Pre-Municipality era •
John Ezzidio - Nigerian-born mayor from 1845.
Municipality Era •
Sir Samuel Lewis – Mayor from 1897. •
William John Campbell – Nigerian-born Mayor during the 20th century. •
Emmanuel Cummings – Mayor during the 20th century. •
John Henry Malamah Thomas - Mayor from 1904 to 1912. •
Claudius Ernest Wright, former Mayor. •
Eustace Henry Taylor Cummings – Mayor from 1948 to 1954. •
Dr Claude Nelson-Williams - Chairman of the Management Committee of the Freetown City Council, 1964. •
Siaka Probyn Stevens – Mayor from 1964 to 1968 later President of Sierra Leone. •
Constance Cummings-John – first female Mayor, held office in 1966 only •
Alfred Abraham Akibo-Betts, Mayor of Freetown, 1986–1993. •
June Holst-Roness, Mayor of the Freetown, 1977–1980. •
Winstanley Bankole Johnson, Mayor of Freetown from July 2004–2008. •
Herbert George-Williams, Mayor of Freetown, 2008–2012. •
Sam Franklyn Gibson, Mayor of Freetown city council, 2012–2018. •
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, current Mayor since March 2018 ==References==