Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
People with Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
People
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| José Luis Gómez | Actor |
| AnNa R. | German Singer And Songwriter |
| Masaaki Suzuki | Japanese organist harpsichord and conductor |
| Bernd Lange | German politician |
| Andreas Schwab | German politician |
| Alexander Bradshaw | British physicist |
| Gerd Müller | German footballer |
| Nina Hoss | German actress |
| Sasha Waltz | German Choreographer and Dancer |
| Jonas Kaufmann | German tenor |
| Bernhard Langer | Professional golfer |
| Monika Griefahn | German politician |
| Alexander Otto | German footballer |
| Carmen Aristegui | broadcast journalist |
| Ingeborg Gräßle | German politician and member of European Parliament |
| Werner Langen | German politician |
| Joachim Löw | German football player and manager |
| Jil Sander | German fashion designer |
| Martin Böttcher | German composer |
| Franz Beckenbauer | German football player and manager |
| Daniel Birnbaum | Swedish curator |
| Vera Lengsfeld | German politician |
| Richard Klemm | German composer |
| Wilhelm Dieter Siebert | German composer |
| Nossrat Peseschkian | German psychiatrist |
| Rüdiger Nehberg | |
| Burckhardt Helferich | Chemist |
| Hiltgunt Zassenhaus | German philologist |
| Rüdiger Oppermann | Harpist |
| Albrecht Roser | German puppeteer and teacher |
| Joachim Milberg | German engineer |
| Benedikt Taschen | German publisher |
| Giwi Margwelaschwili | Georgian philosopher |
| Frank A. Meyer | Swiss journalist |
| Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling | German composer |
| Alfred Frenzel | |
| Princess Christa of Thurn and Taxis | |
| Jos Som | Dutch politician |
| Riccardo Ehrman | Italian journalist |
| Reinhard Wilhelm | German computer scientist |
| Bernd Posselt | German politician |
| Gisela Kallenbach | German politician |
| Karl Kehrle | German-born British Benedictine monk and apiculturist |
| Andreas Meyer-Hanno | German opera sirector |
| Werner Rauh | German botanist |
| Åse-Marie Nesse | Norwegian philologist translator and poet |
| Clytus Gottwald | German composer conductor and musicologist |
| Werner E. Ablaß | German politician |
| Maruša Krese | poet writer journalist |
| Vural Öger | German politician |
| Karin Evers-Meyer | German politician |
| Horst Brandstätter | |
| Bernhard Sälzer | German politician |
| Cornelia Funke | German children's and speculative fiction writer |
| Gisela Stein | German actor |
| Josef Anton Riedl | German composer |
| Hiltrud Breyer | German politician |
| Moniz Bandeira | Brazilian writer |
| Norbert Geis | German politician |
| Norbert Glante | German politician |
| Alice Ricciardi-von Platen | Italian physician and writer |
| Lothar Schmid | German chess player |
| Reinhold Bocklet | German Politician |
| Tōru Yasunaga | violinist |
| Alexander Graf Lambsdorff | German politician |
| Heribert Beissel | German musician |
| Akif Çağatay Kılıç | Turkish politician educator |
| Reimer Böge | German politician and Member of the European Parliament. |
| Werner Franke | |
| Petrus Wandrey | German artist |
| Heribert Offermanns | German chemist |
| Heribert Rech | German politician |
| Peter von Zahn | German writer |
| Gero Bisanz | German footballer and manager |
| Wendelin Wiedeking | German businessman |
| Sabriye Tenberken | German founder of Braille organization |
| Albert Speer, Jr. | Architect |
| Adolf Riedl | German fashion designer |
| Alice Samter | Composer |
| Richard Rudolf Klein | German composer |
| Karin Kiwus | German poet |
| Christa Maar | |
| Gerhard M. Sessler | German scientist |
