# Transformers Hall of Fame

The official Transformers Hall of Fame was created by Hasbro to honor the most distinguished people behind the Transformers toy and entertainment franchise, along with some of the more popular Transformers characters. The Hall of Fame contains 32 characters and 22 humans as of April 2022.

## Selection process

Each year, Hasbro selects which individuals will be inducted into the human portion of the Hall of Fame. Hasbro also selects certain characters which it feels are deserving of enshrining in the Transformers portion of the Hall of Fame. For the purposes of the Hall of Fame, characters are not differentiated between the different continuities. Character biographies tend to reflect the characters as they are represented in Hasbro's current unified continuity.
Hasbro solicits additional nominations from various Transformers fan sites for the Fans' Choice Inductee. The top five nominees are eligible for election to the Hall of Fame, and voting takes place in April on the official Transformers website. The winner is announced at the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.

## Induction ceremony

The Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony occurs each year at BotCon, the official Transformers fan convention. The event is semi-formal, with inductees and presenters in formal attire, with attendees in business casual attire. In 2010, the ceremony was a dinner held at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resorts and Convention Center in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The 2011 ceremony was held at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California.
Each human inductee is awarded a trophy, depicting Optimus Prime holding up the Matrix of Leadership, and is allowed to make an acceptance speech. Each character inducted, and each Fans' Choice finalist, is honored with a music video. (Erector was honored with a mockumentary, rather than a music video.) The Fans' Choice Inductee is revealed with a music video set to "The Touch."

## Inductees
### Human inductees

| Inductee | Class | Contribution |
| Budiansky, BobBob Budiansky | 2010 | Writer of the original Marvel Transformers comics and most of the Generation One character profiles. |
| Cullen, PeterPeter Cullen | 2010 | Long-serving voice actor of Optimus Prime in several incarnations of the franchise, most notably The Transformers, Transformers Prime, and the film franchise. |
| Ono, KojinKōjin Ōno | 2010 | Designer of first Transformers toys. |
| Yoke, HideakiHideaki Yoke | 2010 | Takara's lead designer of Transformers. |
| Bay, MichaelMichael Bay | 2011 | Director of the first five Transformers live-action films. |
| Spielberg, StevenSteven Spielberg | 2011 | Executive Producer of the live-action films. |
| Furman, SimonSimon Furman | 2012 | Writer of a multitude of Transformers comics. |
| Latta, ChrisChris Latta | 2012 | Voice actor for Starscream, Wheeljack, and Sparkplug Witwicky in The Transformers. |
| Bush, StanStan Bush | 2014 | Songwriter and vocalist of several songs from The Transformers: The Movie. |
| Welker, FrankFrank Welker | 2015 | Voice actor for several characters, most notably Megatron and Soundwave in The Transformers, Transformers Prime, and the film franchise. |
| Dicola, VinceVince DiCola | 2015 | Composer of The Transformers: The Movie. |
| Kaye, DavidDavid Kaye | 2016 | Voice actor for several characters, most notably Megatron in Beast Wars, Beast Machines, and the Unicron Trilogy and Optimus Prime in Transformers Animated. |
| Nelson, JuddJudd Nelson | 2016 | Voice actor for Hot Rod in The Transformers: The Movie. |
| Yankovic, Al"Weird Al" Yankovic | 2016 | Songwriter of Dare to Be Stupid, featured on the soundtrack of The Transformers: The Movie Voice actor for Wreck-Gar in Transformers Animated. |
| Blu, SusanSusan Blu | 2017 | Voice actor for Arcee in The Transformers and Transformers Animated. Voice director for Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Transformers Animated and Transformers Prime. |
| di Bonaventura, LorenzoLorenzo di Bonaventura | 2017 | Producer of the live-action films. |
| Barber, JohnJohn Barber | 2018 | Editor in Chief of IDW Publishing. Writer of a multitude of Transformers comics published by IDW. |
| Dille, FlintFlint Dille | 2019 | Story editor and scriptwriter for The Transformers. |
| Kunihiro, TakashiTakashi Kunihiro | 2019 | Takara Transformers toy designer. |
| Berger, GreggGregg Berger | 2020 | Voice actor for several characters, most notably Grimlock in The Transformers and subsequent media. |
| Moschitta Jr., JohnJohn Moschitta Jr. | 2021 | Voice actor for Blurr in The Transformers and Transformers Animated. |
| Guidi, GuidoGuido Guidi | 2021 | Transformers comic artist for Dreamwave Productions and IDW Publishing. |
| Orenstein, HenryHenry Orenstein | 2022 | Helped brought the Transformers over from Japan. |
| Ejima, TakioTakio Ejima | 2023 | Designed several Transformers Toys |

