List of holders of the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon

In this list, bearers of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in the level of the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon 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.

A.

Ernst van Aaken , sports medicine specialist and trainer (1976)

Ann-Kristin Achleitner , scientist and university lecturer (2007)

Patrick Adenauer , entrepreneur (2010)

Willi Aengevelt , real estate agent (1979)

Josef Anselm Graf Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden , theologian and writer

Benjamin Adrion , soccer player and initiator of the aid project Viva con Agua de Sankt Pauli (2009)

Koichiro Agata , Japanese Public Administration Scientist (2006)

Rolf Ahlers , engineer and writer (2007)

Klaus Aichinger , dentist and professional politician (2015)

Fatih Akin , film director and producer (2010)

Arnold Albrecht , Chairman of the Works Council (2001)

Ernst Albrecht , politician (SPD) (1974)

Frank Albrecht , President of the Hesse retail trade (2003)

Peter-Alexis Albrecht , lawyer and criminologist (2004)

Meta Alexander , internist (1981)

Klaus Alpers , Classical Philologist (2006)

Adolf Althoff , circus director (1977)

Walter Franz Altherr , politician (2009)

Götz Aly , historian and journalist (2007)

Fritz von Ameln , politician (CDU) (1967)

Achim Andexer , doctor (2002)

Heinz Angermeier , historian (2002)

Heinz Anterist , lawyer (2007)

Herfried Apel , Managing Director, Commercial Judge (2003)

Karl-Otto Apel , philosopher

Hermann Appel , automotive engineer and university lecturer (1998)

Erika Arlt , local researcher (1997)

Wilfried Arlt , mechanical engineer and university lecturer (1999)

Charlotte Armbruster , politician (1956)

Klaus P. Arnold , Chairman of the German Children's Fund (1991)

Udo Arnold , historian (2010)

Ulli Arnold , business economist (2010)

Hans-Dieter Arntz , senior teacher (1985)

Horst Arzt , politician and football official (2013)

Frank Asbeck , entrepreneur (2009)

Johann Asch , Mayor (1971)

Christel Aschmoneit-Lücke , politician (FDP) (2006)

Roger Asmussen , politician (CDU) (1978)

Mo Asumang , director, presenter and author (2019)

Seyran Ateş , women's rights activist (2007)

Annemarie in der Au , writer (1990)

Hermann Auernhammer , technician and university lecturer (1995)

Hans Werner Aufrecht , entrepreneur (2000)

Heribert August , pastor, organizer of Bosnia Aid (2013)

Margarete Aurin , kindergarten teacher and Montessori teacher (1983)

B.

Werner Bab , entrepreneur (2006)

Lotte Backes , composer (1982)

Jürgen Backhaus , economist (2007)

Jehuda Bacon , Israeli artist (2012)

Robert Bär , music teacher (2014)

Günter Bäumner , local history researcher (1998)

Hermann Bareiss , Hotelier (2004)

Ernst Barthels , actor (1957)

Sabine Bartholomeyczik , Nursing Scientist (2015)

Carl-Peter Bauer , doctor (2010)

Karlheinz Bauer , entrepreneur (1993)

Thomas Bauer , building contractor (2003)

Arnulf Baumann , Pastor (1993)

Herbert Baumann , composer (1998)

Fritz Baumbach , chess player (2011)

Albert Baumgartner , meteorologist and forest scientist (1996)

Brunhilde Baur , publisher (1995)

Helmut Baur , entrepreneur (1993)

Ute Baur-Timmerbrink , Austrian occupation child (2017)

Hermann Becht , opera singer (1999)

Gerlinde Beck , sculptor (1984)

Hubert Beck , organist, church music director and university professor (2002)

Volker Beck , politician (2002)

Herbert Becke , cultural worker and photographer (2012)

Franz Beckenbauer , soccer player (1976)

Helmut Becker , viticulture specialist (1982)

Heinrich Beerbom , Mayor and City Director of Bramsche (1958)

Michael Behrendt , Industry Manager (2012)

Manfred Beilharz , Theater Director, President of the International Theater Institute (2007)

Hans-Jürgen Seele , District Administrator (CDU) (1989)

Inge Bell , journalist (2013)

Matthias Beller , scientist (2006)

Friedrich Bender , geologist (1972)

Heinz Friedrich Benner , State Secretary (2003)

Rolf Benz , entrepreneur (2008)

Andrea Berg , pop singer (2008)

Barbara Bergelt , politician (SPD) (2006)

Dante Bernabei , Luxembourg linguist (1998)

Eberhard Bernatzki , sports official (football) (1995)

Walther L. Bernecker , historian (2009)

Willi Bernhardt , entrepreneur and association official (1994)

Lioba Betten , Librarian, Publisher (2006)

Erich Beyreuther , theologian and church historian (1987)

Hans Bibelriether , forester and conservationist

Stephan Bickhardt , pastor and civil rights activist (2014)

Hans Bierbrauer (called Oskar ), draftsman, caricaturist and painter (1980)

Klaus Biesenbach , art historian and cultural manager (2016)

Gisela Bill , politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen) (2002)

Alfred Birnschein , painter and graphic artist (1983)

Paul Bischoff , composer, conductor and choir director (2008)

Elke Mascha Blankenburg , conductor and music historian (1999)

Immanuel Bloch , physicist (2005)

Elsa Blöcher , local history researcher (1976)

Joachim Blüher , art historian (2020)

Reiner Blumentritt , politician and local researcher (2013)

Manfred Bode , armaments industrialist (2007)

Hans Bollinger , educator and musician (2008)

Johann Max Böttcher , entrepreneur and philanthropist (1981)

Wolfgang Bogen , inventor and entrepreneur (1976)

Friedrich von Bömches , painter, graphic artist, photographer (1987)

Hans Günter Bömeke , politician (SPD)

Hermann Bontjer , politician (SPD) (2007)

Heinz-Josef Bontrup , economist (2018)

Jürgen Borgwardt , association official (2004)

Egon Boshof , historian and local researcher (2009)

Gerhard Boß , theologian and author (1984)

Hans-Joachim Bormeister , Forstmann (1999)

Freimut Börngen , astronomer (2006)

Cord Bothe , politician (CDU)