| Christoph Metzelder | German footballer |
| Alfons Kontarsky | Pianist |
| Sandra Maischberger | |
| Conrad Ramstedt | German surgeon who described Ramstedt's operation |
| Csilla von Boeselager | |
| Karl-Heinz Florenz | German politician |
| Renate Blank | German politician |
| Reinhold Münzenberg | German footballer and manager |
| Gerhard Mauz | German journalist |
| Alexander von Schlippenbach | german jazz pianist and composer |
| Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder | |
| Alexander Leipold | German freestyle wrestler |
| Amélie Mummendey | Social psychologist |
| Werner Stengel | German roller coaster designer |
| Volker Blumentritt | German politician |
| Alla Gerber | Russian politician |
| Josef Kompalla | German ice hockey player |
| Lois Fisher-Ruge | |
| Max Barthel | German writer |
| Jean Földeák | Olympic medalist in wrestling |
| Carl Kaufmann | German sprinter |
| Adolf Dinglreiter | German politician |
| Jens Weissflog | Skier |
| Adolph Althoff | German ringmaster |
| Marwan | World Music Singer |
| Renate Sommer | german politician |
| Katja Ebstein | German singer |
| Klaus Gerhard Saur | |
| Coco Schumann | German musician |
| Burkhard Pape | German footballer and manager |
| Horst Krüger | German writer |
| Aldona Gustas | Lithuanian writer |
| Karl Heinz Bohrer | |
| Alfred Dreier | German jurist and politician |
| Karsten Wettberg | German football player and manager |
| Walter Brandmüller | Catholic cardinal |
| Hermann Rieder | German javelin thrower |
| Boris Laschka | |
| Monika Hohlmeier | German politician |
| Moussa Moumouni Djermakoye | Nigerien politician |
| Leni Junker | German sprinter |
| Frank Ullrich | German biathlete |
| Evelyne Gebhardt | German politician |
| Carmen Nebel | |
| Gitta Connemann | German politician |
| Kiran Nagarkar | Indian writer |
| Adolf Fetsch | german politician |
| Walter Fink | German patron of music |
| Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | German footballer |
| Frank Peter Zimmermann | German violinist |
| Bettina Böttinger | German television presenter |
| Walter Hamma | German vioin maker |
| William Robertson Desobry | United States Army field commander during Cold War and Lieutenant General in the United States Army |
| Andrzej Górak | Engineer |
| Prince Luitpold Of Bavaria | |
| Anatol Herzfeld | German sculptor and mixed media artist |
| Jochen Hasenmayer | German cave diver |
| Hermann Scheer | German politician |
| Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller | |
| Christoph Werner Konrad | German politician |
| Gerhard Aigner | German football executive |
| Tatiana von Metternich-Winneburg | German patron author painter of Russian descent |
| Meinrad Miltenberger | Canoe racer |
| Dagmar von Mutius | German writer |
| Christa Klaß | German politician |
| Alois Kottmann | German violinist |
| Werner von Moltke | Olympic athlete |
| Paula Zundel | |
| Horst Schnellhardt | German politician |
| Christoph Zenger | German mathematician |
| Walter Brune | German architect |
| Leo Nowak | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Gerhard Behrendt | German film director |
| Walter Ohmsen | Knight's Cross recipient |
| Max Bolkart | Ski jumper |
| Illa Martin | |
| Jenny Erpenbeck | German film director |
| Hubertus Hoffmann | |
| Karl Hopfner | Businessperson |
| Lissy Gröner | German politician |
| Hubertus Knabe | German historian |
| Christa Reinig | German poet and author active in East Germany and then in West Germany |
| Lorenz Funk | Olympic ice hockey player |
| Karl-Josef Laumann | |
| Ferenc Krausz | Hungarian nuclear physicist |
| Willi Illbruck | Industrialist Yachtsman |
