The Blues Hall of Fame is a listing of people who have significantly contributed to blues music. Started in 1980 by the Blues Foundation, it honors those who have performed, recorded, or documented blues.

1980

• Big Bill Broonzy
• Willie Dixon
• John Lee Hooker
• Lightnin' Hopkins
• Son House
• Howlin' Wolf
• Elmore James
• Blind Lemon Jefferson
• Robert Johnson
• B.B. King
• Little Walter
• Memphis Minnie
• Muddy Waters
• Charley Patton
• Jimmy Reed
• Bessie Smith
• Otis Spann
• T-Bone Walker
• Sonny Boy Williamson I
• Sonny Boy Williamson II

1981

• Bobby "Blue" Bland
• Roy Brown
• Blind Willie McTell
• Professor Longhair
• Tampa Red

1982

• Leroy Carr
• Ray Charles
• Big Walter Horton
• Freddie King
• Magic Sam

1983

• Louis Jordan
• Albert King
• Robert Nighthawk
• Ma Rainey
• Big Joe Turner

1984

• Otis Rush
• Hound Dog Taylor
• Big Mama Thornton

1985

• Chuck Berry
• Buddy Guy
• J. B. Hutto
• Slim Harpo

1986

• Albert Collins
• Tommy Johnson
• Lead Belly
• Sonny Terry

1987

• Percy Mayfield
• Eddie Taylor

1988

• Mississippi John Hurt
• Little Milton
• Jay McShann
• Johnny Winter

1989

• Clifton Chenier
• Robert Lockwood, Jr.
• Memphis Slim

1990

• Blind Blake
• Lonnie Johnson
• Bukka White

1991

• Sleepy John Estes
• Billie Holiday
• Mississippi Fred McDowell
• Sunnyland Slim

1992

• Skip James
• Johnny Shines
• Big Joe Williams

1993

• Champion Jack Dupree
• Lowell Fulson

1994

• Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
• Wynonie Harris
• Bill "Hoss" Allen
• John Lomax
• Alan Lomax
• John Richbourg
• Gene Nobles

1995

• Jimmy Rogers
• Leonard Chess
• Phil Chess

1996

• Charles Brown
• David "Honeyboy" Edwards
• Bob Koester
• Pete Welding

1997

• Brownie McGhee
• Koko Taylor
• Bruce Iglauer

1998

• Luther Allison
• Junior Wells
• Lillian McMurry
• Sam Phillips

1999

• Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
• Roosevelt Sykes
• Lester Melrose
• Chris Strachwitz

2000

• Johnny Otis
• Stevie Ray Vaughan
• Dick Waterman

2001

• Etta James
• Little Junior Parker
• Rufus Thomas
• Theresa Needham
• Robert Palmer

2002

• Ruth Brown
• Big Maceo Merriweather
• Jim O'Neal

2003

• Fats Domino
• Pinetop Perkins
• Sippie Wallace
• Dinah Washington
• Ralph Bass

2004

• Bo Diddley
• Blind Boy Fuller
• J. Mayo Williams

2005

• Walter Davis
• Ike Turner
• H. C. Speir

2006

• Paul Butterfield
• James Cotton
• Roy Milton
• Bobby Rush
• Bihari brothers
• Bobby Robinson
• Jerry Wexler

2007

• Dave Bartholomew
• Dr. John
• Eddie “Guitar Slim” Jones
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe
• Ahmet Ertegun
• Art Rupe

2008

• Jimmy McCracklin
• Mississippi Sheiks
• Hubert Sumlin
• Johnny "Guitar" Watson
• Peetie Wheatstraw
• Jimmy Witherspoon
• John Hammond
• Paul Oliver

2009

• Reverend Gary Davis
• Son Seals
• Taj Mahal
• Irma Thomas
• Clifford Antone
• Mike Leadbitter
• Bob Porter

2010

• Lonnie Brooks
• Gus Cannon
• W. C. Handy
• Amos Milburn
• Charlie Musselwhite
• Bonnie Raitt
• Peter Guralnick
• "Sunshine" Sonny Payne

2011

• Big Maybelle
• Robert Cray
• John P. Hammond
• Alberta Hunter
• Denise LaSalle
• J. B. Lenoir
• Bruce Bromberg
• Vivian Carter
• James Bracken
• Samuel Charters
• John Wesley Work III

2012

• Billy Boy Arnold
• Mike Bloomfield
• Buddy Johnson
• Ella Johnson
• Lazy Lester
• Furry Lewis
• Matt "Guitar" Murphy
• Frank Stokes
• Allen Toussaint
• Chris Albertson
• Horst Lippmann
• Fritz Rau
• Doc Pomus
• Pervis Spann

2013

• Earl Hooker
• Jimmie Rodgers
• Jody Williams
• Joe Louis Walker
• Little Brother Montgomery
• Otis Clay
• Cosimo Matassa
• Dave Clark
• Henry Glover

2014

• Dick Shurman
• Don Robey
• Mike Kappus
• Big Jay McNeely
• Eddie Shaw
• Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
• R. L. Burnside
• Robert Pete Williams