List of holders of the Federal Cross of Merit Medal
In this list, bearers of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in the Medal of Merit level are given with brief personal information.
Note: Due to the large number of carriers, the aim is not to provide a complete list of carriers.
- Jeanette Biedermann , actress (2011)
- Martin Blankemeyer , filmmaker (2019)
- Wolf Böhringer , chess player and problem composer (2004)
- Hansjörg Bräumer , theologian, pastor and author (2004)
- Ulrich Brinkhoff , photographer and author (1968)
- Marianne Buggenhagen , disabled athlete (2010)
- Fritz Bultmann , choir director and composer (2011)
- Safter Çinar , Migration Officer of the German Trade Union Confederation (2005)
- Gisela Deckert , biologist, conservationist (2010)
- Hatune Dogan , monastery nurse and head of the aid organization "Helfende Dinge" (2010)
- Jürgen Domian , journalist and presenter of the telephone talk show Domian (2003)
- Fritz Drechsler , jockey (1990)
- Matthias Ettrich , computer scientist (2009)
- Aloys Felke , entrepreneur and politician (1995)
- Franz Felke , entrepreneur (1971)
- Edith Franke , politician and table founder (2005)
- Agnes Giesbrecht , writer (2009)
- Klaus Rainer Goll , poet (2010)
- Rolf Görner , local history specialist (2007)
- Saliou Gueye , German-Senegalese migration and development politician (2014)
- Klaus Gundelach , editor, publishing director and conservationist
- Renate Gröpel , politician (2007)
- Heiner Grub , Forester and Politician (SPD) (2019)
- Cosma Shiva Hagen , actress (2015)
- Roman Haller , entrepreneur and author (2004)
- Wolke Hegenbarth , actress (2011)
- Uda Heller , politician (2010)
- Dietmar Helm , water polo player, sports official and social worker (2009)
- Ulf von Hielmcrone , lawyer, author and politician (2007)
- Josef Hißmann , author (1982)
- Michael Hull , dancer and dance teacher (2013)
- Werner Jacob , organist and composer (1992)
- Peter Jüngling , police officer, local history researcher and LGBT activist (2015)
- Emina Čabaravdić-Kamber , Bosnian journalist and artist (1996)
- Monika Kampmann , singer-songwriter (2004)
- André Knöfel , amateur astronomer (2004)
- Wolfgang Köppe , artist (2005)
- Fadumo Korn , women activist (2011)
- Hans-Jürgen Kütbach , Mayor (1999)
- Klaus Kuhlen , Bundeswehr officer (1981)
- Josef Lidl , graphic artist, author, musician and local history specialist (1975)
- Hans-Peter Müller , musician (2009)
- Ariane Müller-Ressing , economist and actor in refugee work (2018)
- Heinrich Ostrop , politician (1984)
- Horst F. Pampel , local history researcher (2001)
- Jana Pavlik , politician (2008)
- Frauke Petry , entrepreneur and politician (2012)
- Albert Plohnke , Operations Manager (2001)
- Helmut Plüschau , politician (2007)
- Shary Reeves , actress, presenter and producer (2016)
- Georg Ried , moderator (2018)
- Erna Roder , painter (2007)
- Birgit Schrowange , presenter (2008)
- Martin Schwab , folk musician (1984)
- Heinrich Seißler , teacher and politician (1986)
- Albert Siebenmorgen , photographer, painter, local researcher and teacher (1976)
- Friederike Sittler , journalist and theologian (2009)
- Eduard Stapel , civil rights activist and LGBT activist (1996)
- Michael Trein , official of the Landsmannschaft of the Transylvanian Saxons (2000)
- Erna de Vries , concentration camp survivor (2006)
- Karin Wolff , translator (1997)
- Clemens Youngblood , priest and educator (2018)
- Stefanie Zweig , writer (1993)