Hans-Hermann Braess , Engineer, Head of Research BMW (1999)

Ulrich Bracker , President of the Bavarian Chamber of Notaries (2007)

Heiner Brand , national coach of the national handball team (2007)

Rolf Brand , Aikidoka (1977)

Karlheinz Brandenburg , co-inventor of the MP3 format (2006)

Franz Brandl , miner (1951)

Horst Brandstätter , entrepreneur, managing director of Playmobil (1993)

Austen Peter Brandt , German-British-Nigerian pastor (2011)

Helmut Brandt , jazz musician (2000)

Rolf Braun , Carnivalist (1995)

Dagmar Braun , entrepreneur (2010)

Frederik Braun , entrepreneur (2010)

Gerrit Braun , entrepreneur (2010)

Norbert Braun , entrepreneur (2010)

Walter Braun , educator, politician and home nurse (1973)

Eberhard Brecht , politician (2008)

Rudi Brehm , trade unionist (1979)

Erich Breiding , entrepreneur (1986)

Gisela Breitling , painter and art historian (2001)

Fred Breinersdorfer , screenwriter and film producer (2014)

Susanne Breit-Keßler , clergyman (2005)

Werner Breitwieser , politician (2008)

Willi Breuer , soccer coach (2007)

Gertrud von den Brincken , poet and writer (1982)

Werner Brinkmann , board member of Stiftung Warentest (2011)

Christoph Broelsch , physician (1991)

Manfred Broy , computer scientist (1996)

Hedwig Brüchert , historian (2018)

Peter Brühl , physician (2009)

Maike Bruhns , art historian (2013)

Hans Buchheim , political scientist (1969)

Wilhelm Buckermann , politician, mayor of Rees (1993)

Jürgen Budday , teacher, church music director, conductor (1998)

Hermann Bühlbecker , entrepreneur (2004)

Ruth Bühren-Gamb , politician (SPD)

Christian Büttrich , German Studies and Librarian (2001)

Hans Buhmann , politician (CDU) (1985)

Fritz B. Busch , journalist (1993)

Wolfgang Buhr , politician (1986)

Hans Burggraf , politician (CDU) (1989)

Adolf Burkhardt , pastor and Esperantist (1992)

Karin Burmeister , women activist and politician (Greens) (2016)

Willi Burth , cinema pioneer (1989)

Hellmuth Butenuth , automobile manufacturer (1968)

C.

Hans Carstens , politician (FDP, CDU) (1971)
Roland A. Caspary , film politician (1989)
Ralph Caspers , TV presenter (2019)
Gertrude Cepl-Kaufmann , literary scholar (2013)
Cha Bum-kun , South Korean soccer player (2019)
Sabine Christiansen , TV journalist (2002)
Otto H. Ciliax , naval officer (1986)
Lamar Joseph Conner , Aviation Clerk (2011)
Rainer Conrad , lawyer (2007)
Heinrich Conrads , sports official (2008)
Eckart Cordes , bookseller (1994)
Karl Corino , journalist (2003)
Hermann Creutzenberg , politician (CDU)

D.

Gerhard Dann , politician (SPD) (1990)
Paul Damjakob , cathedral organist at Würzburg Cathedral (2003)
Wilhelm Damwerth , writer (1974)
Erich Dauzenroth , educator
Manfred David , politician and financial specialist (2006)
Werner HA Debler , pedagogue, administrative officer and local researcher (2001)
Kurt Dedich , travesty artist (2014)
Heide Degen , politician (CDU) (1990)
Hannes Demming , actor, author and translator (2018)
Thomas Denter , Abbot of Marienstatt (1996)
Walter Desch , sports official (2008)
Guido Dessauer , author, art patron and collector (2008)
Friedrich Dieckell , entrepreneur and patron (2005)
Jürgen Dieckert , sports official and sports scientist (1996)
Joachim Diederichs , photo journalist (1981)
Ulrike M. Dierkes , journalist and author (2007)
Hans Dieter , landscape painter and poet (1956)
Hans-Heinrich Dieter , General of the Bundeswehr
Donald B. Dingwell , Canadian geologist (2013)
Siegfried Dinsel , television technician and tennis official (2001)
Heinrich Dittmar , historian (1994)
Harald Dörig , Richter (2007)
Ernst Dorn , Senior Director of Studies, local researcher (1991)
Ilona Dörr , politician (2010)
Walter Dörr , electrical engineer, university professor and politician (2005)
Paul Dotzert , politician
Richard Drautz , politician (FDP) (2003)
Karlheinz Drechsel , music journalist and cultural manager (2004)
Wolfgang Drechsler , social scientist and government advisor (2005)
Detlev Drenckhahn , doctor (2009)
Christian Drosten , virologist (2005)
Rudolf Ducke , entrepreneur (1984)
Eberhard Dünninger , politician (ödp), General Director of the Bavarian State Libraries
Bashir Ahmad Dultz , Sufi Shekh (2008)
Hans Jörg Duppré , politician (2010)
Heinz-Josef Durstewitz , pastor and civil rights activist (2006)
Gerhard Dust , entrepreneur (2007)
Franz Josef Düwell , judge (2017)
Klaus Düwel , German and Scandinavian Medievalist (2014)

E.

Doris Ebbing , Mayor of Hemer (1999)

Hermann Ebeling , journalist (1956)

Werner Eberth , lawyer and local researcher (1997)

Ludger Edelkötter , composer, music teacher and publisher (2014)

Rupert Egenberger , curative educator, founder of special education in Bavaria (1954)

Martin Egg , local poet (1986)

Rolf Eggert , LZB President (2007)

Dieter Egner , politician (SPD) (2014)

Ludwig M. Eichinger , Linguist (2014)

Bernhard Eichkorn , pastor, Esperantist (2008)

Johannes Eidt , artist 2012

Gerhard Emig , politician and lawyer (1994)

Günter Emig , clergyman (1987)

José Luís Encarnação , computer scientist (1983)

Erich Endlein , pastor (2001)

Horst Walter Endriss , tax advisor (2008)

Horst Engel , politician, Member of the State Parliament (2007)

Leopold Engleitner , Austrian persecuted under Nazi regime (2007)

Klaus Englert , lawyer (2009)

Karl Heinz Engelin , sculptor (1980)

Ralph Erbar , pedagogue and history teacher (2017)

Joske Ereli , Israeli founder of the partnership between Tamar and Bad Kissingen (2009)

Edmund Erlemann , clergyman (1985)

Michael Ermrich , politician (2010)

Heimo Ertl , English specialist and sculptor (2004)

Jürgen Eschert , Canoeist and Sports Manager (2002)

Michael Esken , politician, Mayor of Hemer (2007)

Klaus Evertz , politician (1985)

Wolfgang Ewer , Lawyer (2018)

F.

