List of holders of the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
This list contains some bearers of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in the level of the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class, with brief personal details.
Note: Due to the high number of carriers, a complete list of carriers is not aimed for in the levels of Merit Cross 1st Class , Merit Cross on Ribbon and Merit Medal , only carriers with Wikipedia articles are entered here.
A.
- Jürgen Abeler , art collector (1998)
- Hans Abich , film producer and radio journalist (1988)
- Hubert Abreß , State Secretary (2003)
- José Antonio Abreu , Venezuelan musician, economist and legal scholar (2005)
- Karl Heinz Abshagen , Germanist (1958)
- Ernst Achilles , fire department official (1990)
- Ann-Kristin Achleitner , economist and lawyer (2014)
- Lea Ackermann , religious sister (1996)
- Claus von Aderkas , Pastor (1984)
- Götz Adriani , art historian (2008)
- Willi Aengevelt , real estate agent (1988)
- Ernst-Günter Afting , biochemist (2004)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Ahnefeld , anesthetist (1999)
- Adolf Ahrens , entrepreneur and politician (1963)
- Ferry Ahrlé , artist (1985)
- Hans Albert , sociologist (2008)
- Alois Albrecht , Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Bamberg (2006)
- Dieter Albrecht , historian
- Robert Alexy , legal philosopher and constitutional law teacher (2010)
- Géza Alföldy , ancient historian (2002)
- Hans Günther van Allen , Mayor (2004)
- Gerhardt Alleweldt , viticulture expert (1982)
- Carl Allmann , District Administrator (1969)
- Jutta Allmendinger , sociologist (2013)
- Wolfgang Altendorf , writer (1981)
- Curt Altmann , entrepreneur (1953)
- Hanns Altmeier , artist (1971)
- Peter Altmeyer , dermatologist (1998)
- Josef Ambacher , association president
- Axel von Ambesser , author, director, actor (1975)
- Heinrich Ambrosius , politician (1959)
- Carl Amery , writer (1987)
- Gerd Andres , Member of the Bundestag and Parliamentary State Secretary (2007)
- Peter Aniol , politician (1992)
- Wolfgang Apel , animal rights activist (2005)
- Karl Appelmann , politician (SPD) (1978)
- Sigrid Arnade , veterinarian (2010)
- Fritz Arens , monument conservator (1977)
- Dietrich Arndt , physician (2007)
- Heinz Ludwig Arnold , publicist (2011)
- Hermann Arnold , manufacturer (1951)
- Dietmar Artzinger-Bolten , President of 1. FC Köln (2005)
- Jan Assmann , Egyptologist (2006)
- Wolfgang Assmann , politician (CDU) (2010)
- Seyran Ateş , women's rights activist (2014)
- Leonore Auerbach , politician (SPD) and teacher (1995)
- Dietrich Austermann , politician (2006)
- Monika Auweter-Kurtz , physicist and university lecturer (2006)
B.
- Kunigunde Bachl , politician (1993)
- Rudolf Bachmann , politician (1982)
- Berthold Bahnsen , politician (1971)
- Peter Bailly , politician (SPD) (1971)
- Nouhou Bako , Nigerien officer
- Hermann Balle , publisher (2013)
- Franz Ballhorn , resistance fighter
- Friedrich Bär , scientist (1973)
- Miguel Barnet , Cuban writer (2004)
- Werner Bartels , Industry Manager (1997)
- Barbara Bartos-Höppner , children's book author (1999)
- Friedrich L. Bauer , IT pioneer (1982)
- Josef Werner Bauer , District Administrator of the Neumarkt district in the Upper Palatinate
- Mary Bauermeister , visual artist and garden designer (2020)
- Rudolf Bayer , computer scientist (1999)
- Julius Baum , art historian (1952)
- Helmut Baumgarten , scientist (2003)
- Lothar Bäumler , entrepreneur (1988)
- Theodor Baums , lawyer (2007)
- Gilbert Bécaud , French chansonnier (1973)
- Hans Dieter Beck , publisher (1989)
- Franz Becker (politician, 1910) , politician (1976)
- Jurek Becker , writer (1992)
- Karl Becker , politician (SPD) (1972)
- Werner Beierwaltes , philosopher and university lecturer (1998)
- Konrad Beikircher , cabaret artist (2012)
- Elly Beinhorn , aviation pioneer (1991)
- Esther Bejarano , Chair of the International Auschwitz Committee (2008)
- Friedrich Bender , geologist (1984)
- Hans Benirschke , journalist (1991)
- Jack O. Bennett , Airlift Pilot (1964)
- Alain Bensoussan , French mathematician (2003)
- Iris Berben , actress (1998)
- Dietrich Berg , doctor
- Senta Berger , actress (1999)
- Christine Bergmann , politician (2011)
- Burckhard Bergmann , Manager (2008)
- Karl-Friedrich Beringer , conductor (1986)
- Horst Egon Berkowitz , lawyer (1961)
- Johann Philipp von Bethmann , banker (1991)
- Viola von Bethusy-Huc , political scientist (2010)
- Ulrich Bettermann , entrepreneur (2012)
- Friedhelm Julius Beucher , politician (2017)
- Harald Bielfeld , diplomat (1960)
- Hans Bierbrauer (called Oskar ), draftsman, caricaturist and painter (1998)
- Hans Biller , designer and engineer at Bing, toy manufacturer (1962)
- Heinz Billing , physicist and computer scientist (2015)
- Wilhelm Bing , publisher (2004)
- Paul Bispinck , Forstmann (1964)
- Karl Oskar Blase , graphic artist (1998)
- Walter Bleicker , entrepreneur
- Claus Victor Bock , Germanist and poet (1984)
- Arndt Bode , computer scientist (2018)
- Arnold Bode , founder of the documenta Kassel (1974)
- Christian Bode , Science Manager (2013)
- Alfred Boeddeker , American Franciscan (1958)
- Max Hildebert Boehm , politician, sociologist and publicist (1956)
- Horst Bökemeier , MdL Hessen (2007)
- Fritz Böhmer , District Administrator (1970)
- Gerhardt Böhmig , naval officer (1969)
- Reinhold Bohlen , theologian (2010)
- Michael Bohnet , economist (2002)
- Otto Friedrich Bollnow , philosopher and educator (1983)
- Emmi Bonhoeffer , resistance assistant (1954)
- Karl Gerhard Bornmann , Chief Police Officer (1977)
- Stefan R. Bornstein , physician (2018)
- Ulrich Borsdorf , historian (2010)
- Knut Borchardt , economic historian
- Helene Freifrau von Bothmer , museum curator (1989)
- Constantin von Brandenstein-Zeppelin , honorary president of the Malteser Aid Service (2005)
- Uwe Brandl , politician (CSU), mayor and President of the Bavarian Municipal Association (2007)
- Horst Brandstätter , entrepreneur (2008)
- Henry G. Brandt , Rabbis Augsburg and Bielefeld, Jewish President of the German Coordination Council (2008)
- Egidius Braun , President of the German Football Association (1985)
- Franz Braun , politician (CDU) and district administrator (1965)
- Ludwig Georg Braun , entrepreneur (1990)
- Artur Brauner , film producer (1993)
- Rudi Brehm , union official (1985)
- Pierre Brice , French actor (1992)
- Fritz Brickwedde , General Secretary DBU (2004)
- Fritz Bringmann , Honorary President of the International Camp Community of Neuengamme Concentration Camp (2000)
- Anneliese Brost , publisher (2008)
- Hinrich Brunckhorst , District Administrator and Member of Parliament
- Dominik Brunner , businessman (posthumously 2009)
- Manfred Bruns , Federal Prosecutor at the Federal Court of Justice (1994)
- Ignatz Bubis , Chairman of the Central Council of Jews in Germany (1992)
- Eberhard Buchborn , physician and university professor
- Hans Buchheim , political scientist (1986)
- Dorothea Buck , author, sculptor and activist of the Movement for Experienced Psychiatrists (1997)
- Gert Buchheit , historian (1970)
- Wilhelm Buddenberg , Member of the State Parliament (CDU)
- Clémence Budow , radio pioneer and politician
- Hans Buhmann , politician (1992)
- Hans-Jörg Bullinger , Head of Institute (2003)
- Otto von Bülow , sea captain
- Hubert Burda , art historian and publisher (1997)
- Heinz Burghart , journalist, author and editor-in-chief of Bayerischer Rundfunk
- Erwin Burkard , politician (1984)
- Walther Busse von Colbe , economist (2009)
- Hellmuth Butenuth , automobile manufacturer (1974)
C.
