The Automotive Hall of Fame is a hall of fame for notable figures in the development of the automobile industry. Founded in 1939, the group opened a permanent museum in Midland, Michigan, United States, in 1971. A new building was built in Dearborn, Michigan, in 1997 to house the museum.

Hall of Fame Inductees

Note: The year of induction is included in parentheses.

• Giovanni Agnelli (2002)
• O. Donavan Allen (1974)
• John W. Anderson (1972)
• Zora Arkus-Duntov (1991)
• Clarence W. Avery (1990)
• Warren E. Avis (2000)
• Bela Barenyi (1994)
• Vincent Bendix (1984)
• Walter Owen Bentley (1995)
• Carl Benz (1984)
• Nils Bohlin (1999)
• Robert Bosch (1984)
• Charles A. Bott (1990)
• Ernest R. Breech (1979)
• Allen K. Breed (1999)
• Carl Breer (1976)
• Edward G. Budd (1985)
• Gordon M. Buehrig (1989)
• Ettore Bugatti (2000)
• David D. Buick (1974)
• Philip Caldwell (1990)
• Frank J. Campbell (1996)
• Michael Cardone (1994)
• Walter F. Carey (1981)
• Albert C. Champion (1977)
• Roy D. Chapin, Jr (1984)
• Roy D. Chapin, Sr (1972)
• Louis Chevrolet (1969)
• Walter P. Chrysler (1967)
• André Citroën (1998)
• J. Harwood Cochrane (1991)
• Edward N. Cole (1977)
• Archie T. Colwell (1988)
• Errett Lobban Cord (1976)
• Frederick C. Crawford (1983)
• Clessie L. Cummins (1973)
• Harlow H. Curtice (1971)
• Gottlieb Daimler (1978)
• Charles A. Dana (1978)
• Edward Davis (1996)
• Ralph De Palma (1973)
• Joseph R. Degnan (1997)
• W. Edwards Deming (1991)
• Rudolf Diesel (1978)
• Arthur O. Dietz (1983)
• Abner Doble (1972)
• Horace E. Dodge (1981)
• John F. Dodge (1997)
• Frederic G. Donner (1994)
• Harold D. Draper (1991)
• Fred S. Duesenburg (1970)
• William C. Durant (1968)
• Charles Duryea (1973)
• Frank Duryea (1996)
• Harley J. Earl (1986)
• Joseph O. Eaton (1983)
• John E. Echlin (1985)
• Thomas A. Edison (1969)
• Elliot M. Estes (1999)
• Henry T. Ewald (1996)
• Virgil Exner (1995)
• Battista Farina (2004)
• Enzo Ferrari (2000)
• Harvey S. Firestone, Jr (1975)
• Harvey S. Firestone, Sr (1974)
• Carl G. Fisher (1971)
• Alfred J. Fisher (1995)
• Charles T. Fisher (1995)
• Fred J. Fisher (1995)
• William A. Fisher (1995)
• Edward A. Fisher (1995)
• Lawrence P. Fisher (1995)
• Howard A. Fisher (1995)
• Walter E. Flanders (1994)
• Edsel Ford (1968)
• Henry Ford (1967)
• Henry Ford, II (1983)
• Bill France, Sr. (2004)
• Herbert H. Franklin (1972)
• Carlyle Fraser (1981)
• Douglas A. Fraser (2000)
• Martin Fromm (1993)
• Thomas N. Frost (1970)
• Don Garlits (2004)
• Joe Girard (2001)
• Giorgetto Giugiaro (2002)
• John E. Goerlich (1990)
• Martin E. Goldman (1981)
• Andy Granatelli (2003)
• Richard H. Grant (1971)
• Zenon C.R. Hansen (1983)
• Donald Healey (2004)
• Max Hoffman (2003)
• William E. Holler (1969)
• Earl Holley (1995)
• George M. Holley, Sr. (1995)
• Soichiro Honda (1989)
• August Horch (2000)
• Anton Hulman, Jr (1978)
• Lee Hunter (1992)
• J.R. Hyde III (2004)
• Lee A. Iacocca (1994)
• Alec Issigonis (2003)
• Thomas B. Jeffery (1975)
• Fred Jones (1994)
• Henry B. Joy (2003)
• Yutaka Katayama (1998)
• K.T. Keller (1971)
• Frank D. Kent (1989)
• Charles F. Kettering (1967)
