In the Gallery of Illustrious Sons and Daughters of the City Hall are the portraits of the following people:

• Bernat Calvó, religious (1180-1243)
• Cristófol Robuster of Sentmenat, religious (1525-1603)
• Francisc Robuster i Sala, religious (1538-1607)
• Bonaventura Salas i Bofarull, religious (18th century)
• Antoni Salas i Simó, religious (1713-1797)
• Francesc Narcís Sunyer i Veciana, trader (1767-1847)
• Prosper de Bofarull Mascaró, writer (1777-1859)
• Josep Sardà i Cailà, lawyer and politician (1784-1869)
• Salvador de Brocà i de Bofarull, jurist (1807-1879)
• Joan Martell Domènech, politician and military (1808-1867)
• Andreu de Bofarull i Brocà, historian (1810-1882)
• Pere Mata i Fontanet, doctor, politician and writer (1811-1877)
• Joan Prim i Prats, military and politician (1814-1870) (His portrait presides over the Saló de Plens)
• Maria Rosa Molas i Vallvè, religious (1815-1876)
• Miquel Domènech i Veciana, religious (1816-1878)
• Maria Quer i Ivern, religious (1818-1883)
• Antoni de Bofarull i Brocà, writer and historian (1821-1892)
• Josep Alberich i Cases, doctor (1824-1878)
• Joan Baptista Grau i Vallespinós, religious (1832-1893)
• Josep Tapiró i Baró, painter (1836-1913)
• Marià Fortuny i Marsal, artist (1838-1874)
• Josep Llovera i Bofill, painter (1846-1896)
• Baldomer Galofre i Ximenes, painter (1846-1902)
• Joan Sol i Ortega, politician and lawyer (1849-1913)
• Joaquim M. Bartrina i d'Aixemús, poet and philosopher (1850-1880)
• Rosa Mauri i Segura, dancer (1850-1923)
• Josep Martí i Folguera, poet and playwright (1850-1929)
• Guillem Maria Brocà de Montagut, jurisconsult (1850-1918)
• Antoni Gaudí i Cornet, architect (1852-1926)
• Eduard Toda i Güell, diplomat and writer (1855-1941)
• Emili Briansó Planes, psychiatrist and politician (1863-1922)
• Alexandre Frias i Roig, doctor and publicist (1878-1963)
• Salvador Vilaseca i Anguera, doctor and historian (1896-1975)
• Joan Rebull i Torroja, sculptor (1899-1981)
• Ceferí Olivé Cabré, watercolorist (1907-1995) [in the Gallery, in sculpture]
• Modest Gené, sculptor (1914-1983)
• Gabriel Ferrater i Soler, writer (1922-1972)
• Xavier Amorós i Solà, writer and politician (1923 - 2022)
• Ramon Ferran Pagès, sculptor (1927-2015)
• Josep Gil Ribas, theologian (1928)
• Anton Pont Amenós, entrepreneur (1934)
• Jaume Gil Aluja, economist (1936)
  
• Joaquim Mallafrè Gavaldà, translator and philologist (1941 - 2024)
• Ernest Benach i Pascual, politician (1959)

In addition to these, there are other people who have also been distinguished with the title of illustrious son or daughter, although their image is not in the gallery:

• Joan Roig i Solé, sculptor (1835 - 1918)
• Josep Güell i Mercader, writer and politician (1839 - 1905)
• Antoni Aulèstia Pijoan, historian (1849-1908)
• Manuel Sardà i Martí, merchant and politician (1860-1921)
• Jaume Aiguader Miró; doctor, writer and politician (1882-1943)
• Romà Perpinyà Grau, economist (1902-1991)
• Carles Martí Massagué, lawyer and politician (1907-1992)
• Antoni Pedrol Rius, lawyer and jurisconsult (1910-1992)
• Francesc Tosquelles Llauradó, psychiatrist (1912-1994)
• Josep Laporte Salas, doctor and politician (1922-2005)
• Gabriel Ferraté Pascual, industrial engineer and agricultural expert (1932)
• Albert Vilalta González, engineer and politician (1933-2013)
• Ramon Gomis de Barbarà, doctor and writer (1946)
• Lluís Pasqual Sànchez, theater director (1951)

Adoptive sons and daughters

• Lluís Domènech i Montaner, architect (1850-1923)
• Bonaventura Vallespinosa Salvat, doctor and translator (1899-1987)
• Joan Busquets i Crusat, businessman (1902-1997) (with portrait in the Gallery of Illustrious and Adoptive Children)
• Josep Andreu Abelló, lawyer and politician (1906-1993)
• Joan Mestre Teacher, farmer, cooperativist (1908-1977)
• Josep Guix Sugrañes, writer (1911-1993)
• Josep Solé Barberà, lawyer and politician (1913-1988)
• Lluís Berini Bassa, lawyer and politician (1948-1991)
• Neus Segrià Fortuny, ceramist (1930) (with portrait in the Gallery of Illustrious and Adoptive Children)