Wilhelm Tafel , President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Middle Franconia (awarded on December 15, 1959)
Kai Täger , Full Professor of Anaesthesiology and Director of the Clinic for Anesthesiology at the Clinic of the University of Regensburg (awarded on July 12, 2004)
Eugen Tanhauser , District Administrator of the Schwabach District from 1945 to 1964 (awarded on December 15, 1959)
Arif Taşdelen (* 1974), politician (awarded on July 22, 2019)
Fritz Terhalle (1889–1962), economist, professor (awarded on December 15, 1959)
Alberta Teufl , General Superior of the Generalate of the Stern Sisters (conferred on December 15, 1959)
Walther Teutsch , professor, painter (awarded on December 15, 1959)
Feyyaz Tokar , Entrepreneur, Istanbul (awarded July 4, 1991)
Alexander Toldt (1894–1970), Cabinet Director in the Austrian Presidential Chancellery (awarded on November 19, 1960)
Heinrich Trapp (* 1951), District Administrator (awarded on July 9, 2009)
Anna-Elisabeth Trappe (* 1939), Ordinaria for Neurosurgery and Director of the Neurosurgical Clinic and Polyclinic at the Technical University of Munich (awarded on July 14, 2005)
Josef Traßl , Ministerialdirigent (awarded on December 15, 1959)
Dagmar Trautner , Chairwoman of the PFAD Federal Association of Foster and Adoptive Families (awarded on July 29, 2010)
Karl Trescher , Cabinet Director in the Austrian Presidential Chancellery (awarded on November 19, 1960)
Ruthart Tresselt (* 1938), journalist, moderator (awarded on July 13, 2016)
Martin Trettenbach (1891–1971), member of the state parliament, managing director of the regional association of company health insurance funds in Bavaria (awarded on December 15, 1959)
Jakob Treu , Senior Studies Director (awarded on December 15, 1959)
Lothar Trier (1929–2010), entrepreneur (awarded on July 14, 2005)
Gerd Tschochohei (* 1943), President of the Bavarian Handball Association, former Realschulkonrektor (awarded on July 13, 2016)
Simone Tucci-Diekmann , publisher of Passauer Neue Presse and Donaukurier (awarded on June 27, 2018)