| 1896 | Georgios I, King of Greece (King) |
| 1904 | David Francis (President, Louisiana Purchase International Exposition) |
| 1908 | Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (King) |
| 1912 | Gustav V, Kung av Sverige (King) |
| 1920 | Albert I, Roi des Belges (King) |
| 1924 | Gaston Doumergue (President) |
| 1928 | Hendrik van Mecklenburg-Schwerin (His Royal Highness Prince) |
| 1932 | Charles Curtis (Vice-President) |
| 1936 | Adolf Hitler (Chancellor) |
| 1948 | George VI, King of the United Kingdom (King) |
| 1952 | Juho Kusti Paasikivi (President) |
| 1956 | Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (His Royal Highness) |
| 1960 | Giovanni Gronchi (President) |
| 1964 | Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (Emperor) |
| 1968 | Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (President) |
| 1972 | Gustav Heinemann (President) |
| 1976 | Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (Queen) |
| 1980 | Leonid Brezhnev (President) |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (President) |
| 1988 | No Tae-Wu (President) |
| 1992 | Juan Carlos, Príncipe Herdeiro de Borbón (King) |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton (President) |
| 2000 | William Deane (Governor-General) |
| 2004 | Konstantinos Stefanopoulos (President) |
| 2008 | Hu Jintao (President) |
| 2012 | Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (Queen) |
| 2016 | Michel Temer (Acting president) |
| 2020 | Naruhito, Emperor of Japan (Emperor of Japan) |