Karl Fall , Development Worker (2011)
Günter Faltin , economist and entrepreneur (2010)
Hans-Lothar Fauth , restaurateur and politician (1995)
Marko Feingold , Holocaust Survivor (2019)
Heinz Feldhege , politician, Honorary Mayor of Mönchengladbach (1992)
Jochen Feldmann , physicist (2001)
Erika Fellner , politician (SPD) and dean (2003)
Valentin Peter Feuerstein , painter (1990)
Fritz Feyerherm , rugby player, referee and sports official (2005)
Rudolf Fiebich , college teacher (2013)
Bernd Fiedler , sports official (2011)
Walter Fink , patron of new music (2007)
Artur Fischer , entrepreneur, inventor (1968)
Dieter Fischer , politician (CDU) (1990)
Julia Fischer , biologist (2016)
Julia Fischer , violinist (2016)
Ute Fischer , politician (SPD) (2008)
Werner Fischer , goldsmith and artist (1979)
Werner Fischer , mechanical engineer and university lecturer (2005)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , singer (1958)
Michael Fischl , politician (2001)
Peter Fissenewert , lawyer (2012)
Hellmut Flashar , Classical Philologist (1994)
Jutta Fleck , "The Woman from Checkpoint Charlie" (2009)
Walter Flemmer , author, television journalist and television director (1991)
Günter Fleskes , politician (SPD) (1998)
Erika Fleuren , politician (2003)
Joseph Focke , veterinarian and politician (1969)
Karl Föster , member of the Pax Christi
Käthe Franke , politician (2001)
Peter K. Fraps , military doctor
Walter Freivogel , gymnast, gymnastics official and referee (1985)
Elisabeth Frenzel , literary scholar (1997)
Horst Frerking , veterinarian and university lecturer (2011)
Ute Freudenberg , singer (2008)
Erwin Freytag , author and theologian (1986)
Hans Fricke , resistance fighter (2011)
Volker Friedberg , gynecologist and university lecturer (1989)
Engelbert Friedhoff , surgeon (1999)
Margot Friedlander , Holocaust survivor (2011)
Hans-Günter Friese , pharmacist (1996)
Juliane von Friesen , business lawyer and politician (1999)
Alfons Friderichs , deacon and heraldist (2004)
Lykke Friis , Danish political scientist (2009)
Bernhard Fritz , politician (2010)
Jochen-Konrad Fromme , politician (2009)
Meinhard Füllner , politician (2002)
Cornelia Funke , author of young adult books (2008)
Maria Furtwängler , actress and doctor (2003)

G

Dietmar Gaiser , journalist (1999)

Volker Gallé , writer, songwriter and cultural manager (2015)

Tschinag Galsan , chief of the Tuwins, German-speaking writer (2002)

Klaus Gamber , liturgical scholar (1989)

Adolf Gandner , politician and district administrator (1963)

Ovidiu Ganț , Romanian German politician (2008)

Johannes Ganz , politician (CDU) (1993)

Claus Theo Gärtner , actor (2006)

Rudolf Garlichs , politician (1973)

Rolf D. Gassen , politician (1999)

Willi Gayler , Forstmann (1996)

Wilhelm Gegenfurtner , Vicar General and Provost (2005)

Wolfgang Grupp , entrepreneur (2019)

Ulrich Gehre , journalist and art historian (1987)

Gerd Geismann , politician (2003)

Hans W. Geißendörfer , director, author and film producer (2015)

Martin Geisz , educator and author (2010)

Gabriele von Gemmingen-Guttenberg , politician (2010)

Stefan Gemmel , writer and reading promoter (2007)

Mevlüde Genç , victim of the Solingen arson attack (1996)

Herbert Gerisch , entrepreneur and politician (CDU) (1971)

Agnes Gerlach , women's rights activist (1966)

Rüdiger Geserick , entrepreneur (2012)

Carl Friedrich Gethmann , philosopher (2006)

Alois Gillitzer , folk musician (2005)

Gerhard Glaser , Monument Conservationist (1998)

Iris Gleicke , politician (SPD) (2009)

Gisela Gneist , victim of the SED dictatorship and chairwoman of a victims' association (2006)

Richard Goedeke , mountaineer and author (2011)

Peter Gola , legal scholar and politician (FDP) (1998)

Kurt Goldammer , religious scholar (1988)

Hans-Michael Goldmann , politician (FDP) (2009)

Hartmut Goldschmidt , physician (2005)

Friedhelm Golücke , historian (2008)

Bernd Gökeler , club official (2019)

Rüdiger Görner , literary scholar (2017)

Magdalena Götz , university professor (2010)

Wolfgang Götzer , politician (CSU) (1997)

Wilfried Gräfling , firefighter (2019)

Reinhard Grätz , politician (2010)

Christoph Greiff , politician (CDU) (1990)

Horst Kurt Greim , theologian (2003)

Virginia Wangare Greiner , Kenyan social worker (2006)

Wolfgang Gremmel , handball referee and official (2015)

Georg Christof Florian Greve , founder of the Free Software Foundation Europe (2010)

Matthias Griebel , local history researcher (1995)

Monika Griefahn , politician (SPD) and environmental activist (2018)

Heinz Gries , entrepreneur (2004)

Uwe Karsten Groß , church musician (1995)

Volker Grub , lawyer (1999)

Herbert Gruhl , politician and environmentalist (1991)

Wilfried Grunau , engineer and geodesist (2011)

Gerald Grusser , functionary (2006)

Peter Gülke , conductor, musicologist and music writer (2017)

