| Year | Name | Portrait | Comments | Country | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference |
|---|
| 1991 | Mariana Nicolesco
(b. 1948) | Soprano and honorary member of the Romanian Academy, named UNESCO Artist for Peace and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador | Romania}} | [2] |
| 1992 | George Emil Palade
(1912–2008) | Physician and scientist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1974 | Romania}}/{{flag|United States}} |
Viorica Cortez
(b. 1935) | Mezzo-soprano | Romania}}/{{flag|France}} |
Ileana Cotrubaș
(b. 1939) | Soprano | Romania}} |
Marina Krilovici
(b. 1942) | Soprano | Romania}} |
| Ionel Pantea | Opera singer and stage director, distinguished with the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg | Romania}} |
| 1994 | National football team, coaches, doctor and president of the Romanian Football Federation | Quarterfinalist in the 1994 FIFA World Cup | Romania}} |
Nadia Comăneci
(b. 1961) | Gymnast, first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic event and first Romanian sportswoman included in the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame | Romania}}/{{flag|United States}} |
| 1995 | Ion Irimescu
(1903–2005) | Sculptor, professor and honorary member of the Romanian Academy | Romania}} |
| Knights of the Order of Michael the Brave | Romania}} |
| 1996 | Paul Călinescu
(1902–2000) | Director and screenwriter | Romania}} |
Marin Sorescu
(1936–1996) | Writer and Minister of Culture (1993–1995), member of the Romanian Academy and laureate of the Herder Prize | Romania}} |
| 1997 | Pierre Mauroy
(1928–2013) | Mayor of Lille (1973–2001) and Prime Minister of France (1981–1984) | France}} |
Ion Voicu
(1923–1997) | Violinist and director of George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra | Romania}} |
Dumitrașcu Lăcătușu
(1891–1999) | Last Romanian veteran of the First World War | Romania}} |
| Livia S. Sylva | Holocaust survivor, cosmetic designer and commissioner of New York City Commission for the United Nations, Consular Corps and Protocol | Romania}}/{{flag|United States}} |
Bill Clinton
(b. 1946) | President of the United States (1993–2001) | United States}} |
Jacques Chirac
(b. 1932) | President of France (1995–2007) | France}} |
Gabriela Szabo
(b. 1975) | Olympic athlete and Minister of Youth and Sports (2014–2015), named in 1999 the world's best athlete | Romania}} |
Nicolae Herlea
(1927–2014) | Baritone | Romania}} |
| 1998 | Liviu Ciulei
(1923–2011) | Director, actor, scenographer, architect, professor and corresponding member of the Romanian Academy | Romania}} |
Nursultan Nazarbayev
(b. 1940) | President of Kazakhstan (1991–present) | Kazakhstan}} |
| 2000 | Gold, silver and bronze medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics | Romania}} |
| 2001 | Migry Avram Nicolau | Stage director | Romania}} |
| Tiberiu Simionescu | Founding member of the Ion Dacian National Theater of Operetta and Musical | Romania}} |
| Nicolae Ionescu-Dodo | Founding member of the Ion Dacian National Theater of Operetta and Musical | Romania}} |
George Zaharescu
(1927–2007) | Opera director, director of the Ion Dacian National Theater of Operetta and Musical | Romania}} |
Iolanda Balaș
(1936–2016) | Olympic athlete, president of the Romanian Athletics Federation (1988–2005) | Romania}} |
Radu Beligan
(1918–2016) | Actor and honorary member of the Romanian Academy | Romania}} |
Gheorghe Dinică