- Clemens Cammerer , administrative lawyer (1952)
- Wilhelm Canenbley , agricultural functionary (1962)
- Claus von Carnap-Bornheim , archaeologist (2018)
- Rudi Carrell , Dutch showmaster (1985)
- Ursula Carls , entrepreneur and foundation founder (2011)
- Edith Carstensen , artist and foundation founder (2003)
- Bodo Champignon , politician (SPD) (2006)
- Niels Lund Chriesteren , Manager (2010)
- August Claas , entrepreneur (1952)
- Lars Clausen , sociologist (1998)
- Helmut Cox , economist (2004)
- Tony Cragg , sculptor (2012)
- Gerd Crüger , agricultural scientist (1995)
- Christa Czempiel , politician (1990)
D.
- Keyvan Dahesch , journalist (1996)
- György Dalos , Hungarian writer (2015)
- Heinrich Dammann , entrepreneur (1980)
- Alois Dauenhauer , politician (1989)
- Wolfgang Dauner , film composer and jazz pianist (2005)
- Hans-Raimund Deppe , physicist and manager (2010)
- Udo Derbolowsky , physician (1984)
- Hans Derben , politician
- Jupp Derwall , soccer player and coach (1989)
- Harro Dicks , opera director (1981)
- Werner D'hein , journalist (2011)
- Friedrich Dieckmann , writer (1993)
- Wolf Günther Dieffenbach , sports official (2003)
- Volker Diehl , physician (2008)
- Meta Diestel , chamber singer
- Anton Dieterich , author and translator (1984)
- Wilhelm Disselbeck , doctor and professional politician
- Claus Dittrich , entrepreneur (2002)
- Carl Dobler , agricultural politician (1980)
- Martin Döscher , politician (2012)
- Max Dohmann , engineer (2006)
- Günther Dohmen , educationalist (1994)
- Hilde Domin , poet of the 20th century, exile writer (1983)
- Jakob Dörr , Mayor
- Ernst Dossmann , architect and district homeworker (2007)
- Hans-Alexander Drechsler , member of the state parliament
- George Dreyfus , composer (2002)
- Berthold Dücker , journalist (2009)
- Joseph Dünnebacke , politician (1953)
E.
- Fritz Ebbert , Manager, Bavarian Senator (1974)
- Hans-Wilhelm Ebeling , pastor (1998)
- Günter Ecker , physicist and university professor (2006)
- Kurt Edelhagen , jazz musician (1973)
- Sven Effert , cardiologist
- Heinz Eggert , pastor and politician (1992)
- Bernd Ehinger , President of the Chamber of Crafts (2010)
- Wilhelm Ehmann , musicologist and church musician (1969)
- Hans Friedrich von Ehrenkrook , genealogist and aristocratic lawyer (1958)
- Werner Ehrlicher , economist (1989)
- Wolfgang Eichwede , historian (2003)
- Josef Eilles , Reich judge (1953)
- Paul Eipper , writer (1956)
- Josef Eisenburg , doctor (1988)
- Lothar Eißmann , geologist (2015)
- Axel Ekkernkamp , surgeon and politician (2007)
- Hans Elsässer , astronomer (1994)
- Frank Elstner , TV show master (2017)
- Alexander von Elverfeldt , farmer and forest manager, association official and author (1992)
- Erika Emmerich , lawyer and manager (1997)
- Roland Emmerich , filmmaker (1998)
- José Luís Encarnação , computer scientist (1995)
- Albrecht Encke , physician, President of the AWMF (2006)
- Hinrich Enderlein , politician (2006)
- Michael Endres , Manager (2015)
- Volker Engel , visual effects supervisor and film producer (1998)
- Heiko Engelkes , journalist (2005)
- Rainer Eppelmann , politician (1994)
- Erland Erdmann , cardiologist (2006)
- Kurt Ernsting , entrepreneur and patron (2008)
- Reinhard Erös , doctor (2006)
- Albin Eser , lawyer and criminal law scholar (2004)
- Bernhard Everke , Lord Mayor (2005)
- Walter Eversheim , mechanical engineer and university lecturer (2009)
- Klaus Evertz , politician (1991)
- Evmenios von Lefke , Bishop (1995)
- Karl Eyerkaufer , athlete and politician (2005)
F.
