List of bearers of the Bavarian Order of Merit / XYZ
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- Jiro Yanase (1916-2008), President, Car Importer (awarded June 20, 1985)
- Thomas Ypsilanti (1909–1966), ambassador ret. D. (awarded April 17, 1961)
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- Franz Zambelli Sopalù (1934–2015), entrepreneur (awarded on July 29, 2010)
- Josef Zander (1918–2007), German doctor, full professor, director of the women's clinic at the University of Munich (awarded in 1987)
- Franz Zdralek (1894–1970), lawyer and politician (awarded on December 13, 1965)
- Uli Zech (1927–2010), architect and town planner and construction officer
- Hans Zehetmair (* 1936), politician
- Theodor Zehnter (* 1929), former President of the Bavarian Farmers' Association, District Association of Upper Franconia, and former Senator (awarded on July 4, 1991)
- Martin Zeil (* 1956), Bavarian State Minister for Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology, Member of the State Parliament (awarded on October 10, 2012)
- Karl Zeitler (1943–2013), District Administrator (awarded on July 11, 2008)
- Erich Zeitler (1921–2004), Bavarian local politician and member of the state parliament of the SPD
- Wolfgang Zeitlmann (* 1941), member of the Bundestag (awarded on July 17, 2003)
- Paula Zell (1881–1963), head of the Marien-Ludwig-Ferdinand Children's Home in Munich and founder of the Chrysanthemum Ball (awarded on December 15, 1959)
- Theo Zellner (* 1949), District Administrator, President of the Bavarian District Assembly (awarded on July 14, 2005)
- Hermann Zenz (1926–2009), member of the state parliament
- Karl-Heinz Zerrle (* 1944), State Caritas Director i. R. (awarded on October 10, 2012)
- Johannes Zeschick OSB (1932–2013), Abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of Rohr (resigned) (awarded on July 17, 2003)
- Walter Ziegler (* 1937), historian, professor (awarded on July 20, 2011)
- Günther Zippel , entrepreneur (awarded on July 12, 2004)
- Chrysostomus Zodel (1920–1998), editor-in-chief of the Schwäbische Zeitung (awarded 1981)
- Wolfgang Zöller (* 1942), Member of the Bundestag (awarded on June 20, 2001)
- Robert Zoller , member of the board of directors of Farbwerke Hoechst (awarded June 9, 1969)
- Manfred Zollner (* 1940), entrepreneur (awarded on June 20, 2001)
- Nepomuk Zöllner (1923–2017), Professor of Internal Medicine (awarded 1979)
- Eduard Zimmermann (1929–2009), journalist, television presenter and chairman of the "White Ring" (awarded on July 4, 1991)
- Thomas Zimmermann (* 1946), surgeon, member of the Bavarian State Parliament (awarded in 2007)
- Max Zwicknagl (1900–1969), entrepreneur, consul of the FRG in Innsbruck (awarded on December 15, 1959)