List of Worldcon Guests of Honor
This is a list of people who have been official Guests of Honor at the World Science Fiction Convention, since the first Worldcon in 1939.
Each Worldcon committee selects the Guests of Honor for the convention. Typical categories are Author, Fan, Artist, Editor and Media,. While other conventions may select guests on the basis of popularity, Worldcons usually select Guests of Honor as an acknowledgement of significant lifetime contribution to the field; typically at least 25 years of activity. Selection as a Worldcon GoH is treated by authors, fans, and others in the SF field as a lifetime achievement award.
| Year | Name |
| 1964 | Forrest J Ackerman |
| 1965, 1979 | Brian Aldiss |
| 2007 | Yoshitaka Amano |
| 1995 | Gerry Anderson |
| 1959 | Poul Anderson |
| 2011 | Ellen Asher |
| 1955 | Isaac Asimov |
| 1993 | Alicia Austin |
| 2000 | Jim Baen |
| 1989 | Betty Ballantine |
| 1989 | Ian Ballantine |
| 2014 | Iain Banks |
| 1976, 1994 | George Barr |
| 2001 | Greg Bear |
| 1999 | Gregory Benford |
| 1987 | Alfred Bester |
| 1960 | James Blish |
| 1948, 1973 | Robert Bloch |
| 1950 | Anthony Boucher |
| 2000 | Ben Bova |
| 1964 | Leigh Brackett |
| 1986 | Ray Bradbury |
| 2007 | David Brin |
| 2011 | Charles N. Brown |
| 1983 | John Brunner |
| 1997 | Algis Budrys |
| 2008 | Lois McMaster Bujold |
| 1987 | Jim Burns |
| 1947, 1954, 1957 | John W. Campbell |
| 1949 | John Carnell |
| 1986 | Terry Carr |
| 1982 | A. Bertram Chandler |
| 2002 | David A. Cherry |
| 1998 | C. J. Cherryh |
| 1956 | Arthur C. Clarke |
| 1995 | Vin¢ Clarke |
| 1991 | Hal Clement |
| 2014 | John Clute |
| 1996 | Roger Corman |
| 1972 | Buck Coulson |
| 1972 | Juanita Coulson |
| 2016 | Kinuko Y. Craft |
| 2013 | Ellen Datlow |
| 1966 | L. Sprague de Camp |
| 1967 | Lester del Rey |
| 1995 | Samuel R. Delany |
| 2006 | Howard DeVore |
| 1992 | Vincent Di Fate |
| 1984 | Gordon R. Dickson |
| 2009 | Tom Doherty |
| 2001 | Gardner Dozois |
| 1995 | Les Edwards |
| 2014 | Malcolm Edwards |
| 2000 | Bob Eggleton |
| 1978 | Harlan Ellison |
| 1949 | Lloyd Arthur Eshbach |
| 1968 | Philip José Farmer |
| 1993 | Jan Howard Finder |
| 2014 | Chris Foss |
| 2015 | Brad Foster |
| 1970 | Herbert W. Franke |
| 1982, 2003 | Frank Kelly Freas |
| 2009 | Neil Gaiman |
| 1969 | Jack Gaughan |
| 1952 | Hugo Gernsback |
| 2015 | David Gerrold |
| 1999 | Bruce Gillespie |
| 1975 | Mike Glicksohn |
| 2003 | Mike Glyer |
| 2014 | Jeanne Gomoll |
| 1991 | Martin H. Greenberg |
| 2013 | James Gunn |
| 2006 | James Gurney |
| 1990 | Joe Haldeman |
| 1964 | Edmond Hamilton |
| 1990 | Harry Harrison |
| 1987 | Ray Harryhausen |
| 2009 | David G. Hartwell |
| 1941, 1961, 1976 | Robert A. Heinlein |
| 1981 | Rusty Hevelin |
| 2014 | Robin Hobb |
| 1982 | Lee Hoffman |
| 2017 | John-Henri Holmberg |
| 2017 | Nalo Hopkinson |
| 1946 | Edna Mayne Hull |
| 1990 | Wolfgang Jeschke |
| 1969 | Eddie Jones |
| 1980 | Damon Knight |
| 2007 | Sakyo Komatsu |
| 1983 | David Kyle |
| 1987 | David Langford |
| 1975 | Ursula K. Le Guin |
| 1951, 1979 | Fritz Leiber |
| 1963 | Murray Leinster |
| 1987 | Doris Lessing |
| 1953 | Willy Ley |
| 1997 | Don Maitz |
| 2003 | George R. R. Martin |
| 1958 | Richard Matheson |
| 1994 | Anne McCaffrey |
| 2015 | Vonda N. McIntyre |
| 1997 | Michael Moorcock |
| 1981 | C. L. Moore |
| 2012 | Rowena Morrill |
| 1955 | Sam Moskowitz |
| 2012 | Story Musgrave |
| 2016 | Patrick Nielsen Hayden |
| 2016 | Teresa Nielsen Hayden |
| 1993 | Larry Niven |
| 1989 | Andre Norton |
| 2000 | Anne Passovoy |
| 2000 | Bob Passovoy |
| 1939 | Frank R. Paul |
| 1980 | Bruce Pelz |
| 2005 | Greg Pickersgill |
| 2016 | Tamora Pierce |
| 1972 | Frederik Pohl |
| 1990 | Andrew I. Porter |
| 1991 | Richard M. Powers |
| 2011 | Tim Powers |
| 2004 | Terry Pratchett |
| 2005 | Christopher Priest |
| 2012 | Mike Resnick |
| 2010 | Kim Stanley Robinson |
| 1998 | Milton A. Rothman |
| 1973 | William Rotsler |
| 1998 | Stanley Schmidt |
| 2001 | George H. Scithers |
| 2005 | Robert Sheckley |
| 1996, 2007 | Takumi Shibano |
| 1970 | Robert Silverberg |
| 1971, 1981 | Clifford D. Simak |
| 2017 | Johanna Sinisalo |
| 1987 | Ken & Joyce Slater |
| 1940 | E. E. Smith |
| 2015 | Tom Smith |
| 2004 | Jack Speer |
| 2013 | Norman Spinrad |
| 2008 | Rick Sternbach |
| 1998 | J. Michael Straczynski |
| 1987 | Arkady and Boris Strugatsky |
| 1962 | Theodore Sturgeon |
| 2016 | Michael Swanwick |
| 2013 | Darrell K. Sweet |
| 1997 | Roy Tackett |
| 2014 | Bryan Talbot |
| 2010 | Shaun Tan |
| 2004 | William Tenn |
| 2002 | Bjo Trimble |
| 1970 | Edwin Charles Tubb |
| 1975 | Donald H. Tuck |
| 1948, 1967 | Wilson Tucker |
| 1999 | George Turner |
| 2011 | Boris Vallejo |
| 1946 | A. E. van Vogt |
| 1992 | Jack Vance |
| 2002 | Vernor Vinge |
| 2009 | Élisabeth Vonarburg |
| 1971 | Harry Warner, Jr. |
| 2009 | Taral Wayne |
| 2017 | Claire Wendling |
| 2004 | Peter Weston |
| 1998, 2007 | Michael Whelan |
| 1996 | James White |
| 1985 | Ted White |
| 1980 | Kate Wilhelm |
| 2017 | Walter Jon Williams |
| 1977 | Jack Williamson |
| 2006 | Connie Willis |
| 1992 | Walt Willis |
| 1985 | Gene Wolfe |
| 1988 | Donald A. Wollheim |
| 1975 | Susan Wood |
| 2005 | Jane Yolen |
| 2001 | Stephen Youll |
| 1974 | Roger Zelazny |