- Philipp W. Fabry , historian (1984)
- Brigitte Fassbaender , singer (2001)
- Gisela Fechner , politician (1985)
- Josef Feger , politician (CDU), Lord Mayor of Leutkirch in the Allgäu
- Michael Felke , entrepreneur (1965)
- Heinz Fenrich , politician (CDU), Lord Mayor of Karlsruhe (2013)
- Antal Festetics , zoologist, behavioral scientist, wildlife biologist and conservationist (1998)
- Heinrich Festing , theologian, General Praeses of the International Kolping Society (1998)
- Berndt Feuerbacher , physicist (2010)
- Günther Fielmann , entrepreneur (2000)
- Otto Fink , politician (CDU), mayor of Tuttlingen (1959)
- Dieter Finzel , lawyer and chamber official (2010)
- Dirk Fischer , politician (CDU) (1994)
- Hermann Fischer , animal photographer (1963)
- Klaus Fischer , entrepreneur (2007)
- Manfred Fischer , pastor (2013)
- Werner Fischer , civil rights activist (1995)
- Werner Fischer , goldsmith and artist (1999)
- Hellmut Fischmeister , Austrian metallurgist (1997)
- Hagen Fleischer , German-Greek historian (2018)
- Erik Forssman , art historian (1994)
- Heinrich Fraenkel , historian and chess composer (1967)
- Hans Frangenheim , doctor (1982)
- Gerhard Frank , lawyer, hunting official and politician (1984)
- Herbert Franke , sinologist
- Ute Frevert , historian (2016)
- Achim Freyer , painter and set designer (1989)
- Alfons Frick , politician (CDU) (1970)
- Hédi Fried , author and Holocaust survivor (2017)
- Karl Wilhelm Fricke , Stasi kidnapping victim and journalist (2001)
- Günter Friedrich , politician (CDU)
- Andreas Fritsch , classical philologist and didactic specialist (2013)
- Hans Joachim Fröhlich , forest scientist (1990)
- Gertrud Fussenegger , Austrian writer (1984)
- Harald Fuchs , physicist (2009)
- Albert Funk , pharmacist, prehistorian and local researcher (1951)
G
- Hans Wilhelm Gäb , Honorary President of the German Table Tennis Association (1996)
- Georg Gänswein , private secretary of Pope Benedict XVI. (2007)
- Gero Gandert , film scholar (2011)
- Rolf Gartz , biologist and board member of the Eduard Rhein Foundation
- Gerlach von Gaudecker , Colonel (1966)
- Paul Gauselmann , entrepreneur (2003)
- Gustav Gauthier , entrepreneur (1951)
- Aenne Gehling , politician (1973)
- Horst Geipel , politician
- Hugo Geisert , politician (CDU) (1970)
- Eberhard von Gemmingen , Head of the German-language editorial team at Vatican Radio (2002)
- Curt M. Genewein , prelate (1988)
- Ulrich Gensch , physicist (2011)
- David Geringas , cellist (2006)
- Alexander Gerst , astronaut (2015)
- Miep Gies , Anne Frank's assistant (1994)
- Alfred Gille , politician (GB / BHE) (1968)
- Albert Gilles , lawyer and district administrator (1962)
- Stefan Gillich , politician (2001)
- Ralph Giordano , journalist, writer and director (1990)
- Pauline Gistl , entrepreneur (1957)
- Marcel Gleffe , German who emigrated to Norway, rescuer of Utøya (2011)
- Fritz Gleibe , lawyer, politician and Lord Mayor of Chemnitz (1967)
- Alfred Gleiss , Lawyer (1977)
- Matthias Gleitze , politician, senior district director of the Duderstadt district (1967)
- Paul Gnaier , fencer and sports official (1996)
- Jürgen Gohde , theologian (2004)
- Rüdiger Göb , lawyer, politician and councilor for the city of Cologne (1989)
- Hartmut Göbel , neurologist, psychologist and pain therapist (2013)
- Peter Gola , German legal scholar and politician (FDP) (2013)
- Michael Göring , CEO of the Zeit-Stiftung Ebelin and Gerd Bucerius (2006)
- Horst Görtz , software entrepreneur (2009)
- Karl Gößwald , zoologist
- Kurt Goldstein , journalist (2005)
- Klaus Gollert , doctor and politician (2008)
- Erwin Gomeringer , politician (CDU) (1970)
- Annemarie Gottfried , puppet artist and founder of the Eckelshausener Musiktage (2003)
- Max Graeff , entrepreneur, lawyer and diplomat (1960)
- Gerhart von Graevenitz , literary scholar and rector of the University of Konstanz (2010)
- Adolf Graf , church musician (1964)
- Anke Gravert , politician (1992)
- Hans-Georg Graichen , Consul General of the Republic of Mali (2005)
- Hermann Greiner , politician (SPD)
- Mathieu Grosch , Belgian politician, MEP (2004)
- Ludwig Grosse , lawyer and insurance manager (1989)
- Hubertus Großler , Major General (1980)
- Amata Grüner , Sister (1960)
- Wolfgang Grupp , entrepreneur (2019)
- Alexander Grundner-Culemann , forester and politician (1959)
- Arnold Güttsches , Director of the Cologne City Archives (1959)
- Rudi Gutendorf , soccer coach (2011)
- Gernot Gutmann , economist (2010)
- Robert Gysae , Admiral (1970)
H
- August Haag , teacher and local researcher (1959)
- Otto Haag , Weingärtner and politician (1970)
- Alfred Haas , engineer and politician (2006)
- Ruprecht Haasler , Major General (1994)
- Wolfgang Haber , landscape ecologist (1986)
- Karl-Otto Habermehl , virologist (1996)
- Klaus Hackert , Craftsman and Politician (1994)
- Wolf Häfele , physicist (1982)
- Werner Hagedorn , trade unionist (1989)
- Heinrich Hagemann , politician (CDU) (1985)
- Dietrich Hahlbrock , entrepreneur (1982)
- Werner Hahlweg , military historian and military scientist (1983)
- Marita Haibach , politician (2009)
- Simon Halsey , British conductor and choir director (2010)
- Ingeborg Hallstein , opera singer (1996)
- Walter Anton Viktor Halstrick , entrepreneur (1956)
- Evelyn Hamann , actress (1993)
- Ernst Hammans , manufacturer and politician (1963)
- Hans Hammer , clergyman (1988)
- Franz Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord , theologian (2001)
- Arthur Handtmann , Entrepreneur (2014)
- Theodor Hänsch , physicist (2006)
- Wilhelm Hansen , Museum Director (1971)
- Friedrich Hänssler , theologian and publisher (2001)
- August Hanz , politician (CDU)
- Joachim Harms , politician (1985)
- Dietmar Harting , entrepreneur (2009)
- Wolfgang Hartung , lawyer (1999)
- Heinrich Hartz , priest (1956)
- Karl Hasel , forest scientist and historian
- Hans-Heinrich Hatlapa , founder of the Eekholt Wildlife Park (1997)
- Katrin Hattenhauer , civil rights activist (2015)
- Herbert Hauffe , politician (SPD) (1968)
- Bernd Haunfelder , historian and publicist (2011)
- Alfred Hauser , politician (1969)
- Erich Hauser , sculptor (1979)
- Johannes Hauser , politician (CDU) (1960)
- Otto houses , writer (2006)
- Robert Häusser , photographer (1985)
- Rudolf Häussler , entrepreneur (1992)
- Pierre van Hauwe , Dutch music teacher, musician and composer (2001)
- Ingeborg Hecht , contemporary witness of the persecution of Jews and author (2005)
- Harald Heckmann , musicologist (2000)
- Peter Heesen , trade unionist (2012)
- Erwin Heim , local politician (1974)
- Klaus von Heimendahl , military and federal managing director Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe (1966)
- Gunder Heimlich , administrative employee and AWO functionary (2013)
- Heinz-Albert Heindrichs , composer and writer (2001)
- Ursula Heindrichs , Germanist, pedagogue and fairy tale researcher (1998)
- Ulrich Heinrich , politician (FDP) (2007)
- Katharina Heinroth , zoologist (1957)
- Rudolf Heitefuß , Phytomedicist (2006)
- Karl-Heinrich Heitfeld , engineer and hydrogeologist (2003)
- Matthäa Held , religious sister (2008)
- Horst Hellmann , pensioner (2004)
- Walter Hellmich , football official and building contractor (2009)
- Johann Anton Hemberger , politician (1991)
- Karl Hemberger , sports official (1990)
- Gabriele Henkel , patron of the arts (1931–2017)
- Manfred Hennecke , materials scientist (2014)
- Jürgen Heraeus , Manager and Chairman of UNICEF Germany (2000)
- Josef Herberger , football coach (1962)
- Peter Herbolzheimer , musician and band leader (2001)
- Günter Herlitz , entrepreneur
- Traudl Herrhausen , politician (2010)
- Erich Herrmann , union official (1987)
- Michael Herrmann , Culture and Music Manager (2014)
- Martin Herrenknecht , entrepreneur (2007)
- Ingolf Volker Hertel , physicist (2004)
- Werner Herzog , director, producer and actor (2012)
- Fritz Hesse , politician (1956)
- Peter Julius Hesse , businessman (1999)
- Kurt Hessenberg , composer (1989)
- Roland Hetzer , cardiac surgeon (1995)
- Christoph Heubner , writer (2015)
- Rainer Hildebrandt , freedom fighter, historian and publicist, founder of the Wall Museum (1994)
- Wilhelm Hillesheim , politician (CDU) (1956)
- Horst Hilpert , lawyer and judge (2004)
- Eduard Hindelang , museum director (2010)
- Claus Hipp , entrepreneur, painter, musician (1995)
- Kōzō Hirao , Japanese Germanist (2005)
- Jan Hoet , art historian and exhibition curator (2009)
- Candida Höfer , photographer (2015)
- Hans Hoffmann , politician (SPD) (1980)
- Kurt Caesar Hoffmann , Vice Admiral (1965)
- Herbert W. Hofmann , sports official (1999)
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Hohenzollern , head of the House of Hohenzollern
- Hans Holtorff , politician (1971)
- Klaus-Jürgen Holzapfel , publisher (2011)
- Christoph Hölzel , Ministerial Director (2009)
- Wolfgang Holzgreve , physician and manager (2018)
- Manfred Hölzlein , lawyer and politician (2011)
- Peter Hommelhoff , legal scholar (2007)
- Walter Homolka , rabbi and university professor (2014)
- Rolf Hoppe , actor and theater principal (2010)
- Klaus Hopt , lawyer (2009)
- Erich Hornsmann , lawyer, non-fiction author and environmental activist (1980)
- Hans Hösl , politician (CSU) (1990)
- Walter Hostert , District Administrator (1987)
- Dietmar von Hoyningen-Huene , process engineer and university lecturer (2007)
- Christoph Huber , immunologist and university professor (2015)
- Wolfgang Huber , environmental doctor (2017)
- Max Huggler , Swiss art historian (1994)
- Young-Sup Huh , Korean pharmaceutical entrepreneur and President of the German-Korean Society
- Bertold Hummel , composer (1985)
- Max Hünninghaus , farmer and politician (FDP) (1960)
- Klaus Husemann , member of the Konkret base group and university professor (1998)
- Roland Hüttenrauch , board member of Stiftung Warentest (1988)
- Hans Walter Hütter , historian (2017)
I.