H

Hermann Haarmann , communications historian (2016)
Wilhelm Haarmann , District Administrator (1969)
Ernst Otto Haas , politician (CDU) (1975)
Herbert Haas , environmentalist (2003)
Marius Haas , diplomat (1999)
Hartmut Haenchen , conductor (2008)
Peter Haberer , politician (CDU) (1979)
Alfred Habermann , German-Czech blacksmith and metal sculptor (2001)
Matthias Habich , actor (2009)
Karl Hubert Hagen , politician (2010)
Alma Hagenbucher , entrepreneur (1988)
Wolfgang Maria Hagl , Abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of Metten Monastery (2012)
Klaus Hähnel , music teacher and founder of the Gotha Children's Choir (2004)
Herbert Hainer , Manager (2008)
Hubertus Halbfas , theologian and religious educator (2012)
Arthur Handtmann , entrepreneur (1978)
Ewald Hanstein , Sinti functionary (2006)
Eberhard Hamer , economist (1986)
Sabine Hamer , politician (SPD) (1996)
Klaus Hammer , politician (SPD) (2008)
Rainer Ute Harms , politician (CDU) (1982)
Rolf Haufs , author (2007)
Alfred Hausser , resistance fighter (2003)
Cornelius Häußermann , church musician (2016)
Dunja Hayali , TV presenter (2018)
Wolfgang M. Heckl , biophysicist (2008)
Hannes Hegen , graphic artist and comic artist (2010)
Heinz-Gerd Hegering , computer scientist and university lecturer (2004)
Annelise Heigl-Evers , psychoanalyst (1992)
Erwin Heim , politician (1954)
Karl-Heinz Heimann , sports journalist (1992)
Joachim Heinzl , engineer (2009)
Dietrich von Hein , Bundeswehr veterinarian (1984)
Helmut Heine , industrial clerk (2010)
Josef Heinen , Art Dealer and Righteous Among the Nations (1970)
Maren Heinzerling , engineer (2009)
Gunter Heise , entrepreneur (1999)
Eberhard Heiße , youth evangelist (1997)
Karl Helbig , explorer, geologist, ethnologist, travel writer, ship heater (1988)
Klaus Held , philosopher (2002)
Matthäa Held , religious sister (1987)
Walter Hellmich , football functionary and building contractor (1997)
Rudolf Heltzel , painter, sculptor (1994)
Johann Anton Hemberger , politician, mayor of Heusenstamm (1977)
Karl Hemberger , sports official (1974)
Johannes Hengstenberg , entrepreneur (2009)
Hans-Günter Henneke , politician (2014)
Rainer Hennig , pastor and environmental officer (2006)
Manfred Hepperle , dialect poet and cabaret artist (2011)
Eva Herlitz , author and art initiator (2019)
Klaus Herlitz , entrepreneur (2019)
August Herold , vine grower (1965)
Joachim Herrmann , politician (2010)
Wolfgang A. Herrmann , chemist and university reformer (1997)
Eduard Herterich , painter (1985)
Heinz Hesdörffer , Holocaust survivor (2018)
Peter Julius Hesse , businessman (1994)
Willy Hesse , entrepreneur and chamber official (2003)
Anton Heuberger , physicist (2007)
Georg Heuberger , museum founder (2006)
Adolf Heuken , author, promoter of German-Indonesian friendship (2008)
Peter von der Heydt Freiherr von Massenbach , politician and bank manager
Jörg Hieber , retailer, Chairman of the Edeka Supervisory Board (2006)
Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit , Sinologist, Japanologist (1995)
Frank Hirsch , music teacher and choir director (2001)
Jakob Hirsch , Israeli lawyer and State Secretary (2012)
Hermann Höllenreiner , Roma and Survivor of the Porajmos (2013)
Rolf-Peter Hoenen , board member of the HUK-COBURG insurance group (2007)
Gerd Höfer , politician (2016)
Dieter Hoffmann-Axthelm , freelancer, urban planner (2006)
Eckart Höfling , Franciscan (2007)
Herbert W. Hofmann , sports official (1987)
Horst-Klaus Hofmann , founder of the Young Christians Offensive (1990)
Martin Hoffmann , student resistance in the GDR (2008)
Karl Friedrich von Hohenzollern , Head of the House of Hohenzollern (2009)
Monika Hohlmeier , politician (1988)
Hermann Höhn , pastor (1987)
Ulrike Holler , radio journalist (2001)
Karl Hopfner , sports official (2018)
Christian Höppner , musician (2001)
Hartmut Horst , escape helper (2010)
Helmut Hoyer , Rector of the FernUniversität in Hagen (2005)
Dietmar von Hoyningen-Huene , process engineer and university lecturer (1994)
Rudolf Hruschka , teacher and local history researcher (1956)
Hans G. Huber , entrepreneur (2004)
Michaela Huber , psychotherapist (2008)
Wolfgang Huber , environmental doctor (2000)
Margit Hudelmaier , Chairwoman of the Federal Association of Thalidomide Victims (2010)
Uwe Hück , trade unionist (2017)
Andreas Hüneke , art historian (2013)
Heinz Hürten , Modern Age and Church Historian (1989)
Wolfgang Huss , publisher (2001)
Michael Hüther , economist (2009)
Christel Hüttemann , Chairwoman of the Association for the Promotion of Children with Cancer, Münster (2010)
Friedrich Ernst Hunsche , writer, linguist, local history researcher, genealogist (1981)
Friedrich Hutter , Director of Studies (1985)
Moritz Hunzinger , CEO (1999)

I.

