2006 – Amanda-Jane Taylor
2005 – Angus Farquharson
2004 – Peter Mitchell
2003 – Gothenburg Heroes
2002 – Olympic Gold winning Curling Team
2001 – Sarah Mack
2000 – Roy Walker
1999 – The Krankies
1998 – Captain Colin Farquharson
1997 – Jamie Theakston
1996 – Lesley Joseph
1995 – Rosemarie Ford
1994 – Lieutenant General Sir Peter Graham
1993 – Linda Lusardi
1991 – Rod Hull & Emu
1990 – Jimmy Cricket
1989 – Stu Francis
1988 – Allan Stewart
1987 – Jim McColl and Carole Baxter
1986 – Air Marshall Sir John Donald
1985 – Keith Chegwin
1984 – Jane Franchi
1983 – Andy Cameron
1981 – Scotland the What
1980 – Dr Maitland Mackie
1979 – Nicholas Parsons
1978 – Diana Dors
1977 – Marchioness of Aberdeen (Queen’s silver jubilee)
1976 – Robert Dougal
1975 – Anne Lorne Gillies
1974 – Donny B McLeod
1973 – Bobby Charlton
1972 – Maitland Mackie jnr
1971 – David Dimbleby
1966 – Michael Miles
1969 – The Alexander Brothers
1968 – He Who Shall Not Be Named
1967 – Alexander Pirie (in his 100th year)
1965 – Frankie Vaughan
1964 – Anne Shelton (cancelled -Typhoid)
1963 – Patricia Phoenix
1960 – Miss Morren (crowned Lady Jane Gordon)
1959 – Calum Kennedy
1958 – Major Gordon
1957 – Jon Whiteley
1956 – Robin B Duff
1954 – Lord Aberdeen
1953 – Mrs Wingate
1952 – Captain A Manson
1951 – H R Spence MP
1955 – Richard Dimbleby
1949 – N M Paterson
1948 – Lord Provost Tommy Mitchell
