NAACP Image Award – Hall of Fame Award

This award has been given to prestigious people such as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Sidney Poitier, Little Richard, and Spike Lee. The NAACP Image Award winners for the Hall of Fame Award:

Year	Inductee	Ref
1983	Lena Horne	[1]
1983	Ray Charles
1984	Ella Fitzgerald Marian Anderson Gordon Parks Alberta Hunter Paul Robeson	[2]
1987	Esther Rolle Linda Hopkins	[3]
1988	Marvin Gaye	[4]
1989	Sammy Davis Jr. Oprah Winfrey Ossie Davis Ruby Dee	[5]
1990	Etta James	[6]
1992	The Four Tops The O'Jays The Temptations The Dells	[7]
1993	Carmen McRae Jerry Butler	[8]
1994	Earth, Wind and Fire	[9]
1996	Richard Pryor	[10]
1997	Aretha Franklin George Clinton	[11]
1998	Nancy Wilson The Isley Brothers	[12]
1999	Kathleen Battle	[13]
2000	Smokey Robinson
2001	Sidney Poitier	[14]
2002	Little Richard	[15]
2003	Spike Lee	[16]
2004	Ray Charles	[17]
2005	Oprah Winfrey	[18]
2006	Carlos Santana	[19]
2007	Bill Cosby	[20]
2008	Stevie Wonder	[21]
2009	Clarence Avant	[22]
2021	Eddie Murphy	[23]
2025	Wayans Family