(1934–2009) | Actor | Romania}} |
Marin Moraru
(1937–2016) | Actor | Romania}} |
Tamara Buciuceanu
(b. 1929) | Actress | Moldova}}/{{flag|Romania}} |
Carmen Stănescu
(1925–2018) | Actress | Romania}} |
Damian Crâșmaru
(b. 1931) | Actor | Romania}} |
Mircea Albulescu
(1934–2016) | Actor, professor, publicist, poet and writer | Romania}} |
Olga Tudorache
(1929–2017) | Actress and professor | Romania}} |
Marcela Rusu
(1926–2002) | Actress | Romania}} |
Ion Zamfirescu
(1907–2001) | Theater historian and professor | Romania}} |
Ileana Berlogea
(1931–2002) | Theater historian, professor and critic | Romania}} |
Ion Toboșaru
(1930–2016) | Film critic, esthetician and theatrologist | Romania}} |
Horea Popescu
(1925–2010) | Director | Romania}} |
Margareta Niculescu
(b. 1926) | Puppetteer, professor, director and theater director | Romania}} |
Dinu Săraru
(b. 1932) | Theater director, playwright, essayist, publicist, novelist and writer | Romania}} |
Ștefan Iordache
(1941–2008) | Actor | Romania}} |
Dan Iordăchescu
(1930–2015) | Baritone | Romania}} |
Adela Mărculescu
(b. 1938) | Actress | Romania}} |
Draga Olteanu Matei
(b. 1933) | Actress | Romania}} |
Ludovic Spiess
(1938–2006) | Tenor, Minister of Culture (1991–1992) and director of the Romanian National Opera (2001–2005) | Romania}} |
Florin Piersic
(b. 1936) | Actor | Romania}} |
Gheorghe Zamfir
(b. 1941) | Musician and composer, self-described "master of the pan flute" | Romania}} |
Veta Biriș
(b. 1949) | Folk music singer | Romania}} |
Achim Nica
(1930–2012) | Folk music singer | Romania}} |
Maria Butaciu
(1940–2018) | Folk music singer | Romania}} |
Sava Negrean Brudașcu
(b. 1947) | Folk music singer | Romania}} |
Floarea Calotă
(b. 1956) | Folk music singer | Romania}} |
Matilda Pascal Cojocărița
(b. 1958) | Folk music singer | Romania}} |
Liviu Dafinescu
(1954–2004) | Director of Doina Gorjului Folklore Ensemble (1994–2004) | Romania}} |
Valeria Peter Predescu
(1947–2009) | Folk music singer | Romania}} |
Dumitru Fărcaș
(b. 1938) | Tárogató player | Romania}} |
Benone Sinulescu
(b. 1937) | Folk music singer | Romania}} |
Viorica Flintașu
(b. 1939) | Folk music singer | Romania}} |
| Elise Stan | TV producer | Romania}} |
Nicolae Furdui Iancu
(b. 1955) | Folk music singer | Romania}} |
| Floarea Tănăsescu | Folk music singer | Romania}} |
Laura Lavric
(b. 1946) | Folk music singer | Romania}} |
Gheorghe Turda
(b. 1948) | Folk music singer | Romania}} |
Grigore Leșe
(b. 1954) | Folk music singer and bassoon player | Romania}} |
Liviu Vasilică
(1950–2004) | Folk music singer and pediatrician | Romania}} |
Ion Luican
(1907–1992) | Folk music singer | Romania}} |
Sofia Vicoveanca
(b. 1941) | Folk music singer, poetess and actress | Ukraine}}/{{flag|Romania}} |
| 2005 | Stela Popescu
(1935–2017) | Actress | Moldova}}/{{flag|Romania}} |
| 2006 | Cristian Gațu
(b. 1945) | Olympic handball player and president of the Romanian Handball Federation (1996–2014) | Romania}} |
Marcel Guguianu
(1922–2012) | Sculptor | Romania}} |
David Esrig
(b. 1935) | Professor and theater director | Israel}}/{{flag|Romania}} |
| 2007 | Lucian Giurchescu
(b. 1930) | Director | Romania}} |
Tudor Petrov-Popa
(b. 1963) | Politician, fighter for the territorial integrity of Moldova during the Transnistria War | Moldova}} |
Andrei Ivanțoc
(b. 1961) | Politician, fighter for the territorial integrity of Moldova during the Transnistria War and political prisoner of the separatist regime in Tiraspol | Moldova}} |