- Georg Iggers , historian (2007)
- Hermann Ilaender , politician (CDU), administrative officer and forestry association official (2003)
- Ulrich Immenga , legal scholar and chairman of the Monopolies Commission (1990)
J
- Heinrich Eduard Jacob , writer and journalist (1966)
- Werner Jacob , composer and university professor (2003)
- Heinz Jacobsen , handball official (2002)
- Willi Jäger , mathematician (2007)
- Alfred Jahn , pediatrician and surgeon (2002)
- Hans Edgar Jahn , politician (CDU) (1973)
- Irene Janetzky , journalist (1975)
- Wolf-Rüdiger Janzen , economic functionary (2003)
- Horst Jaunich , politician (1984)
- Helmut Jedele , film producer and university lecturer
- Heinz Jentzsch , equestrian sports trainer (1992)
- Peter Jeschke , lawyer and politician (1974)
- Dorothee Jetter , educator and synod president (2004)
- Margarethe Jochimsen , art historian and museum director (2004)
- Rudolf Johna , politician (SPD) (1996)
- Valentin Jost , District Administrator of the Main-Taunus-Kreis
- Josef Jochem , politician (CDU) (1979)
- Klaus Johannis , Romanian politician (2014)
- Ernst Friedrich Jung , diplomat
- Volker Jung , Manager (2005)
- Wolfgang Junge , biophysicist (1998)
- Eberhard Junkersdorf , film producer and director (2004)
- Heribert Jürgens , pediatrician and oncologist (2013)
- Udo Jürgens , Austrian singer, composer (1994)
- Gerhard Jussenhoven , composer (2002)
- Karl Jüsten , Head of the Commissariat of the German Bishops in Berlin (2005)
K
- Aarne Kreuzinger-Janik , Lieutenant General (2012)
- Patricia Kaas , French singer (2003)
- Jürgen Kämgen , politician (2004)
- Jörg Kaehler , actor, director, theater director and author (2012)
- Walter Kaesbach , art historian (1959)
- Otto Kähler , lawyer, notary and legal historian (1954)
- Otto Kaiser , theologian (1990)
- Rudolf E. Kaiser , chemist (1996)
- Alfred Kamphausen , art historian and museum director (1971)
- Erhard Kantzenbach , economist
- Hugo Karpf , politician (1960)
- Norbert Kartmann , politician (CDU) (2012)
- Karl Kast , politician (CDU)
- Alexander Kaul , biophysicist (1988)
- Ellis Kaut , writer
- Franz Josef Kayser , politician (CDU) and publisher (1995)
- Hans Keilson , psychoanalyst and writer (1988)
- Edwin Kelm , Chairman of the Landsmannschaft of the Bessarabien Germans (2005)
- Herbert Kempfler , politician (CSU) (2005)
- Otto Kentzler , entrepreneur and association official (2009)
- Hans-Alwin Ketels , farmer and politician (CDU) (1982)
- Helmut Kewitz , pharmacologist
- Anselm Kiefer , artist (2005)
- Peter Graf von Kielmansegg , political scientist and university professor (2006)
- Elisabeth Kieven , art historian (2014)
- Erna Kilkowski , politician (1970)
- Hans Kindermann , lawyer (1992)
- Walter Kiwit , Senior District Director (2004)
- Beate Klarsfeld , Nazi hunter (2015)
- Serge Klarsfeld , Nazi hunter (2015)
- Waldemar Klein , soccer coach (2004)
- Matthias Kleiner , engineer and university professor (2011)
- Ernst Klenk (viticulture technician) , viticulture technician (1970)
- Rüdiger Klessmann , art historian (1991)
- Erich Klinge , lawyer (1995)
- Clemens Klockner , university professor (2008)
- Hans Klose , teacher and conservationist (1954)
- Olaf Klose , art historian and librarian (1968)
- Bernd Klug , General (1988)
- Paul Gerhard Klussmann , Germanist (2000)
- Niklot Klüßendorf , historian, numismatist (2007)
- Hildegard Knef , singer, actress, author (1975)
- Joachim H. Knoll , educator (2005)
- Edmund Knorr , teacher, home curator, conservationist and ornithologist (1965)
- Herbert Kober , entrepreneur (2010)
- Hermann Koch , worker welfare officer
- Wilhelm Herbert Koch , writer and journalist (1975)
- Konstantin Kohler , Prelate, Cathedral Chapter (2005)
- Heinrich Kohlhaussen , art historian and museum director (1960)
- Josef Kohlmaier , politician, mayor of Limburg an der Lahn (1981)
- Clemens Konermann , pastor (1961)
- Robert Knüppel , politician and monument protector (2006)
- Bernhard Kock , classical philologist and teacher (1960)
- Reiner Körfer , cardiac surgeon (2009)
- Paul Kolb , politician (SPD), worker welfare official (1973)
- Manfred Kolbe , politician (2010)
- Gerd-Helmut Komossa , Major General (1983)
- Walter Konrad , lawyer and media manager (2005)
- Gerhard Konzelmann , correspondent and journalist (1977)
- Walter Korn , politician (CDU) (1990)
- Hans-Joachim Kornadt , psychologist and educationalist (2006)
- Wolfgang Koschel , space scientist (2004)
- Renate Köcher , pollster (1996)
- Henning Kößler , philosopher (1982)
- Hermann Köster , politician (SPD) (1968)
- Thomas Köster , politician, economist and chamber official (2000)
- Paul Kottwitz , Mine Director (1970)
- Viktor de Kowa , actor, chanson singer, director, storyteller and comedy poet (1961)
- Gerta Krabbel , historian, writer and women's rights activist
- Hans Kraft , politician (SPD) (2004)
- Hans-Peter Krämer , Sparkasse Manager (2006)
- Horst Kramp , Manager (1992)
- Andreas Kraus , historian (1991)
- Hans Kraus , politician (1999)
- Josef Kreiner , Japanologist (1996)
- Margarete Krick , publisher (2011)
- Robert Krick , publisher (2011)
- Josef Krieglstein , physician (2004)
- Klaus Kriesche , special education teacher and politician (1996)
- Hans-Peter Kröger , fire department official (2011)
- Hans Kröner , entrepreneur (1988)
- Gabriele Krone-Schmalz , TV journalist (1997)
- Andreas Kruse , gerontologist (2008)
- Jens-Martin Kruse , Pastor (2016)
- Willibert Krüger , entrepreneur (2011)
- Hans Kubis , Lieutenant General
- Wilhelm Küchler , entrepreneur and politician
- Bernhard Kuckelkorn , Mayor
- Reinhard Kuhnert , educator, English scholar and politician (2016)
- Julius Kunert , entrepreneur (1980)
- Topsy Küppers , Austrian actress
- Thomas Küttler , Superintendent (1995)
- Rolf Kurz , politician (CDU), entrepreneur and association official (1997)
L.
