Hoffman
1951 – Corporal Robert S. Gray (For General Dwight D. Eisenhower)
1952 – Medal of Honor recipients: Major Carl Sitter, Captain Lewis Millett, Lieutenant Stanley Adams, Lieutenant Thomas Hudner, Captain Raymond Harvey, Sergeant Ernest Kouma and Sergeant Joseph C. Rodriguez
1953 – Sen. and Vice President-elect Richard M. Nixon
1954 – Gen. William F. Dean
1955 – Chief Justice Earl Warren
1956 – Charles E. Wilson
1957 – Eddie Rickenbacker
1958 – Robert Gordon Sproul
1959 – E. L. “Bob” Bartlett
1940s
1940 – Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy
1941 – E. O. Nay
1942 – Kay Kyser
1943 – Earl Warren
1944 – Amos Alonzo Stagg
1945 – Herbert Hoover
1946 – Adm. William Halsey
1947 – Bob Hope
1948 – Gen. Omar Bradley
1949 – Perry Brown
1930s
1930 – James Rolph
1931 – Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth
1932 – William May Garland
1933 – Mary Pickford
1934 – Adm. William Sims
1935 – Harold Lloyd
1936 – James V. Allred
1937 – Eugene Biscailuz
1938 – Leo Carrillo
1939 – Shirley Temple
1920s
1920 – Frank G. Hogan
1921 – W. A. Boucher
1922 – Harold Landreth
1923 – H.L. Gianetti
1924 – Col. George S. Parker
1925 – Lewis H. Turner
1926 – Col. L. J. Mygatt
1927 – Dr. C.D. Lockwood
1928 – John McDonald
1929 – Marco Hellman
1910s1910 – Dr. Francis F. Rowland and Prof. Charles F. Holder
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
1900s
1900-1901 – Charles Daggett
1902-1903 – C. C. Reynolds
1904-1905 – Francis F. Rowland
1906 – John B. Miller
1907-1908 – Dr. Ralph Skillen
1909 – Walter S. Wright
1890s
1890 – Dr. Francis F. Rowland
1891 – None
1892 – Dr. Francis F. Rowland
1893 – None
1894 – Dr. Francis F. Rowland
1895 – Dr. Henry H. Sherk
1896-1897 – Edwin Stearns
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Source: Pasadena Tournament of Roses