Maxine Clark
Founder & former Chief Executive Bear
Build-A-Bear Workshop
Inductee 2025

Sharon DiMinico
Founder & Chair
Learning Express Toys
Inductee 2025

Professor Ernő Rubik
Inventor
Rubik’s Cube
Inductee 2025

Edwin S. Lowe
Founder
ES Lowe and Company
Inductee 2025

Charles Pajeau
Founder, Toy Tinker
Inventor, Tinkertoy
Inductee 2025

Marty Scheman
CEO of Illco Toy
President of Tyco-Preschool
Inductee 2025

Izannah Walker
American dollmaker & Inventor
Inductee 2025

Ronnen Harary, Anton Rabie, & Ben Varadi
Co-founders
Spin Master
Inducted 2023

Mary Couzin
Founder & President
ChiTAG & People of Play
Inducted 2023

John McLoughlin
Founder
McLoughlin Brothers
Inducted 2023

Rose O’Neill
Inventor
Kewpie Dolls
Inducted 2023

David Ring
Founder
Larami Corporation
Inducted 2023

John Lloyd Wright
Inventor
Lincoln Logs
Inducted 2023

Jim Pressman
President
Pressman Toy Corporation
Inductee 2022

Bob Wann
Retired
PlayMonster
Inductee 2022

Johnny Gruelle
Creator
Raggedy Ann & Raggedy Andy
Inductee 2022

Lucille King
Founder
Playskool Institute
Inductee 2022

Philip Bloom
Founder & Former Publisher
The Bloom Report
Inducted 2021

William C. Killgallon
Chairman of the Board
The Ohio Art Company
Inducted 2021

Pleasant T. Rowland
Founder
American Girl, division of Mattel, Inc
Inducted 2021

Margarete Steiff
Founder & Creator
Steiff
Inducted 2021

Thomas Chan
Founder & CEO
Playmates Toys Inc
Inducted 2020

Thomas G.
Murdough, Jr.
Founder
Little Tikes/Step2/Simplay3
Inducted 2020

Harry Kislevitz
Founder
Colorforms Corporation
Inducted 2020

Brian Goldner
Chairman & CEO
Hasbro, Inc
Inductee 2019

Stan Lee
Former Chairman
Marvel Comics
Inductee 2019

Joe Mendelsohn
Former President
Kenner Products
Inductee 2019

Andrea Barthello
Co-Founder
ThinkFun, Inc.
Inducted 2018

James Becker
Founder, Past President
Anjar Co.
Inducted 2018

Peter Eio
Former President
LEGO Systems, Inc.
Inducted 2017

Ray Larsen
Founder
RLA Marketing
Inducted 2017

Sydney Rosen
Former Owner of Rose-Art,
Cra-Z-Art
Inducted 2017

Robert A. Iger
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
The Walt Disney Company
Inducted 2016

Pat Feely
Retired CEO of Radica Games Ltd.
Former Chairman, Toy Industry Foundation
Inducted 2015

Leslie Berger
Founder 
Cardinal Industries, Inc.
Inducted 2015

Jill Barad
Mattel
Inducted 2014

Horst Brandstätter
PLAYMOBIL/geobra Brandstätter GmbH
Inducted 2014

Jack Friedman
JAKKS Pacific
Inducted 2014

Arthur "Spud" Melin & Richard Knerr
Wham-O Toys
Inducted 2014

Judy Ellis
Fashion Institute of Technology
Inducted 2013

Russ Berrie
Russ Berrie & Company
Inducted 2013

Arnie Rubin
Funrise Toy Corporation
Inducted 2012

Frederick August Otto Schwarz
FAO Schwarz
Inducted 2012

Al Verrecchia
Hasbro, Inc.
Inducted 2011

Donald Duncan Sr.
Duncan Yo-Yo Company
Inducted 2011

John Lasseter
Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios
Inducted 2010

Sam Walton
WalMart, Sam’s Club
Inducted 2010

Joan Ganz Cooney
Sesame Workshop
Inducted 2009

Jack Pressman
Pressman Toy Company
Inducted 2009

Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen
LEGO
Inducted 2008

George Lucas
Lucasfilm, Ltd.
Inducted 2007

Binney & Smith
Crayola Crayons
Inducted 2006

Reuben Klamer
Reuben Klamer & Associates
Inducted 2005

Lionel Weintraub
Ideal Toy Corporation
Inducted 2005

Milton Bradley
Milton Bradley
Inducted 2004

George Ditomassi
Milton Bradley / Hasbro
Inducted 2004

Neil B. Friedman
Lionel, Hasbro, Gerber, MCA/Universal, Tyco, Fisher-Price, Mattel
Inducted 2004

Eddy Goldfarb
Eddy Goldfarb and Associates
Inducted 2003

Antonio Pasin
Radio Flyer
Inducted 2003

David A. Miller
Inducted 2002
Toy Manufacturers of America (now The Toy Association)

Betty M. James
James Industries
Inducted 2001

Beatrice Alexander Behrman
Madame Alexander Doll Company
Inducted 2000

Fred Ertl, Jr.
Ertl Company
Inducted 2000

Michael Goldstein
Toys“R”Us
Inducted 1999

Jeffrey Breslow, Howard Morrison and Rouben Terzian
Marvin Glass and Associates
Inducted 1998

Russell L. Wenkstern
Tonka Toys
Inducted 1998

Thomas J. Kalinske
Mattel, Universal Matchbox, Sega, Leapfrog
Inducted 1997

Howard Moore
Toys“R”Us, Moore’s Toy Stores, Toy Barn Stores, Toy Town USA
Inducted 1997

Sy Ziv
Toys“R”Us
Inducted 1997

Richard E. Grey
Tyco
Inducted 1996

John Amerman
Mattel
Inducted 1995

Alan G. Hassenfeld
Hasbro
Inducted 1994

Aaron Locker
Toy Manufacturers of America (now The Toy Association)
Inducted 1993

Albert Steiner
Kenner Products Company
Inducted 1993

Jim Henson
The Jim Henson Company
Inducted 1992

Bernard Loomis
Mattel, General Mills, Hasbro, Bernard Loomis, Inc.
Inducted 1992

Henry Coords
Hasbro
Inducted 1991

Stephen Hassenfeld
Hasbro
Inducted 1991

Charles Lazarus
Toys“R”Us, Inc.
Inducted 1990

Edward Parker
Parker Brothers
Inducted 1990

Ole Kirk Christiansen
LEGO
Inducted 1989

Ruth & Elliot Handler
Mattel
Inducted 1989

Benjamin F. Michtom
Ideal Toy and Novelty Company
Inducted 1989

Walter Armatys
Toy Manufacturers of America (now The Toy Association)
Inducted 1988

Morey W. Kasch
M. W. Kasch Company
Inducted 1988

James Shea
Milton Bradley
Inducted 1988

Joshua Lionel Cowen
Lionel Corporation
Inducted 1987

Walt Disney
Walt Disney
Inducted 1987

George Parker
Parker Brothers
Inducted 1986

Charles Raizen
Transogram Company
Inducted 1986

Raymond P. Wagner
Mattel
Inducted 1986

Herman G. Fisher
Fisher-Price
Inducted 1985

Jerome M. Fryer
CBS Toys
Inducted 1985

A.C. Gilbert
A.C. Gilbert Company
Inducted 1985

Marvin Glass
Marvin Glass and Associates
Inducted 1985

Nathan Greenman
Greenman Brothers, Inc.
Inducted 1985

Merrill L. Hassenfeld
Hasbro
Inducted 1985

Louis Marx
Louis Marx and Company
Inducted 1985