- Helmut Lachenmann , composer (2010)
- August Läpple , entrepreneur (1955)
- Helmut Läpple , entrepreneur (1990)
- Karl Lagerfeld , fashion designer, artist, photographer (1985)
- Lothar Lammers , co-inventor of the lottery game 6 out of 49 (1984)
- Kurt Landsberg , politician (1957)
- Bernd-Lutz Lange , cabaret artist (2014)
- Eckart Lange , music teacher (2008)
- Hans Langendörfer , Secretary of the German Bishops' Conference (2008)
- Felicia Langer , Israeli lawyer (2009)
- Norbert Langhoff , engineer (2011)
- Lukas Leiber , forest officer (1962)
- Ruth Leiserowitz , contemporary historian (2014)
- Erich Lejeune , entrepreneur (2007)
- Bruno Le Maire , French politician (2015)
- Ferdinand Lentjes , engineer and entrepreneur (1952)
- Helmut Lenz , politician
- Joachim-Felix Leonhard , Hessian State Secretary (2004)
- Günter Leonhardt , entrepreneur
- Hermann Leskien , General Director of the Bavarian State Library (2007)
- Mitja Leskovar , Slovenian Roman Catholic clergyman and diplomat of the Holy See (2019)
- Gerd Leuchs , physicist (2012)
- Kurt Leuninger , Mayor (2008)
- Wilhelm Leutzbach , transport scientist (2003)
- Carl August Lieberich , Managing Director of the German Wood Industry Association (1963)
- Rolf Lieberwirth , lawyer (2010)
- Hans Lilie , lawyer (2012)
- Otto Linck , forester, geologist, conservationist, photographer and poet (1957)
- Hanns-Gero von Lindeiner , forester, hunter, diplomat and politician (1968)
- Horst Linde , architect and university professor (1982)
- Udo Lindenberg , musician and painter (2019)
- Hans Lindner , entrepreneur (1998)
- Walter Link , politician and deacon
- Josef Lissner , radiologist (1988)
- Gerd Litfin , physicist (2011)
- Nikolaus Lobkowicz , philosopher (1994)
- Walter Lochmüller , artist (1979)
- Wilfried Lochte , graduate engineer (2006)
- Ernst Löchelt , politician (2010)
- Johann Löhn , Honorary Curator of the Steinbeis Foundation (2001)
- Konrad Loerke , naval officer (1967)
- Walther von Loewenich , church historian and university professor (1984)
- Alois Konstantin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg , entrepreneur (2005)
- Gerhard Löwenstein , doctor (1980)
- Klaus Lohmann , politician (SPD)
- Rudolf Lohmann , entrepreneur (1956)
- Richard Lohrmann , forester and conservationist (1964)
- Martin Lohse , pharmacologist and university professor (2002)
- Georges Loinger , French resistance fighter (2016)
- Ludwig Manfred Lommel , humorist (1956)
- Thomas Lorenzen , politician (CDU) (1995)
- Frank Lortz , Member of the State Parliament (2003)
- Reinhard Ludewig , pharmacologist, toxicologist and university lecturer (2012)
- Irene Ludwig , art patron (1983)
- Martin Luley , theologian, vicar general in the diocese of Mainz
- Heinz Lund , politician (1978)
- Bruno Lunenfeld , Austrian endocrinologist (1995)
- Burkart Lutz , sociologist and university professor (2011)
- Martha Lux-Steiner , Swiss physicist (1999)
M.
- Annemarie Madison , carer for AIDS sufferers (1994)
- Peter Maffay , musician (2008)
- Albrecht Magen , entrepreneur and local politician (1990)
- Heinrich Magirius , monument conservator (1996)
- Dieter Mahncke , political scientist (2017)
- Kurt Salomon Maier , Librarian and Holocaust Survivor (2019)
- Kurt Malangré , Mayor of Aachen, MEP (1993)
- Maria Imma Mack , religious sister (2005)
- Klaus Malettke , historian (2007)
- Emil Mangelsdorff , jazz musician (2008)
- Werner Mansfeld , scientist (1998)
- Marie-Luise Marjan , actress (1998)
- Petros Markaris , Greek writer (2014)
- Helmut Markwort , journalist (1999)
- Werner Marnette , industrialist (2005)
- Volkert Martens , politician (1965)
- Marianne Martin , presenter
- Jakob Marquardt , industrialist
- Bernhard Marschall , Prelate (1953)
- Siegfried Maruhn , journalist (1974)
- Günter Matthes , journalist (1979)
- Siegfried Matthus , composer (2000)
- Hansgünter Matuschak , manager and company director (1987)
- Zenta Mauriņa , writer, essayist and translator (1968)
- Bernd Mayer , city historian and politician (2011)
- Franz Mazura , singer and actor (2010)
- Frank Meisler , German-British-Israeli architect and sculptor (2012)
- Gertrud Meißner , doctor (1960)
- Edgar Meister , Board Member (2006)
- Detlev Mehlis , Senior Public Prosecutor Berlin (2006)
- Hansjörg Melchior , urologist and documenta supporter (2009)
- Friedhelm Mennekes , priest and art expert (2011)
- Ulf Merbold , astronaut (1984)
- Adolf Merckle , entrepreneur (2005)
- Meinolf Mertens , Member of Parliament (1981)
- Tatiana von Metternich-Winneburg , patron (1990)
- Reinhard Metz , politician (CDU)
- Alfons Metzger , administrative lawyer (2004)
- Marieluise Metzger , nun (2009)
- Paul Metzger , local politician (CDU) (2009)
- Friedrich von Metzler , banker (2003)
- Joachim Metzner , President of Cologne University of Applied Sciences and representative of university committees (2015)
- Christa Meves , therapist and writer (1985)
- Reinhard Mey , songwriter (2001)
- Hans Meyer , medic (1953)
- Konrad Meyer , politician (CDU) (1966)
- Gerhard Meyer-Schwickerath , ophthalmologist and university professor (1981)
- Hermann Meyn , farmer and politician (SPD) (1968)
- Lucian O. Meysels , Austrian journalist and non-fiction author
- Walter Michaeli , engineer and university professor (2009)
- Klaus Michaelis , BfA board member (2005)
- Wolfgang W. Mickel , political scientist (1991)
- Norbert Miller , literary and art scholar (2010)
- Milva , singer and actress (2006)
- Brigitte Mira , actress, cabaret artist and singer (1995)
- Gernot Mittler , politician (2005)
- Jürgen Mlynek , physicist (2010)
- Kjell Åke Modéer , lawyer (2007)
- Heinz Mohnen , lawyer and city director of Cologne
- Fritz Mohr politician (CDU)
- Alfred Möhrle , physician and professional politician (2000)
- Irene Möllenbeck , politician (2011)
- Dietrich Möller , Mayor of Marburg (2006)
- Paul Möller , politician (SPD) (1982)
- Gerhard Möllhoff , neurologist, social medicine specialist and psychiatrist
- Karin Mölling , virologist (2018)
- Katharina Mommsen , German-American literary scholar (1985)
- Eugen Moufang , lawyer (1959)
- Joseph Müller-Blattau , musicologist and SA man
- Harry Mulisch , Dutch writer (2002)
- Erich Mulzer , grammar school teacher, chairman of Altstadtfreunde Nürnberg (1993)
- Karl Munzel , lawyer and politician (CDU) (1975)
