Since ISOH was founded more than thirty years ago, many people have made great efforts to make Olympic history visible and played a crucial role in making it more widely known. . The ISOH owes a great debt of gratitude to all these people and honours outstanding trailblazers and fellow campaigners as honorary members.
2016 John Grasso (1943-2024) | United States of America
Treasurer of the ISOH from 2004-2016
2011 Karl Lennartz (1940-2014) | Germany
Third ISOH President from 2004-2012
2011 Ture Widlund (1934-2018) | Sweden
Founding member of the ISOH and first Vice-President of the ISOH
2009 Jacques Rogge (1942-2021) | Belgium
President of the IOC from 2001-2013
2007 Ton Bijkerk (1931-2017) | The Netherlands
Founding member and second Secretary- General of the ISOH from 1991-2016
2004 Bill Mallon (*1952) | United States of America
Founding member of the ISOH; first Secretary-General of the ISOH; second ISOH President
2002 Fékrou Kidané (1935-2022) | Ethiopia
Former director of the Executive Office of the IOC President
2000 Ian Buchanan (1935-2008) | United Kingdom
First President of the ISOH
1999 Wolf Lyberg (1917-2012) | Sweden
Former Secretary-General of the Swedish Olympic Committee and longtime Olympic historian and statistician
1996 Karel Wendl (1930-2019) | Czech Republic
Former director of the Olympic Research Department of the IOC
1992 Juan Antonio Samaranch (1920-2010) | Spain
President of the IOC from 1981 to 2001; Honorary President for Life of the International Olympic Committee
1991 Erich Kamper (1914-1995) | Austria
Honorary President, doyen of all Olympic historians