| Karl Hugo Strunz | |
| Hermann Bühlbecker | German officer and Knight's Cross recipient |
| Elisabeth Abegg | |
| Susanne Klatten | German billionaire |
| Jens Weißflog | German ski jumper |
| Lilly Wust | Recipient of the federal Cross of Merit |
| Josef Fendt | Luger |
| Karl-Otto Apel | German philosopher |
| Lilo Ramdohr | Member of White Rose |
| Wolfhard Von Boeselager | |
| Constanze Angela Krehl | German politician |
| Alfred Schickel | German revisionist historian |
| Hermann Josef Hack | German artist |
| Gert Schramm | Black German concentration camp survivor; the only black prisoner at Buchenwald concentration camp |
| Max Bromme | German architect |
| Conrad Brann | German-British linguist |
| Borislav Stanković | Serbian basketball player-coach |
| Susanne Porsche | German film producer |
| Christian Haass | German biochemist |
| Nia Künzer | Association footballer |
| Walter Dieminger | German physicist |
| Karl A. Lamers | |
| Martin Lindauer | German scientist |
| Hermann Künneth | Mathematician |
| Walter Söhne | German agronomist |
| Evelyne Neff | |
| Christoph Broelsch | German GP |
| Bella Fromm | |
| Adele Stolte | German soprano |
| Josef-Elmar Von Plettenberg | |
| Reinhard Höppner | |
| Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann | German politician |
| Peter Wellnhofer | German paleontologist |
| Gerd Hirzinger | |
| Leopold Engleitner | Austrian Holocaust Survivor |
| Reinhard Heß | Ski jumping coach |
| Karl Ude | |
| Bernd Glemser | German musician |
| Maxi Herber | German pair skater |
| Nevfel Cumart | Author |
| Alex Seidel | German businessman |
| Andreas Dombret | German-American banker and member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank |
| Elisabeth Raiser | |
| Felix Prinz Zu Löwenstein | |
| Claus Spahn | German television presenter |
| Lily Grosser | |
| Immanuel Bloch | German physicist |
| Albert Dess | German politician |
| Erich Von Lobkowicz | |
| Jan Josef Liefers | German actor |
| Libuše Moníková | writer |
| Hideo Ochi | Karateka |
| Peter Utzschneider | Bobsledder |
| Johanna Herzogenberg | |
| Gerd Langguth | =Political scientist and member of parliament |
| Karlheinz Brandenburg | Engineer |
| Murad Wilfried Hofmann | German diplomat |
| Jo Leinen | German politician |
| Albrecht Dietz | German businessman |
| Christine Schäfer | Singer |
| Inge Feltrinelli | |
| Bernd Heynemann | German football referee |
| Max Himmelheber | German inventor and aviator |
| Renan Demirkan | German actor |
| Dieter Reith | |
| Jürgen Schilling | Actor |
| Ekkehard Fritsch | Actor |
| Thea Altaras | |
| Arthur Wiesner | Actor |
| Barbara Nüsse | Actress |
| Jochen Stern | Actor |
| Hansjörg Martin | |
| Heike Lange | Art |
| Dirk Hansen | Actor |
| Adolf Kabatek | Writer |
| Heino Hallhuber | |
| Heinz Willeg | Film producer |
| Michael Cramer | Actor |
| Horst Bollmann | German actor |
| Reinhold Beckmann | German journalist |
| Nina Ruge | German journalist |
| Michael Schweitzer | Actor |
| Wolfgang Spier | Actor |
| Rainer Erler | Director |
| Werner Fischer | |
| Trude Herr | Actress |
| Richard Hundhammer | |
| Martin Wiebel | Film producer |
| Gerd Huber | Film producer |
| Gernot Roll | Cinematographer |
| Gunther Emmerlich | |
| Wolfgang Lippert | |
| Peter Schreier | German tenor and conductor |
| Michael Luther | Actor |
| Kurt Rittig | Film producer |
| Peggy Parnass | Actress |
| Hermann Glaser | German canoeist |
| Henning Krautmacher | Actor |
| Frederik Braun | |
| Şermin Langhoff | |
| Meredith McClain | Actor |
| Rolf Alexander Wilhelm | |
| Mo Asumang | |
| Werner Schmidt-Boelcke | Sound |
| Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss | Actor |
| Wolfgang Bächler | Actor |
| Adolf Winkelmann | Director |
| Christian Schmidt | Actor |
| Bele Bachem | Costume & Make-Up |
| Walter Renneisen | German actor |
| Peter Fink | Film producer |
| Vitaliy Klitschko | |
| Sabine Christiansen | German journalist |
| Radu Gabrea | Director |
| Billy Mo | Actor |
| Ute-Henriette Ohoven | |
| Bobby Brederlow | |
| Rolf Castell | Actor |
| Hans-Jürgen Tögel | Director |
| Curth Flatow | |
| Willy Bartelsen | Actor |
| Fitzgerald Kusz | Writer |
| Ekkehard Böhmer | |
| Joachim Fest | German historian |
| Eckhart Schmidt | Director |
| Christiane Paul | German actress |
| Lang Lang | Actor |
| Klaus Goldmann | Cameraman |
| Vicky Leandros | Pop Singer |
| Winfried Bauernfeind | |
| Georg Blädel | Actor |
| Hermann Becht | German opera singer |
| Elert Bode | Actor |
| Will Meisel | Sound |
| Uwe Carstens | Actor |
| Martin Rickelt | Actor |
| Freya Klier | |
| Marianne Schmidt | Costume & Make-Up |
| Peter Wensierski | Writer |
| Frank Zander | German actor-singer |
| Jürgen Micksch | Actor |
| Anna Wimschneider | Writer |
| Horst Pillau | Writer |
| Gert Reinholm | Actor |
| Horst Friedrich | Actor |
| Willy Sommerfeld | Actor |
| Mohan Agashe | Indian actor |
| Willy Schultes | Actor |
| Francesco Stefani | Canoe slalom racer |
| Claus Theo Gärtner | Actor |
| Jörg Kaehler | Actor |
| Ina Gerhein | Actor |
| Friedrich Bender | Actor |
| Gisela Schäfer | Film producer |
| Karl Lieffen | Actor |
| Cordula Trantow | German film director |
| Suzanne von Borsody | German actor |
| Peter Schubert | German diplomat |
| Fatih Akın | Film director |
| Dieter Tempel | Film producer |
| Bruni Löbel | Actress |
| Volker Engel | Visual Effects Artist |
| Charles Régnier | Actor |
| Peter Ustinov | Academy Award-winning British-born actor writer dramatist and raconteur |
| Camilla Spira | Actress |
| Jo Baier | Director |
| Kostas Papanastasiou | |
| Szymon Szurmiej | Theatre actor |
| Dorothea Walda | Actress |
| Wolfgang Gruner | Actor |
| Hans Quest | Actor |
| René Kollo | German opera singer |
| Martin Schleker | Actor |
| Bernd Eichinger | German film producer and director |
| Henryk Bereska | |
| Rainer Krause | |
| Nadja Tiller | Actress |
| Dana Vávrová | deutsch-tschechische Schauspielerin und Filmregisseurin |
| Hubert Hohlbein | Actor |
| Hans Prescher | Film producer |
| Achim Neumann | Actor |
| Carola Höhn | German actor |
| Max Grießer | Actor |
| Otto Ernst Sutter | |
| Peter Lustig | |
| Joe Bausch | Actor |
| Christel Zachert | |
| Charlotte von Mahlsdorf | |
| Ursela Monn | Actress |
| Thomas Kufus | Film producer |
| Cornelia Froboess | German singer film and stage actress |
| Katja Riemann | German actor |
| Meret Becker | German actress and singer |
| Andreas Dresen | Film director |
| Christoph Schroth | |
| Herbert Asmodi | Writer |
| Steffi Kühnert | Actress |
| Erni Singerl | Actress |
| Tony Marshall | Actor |
| Edith Hancke | Actor |
| Eva Mattes | Actress |
| Gerhard Lamprecht | Film director Screenwriter |
| Walter Giller | Actor |
| Katharina Thalbach | German actress |
| Willy Harlander | Actor |
| Elisabeth Wicki-Endriss | |
| Wolfgang Rademann | Actor |
| Matthias Habich | German actor |
| Giuseppe Becce | Italian composer |
| Natalia Wörner | German actress |
| Peter Färber | Actor |
| Ursula Sladek | German business woman |
| Ralf Walter | German politician |
| Jürgen Budday | German conductor |
| Klaus Dieter Breitschwert | |
| Lutz Goepel | German politician |
| Jürgen E. Schrempp | German businessman; CEO of DaimlerChrysler |
| Ilona Kickbusch | German scientist |
| Jürgen Eschert | Canoe racer |