• William S. Knudsen (1968)
• John W. Koons, Sr (1988)
• Edward C. Larson (1984)
• Elliott Lehman (1993)
• Henry M. Leland (1973)
• Paul Weeks Litchfield (1984)
• Raymond Loewy (1997)
• Wilton D. Looney (1992)
• J. Edward Lundy (2003)
• John M. Mack (1972)
• Wilhelm Maybach (1996)
• Frank E. McCarthy (2002)
• Denise McCluggage (2001)
• Robert B. McCurry (1997)
• Brouwer D. McIntyre (1975)
• Robert Samuel McLaughlin (1973)
• Robert S. McNamara (1995)
• Rene C. McPherson (1991)
• Edouard Michelin (2002)
• Andre Michelin (2002)
• Harry A. Miller (2003)
• William L. Mitchell (1993)
• Hubert C. Moog (1988)
• Charles S. Mott (1973)
• Thomas A. Murphy (1990)
• Charles W. Nash (1975)
• Henry J. Nave (1992)
• Heinrich Nordhoff (1985)
• Barney Oldfield (1968)
• Ransom E. Olds (1968)
• Carl Opel (1998)
• Ludwig Opel (1998)
• Wilhelm Opel (1998)
• Friedrich Opel (1998)
• Heinrich Opel (1998)
• Nikolaus Otto (1996)
• James Ward Packard (1999)
• William Doud Packard (1999)
• Wally Parks (2000)
• Thomas S. Perry (1996)
• Donald E. Petersen (1992)
• Richard Petty (2002)
• Armand Peugeot (1999)
• Charles M. Pigott (1998)
• Charles J. Pilliod (1992)
• Harold A. Poling (1999)
• Ralph Lane Polk (2001)
• Ferdinand Porsche (1987)
• Heinz Prechter (2004)
• William A. Raftery (1997)
• Alice Huyler Ramsey (2000)
• Louis Renault (2003)
• Walter P. Reuther (1990)
• Eddie Rickenbacker (1973)
• James M. Roche (1992)
• Willard F. Rockwell (1980)
• George W. Romney (1995)
• Frederick Henry Royce (1991)
• James A. Ryder (1985)
• Louis Schwitzer (1970)
• Kenneth W. Self (1994)
• Wilbur Shaw (1987)
• Carroll Shelby (1992)
• Owen R. Skelton (2002)
• Alfred P. Sloan (1967)
• Arthur O. Smith (1988)
• Lloyd R. Smith (1988)
• Charles E. Sorensen (2001)
• Clarence W. Spicer (1995)
• Francis E. Stanley (1996)
• Freelan O. Stanley (1996)
• Walter W. Stillman (1987)
• John W. Stokes (1970)
• William B. Stout (2001)
• Robert A. Stranahan (1979)
• Harry C. Stutz (1993)
• Genichi Taguchi (1997)
• Walter C. Teagle (1974)
• Ralph R. Teetor (1988)
• Henry H. Timken (1977)
• Eiji Toyoda (1994)
• Preston Tucker (1999)
• Edwin J. Umphrey (1974)
• Jesse G. Vincent (1971)
• Eberhard von Kuenheim (2004)
• Roy Warshawsky (2001)
• Elmer H. Wavering (1989)
• J. Irving Whalley (1981)
• Rollin H. White (1997)
• Walter C. White (1997)
• Windsor T. White (1997)
• John L. Wiggins (1975)
• C. Harold Wills (1970)
• Charles E. Wilson (1969)
• Jiro Yanase (2004)
• Fred M. Young (1986)
• Fred M. Zeder (1998)
• Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin (1998)

Industry Leader of the Year

2004 – Carlos Ghosn

2003 – Michael J. Jackson

2002 – G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.

2001 – Fujio Cho

2000 – Kenneth Way

1999 – John Smith Jr.

1998 – Southwood Morcott

1997 – Alex Trotman

1996 – Richard Dauch

1995 – Robert Eaton

1994 – Roger Penske

1993 – Harold Poling

1992 – Frederick Mancheski

1991 – John Grettenberger

1990 – Heinz Prechter

1989 – Dr. Ruben Mettler

1988 – Robert Galvin

1987 – Donald Petersen

1986 – Roger B. Smith

1985 – John Curcio

1984 – Philip Caldwell

1983 – Roger B. Smith

1982 – Lee Iacocca