The NVBMB has awarded the status of Honarary Member to:
- Edward Charles (Bill) Slater (1917-2016)
- Laurens van Deenen (1928-1994)
- Jan-Joep de Pont (1942-2009)
- Harm Beukers (1945-2020)
- Karel van Dam (1939-)
- Peter Bloemers (1936-), emeritus professor Biochemistry Radboud University, chairman NVBMB 1990-1994.
- Peter van der Vliet (1942-), emeritus professor Physiological Chemistry, former secretary and vice-president of the Royal Dutch Acadamy of Sciences, KNAW.
