| President | Year | Picture | Awardee | Province | Category | Notes |
| Ferdinand Marcos | 1972 | | Fernando Cueto Amorsolo (1892–1972) | Manila | Visual Arts – Painting | posthumous conferment |
| 1973 | | Francisca Santos Reyes-Aquino (1899–1983) | Bulacan | Dance | |
| | Carlos Modesto "Botong" Villaluz Francisco (1912–1969) | Rizal | Visual Arts – Painting | posthumous conferment |
| | Amado Vera Hernández (1903–1970) | Manila | Literature |
| | Antonio Jesus Naguiat Molina (1894–1980) | Manila | Music | |
| | Juan Felipe de Jesus Nakpil (1899–1986) | Manila | Architecture | |
| | Guillermo Estrella Tolentino (1890–1976) | Bulacan | Visual Arts – Sculpture | |
| | José García Villa (1908–1997) | Manila | Literature | |
| 1976 | | Napoleón "Billy" Veloso Abueva (1930–2018) | Bohol | Visual Arts – Sculpture | |
| | Leonor Luna Orosa-Goquingco (1917–2005) | Batangas | Dance | |
| | Lamberto Vera Avellana (1915–1991) | Mountain Province | Film and Theater | |
| | Nicomedes "Nick" Márquez Joaquín (1917–2004) | Manila | Literature | |
| | Jovita Flores Fuentes (1895–1978) | Capiz | Music | |
| | Victorio Cándido Edades (1895–1985) | Pangasinan | Visual Arts – Painting | |
| | Pablo Sebero Antonio Sr. (1901–1975) | Manila | Architecture | posthumous conferment |
| 1981 | | Vicente Silva Manansala (1910–1981) | Pampanga | Visual Arts – Painting |
| 1982 | | Gerardo "Gerry" Ilagan de Leon (1913–1981) | Manila | Film |
| | Carlos Peña Rómulo (1898–1985) | Tarlac | Literature | |
| Corazon Aquino | 1987 | | Honorata "Atang" Márquez de la Rama-Hernández (1902–1991) | Manila | Theater and Music | |
| 1988 | | Antonino Ramírez Buenaventura (1904–1996) | Bulacan | Music | |
| | Lucrecia Faustino Reyes-Urtula (1929–1999) | Iloilo | Dance | |
| 1989 | | Lucrecia Roces Kasilag (1918–2008) | La Union | Music | |
| 1990 | | Zacarias Francisco "Franz" Quino Arcellana (1916–2002) | Manila | Literature | |
| | Cesar Torrente Legaspi (1917–1994) | Manila | Visual Arts – Painting | |
| | Leandro Valencia Locsín (1928–1994) | Negros Occidental | Architecture | |
| 1991 | | Hernando Ruiz Ocampo (1911–1978) | Manila | Visual Arts – Painting | posthumous conferment |
| | Lucio Diestro San Pedro Sr. (1913–2002) | Rizal | Music | |
| Fidel V. Ramos | 1997 | | Catalino "Lino" Ortiz Brocka (1939–1991) | Sorsogon | Film | posthumous conferment |
| | Felipe Padilla de León (1912–1992) | Nueva Ecija | Music |
| | Wilfrido María Barredo Guerrero (1911–1995) | Manila | Theater |
| | Rolando Santos Tinio (1937–1997) | Manila | Theater and Literature |
| | Néstor Vicente Madali González (1915–1999) | Romblon | Literature | |
| | Levi Celerio Cruz (1910–2002) | Manila | Music & Literature | |
| | Arturo Rogerio Luz (1926–2021) | Manila | Visual Arts – Painting | |
| | José Montserrat Maceda (1917–2004) | Manila and Laguna | Music | |
| | Carlos Lozada Quirino (1910–1999) | Manila | Historical Literature | |
| Joseph Estrada | 1999 | | Jerry Navarro Elizalde (1924–1999) | Antique | Visual Arts – Painting | posthumous conferment |
| | Ernani Joson Cuenco (1936–1988) | Bulacan | Music |
| | Andrea Carriaga Ofilada-Veneracion (1928–2013) | Manila | |
| | Edith Cutaran López-Tiempo (1919–2011) | Nueva Vizcaya and Negros Oriental | Literature | |
| | Daisy Pardo Hontiveros-Avellana (1917–2013) | Capiz | Theater | |
| Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | 2001 | | Ishmael Bernal (1938–1996) | Manila | Film | posthumous conferment |
| | Severino Tabat Montano (1915–1980) | Ilocos Norte | Theater |
| | Francisco Sionil José (1924–2022) | Pangasinan | Literature | |
| | Ang Kiukok (1931–2005) | Davao del Sur | Visual Arts – Painting | |
| 2003 | | Jose T. Joya (1931–1995) | Manila | posthumous conferment |
| | Virgilio Senadrin Almario (b. 1944) | Bulacan | Literature | |
| | Alejandro Reyes Roces (1924–2011) | Manila | |
| | Edgar Sinco Romero (1924–2013) | Negros Oriental | Film and Broadcast Arts | |