Karl Ingenerf , politician (CDU) (1972)
Hans Ingwersen , politician (CDU) (1975)

J

Ursula Jetter , writer and poet (2018)
Werner Jacob , organist and composer (2003)
Uwe Jacobi , journalist (2005)
Gisela Jahn , doctor (2004)
Hajo Jahn , journalist, chairman of the Else-Lasker-Schüler-Gesellschaft (2003)
Wolfgang Jähnichen , engineer and transport scientist (2014)
Hans-Hermann Jansen , musician (2011)
Horst Werner Janssen , Captain and Shipowner (1992)
Anton Jatsch , politician (1990)
Hans-Werner Jarosch , Air Force General (1984)
Ernst-Alfred Jauch , journalist (1971)
Hans-Joachim Jentsch , politician (1990)
Jürgen Jentsch , politician (1997)
Eike Jessen , computer scientist (1993)
Erwin Jöris , resistance fighter (2002)
Werner Jorns , archaeologist (1990)
Reinhardt Jünemann , logistician (1987)
Andreas Jürgens , politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens) (2003)
Herbert Jüttemann , engineer and technology historian (2008)
Franz Jung , Grand Dean of the County of Glatz (2001)
Hartmuth Jung , Bank Manager (2019)
Detlef Junker , historian (2010)
Hermann Junack , Forstmann (1983)
Eva-Maria Jung-Inglessis , church historian (2001)
Hugo Jung , communications manager (1990)
Friedrich-Wilhelm Junge , actor (1995)

K

Jörg Kaehler , actor, director, theater manager (2012)

Axel Kahrs , writer (2015)

Johannes Kahrs , politician (SPD) (2010)

Roland Kaiser , pop singer (2016)

Gisela Kallenbach , Member of the European Parliament (2001)

Walter Kalot , sculptor and cultural activist (1995)

Berta Kals , artist (2002)

Alice Kaluza , dancer (2007)

Heidi Kang , Germanist (2006)

Erich Kapitzke , environmental activist (1978)

Joseph Kastenbauer , dentist and politician (1997)

Jonas Kaufmann , opera singer (2016)

Manfred Kaufmann , doctor (2011)

Reinhard Kaufmann , politician (2008)

Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann , politician (2009)

Zülfiye Kaykin , politician (2007)

Annelie Keil , sociologist and health scientist (2004)

Sibel Kekilli , actress (2017)

Edith Kellnhauser , Nursing Scientist (2017)

Edwin Kelm , Chairman of the Landsmannschaft of the Bessarabien Germans (1983)

Tayfun Keltek , Chairman of LAGA-NRW (2000)

Dieter Kempf , CEO of DATEV (2008)

Sebastian Kempgen , Slavicist and university professor (2016)

Arnold Kempkens , composer (1978)

Armin Keppel , President of the Federal Railway Authority and the Federal Railway Assets (2007)

Wolfgang Kermer , art historian and university professor (1984)

Johannes B. Kerner , moderator (2006)

Andreas Kieling , nature filmmaker (2015)

Akif Çağatay Kılıç , Turkish politician (2011)

Werner Kimmig , television producer (2003)

Ernst J. Kiphard , sports educator (1990)

Georg Kirner , adventure traveler, ethnologist and author (1993)

Max Kirschner , dialect poet, author and local researcher (1987)

Susanne Klatten , entrepreneur (2005)

Christoph Kleemann , Pastor (2011)

Armin Klein , politician (CDU)

Christoph Kleßmann , historian (2010)

Peter Kliegel , Catholic pastor (2017)

Kurt-Gerhard Klietmann , religious scholar (1986)

Hermann Klingenberg , politician (SPD) (1968)

Ursula Klinger , high diving trainer (2000)

Jürgen Klinsmann , soccer coach (2006)

Vitali Klitschko , boxer (2010)

Hubertus Knabe , historian (2009)

Herbert Kober , entrepreneur (1993)

Ludwig Köbler , politician

Gertrud Koch , resistance fighter (2011)

Werner Koch , expert (1985)

Eberhard von Koerber , Manager and Vice President of the Club of Rome

Wolfgang Köhnlein , radiation biologist (2009)

Gerhard Kohnert , furniture manufacturer and politician (1953)

Ilse Kokula , lesbian researcher (2007)

Ferdinand Kolberg , foundry engineer (2006)

René Kollo , singer (1979)

Norbert Königshofen , politician (CDU) (2009)

Hermut Kormann , company manager (2007)

Joachim Korn , radio and television pioneer (1989)

Franz-Josef Kortüm , Manager (2008)

Manfred Korytowski , film producer (1998)

Peter Koslowski , philosopher (2001)

Josef Köstler , harmonica manufacturer (1952)

Alois Kottmann , violinist and music teacher (2006)

Paul Rudolf Kraemer , honorary consul, entrepreneur, patron

Josef Kraus , teacher (2008)

Heinz-Dieter Krausch , geobotanist (2006)

Claudine Krause , teacher (2015)

Raul Krauthausen , entrepreneur and social worker (2013)

Henning Krautmacher , musician (2019)

Klaus Kreppel , historian, director of studies (2007)

Lutz Kretschmann , politician and AIDS activist (2003)

Hermann Kreutz , church musician (2015)

Jürgen Kriz , psychologist and psychotherapist (2020)

Else Kröner , entrepreneur and founder (1973)

Horst Krüger , writer (1990)

Joseph Anton Kruse , literary scholar (1994)

Leonhard Kuckart , politician (2019)

Bernhard Kuckelkorn , Mayor (1973)

Jörg Kudlich , Sudeten German politician and lawyer (1998)

Günther Kuhn , Mayor (2011)

Heinz-Wolfgang Kuhn , theologian (1998)

Christoph Kühn , priest, canon lawyer and papal diplomat (2006)

Volker Kühn , author, film producer, television and theater director (2007)

Antje-Katrin Kühnemann , doctor and television presenter (1986)

Reinhard Kuhnert , educator, English specialist and politician (1990)

Gerhard Kühnhardt , physician (2008)

Harald Küppers , colorologist (1990)

Rudolf Kurz (sculptor) , sculptor (2015)

Rainer Kussmaul , violinist and conductor (2010)

L.