| Roger Asmussen | |
| Ingrid Fickler | German jurist |
| Georg Quedens | German photographer and writer |
| Jörg Faerber | German conductor |
| George Alexander Albrecht | Conductor |
| Arno Surminski | German writer |
| Freimut Börngen | German astronomer |
| Tom Høyem | Danish politician |
| Rolf Weber | Modern pentathlete |
| Hannah Monyer | German biologist |
| Jörg Hacker | |
| Patrick Cramer | German biochemist |
| Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler | German politician |
| Rudy Horn | |
| Günther Denzler | |
| Elisabeth Bauriedel | |
| Guinevere Kauffmann | American astrophysicist |
| Paul Söding | German physicist |
| Ruth Lapide | German historian and theologian |
| Eberhard Schlotter | German artist |
| Hans Amler | German politician |
| Wolfgang von Stetten | German politician |
| Lea Rosh | German television journalist |
| Günther Kaunzinger | German musician |
| Götz Adriani | Art historian |
| Heinz Raack | Field hockey player |
| Hartmut Holzapfel | |
| Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger | German scholar of the Early Modern History |
| Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit | German japanologist |
| Georg Brunnhuber | German politician |
| Gregor Dorfmeister | German novelist |
| Volker Beck | German politician |
| Luca Lombardi | Italian composer |
| Rolf Griebel | |
| Ulrich Adam | German politician |
| Wolfgang Michel-Zaitsu | German Japanologist Medical Historian |
| Armin Hary | German sprinter |
| Peter Wittig | German diplomat |
| Uwe Schulten-Baumer | Equestrian |
| Gabriele Pauli | |
| Ulrike Poppe | member of the East German opposition |
| Arnulf Zitelmann | German author |
| Doris Barnett | German politician |
| Hellmut Flashar | German philologist and translator |
| Marion Schick | German politician |
| Ovidiu Ganț | Romanian politician |
| Franz W. Seidler | German historian |
| Michael Wieck | German violinist |
| Jürgen Rohwer | German historian |
| Elisabeth Jeggle | German politician |
| Maria von Welser | German television journalist |
| Manfred Osten | German poet |
| Peter Dreher | German artist |
| Peter Häberle | |
| Ralph Kohn | |
| Heinz Ulzheimer | German middle distance runner and sprinter |
| Herbert Pilch | German linguist |
| Kurt Tschenscher | German football referee |
| Wolfgang Drechsler | Political Philosophy and Innovation Policy scholar |
| Stephen Wordsworth | British diplomat |
| Dieter Schnebel | German composer |
| Marél von Steinling | German artist |
| Emanuelis Zingeris | Lithuanian politician |
| Franz-Ulrich Hartl | German chemist |
| Siegfried Mauser | German musician |
| Uta Zapf | Member of the Bundestag |
| Ingo Glass | Sculptor |
| Kurt Lechner | German politician |
| Manfred Siebald | Singer-songwriter of Contemporary Christian music |
| Harald Wohlfahrt | German chef |
| Jürgen Wöhler | German lawyer and manager |
| Jochen Zeitz | German businessman |
| Ulrich Kienzle | German journalist |
| Günther von Lojewski | |
| Marianne Pitzen | Artist |
| Herbert Lübking | German handball player |
| Roland Mack | |
| Günter Hotz | German mathematician and computer scientist |
| Gaston Reinig | Luxembourgian Chief of Defence |
| Klaus-Peter Thaler | German racing cyclist |
| Wolfgang Schluchter | German sociologist |
| Hannes Hegen | Illustrator |
| Herbert Hainer | Manager |
| Ulrich Parzany | Evangelical pastor |
| Zakhar Bron | Russian musician |
| Dunja Vejzović | Croatian opera singer |
| Friedrich Stelzner | Surgeion |
| Jan Mühlstein | Journalist and German Jewish activist |
| Peter Jankowitsch | Austrian diplomat |
| Peter Bürgel | |
| Hansjörg Schellenberger | German musician |
| Michael Stürmer | Historian |