Alexandru Leșco
(b. 1955) | Politician, fighter for the territorial integrity of Moldova during the Transnistria War | Moldova}} |
| 2008 | Rică Răducanu
(b. 1946) | Footballer, played in Romania national football team at the 1970 FIFA World Cup | Romania}} |
| 2009 | Horia Damian
(1922–2012) | Painter and honorary member of the Romanian Academy | Romania}}/{{flag|France}} |
| 2014 | Larisa Iordache
(b. 1996) | Olympic gymnast | Romania}} |
| 2016 | Maria Popa | Professor | Romania}} |
Neagu Djuvara
(1916–2018) | Historian, diplomat, philosopher, journalist and novelist | Romania}} |
| Members of the women's handball team – CSM București | Winner of the 2015–16 Women's EHF Champions League | Romania}} |
| Members of the women's volleyball team – CSM București | Winner of the 2015–16 CEV Women's Challenge Cup | Romania}} |
| Members of Romania's sword team | Gold medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics | Romania}} |
| 2017 | Cristian Țopescu
(1937–2018) | Sports commentator, journalist and politician | Romania}} |
Dinu C. Giurescu
(1927–2018) | Historian, politician and member of the Romanian Academy | Romania}} |
Herman Berkovits
(b. 1947) | Benjamin Netanyahu's personal physician and Viorica Dăncilă's honorary counselor | Romania}}/{{flag|Israel}} |
| Cătălin Badiu | Cardiovascular surgeon | Romania}} |
Cătălina Ponor
(b. 1987) | Olympic gymnast | Romania}} |
Marian Drăgulescu
(b. 1980) | Olympic gymnast | Romania}} |
Ileana Vulpescu
(b. 1932) | Philologist, lexicographer, writer, novelist and translator | Romania}} |
Alexandru Arșinel
(b. 1939) | Actor and director of Constantin Tănase Revue Theater | Romania}} |
Ilie Ilașcu
(b. 1952) | Politician and political prisoner of the separatist regime in Tiraspol | Moldova}}/{{flag|Romania}} |
Mircea Lucescu
(b. 1945) | Footballer and selector of Romania and Turkey national football teams | Romania}} |
Cristina Neagu
(b. 1988) | Professional handball player, the only handball player in history to win three IHF World Player of the Year awards | Romania}} |
Angela Gheorghiu
(b. 1965) | Soprano, one of the most famous opera singers in the world | Romania}} |
Alexandra Nechita
(b. 1985) | Painter and muralist, dubbed "little Picasso" | Romania}}/{{flag|United States}} |
Simona Halep
(b. 1991) | Professional tennis player, first Romanian tenniswoman to become world No. 1 on the WTA Tour | Romania}} |
Ion Caramitru
(b. 1942) | Actor, Minister of Culture (1996–2000), president of UNITER (1990–present) and director of Ion Luca Caragiale National Theater (2005–present) | Romania}} |
Helmuth Duckadam
(b. 1959) | Footballer and president of FC Steaua București | Romania}} |
| Dorin Petruț | Lieutenant colonel injured in Camp Victory in 2007 and professional archer | Romania}} |
Daniel Porumb
(b. 1980) | Sergeant injured in Iraq in April 2007 | Romania}} |
| Eugen Valentin Pătru | Corporal injured in Afghanistan in March 2014 | Romania}} |
1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www4.pmb.ro/wwwt/l52/docs/07_09_2007.pdf |title=REGULAMENT pentru acordarea titlului de Cetățean de Onoare al Municipiului București |work=Primăria Municipiului București |language=Romanian}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.pmb.ro/orasul/cetateni_onoare/cetateni_onoare.pdf |title=Cetățeni de onoare |work=Primăria Municipiului București |language=Romanian}}
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