Klaus Laepple , Tourism Manager (2007)

Oliver Lahl , clergyman (2009)

Sonja Lahnstein-Kandel , founder of the youth initiative step21 (2004)

Imants Lancmanis , Latvian art historian and restorer (2002)

Lang Lang , Chinese pianist (2012)

Bernd Lange , politician (SPD) (2001)

Ruth Lapide , Jewish religious scholar and historian (2000)

Oskar Lapp , entrepreneur (1981)

James Last , composer, conductor, bandleader (1978)

Mathäus Lauck , politician (1978)

Vicky Leandros , singer (2015)

Norbert Leben , farmer and forester (2010)

Walther H. Lechler , psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1983)

Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock , naval officer (1974)

Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller , entrepreneur (2008)

Jürg W. Leipziger , entrepreneur (2003)

Vera Lengsfeld , politician (2008)

Dieter Lenzen , President of the Free University of Berlin

Verena Lenzen , theologian (2004)

Ernst Leuninger , theologian

Hermann Lewen , Festival Director (2011)

Wolfgang Liebe , pharmacist and patron (2012)

Aenne Ley , politician

Jan Josef Liefers , actor (2011)

Karl Lieffen , actor

Udo Lindenberg , rock musician (1989)

Hans Lindner , entrepreneur (1993)

Christoph Links , publisher (2011)

Peter Lockemann , computer scientist and university lecturer (2005)

Friedrich Löchner , educator, poet, author and chess player (1976)

Ludwig Löhlein , entrepreneur (1951)

Johann Löhn , Honorary Curator of the Steinbeis Foundation (1996)

Roland Lowinger , sports official (2010)

Joachim Löw , national coach of the national soccer team (2010)

Günther von Lojewski , journalist, director of the broadcaster Free Berlin (2004)

Siegfried Loose , politician (CDU) (1975)

Egon Lorenz , lawyer and university lecturer (2007)

Otto Lührs , physicist and artist (2012)

Ute Luig , ethnologist (2005)

Andreas Luiken , politician (1983)

Gebhard Luiz , clergyman (1989)

Gisela Lück , teacher (2012)

Hans Lukas , politician (CSU) (1988)

Hannibal von Lüttichau , businessman (1980)

Udo Lumma , politician (1992)

Heinz Lund , politician (1975)

Martin Luserke , reform pedagogue and writer (1954)

Peter Lustig , TV presenter (2007)

Carl Joseph Luther , ski pioneer, sports journalist and author

M.

Roland Mack , entrepreneur, managing director of Europa-Park (1999)
Andreas Maercker , psychologist (2017)
Peter Maffay , musician (1996)
Max Hermann Mahlmann , painter (1995)
Georg Maier , Iberl stage (2001)
Armin Maiwald , author, director and producer (1995)
Thomas Mann , politician (2002)
Werner Marienfeld , pastor (1983)
Dieter Massin , sports official (2009)
Giwi Margwelaschwili , translator (2008)
Joachim Carlos Martini , music researcher and conductor (2002)
Horst Aloysius Massing , doctor, journalist and politician (2004)
Leni Matthaei , artist (1963)
Josef Matzke , Austrian theologian (1958)
Manfred Maus , entrepreneur (1999)
Siegfried Mauser , pianist and musicologist (2010)
Cornelius Petrus Mayer , theologian and university professor (1993)
Martin Mayer , politician (CSU) (2002)
Jürgen Mecheels , chemist
Hartmut Mehdorn , CEO of Deutsche Bahn AG (1982)
Gerd Mehl , author, documentarist, journalist, mountaineer and sports reporter (1947)
Hans Mehl , Nuremberg dialect author and musician (1977)
Ulf Mehrens , disabled athlete (2008)
Eckhard Meise , historian (2012)
Hartmut Melenk , Germanist (2008)
Heiko Mell , HR consultant (2016)
Arnulf Melzer , biologist (2011)
Walter Mende , politician, Lord Mayor of Leverkusen (1998)
Markus Merk , referee (2005)
Bernd Merkel , dentist (1996)
Franz-Albrecht Metternich-Sandor , nobleman (2003)
Guido Meudt , Manager (2006)
Wolfgang Mewes , business economist, author, cyberneticist (1988)
Krzysztof Meyer , composer and university professor (2007)
Wolfgang Michel , Japanologist (2004)
Wolfgang W. Mickel , political scientist (1979)
Bernd Mikulin , President of the German Angler Association (2003)
Horst Milde , politician (1973)
Billy Mo , musician (2002)
Steffen Möller , cabaret artist (2005)
Klaus Peter Möller , politician (CDU) (1989)
Karl Heinz Mommertz , engineer (2002)
Ernst-Detlef Mücke , teacher and co-founder of the Gay Teachers Working Group at the GEW (2005)
Dieter Müllenborn , electrical engineer and entrepreneur (2009)
Gerd Müller , soccer player (1977)
Hans Christof Müller-Busch , palliative medicine specialist (2012)
Heiner Müller-Krumbhaar , physicist (2002)
Rolf Müller , politician (CDU) (1990)
Frank Müller-Römer , Technical Director of Bayerischer Rundfunk (1992)
Sven-David Müller , dietician, diabetes advisor, author and moderator (2005)
Marius Müller-Westernhagen , musician and actor (2001)
Ernst Mutschler , pharmacologist (1990)

N

Kiran Nagarkar , Indian writer (2012)
Elly-Viola Nahmmacher , sculptor (1994)
Stanislaw Nawka , physician (2010)
Carmen Nebel , presenter (2009)
Evelyne Marie France Neff , politician (SPD) (2003)
Ernst Neger , singer (1975)
Rüdiger Nehberg , human rights activist and extreme athlete (2002)
Silvia Neid , soccer coach (2008)
Georg Nemetschek , civil engineer, university professor and construction software entrepreneur (2001)
Winfried Nerdinger , architectural historian (2017)
Hans Neunhoeffer , chemist, university professor and politician (2007)
Paul Neumann , translator (2017)
Heinz Neumüller , entrepreneur and manager (1979)
Hedwig Neven DuMont , publisher's wife (1998)
Paul Niedermann , Holocaust survivor (2007)
Wolfgang Niersbach , sports official (2011)
Tomasz Niewodniczański , Polish-German entrepreneur (1993)
Vigdis Nipperdey , Chairwoman of the University Council of the Technical University of Munich (2000)
Paul Nößler , miner, representative of expellees and politician (1990)
Josef A. Nossek , German-Austrian university professor, Chairman of the VDE (2008)
Heinrich Nuhn , contemporary historian and educator (2003)

O

Rolf Olderog , politician (1978)
Hellmut Oelert , cardiac surgeon (2003)
Jan Oltmanns , seaman's deacon (2012)
Karl Heinrich Oppenländer , economist (1977)
Gudrun Osterburg , politician (2007)
Josef Otte , miner and politician (1991)
Frank Otto , media entrepreneur (2013)
Hans-Joachim Otto , politician (2010)
Franz Overkott , elementary school teacher and local researcher
Hasan Özen (1994)