| Harald Hauswald | German photographer |
| Klaus Thunemann | German bassoonist |
| Johannes Wilde | art historian |
| Grete von Zieritz | Austrian composer |
| Eduard Gaugler | German economist |
| Egon von Neindorff (dressage) | Equestrian |
| Friedrich Kuhn | Bobsledder |
| Ulli Wegner | German boxer |
| Anthony R. Michaelis | |
| Fritz Theilen | German Resistance member |
| August Lütke-Westhues | Equestrian |
| Daniel Hope (actor) | British actor |
| Klaus Gamber | |
| Otto K. Eitel | American hotelier |
| Hannibal von Lüttichau | German officer and Knight's Cross recipients |
| Joseph Vollmer | German automobile designer |
| Günther Förg | German painter graphic designer and photographer |
| Ottfried Neubecker | |
| Hans Wilhelm Schüßler | German telecommunications engineer |
| Peter Koslowski | Professor of Philosophy |
| Wolfdietrich Schnurre | German writer |
| Gottfried Landwehr | German physicists |
| Else Schmitt | German Politician |
| Henry Gowa | German artist |
| Bruno Schmidt | Former chef now businessman |
| Hans Stadlmair | Austrian conductor and composer |
| Helmut Metzner | German scientist |
| Georg Kükenthal | German botanist |
| Herbert Baumann | German composer |
| Otto Adam | Fencer |
| Hellmut Geissner | German scholar of speech and rhetoric |
| Helmut Pleß | German pilot and Knight's Cross recipient |
| Friedrich von Bömches | German artist |
| Heinrich Hogrebe | German officer and Knight's Cross recipient |
| Rollo Gebhard | German sailor |
| Heinz Drossel | German Righteous Among the Nations |
| Hellmuth Kleinsorge | German physician |
| Ernst Lehner | German footballer |
| Erich Zeller | German figure skater and figure skating coach |
| Sári Barabás | Operatic soprano |
| Otto Steinert | German photographer |
| Dieter Trautwein | German hymnwriter and theologian |
| Hans Erich Slany | German industrial designer |
| Hans Bohn | German artist |
| Herbert Widmayer | German footballer |
| Kurt Weyher | German admiral |
| Uli Derickson | |
| Helmut Bantz | Gymnast |
| Helmut Witte | German World War II U-boat commander |
| Rudolf Ströbinger | German writer |
| Helmut Becker | |
| Michael Pössinger | German bobsledder |
| Franz Zell | German architect |
| Hans Moretti | Magician and escapologist |
| Ernst van Aaken | German sports physician and athletics trainer |
| Xaver Bittl | German soldier and Knight's Cross recipient |
| Fritz Hahne | German businessman |
| Ernst Mosch | |
| Rudolf Kreitlein | German football referee |
| Xaver Unsinn | German ice hockey player |
| Michel Mathieu | French politician |
| Mikhail Goldstein | Ukrainian composer and musician |
| Edith Picht-Axenfeld | German pianist and harpsichordist |
| Friedrich Kiefer | German copepodologist |
| Hans N. Weiler | American academic |
| Wolfgang Steglich | german chemist |
| Klaus Bringmann | Professor |
| Klaus Vogel | German legal scholar |
| Manfred Purzer | Screenwriter Film director |
| Hanns Eckelkamp | German film producer |
| Eduard Zimmermann | German tv journalist |
| Lambert Hamel | German actor |
| Jürgen Haase | German distance runner |
| Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | German baritone and conductor |
| Manfred Eicher | German record producer |
| Klaus Biesenbach | German art historian |
| Ron Williams | American businessman |
| Wolfgang Weber | German footballer and manager |
| Anja Mittag | German footballer |
| Silvia Neid | Association football player |
| Sepp Maier | German footballer |
| Dieter F. Uchtdorf | German Mormon leader |
| Hartmut Haenchen | German conductor |
| Heinz Werner Zimmermann | German composer |
| Ludwig Baumann | German opera singer |