- Akira Murata , Japanese entrepreneur (1986)
- Hans-Georg Musmann , engineer and university lecturer (2008)
N
- Estrongo Nachama , Chief Cantor of the Jewish Community in Berlin (1987)
- Isabella Nadolny , writer (1992)
- Hans Nadler , architect, building historian and preservationist (1993)
- Clemens Nagel , President of the Upper Rhine Conference (2005)
- Hartmut Nassauer , politician (CDU) (1991)
- Rosemarie Nave-Herz , sociologist (2000)
- Albin Nees , State Secretary (2007)
- Rüdiger Nehberg , human rights activist and survival expert (2008)
- Hermann Nehlsen , legal historian (2010)
- Harald Nestroy , Ambassador (2009)
- Reimund Neugebauer , engineer and university lecturer (2005)
- Joachim Neumann , officer
- Wolfram Neumann , doctor (2004)
- Aylâ Neusel , university and women's politician (2001)
- Wolfgang Niedecken , singer (2013)
- Dietrich Niethammer , doctor (2005)
- Tomasz Niewodniczański , Polish-German entrepreneur (2002)
- Erich Nitzling , businessman, politician (SPD) (1986)
- Walter Georg Nowak , diplomat (2004)
- Klaus Nürnberg , Metallurg (1999)
O
- Heinrich Oberreuter , political scientist (2010)
- Wilhelm Oberle , entrepreneur and founder
- Helmut Obst , religious scholar (2010)
- Wubbo Ockels , Dutch spaceman and physicist
- Norbert Oellers , Germanist (2010)
- Hellmut Oelert , cardiac surgeon (2011)
- Kurt Oeser , pastor (1990)
- Heinz Oestergaard , fashion designer (1996)
- Heidi Oetinger , publisher (2009)
- Rita Öhquist , translator (1960)
- Horst W. Opaschowski , futurologist (2010)
- Alfred Freiherr von Oppenheim , private banker
- Karl Heinrich Oppenländer , economist (1987)
- Bernhard Oswald , entrepreneur (2009)
- Frei Otto , architect (2006)
- Joseph Albert Otto , theologian (1971)
- Wolfgang Otto , General of the Bundeswehr (2009)
- Wolfgang Overath , footballer, sports official (2008)
P
- Dieter Paul , chemist (2001)
- Walter Pehle , historian (2007)
- Ernst Pein , entrepreneur (1953)
- Heinz-Otto Peitgen , mathematician (1996)
- Mieczysław Pemper , German-Polish concentration camp inmate (2002)
- Erich Penzel , horn player and university lecturer (2005)
- Alfons Perlick , educator and local researcher (1968)
- Wilhelm Peßler , folklorist (1960)
- Gerhard Peters , art historian (1972)
- Sigrid Peyerimhoff , chemist (1994)
- Kurt Pfeiffer , initiator of the Charlemagne Prize of the City of Aachen (1954)
- Josef Pichl , politician
- Josef Pick , sports manager (1989)
- Přemysl Pitter , Czech teacher (1973)
- Klaus Christian Plönzke , entrepreneur (2003)
- Mathilde Planck , home economics teacher and politician (1951)
- Peter Plate , singer (2011)
- Matthias Platzeck , politician (SPD) (1998)
- Heinrich Pleticha , writer (1986)
- Wulff Plinke , business economist (2012)
- Detlev Ploog , psychiatrist
- Frank Pobell , physicist and science manager (2004)
- Reinhard Pöllath , lawyer and manager (2009)
- Emil Podszus , physicist (1957)
- Rüdiger Pohl , economist (2000)
- Rudolf Pohl , prelate and church musician (2002)
- Klaus Erich Pollmann , historian and university professor (2013)
- Reiner Pommerin , historian and university professor (2008)
- Elizabeth Pond , American political scientist and journalist (2004)
- Gerhard Postel , clergyman (2009)
- Carl Pott , cutlery manufacturer and industrial designer (1973)
- Paul Preuss , politician (1965)
- Otfried Preußler , writer (1993)
- Benno Prieß , author (2005)
- Michail Prodan , forest scientist (1984)
- Dieter Pützhofen , politician (CDU) (2000)
- Hilde Purwin , journalist (1970)
Q
- Siegfried Quandt , history didactician and university lecturer (2006)
- Giselher Quast , cathedral preacher (2017)
- Freddy Quinn , Austrian singer and actor (1984)
R.
- Werner Radlayers , Auxiliary Bishop in Bamberg (1996)
- Luise Rainer , actress (1985)
- Dinah Radtke , translator (2009)
- Hildegard Ramdohr , honorary citizen of the city of Aschersleben (2014)
- Hans Gerhard Ramler , trade union official and politician (SPD) (1983)
- Georg Ratzinger , Domkapellmeister (1981)
- Dietrich Ratzke , journalist (2005)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Räuker , journalist and broadcast director (1984)
- Ulrich Raulff , historian and journalist (2013)
- Karl Rawer , physicist
- Otto Rehhagel , soccer player and coach (2005)
- Kurt Rehkopf , politician (FDP) and trade functionary (2009)
- Hannes Rehm , bank manager (2003)
- Irmgard Reichhardt , politician (CDU) (1991)
- Aribert Reimann , Volunteer Service for the Disabled (1999)
- Günter Reimann , economist (2003)
- Hartwig Reimann , politician (SPD)
- Stephan Reimers , representative of the Protestant Church in Germany (2005)
- Hans Reinauer , physician and biochemist (1999)
- Edgar Reitz , filmmaker (1992)
- Michael Reitzel , politician (SPD) (1983)
- Thomas Rempen , communication designer (2011)
- Otto Renkhoff , archivist and author (1974)
- Otto Rettenmaier , entrepreneur (2005)
- Hermann Reuter , librarian (1957)
- Martin Richenhagen , German-American manager (2017)
- Bolko von Richthofen , prehistorian (1963)
- Hubert Rickelmann , local history researcher and author (1958)
- Hans Riehemann , District Administrator (CDU) (1955)
- Hans Riegel junior , entrepreneur (1994)
- Detlev Riesner , biophysicist (2005)
- Wolf-Dieter Ring , media politician (1999)
- Wolfgang Rittmann , sports official (2005)
- Herwig Roggemann , lawyer (2016)
- Eric F. Ross , entrepreneur and patron (2009)
- Romani Rose , Chairman of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma (2008)
- Rüdiger von Rosen , economist and manager (2007)
- Otto Rosenberg , politician (SPD), chairman of the Berlin-Brandenburg regional association of German Sinti and Roma (1998)
- Volker Röhricht , Richter (2011)
- Walter Rosenwald , ministerial official, military historian and religious scholar (1990)
- Nikolaus Rosiny , architect (1995)
- Georg Rösler , politician (CDU) (1987)
- Dagmar Roth-Behrendt , politician (SPD) (2009)
- Heinz Röthemeier , politician (SPD), mayor of Minden
- Claus Roxin , legal scholar (2000)
- Walter Rudolf , State Commissioner for Data Protection (1997)
- Eleonore Rudolph , politician (2009)
- Sep Ruf , architect and urban planner (1976)
- Rudolf Rumetsch , district administrator and ministerial official
- Regina Rusch , children's book author (1998)
- Michael Russ , organizer (2005)
- AnNa R. , singer of the band Rosenstolz (2011)
S.