P

Siegfried Pabst , entrepreneur (2012)
Albert Panten , local history researcher (2009)
Georg Papst , entrepreneur (2011)
Ulrich Parzany , theologian and pastor (1998)
Konrad Pätzold , civil engineer (2009)
Marianne Paus , politician (CDU)
Gudrun Pausewang , writer (1999)
Sieghard Pawlik , politician (SPD) (1990)
Egon Peffekoven , Carnivalist (2003)
Nossrat Peseschkian , psychotherapist (2005)
Kurt Peters , dancer and publicist (1987)
Antje Peters-Hirt , Germanist (2009)
Anton Peter Petri , historian, folklorist and educator
Heinz Pfeiffer , artistic cyclist (1962)
Klaus Pierwoß , theater director (2007)
Rudi Piffl , table tennis player (1984)
Gudrun Piper , painter (1995)
Marianne Pitzen , artist and museum director (1998)
Sophus Pohl-Laukamp , lawyer and politician (1985)
Horst Georg Pöhlmann , theologian (2004)
Erich Ponto , actor (1954)
Karlheinz Poredda , politician (1988)
Susanne Porsche , entrepreneur (2008)
Heinrich Pompeÿ , theologian, social ethicist and Caritas scientist (2006)
Friedrich Pongratz , sociologist and psychologist (2008)
Heinrich Poos , composer and music writer (1987)
Susanne Popp , musicologist (2007)
Arnold Preuß , actor, director and theater manager (2016)
Otfried Preußler , author (1973)
Helmuth Prieß , soldier (1996)
Kurt Prokscha , conductor (1982)
Gerd Pützer , politician (CDU) (1996)

Q

Georg Quedens , photographer and publicist (2009)
Paul Quirin , association official and politician (2006)
Eva Quistorp , theologian, political scientist and politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen) (2017)
Hans Wilhelm Quitzow , scientific activity (1996)

R.

Andreas Radbruch , immunologist (2008)

Winfried Radeke , musician (2008)

Bernd Radig , physicist (1992)

Rahim Rahmanzadeh , medic (1988)

Brunhilde Raiser , theologian (2008)

Norbert Randow , translator (2008)

Dinah Radtke , translator (2000)

Janusz Rat , dentist and professional politician (2012)

Werner Rauh , botanist (1999)

Hermann Rauhe , musicologist (2006)

Walter Raum , visual artist (1996)

Dorothea Countess Razumovsky , publicist (1996)

Robert Rehm , politician (SPD)

Günther Reichelt , biologist (1980)

Eberhard Reichert , lawyer and politician (1999)

Georg Reichert , dialect poet (1983)

Armin Reller , chemist (2019)

Lotte Reimers , ceramist (1999)

Klaus Reiners , cantor and church musician, (1986)

Walter Renneisen , actor (2014)

Friedrich Erwin Rentschler , entrepreneur (1998)

Silke Reyer , politician (SPD) (1999)

Mahdi Rezai , medic (2015)

Stephan Richter , journalist (2000)

Wolfgang Riedel , geographer (1994)

Hermann Rieder , sports scientist

Ulrike Rieder , vaulting official (2008)

Adolf Riedl , entrepreneur (1986)

Anke Riefers , politician (SPD) (1993)

Katja Riemann , actress (2010)

Andreas Rippert , Head of the Ordnance Disposal Service in Bremen (2008)

Winfried Rippert , politician (CDU) (1989)

Günter Riße , theologian (2014)

Karl Röckinger , District Administrator (2010)

Helmut Rödl , entrepreneur and university lecturer (2010)

Hans Röhrs , mining engineer and mining historian (2010)

Katrin Rohde , development worker in Burkina Faso and author (2001)

Christa Rohde-Dachser , psychoanalyst (2019)

Günter Rohrmoser , social philosopher (1998)

Dieter Rombach , computer scientist (2009)

Walter Romberg , painter (1967)

Udo Rönnecke , politician (2009)

Richard Roosen , mechanical engineer (1966)

Thomas Röpke , doctor (2011)

Maria Roppertz , author (1997)

Anton Rosen , teacher and local researcher (1968)

Harry Rosin , Medic (2002)

Kurt Roeske , classical philologist (1997)

Walter Rosenwald , ministerial official, military historian and religious scholar (1975)

Roland Rösler politician (CDU) (1990)

Kurt Rossa , City Director of Cologne

Inge Rossbach , actress (2010)

Dirk Roßmann , company founder (1998)

Diethardt Roth , Bishop of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church (2013)

Hans-Josef Roth , organist, choir director and church music director in Aachen (1986)

Michael A. Roth , entrepreneur and football official (2002)

Klaus Rudek , headmaster and journalist (1992)

Dieter Rümmeli , businessman (2006)

Godehard Ruppert , President of the Otto Friedrich University Bamberg (2010)

Petro Rychlo , Ukrainian Germanist, literary scholar and essayist (2012)

S.

Peter Säckl , politician (1990)

Markus Sackmann , politician (CSU) (2014)

Günter Särchen , social pedagogue, publicist, pioneer of German-Polish reconciliation (1993)

Said , German-Iranian writer and poet (2014)

Michael Prinz zu Salm-Salm , entrepreneur (2004)

Hans Hinrich Sambraus , behavioral scientist (2008)

Armin Sandig , painter and graphic artist, President of the Free Academy of Arts in Hamburg (2002)

Salvatore A. Sanna , Italian lyric poet (1996)

Peter Schäcker , journalist (1981)

Christine Schäfer , soprano (2008)

Karl-Heinz Schäfer , civil engineer and building contractor (1988)

Peter Schäfer , resistance fighter (2011)

Wilhelm Schänzer , biochemist, sports scientist and university lecturer (2018)

Karljosef Schattner , architect (1997)

Hans-Jürgen Schatz , actor (2007)

Ortrud Schaale , teacher (1973)

Lothar Schall , painter (1994)

Heinz Ritter-Schaumburg , private scholar and author (1986)

Siegbert Schefke , journalist and civil rights activist (2005)

Hermann Scheipers , priest (2002)

Hansjörg Schellenberger , musician (2018)

Peter Schelzig , General of the Bundeswehr

Heinz Schemken , politician (CDU) (2010)

Donata Baroness Schenck zu Schweinsberg , DRK functionary (2016)