| Andrea Berg (volleyball) | German volleyball player |
| Ingo Schulze | German writer |
| Ivan Rebroff | German singer |
| Jörg Immendorff | German artist |
| Jürgen Klinsmann | German football player and manager |
| Jürgen Linden | |
| Jürgen W. Falter | Germaan political scientist |
| Elisabeth Schroedter | German politician |
| Erich Ponto | Actor |
| Erika Rosenberg | German writer |
| Ernst Baier | German figure skater |
| Ernst-Reinhard Beck | German politician |
| Ernst Kuzorra | German footballer and manager |
| Erwin Lehn | German musician |
| Thomas Carell | German biochemist |
| Thomas Hitzlsperger | German footballer |
| Thomas Reiter | German astronaut |
| Tilman Zülch | German human rights activist |
| Timothy Garton Ash | British historian and author |
| Luc Jochimsen | German politician |
| Ludwig Gies | German sculptor and medallist |
| Luis Trenker | Film director and actor |
| Lykke Friis | Danish politician |
| Manfred Broy | German computer scientist |
| Manfred Nowak | Austrian human rights lawyers |
| Manfred Schoof | German musician |
| Manfred Weber | German politician |
| Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl | German politician (CDU) Member of the European Parliament |
| Grethe Weiser | German actor |
| Gudrun Brendel-Fischer | |
| Gudrun Pausewang | Young Adult Author |
| Guido Dessauer | German art collector and academic |
| Gunter Demnig | German artist |
| Gunter Hampel | German musician |
| Gustav Schröder | German Righteous Among the Nations |
| Hanns Zischler | German actor |
| Hans-Jürgen Schatz | German actor |
| Hans-Jürgen Syberberg | German film director |
| Hans-Joachim Veen | German political scientist |
| Hans-Josef Fell | German politician |
| Hans-Werner Aufrecht | Mercedes-AMG founder |
| Winfried Nachtwei | German politician |
| Winnie Markus | German actor |
| Witta Pohl | actress |
| Wolf Klinz | German politician |
| Wolfgang Brendel | German opera singer |
| Wolfgang Kohlhaase | Screenwriter Film director |
| Wolfgang Niersbach | German football executive |
| Wolfgang Tillmans | German photographer |
| Wolfgang Unzicker | German chess grandmaster |
| Wolfgang Völz | Voice actor |
| Yehuda Bacon | Israeli artist |
| Franz Xaver Kroetz | |
| Fred Bertelmann | German singer |
| Fred Breinersdorfer | |
| Frederick C. Weyand | American general |
| Frieder Bernius | Music conductor |
| Friedrich Baumbach | German chess player |
| Götz Aly | German journalist historianand social scientist |
| Günter Baumann | German politician |
| Günter Faltin | German businessman |
| Günter Halm | |
| Günter Pfitzmann | Actor |
| Günter Rittner | German painter and illustrator |
| Günter Weitling | Danish theologian |
| Günther Landgraf | |
| Gabriele von Lutzau | German sculptor |
| Galsan Tschinag | Mongolian writer |
| Georg C. F. Greve | |
| Paul Lorenzen | German mathematician and philosopher |
| Paul Wengert | German politician |
| Paul von Ragué Schleyer | American chemist |
| Peter-Michael Kolbe | Rower |
| Peter Berling | German actor and writer |
| Peter Danckert | German politician |
| Peter Gauweiler | German politician |
| Peter Konwitschny | German opera and theatre director |
| Peter Liese | German politician |
| Dieter-Lebrecht Koch | German politician |
| Dieter Borsche | Actor |
| Dieter Kosslick | |
| Dieter Salomon | German politician |
| Dieter Schenk | German writer |
| Diethard Hellmann | German cantor concert organist and academic |
| Doris Schade | German actor |
| Roland Jahn | German activist and journalist |
| Roland Kaiser | German singer |
| Rolf Agop | German conductor and academic |
| Rolf Wolfshohl | German racing cyclist |
| Rolf Zuckowski | German singer |