- Heinz Sahnen , politician (2010)
- Richard Sapper , industrial designer (2012)
- Carl-Philipp zu Salm-Salm , Head of the Princely House of Salm-Salm (2009)
- Hilda Sandtner , textile artist, glass painter and university lecturer (1989)
- Hans Sarre , nephrologist (1988)
- Hans Sauer , inventor (1988)
- Eckhard Sauerbaum , politician (1985)
- Alfred Sauter , Member of the Bundestag and former Minister of State D. (2010)
- Friedrich Sauthoff , engineer (1972)
- Werner Schaal , President of the Philipps University of Marburg (2009)
- Günter Schade , art historian, museum director (2009)
- Lothar Bäumler , General Physician (1988)
- Paul Schäfer , gynecologist and university professor (1952)
- Rudolf Schäfer , journalist, historian and local researcher (1968)
- Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler , entrepreneur (2001)
- Tana Schanzara , stage actress (2008)
- Helmut Schatz , internist, endocrinologist and diabetologist (2014)
- Ernst Schaude Administrative Lawyer , District Administrator, Vice President of the Government (1971)
- Ruth Schaumann , poet, sculptor, draftsman (1959)
- Paul-Werner Scheele , Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg (1996)
- Karla Schefter , construction assistant (1993)
- Hermann Scheipers , priest (2012)
- Josef Schelb , composer (1969)
- Harald Schicha , nuclear medicine specialist (2011)
- Ludwig Schick , Archbishop of Bamberg (2007)
- Erwin Schild , Judaist and Rabbi (2000)
- Robert Schindlbeck , internist and professional representative (1988)
- Oskar Schindler , entrepreneur (1965)
- Heinrich Schipperges , medical historian (1999)
- Lothar Schirmer , art book publisher and collector (2014)
- Clemens Schmalstich , composer and conductor (1957)
- Herbert Schmalstieg , Lord Mayor of Hanover
- Clemens Schmeck , doctor and environmentalist (1982)
- Franz Schmedt , journalist (2002)
- Günther Schmelzer , Brigadier General
- Senta Maria Schmid , choreographer and dancer
- Werner Schmid , entrepreneur and politician (CDU) (1982)
- Helmut Schmidt , sports official (2008)
- Hans Joachim Schmidt , dentist (1969)
- Karsten Schmidt , lawyer (2006)
- Klaus Schmidt (lawyer) , President of the Regional Labor Court RLP (2006)
- Klaus Louis Schmidt , doctor (2007)
- Horst Schmidt-Böcking , physicist (2009)
- Henriette Schmidt-Burkhardt , entrepreneur and patron (2009)
- Wieland Schmied , art historian
- Adolf Schmitt (landscape architect) (1973)
- Annegrit Schmitt , State Curator (2004)
- Klaus-Peter Schmitz , Biomedical Engineering (2018)
- Richard Schmitz , Hotelier (2015)
- Christiane Schmullius , geographer and university lecturer (2010)
- Peter Schnell , entrepreneur (2009)
- Siegmar von Schnurbein , archaeologist (2007)
- Peter Scholl-Latour , journalist and publicist (2006)
- Hans Schomburgk , Africa explorer (1956)
- Hans Karl Schneider , economist (1970)
- Hermann Schneider , Weingärtner (1952)
- Volkmar Schneider , forensic doctor (2005)
- Wolfgang Schneider , cultural scientist (2018)
- Hermann Schoenauer , pastor (2008)
- Helene Schoettle , politician (SPD) (1983)
- Hermann Schoppe , politician (CDU) (1995)
- Erwin Schopper , physicist (1984)
- Winfried Schrammek , organist and musicologist (1999)
- Werner Schreiber , politician (2009)
- August Schröder , state archivist
- Anna Maria Schulte , social activist (1965)
- Dietrich Schulz , entrepreneur (1988)
- Martin Schulz , politician (2006)
- Hans-Eugen Schulze , Richter (2012)
- Friedrich-Carl Schultze-Rhonhof , Chairman of the Board of the Silesian Foundation (2005)
- Albrecht Schultz , Manager (1984)
- Hermann Josef Schuster , lawyer (2011)
- Ekkehard Schumann , lawyer (1988)
- Erich Schumann , publisher (2004)
- Jürgen Schumann , pilot of the hijacked Lufthansa plane "Landshut" (posthumously 1977)
- Walter Schunack , pharmacologist, physician and university lecturer (2002)
- Josef Schürgers , politician (1980)
- Annemarie Schuster , politician (1970)
- Dieter Schütte , publisher (1992)
- Hans Schwalbach , trade union official and politician (SPD) (1980)
- Gesine Schwan , political scientist (1993)
- Gotthold Schwarz , conductor (2017)
- Heinz Schwarz , politician (1974)
- Alice Schwarzer , journalist (2005)
- Wolfgang Schwark , University Rector (2009)
- Nikolaus Schweickart , Chairman of the Altana Culture Foundation (2007)
- Rosemarie von Schweitzer , budget scientist (2003)
- Wolfgang Seel , University Chancellor (1980)
- Max Seither , SPD politician (1968)
- Ingeborg Seitz , politician (CDU)
- Dieter Seitzer , electrical engineer (1988)
- Jutta Semler , doctor (2005)
- Ralph Siegel , pop composer and music producer (1998)
- Hermann Sihler , lawyer and local politician
- Johannes Mario Simmel , writer (2005)
- Ernst Simons , religious educator
- Hans-Werner Sinn , Economist (2005)
- Milan Sladek , pantomime, director, writer (2000)
- Peter Sodann , actor, director and theater director (2001)
- Paul Söding , physicist (2001)
- Kurt Wilhelm Söldner , social association functionary (1987)
- Inge Sollwedel , politician (FDP) and publicist (1997)
- Tom Sommerlatte , management consultant and painter (2005)
- Irmgard Sondergeld , politician (CDU)
- Ludwig Sothmann , nature and environmental conservationist (2014)
- Franz-Josef Spalthoff , Manager (1984)
- Peter Spary , lobbyist (1997)
- Erwin-Josef Speckmann , neurophysiologist, painter and sculptor (2011)
- Laurens Spethmann , entrepreneur (2005)
- Paul Spiegel , Chairman of the Central Council of Jews in Germany (1997)
- Karlheinz Spielmann , lawyer (1973)
- Tasso Springer , physicist (1992)
- Robert Stadlhofer , General (1970)
- Georg Stadtmüller , historian and Byzantinist (1976)
- Klaus-Heinrich Standke , economist (1992)
- Ulrich Stechele , politician (1988)
- Anton Steer , Major General (1994)
- Friedrich Stelzner , surgeon and university professor (1993)
- Werner Stephan , police fireworker (1952)
- Hans Gottfried von Stockhausen , painter (1980)
- Karlheinz Stockhausen , composer (1974)
- Norbert Stoffels , Abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of Neresheim (1996)
- Ernst-Wilhelm Stojan , politician (SPD) (1983)
- Peter Stoll , forester and conservationist (1996)
- Michael Stolleis , lawyer and university professor (2010)