### Character inductees

| Inductee | Class | Continuity |
| Optimus PrimeOptimus Prime | 2010 | Multiple |
| BumblebeeBumblebee | 2010 | Multiple |
| MegatronMegatron | 2010 | Multiple |
| StarscreamStarscream | 2010 | Multiple |
| DinobotDinobot | 2010 | Beast Wars |
| SoundwaveSoundwave | 2011 | Multiple |
| IronhideIronhide | 2011 | Multiple |
| RatchetRatchet | 2011 | Multiple |
| WaspinatorWaspinator | 2011 | Multiple |
| GrimlockGrimlock | 2012 | Multiple |
| JazzJazz | 2012 | Multiple |
| ShockwaveShockwave | 2012 | Multiple |
| WheeljackWheeljack | 2012 | Multiple |
| Beast Wars MegatronBeast Wars Megatron | 2013 | Beast Wars/Beast Machines |
| Ultra MagnusUltra Magnus | 2013 | Multiple |
| ArceeArcee | 2014 | Multiple |
| RodimusRodimus | 2014 | Multiple |
| ProwlProwl | 2015 | Multiple |
| PredakingPredaking | 2015 | Multiple |
| CosmosCosmos | 2016 | Multiple |
| Optimus PrimalOptimus Primal | 2016 | Beast Wars/Beast Machines |
| GalvatronGalvatron | 2017 | Multiple |
| BarricadeBarricade | 2017 | Movieverse |
| TrypticonTrypticon | 2017 | Multiple |
| BlackarachniaBlackarachnia | 2018 | Multiple |
| BattletrapBattletrap | 2018 | Generation One |
| SkywarpSkywarp | 2019 | Multiple |
| Omega SupremeOmega Supreme | 2019 | Multiple |
| Knock OutKnock Out | 2020 | Prime |
| Sky LynxSky Lynx | 2020 | Generation One |
| InfernoInferno | 2021 | Beast Wars |
| TigatronTigatron | 2021 | Beast Wars |
| LugnutLugnut | 2022 | Multiple |
| MotormasterMotormaster | 2022 | Generation One |
| Sky-ByteSky-Byte | 2023 | Multiple |
| Optimus PrimeOptimus Prime | 2023 | Unicron Trilogy |

## Fans' choice finalists
### 2010

| Inductee | Continuity |
| DinobotDinobot | Beast Wars |
| GrimlockGrimlock | Multiple |
| JazzJazz | Multiple |
| ShockwaveShockwave | Multiple |
| SoundwaveSoundwave | Multiple |

### 2011

| Inductee | Continuity |
| WaspinatorWaspinator | Multiple |
| ErectorErector | Generation 1 |
| GrimlockGrimlock | Multiple |
| JazzJazz | Multiple |
| ShockwaveShockwave | Multiple |

### 2012

| Inductee | Continuity |
| WheeljackWheeljack | Multiple |
| ArceeArcee | Multiple |
| Beast Wars MegatronBeast Wars Megatron | Beast Wars/Beast Machines |
| RodimusRodimus | Multiple |
| Sky-ByteSky-Byte | Multiple |

### 2013

| Inductee | Continuity |
| ProwlProwl | Multiple |
| ArceeArcee | Multiple |
| Beast Wars MegatronBeast Wars Megatron | Beast Wars/Beast Machines |
| RodimusRodimus | Multiple |
| Ultra MagnusUltra Magnus | Multiple |