Sigrid Leneis , deputy Chairwoman of the Sudeten German Landsmannschaft Landesgruppe Bayern (awarded on July 29, 2010)
Werner Lenk , Chairman of the Board of Management of Lohnsteuerhilfe Bayern eV and the Federal Association of Lohnsteuerhilfevereine eV (awarded in 2011)
Albin Lennkh , Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Austria in Rio de Janeiro (awarded on November 19, 1960)
Friedrich Lent (1882–1960), lawyer and politician (awarded on December 15, 1959)
Christoph Lickleder , retired director of studies D., Artistic Director of the Kelheim Music Association (awarded on October 14, 2015)
Erich Lidel (1925–5 June 2014), prelate, former state chairman d. bayer. Crib association u. Former diocesan pastor in the diocese of Augsburg (awarded on July 5, 2006) [1]
Gerhard Liener (1932–1995), Member of the Board of Management of Daimler-Benz AG (awarded on July 4, 1991)
Paul W. Limbach (1933–2012), journalist (awarded on July 29, 2010)
Hans Lindner (* 1941), entrepreneur (awarded on June 20, 2001)
Paula Helene Linhart (1906–2012), Managing Director of the State Office for Youth Protection (awarded on July 4, 1991)
Caroline Link (* 1964), director (awarded on July 12, 2004)
Helmut Linnenbrink (* 1944), Honorary President of the BAG Bayern e. V., honorary chairman of the diocesan group Association of Catholic Entrepreneurs in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising (awarded on July 9, 2009)
Ludwig Linsert (1907–1981), politician, trade unionist and member of the Bavarian Senate (awarded on December 15, 1959)
Hans-Peter Linss (1928–2007), former CEO of Bayerische Landesbank (awarded in 1987)
Franz Lippert (1900–1977), State Secretary, Member of the Bavarian State Parliament (awarded on July 3, 1959)
Christa Lippmann, Friends of Neighborhood Living for Women in Old Age (awarded on July 12, 2017)
Ivan Liška (* 1950), director of the Bavarian State Ballet (awarded on July 9, 2009)
Herbert List († 1998), director and operations director of the Bavarian State Opera (awarded on June 9, 1969)
Alfons Lob (1900–1977), surgeon and university professor (awarded in 1968)
Erich Prinz von Lobkowicz (* 1955), German President of the Order of Malta (awarded on July 20, 2011)
Christel Lochner , former chairwoman of the parents' initiative for children with leukemia and turmoil disease in Würzburg eV (awarded on July 17, 2003)
Monica Lochner-Fischer (1952–2012), member of the state parliament (awarded on July 21, 2008)
Wilfried Lochte (1928–2011), manager, board member of MAN AG (awarded on July 4, 1991)
Rudolf Lodgman von Auen (1877–1962), governor, Sudeten German politician (awarded on June 20, 1958)
Herbert Loebl (1923–2013), former entrepreneur, author (awarded on June 20, 2001)
Franz Löffler (* 1961), District Administrator of the Cham district (awarded on June 27, 2018)
Albert Löhner (* 1948), District Administrator of the Neumarkt district idOPf. (awarded on July 3, 2013)
Günther Lommer (* 1946), sports official and local politician (awarded on July 21, 2008)
Barbara Loos (* 1944), retired senior director of studies D., Honorary Chairwoman of the Bavarian Directors' Association (awarded on July 20, 2011)
Jutta Lowag (1939–2014), deputy chairwoman of the board of the Eugen-Biser-Stiftung e. V. and Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of the Damenstift am Luitpoldpark in Munich, Deputy Artistic Director and Administrative Director of Bayerischer Rundfunk from 1993 to 2002 (awarded on December 17, 2014)