| 1 | Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | August 13, 1952 | May 12, 1962 | Independent (Supported by Congress) |
| 2 | Dr. Zakir Husain | May 13, 1962 | August 11, 1967 | Independent (Supported by Congress) |
| 3 | V. V. Giri | August 24, 1967 | August 24, 1969 | Independent (Supported by Congress) |
| 4 | Gopal Swarup Pathak (Acting) | August 31, 1969 | September 1, 1969 | Independent |
| 5 | Gopal Swarup Pathak | September 1, 1969 | August 31, 1974 | Independent |
| 6 | Basappa Danappa Jatti (Acting) | August 31, 1974 | September 6, 1974 | Independent |
| 7 | B. D. Jatti | September 6, 1974 | August 11, 1979 | Independent |
| 8 | Muhammad Hidayatullah (Acting) | August 11, 1979 | August 25, 1979 | Independent |
| 9 | Muhammad Hidayatullah | August 25, 1979 | August 25, 1984 | Independent |
| 10 | R. Venkataraman | August 31, 1984 | July 24, 1987 | Indian National Congress |
| 11 | Shankar Dayal Sharma | September 3, 1987 | July 24, 1992 | Indian National Congress |
| 12 | Dr. Kocheril Raman Narayanan | August 21, 1992 | August 24, 1997 | Independent (Supported by Left Front) |
| 13 | Krishna Kant | August 21, 1997 | August 27, 2002 | Independent (Supported by BJP) |
| 14 | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | August 19, 2002 | July 21, 2007 | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 15 | Mohammad Hamid Ansari | August 11, 2007 | August 11, 2017 | Indian National Congress |
| 16 | M. Venkaiah Naidu | August 11, 2017 | Present (as of September 2021) | Bharatiya Janata Party |
