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 | |
| 1983 | Ray Charles | |
| 1984 | Ella Fitzgerald Marian Anderson Gordon Parks Alberta Hunter Paul Robeson | |
| 1987 | Esther Rolle Linda Hopkins | |
| 1988 | Marvin Gaye | |
| 1989 | Sammy Davis Jr. Oprah Winfrey Ossie Davis Ruby Dee | |
| 1990 | Etta James | |
| 1992 | The Four Tops The O'Jays The Temptations The Dells | |
| 1993 | Carmen McRae Jerry Butler | |
| 1994 | Earth, Wind and Fire | |
| 1996 | Richard Pryor | |
| 1997 | Aretha Franklin George Clinton | |
| 1998 | Nancy Wilson The Isley Brothers | |
| 1999 | Kathleen Battle | |
| 2001 | Sidney Poitier | |
| 2002 | Little Richard | |
| 2003 | Spike Lee | |
| 2004 | Ray Charles | |
| 2005 | Oprah Winfrey | |
| 2006 | Carlos Santana | |
| 2007 | Bill Cosby | |
| 2008 | Stevie Wonder | |
| 2009 | Clarence Avant | |
| 2019 |