- Reinhard Stollreiter , choir director and president of the Berlin Choir Association (2006)
- Günter Strack , actor (1990)
- Bodo-Eckehard Strauer , cardiologist (2010)
- Edith Strumpf , politician (2005)
- Karl Stumpp , ethnographer (1966)
- Georg Stücklen , politician (SPD)
- Fritz Süverkrüp , entrepreneur (2002)
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- Konrad Tack , lawyer (2019)
- Walter Tautschnig , Director of the Vienna Boys' Choir (1962)
- Josef Tal , composer (1985)
- Hans Tenhaeff , entrepreneur (1952)
- Heinz Tetzner , painter and graphic artist (1999)
- Katharina Thalbach , director and actress (2015)
- Olaf Thetter , surgeon (2007)
- Katharina Thiersch , monument conservator (2004)
- Ernst Thoms , painter (1977)
- Bassam Tibi , political scientist (1995)
- Walter Tokarski , sports scientist (2015)
- Arnold Tölg , politician (1992)
- Walter Trapp , educator and association official (1994)
- Georg Stefan Troller , documentary filmmaker and writer (2002)
- Reinhard Tausch , psychologist (2002)
- Joachim Treusch , physicist (1997)
- Paul Troschke , theologian and church statistician (1953)
- Klaus Trouet , lawyer, Deputy Chairman of the German Foundation for Monument Protection (2008)
- Klaus Tschira , entrepreneur (2009)
U
- Carl Wolmar Jakob von Uexküll , founder of the "Alternative Nobel Prize" (2009)
- Wilhelm Uhlig , artist
- Klaus Ulbricht , politician (2010)
- Luise Ullrich , actress (1973)
- Klaus Ulonska , athlete, sports official and politician (2014)
- Michael Ungethüm , entrepreneur (2002)
V
- Caterina Valente , singer and actress (1968)
- Rose Valland , art historian (1972)
- Erich Vaternahm , newspaper publisher (1956)
- Marie Veit , theologian (2003)
- Inge Velte , member of the Hessian state parliament (2007)
- Ludwig Vierthaler , sculptor (1960)
- Dieter Vieweger , archaeologist and theologian (2017)
- Helen Vita , chanson singer, actress and cabaret artist (2000)
- Jean Pierre Vité , forest scientist (1988)
- Wolfgang Graf Vitzthum , legal scholar (2007)
- Gotthilf Vöhringer , Protestant theologian (1952)
- Bernhard Vogel , politician (1956)
- Robert Vogel , entrepreneur and politician (FDP), (1994)
- Karl Vogt , District Administrator (1979)
- Berti Vogts , soccer coach (1996)
- Karl-Heinz Vosteen , physician, honorary president of the AWMF (2006)
W.
- Otto Waalkes , comedian (2018)
- Emil Wachter , painter and sculptor (1996)
- Albrecht Wagner , physicist (2006)
- Erika Wagner , politician (1995)
- Fritz Wagnerberger , ski racer and President of the German Ski Association
- Wolfgang Wahlster , computer scientist (2006)
- Friedrich Waldow , Deaf Activist (1981)
- Fritz Walter , football official (1970)
- Hans-Albert Walter , literary scholar (2007)
- Josef Weber , politician (CDU) (1990)
- Paul Wehrle , music teacher (1988)
- Kurt Weidemann , graphic designer and typographer (1996)
- Karl Weingärtner , historian, university professor and politician (SPD) (1996)
- Manfred Weinmann , Lord Mayor of Heilbronn (1999)
- Cornelius Weiss , chemist, university professor and politician (SPD) (1999)
- Gerald Weiß , politician (2012)
- Konrad Weiß , politician, civil rights activist, director (1995)
- Arno Wend , politician (SPD) and victim of political persecution (1971)
- Brunhild Wendel , politician (SPD) (1981)
- Eberhard Werdin , composer and music teacher (1986)
- Fritz Werner , church musician and composer (1973)
- Götz Werner , entrepreneur (2008)
- Engelbert Westkämper , engineer and university lecturer (2006)
- Karl-August Wetjen , process engineer and industry manager (1985)
- Ulrich Wickert , German journalist and author (2016)
- Gerhard Widder , Mayor of Mannheim (2007)
- Rüdiger Hermann Wiechers , Bank Manager (2005)
- Herbert Wilhelmy , geographer (1980)
- Lothar Wilhelmy , sponsor of science and culture (2017)
- Otto Wiesheu , Board Member Deutsche Bahn AG (2005)
- Rosemarie Wilcken , politician, mayor of Wismar (2010)
- Horst Wildemann , economist and university lecturer (2001)
- Klaus Wilms , doctor and university lecturer (1999)
- Robert Wilson , American director
- Bernd Wilz , politician (CDU) (1990)
- Ignatz Wimmer , entrepreneur (1988)
- Heinrich August Winkler , historian (2005)
- Bernhard Winter , painter and graphic artist (1956)
- Paul Winter , composer (1966)
- Margret Wintermantel , social psychologist and university lecturer (2009)
- Ferdinand Wippermann , educator and linguist (1966)
- Arnold Wirtgen , military historian
- Klaus Wirth , President of the Federal Association of the German Mail Order Trade (2002)
- Helmut Witt , radiologist and university professor (1992)
- Eberhard Witte , economist (1996)
- Herta-Maria Witzemann , interior designer (1985)
- Willy Wobst , forest manager and university professor (1962)
- Albrecht Woeste , entrepreneur and sports official (1992)
- Lia Wöhr , actress, director, dancer, singer and television producer (1982)
- Gerd Wolf , physicist and university professor (2005)
- Heinrich Wolff , lawyer and politician (1972)
- Johannes Wolff , theologian (1952)
- William Wolff , rabbi (2007)
- Christiane Woopen , medical ethicist (2019)
- Johann-Dietrich Wörner , civil engineer, university professor and space manager (2016)
- Michael Wunder , psychologist and psychotherapist (2018)
Y
- Wolfgang-Ernst Fürst zu Ysenburg and Büdingen , association official (2001)
Z
- Günter Zabel , politician (1991)
- Hermann Zapf , type artist, typographer and calligrapher (2010)
- Bernhard Zeller , literary historian and archivist
- Herbert Zeman , Austrian literary and linguist and singer
- Gisela Zenz , legal scholar and psychologist (2013)
- Walter J. Zielniok , disabled pedagogue and founder of an aid organization (1997)
- Josef Zilch , conductor and composer (1991)
- Hans Zimmer , film composer and music producer (2018)
- Bernhard Zimmermann , Catholic priest and founder of an aid organization (1954)
- Eduard Zimmermann , TV presenter and security expert (1986)
- Stefan Zimmermann , lawyer (2015)
- Peter Zink , trade union official and politician (SPD) (1971)
- Dietmar Zoedler , urologist (1982)
- Jürgen Zöllner , politician (2012)
- Rolf Zuckowski , musician (2018)
- Ernst-Günther Zumach , politician, Lord Mayor of Ansbach
- Wolf von Zworowsky , politician (1978)