| Rosa von Praunheim | Film director |
| Rosi Mittermaier | Alpine skier |
| Rudi Altig | German racing cyclist |
| Rudi Völler | German footballer |
| Rudolf Kurz | Knight's Cross recipient |
| Ruprecht Polenz | German politician |
| Michael Ende | German fantasy and children's writer |
| Michael Hüther | German economist |
| Michael Skibbe | German football manager |
| Michael Stich | Tennis player |
| Michael Wolffsohn | German historian |
| Tony Clunn | British Army officer discoverer of site of Battle of the Teutoburg Forest |
| Udo Lindenberg | German actor |
| Udo Samel | Actor |
| Ulla Burchardt | German politician |
| Ulla Hahn | |
| Ulrich Daldrup | German Politician Scientist and former Maire of Aachen |
| Ulrich S. Schubert | German organic chemist |
| Ulrich Stockmann | German politician |
| Ulrike Folkerts | German actor |
| Ulrike Ottinger | Film director Screenwriter |
| Ute Oberhoffner | Luger |
| Uwe Barschel | |
| Sebastian Krumbiegel | German actorand singer |
| Sebastian Peschko | German classical pianist accompanist |
| Sepp Piontek | German footballer and manager |
| Seyran Ateş | German-Turkish jurist |
| Sibel Kekilli | German actress of Turkish descent |
| Siegfried Behrend | German musician |
| Siegfried Fink | German musician |
| Sonia Mikich | German TV journalist |
| Sonja Licht | Serbian sociologist |
| Steffi Graf | German tennis champion |
| Hans W. Geißendörfer | Film director |
| Hans Wollschläger | German writer |
| Harald Schmid | German sprinter and hurdler |
| Hartmut Mehdorn | Chairman of Deutsche Bahn |
| Heide Rühle | German politician |
| Heiner Brand | German handball player and coach |
| Heinrich Breloer | German film director |
| Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock | German World War II U-boat captain |
| Heinz Fütterer | German sprinter |
| Helga Schauerte-Maubouet | Franco-German musician |
| Helmut Dietl | German film director |
| Helmut Haussmann | German politician and academic |
| Helmut Kirchmeyer | German musicologist and historian |
| Helmut Zacharias | German violinist |
| Hennes Weisweiler | German football player and manager |
| Henry Maske | Boxer |
| Herbert Linge | German racing driver |
| Klaus Augenthaler | German football player and manager |
| Klaus Brähmig | German politician |
| Klaus Brandner | German politician |
| Klausjürgen Wussow | German actor |
| Krzysztof Meyer | Polish composer |
| Krzysztof Skubiszewski | Polish politician |
| Lale Akgün | German politician |
| Marga Spiegel | German writer |
| Maria Furtwängler | German actor |
| Marianne Koch | Actress |
| Marieluise Beck | German politician |
| Marion Caspers-Merk | German politician |
| Marion Kracht | German actor |
| Marius Müller-Westernhagen | German actor and musician |
| Markus Ferber | German politician |
| Markus Heinsdorff | German artist |
| Markus Merk | German football referee |
| James Last | German musician |
| Eberhard Gienger | Gymnast |
| Eckart Höfling | German Roman Catholic priest |
| Edda Moser | Singer |
| Egbert Brieskorn | German mathematician |
| Elfie Wörner | Wife of Dr. Manfred Worner |
| Johannes B. Kerner | German entertainer |
| Johannes Kahrs (politician) | German politician |
| Judy Winter | German actor |
| Juli Zeh | German writer |
| Julia Fischer | German classical violinist pianist |
| Julia Jentsch | German actor |
| Arved Fuchs | |
| Asfa-Wossen Asserate | Ethiopian prince |
| August Herold | German agronomist |
| Barbara Aland | german theologian and Professor of New Testament Research and Church History |
Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (0 years)
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