From January 4, 1875 to January 1, 1969, the following Judges sat on the Orphans' Court of Philadelphia County:
| William B. Hanna | Dennis W. O'Brien | T. Bradford Dwight |
| William N. Ashman | Clement B. Penrose | Joseph C. Ferguson |
| Morris Dallett | Joseph F. Lamorelle | Edward A. Anderson |
| Charles Francis Gummey | John Marshall Gest | George Henderson |
| Henry C. Thompson, Jr. | Lewis H. Van Dusen | Allen M. Stearne |
| Charles Sinkler | Charles Klein | Curtis Bok |
| Robert V. Bolger | Grover C. Ladner | David G. Hunter |
| John P. Boland | Mark E. Lefever | Harold D. Saylor |
| Kendall H. Shoyer | Joseph D. Burke |
On January 1, 1969, the Orphans' Court of Philadelphia became a division of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Since the merger, the following Judges have sat in the Orphans' Court Division of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas:
| Charles Klein | Robert V. Bolger | Mark E. Lefever |
| Harold D. Saylor | Kendall H. Shoyer | Joseph D. Burke |
| Edmund S. Pawelec | Paul Silverstein | Theodore S. Gutowicz |
| Joseph C. Bruno | Judith Jamison | Alex Bonavitacola |
| Theodore A. McKee | Kathryn S. Lewis | Frank X. O'Brien |
| Levan Gordon | Petrese B. Tucker | Anne E. Lazarus |
| Joseph D. O'Keefe | Lynn B. Hamlin | John W. Herron |
| Matthew D. Carrafiello |
The history of the position of Administrative Judge of the Orphans' Court Division is as follows:
Judge Edmund S. Pawelec January 5, 1976 - July 1, 1992
Judge Kathryn S. Lewis July 1, 1992 - April 1, 1996
Judge Petrese B. Tucker April 1, 1996 - July 14, 2000
Judge Alex Bonavitacola* July 14, 2000 - December 22, 2000
Judge Joseph D. O'Keefe December 22, 2000 - Present
*Judge Bonavitacola, as President Judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, assumed a "Supervisory" role over the Orphans' Court until Judge O'Keefe was named as successor to Judge Tucker.