Marion Schick , business economist, board member of the Fraunhofer Society (2008)

Carl Schirren , doctor (1973)

Axel Schimpf , Admiral

Volker Schimpff , politician (2008)

Manfred Schlenker , church musician and composer (2017)

Walter Franz Schleser , diplomat (1990)

Udo Schlitzberger , District Administrator (1990)

Friedrich-Wilhelm Schlomann , journalist (1992)

Elmar Schloter , organist and conductor

Hein Schlueter , author and editor (1982)

Helmut Schmezko , politician (SPD) (1984)

Georg Schmid , politician (CSU) (2012)

Lothar Schmid , publisher, chess player (1993)

Harald Schmid , athlete (1989)

Werner Schmid , entrepreneur (1971)

Alfons Schmidt , educator, restorer and taxidermist (1982)

Alfred Schmidt , philosopher (1998)

Annerose Schmidt , pianist (2003)

Günther J. Schmidt , entrepreneur, owner of the Togal factory (2006)

Paul-Rüdiger Schmidt , pastor

Angelika Schmidt-Koddenberg , sociologist (2009)

Wolfdietrich Schmied-Kowarzik , philosopher and initiator of the Franz Rosenzweig visiting professorship (1999)

Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden , conductor and founder of the Tölzer Knabenchor (1983)

Ruth Schmidt-Niemack , politician (1996)

Ursula Schmidt-Tintemann , physician (1986)

Heinz Schmitz , architect

Richard Schmitz , Hotelier (1998)

Hermann Schnaufer , Manager (1951)

Walter Schneeloch , sports official (2011)

Dieter Schneider , entrepreneur and sports official (2010)

Eleonore Schneider , politician (CDU) (1968)

Gisbert Schneider , organ virtuoso (1996)

Uwe Schneidewind , economist (2020)

Sybille Schnehage , development worker in Afghanistan (1996)

Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler , entrepreneur, manager and politician (CDU) (1984)

Ottmar Schoch , psychologist (1997)

Heinrich Schoeneich , surgeon and humanitarian activist (2006)

Walter Schöler , politician (SPD) (1990)

Jürgen Schölmerich , physician (2009)

Barbara Schöneberger , TV presenter, actress and singer (2015)

Berndt-Ulrich Scholz , entrepreneur and football official (2004)

Walter Scholz , musician

Reiner Schomburg , politician (CDU) (2006)

Hermann Schoppe , politician (CDU) (1989)

Gert Schramm , contemporary witness (2014)

Georg Schreiber , physician and medical journalist

Günter Schrempp , politician (1986)

Gustav Schröder , Captain (1957)

Ulrike Schröder , politician (CDU) (2008)

Helmut Schröer , Lord Mayor of Trier (2008)

Hermann Schröter , archivist (1983)

Josef Schürgers , politician (CDU), Mayor of Viersen (1974)

Hans Schuierer , politician (SPD) (2005)

Coco Schumann , musician (1989)

Ekkehard Schumann , lawyer (1984)

Wolfgang Schwarz , resistance fighter (2011)

Michael Schweitzer , lawyer (2010)

Wolfgang Seeliger , conductor and choir director (2019)

Peter Sefrin , doctor (1986)

Franz-Josef Sehr , businessman and fire department official (2015)

Franz W. Seidler , historian (1978)

Alfred Seppelt , chess official (1990)

Manfred Sexauer , moderator (2000)

Mitsuko Shirai , singer and university lecturer (2009)

Dieter Sieger , architect and designer (2018)

Anil Singhal , physician (1989)

Johannes Singhammer , politician (2010)

Michael Sladek , doctor (2004)

Walter Sollbach , fishing association official (2006)

Jos Som , Mayor of Kerkrade (2007)

Hans-Peter Sommer , politician (2008)

Egon Sommerfeld , politician (2013)

Willy Sommerfeld , silent film pianist and composer (2006)

Burkhardt Werner Sonnenstuhl , co-initiator of the organic bread box (2006)

Leopold Spaeth , politician (CDU) (1978)

Claus Spahn , author and television editor (2001)

Walter Spahrbier , postal worker and television statistic (1980)

Franz-Josef Spalthoff , Manager (1979)

Peter Spary , lobbyist (1983)

Dieter Spath , ergonomist (2008)

Friedrich Specht , psychiatrist (1985)

Albert Speer Jr. , Architect and urban planner (2006)

Michael Speth , rower and gardener (2013)

Marga Spiegel , contemporary witness (2010)

Peter Spranger , educator and historian (1990)

Gerd Springe , Manager (2007)

Volker Staab , architect (2008)

Walter Staffa , functionary, expellee (1984)

Eduard Stanglmeier , meat and sausage manufacturer (1958)

Karl Starzacher , politician (1989)

Witold Stankowski , Polish historian and university professor (2018)

Herbert Steffen , entrepreneur (1994)

Marie-Elisabeth Steffen , politician, wine queen (1989)

Wolfgang Steffen , composer (1981)

Klaus Steinbrück , orthopedist and sports medicine specialist (2005)

Reinhard Steinlein , theologian and pastor, superintendent (2002)

Fritz Steinmetz , athlete, sports official and sports historian (2004)

Werner Stengel , roller coaster designer (2009)

Raimund Walter Sterl , musician, music historian and archivist (2008)

Jochen Stern , author (2009)

Rüdiger Sterzenbach , university lecturer, sports functionary, entrepreneur and politician (CDU) (2004)

Martin Stevens , politician (SPD) (1996)

Michael Stich , tennis player (2008)

Leopold Stiefel , entrepreneur (2008)

Meinolf Stieren , politician (CDU) (1988)

Hans Stimmann , architect and urban planner (2009)

Manfred Stock , horticulturist and environmentalist (1986)

Rupert Stöckl , painter (1992)

Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger , historian (2007)

Reinhard Stollreiter , choir director (1993)

Barbara Stolterfoht , politician (2005)

Gabriele Stötzer , writer and artist (2013)

Hermann Strangemann , businessman (1977)

Wolfgang Stratenwerth , business and professional pedagogue (1988)

Max Straubinger , politician (2009)

Reinhard Strecker , political activist (2015)

Hans-Joachim Stricker , Vice Admiral (2010)

Ulrich Strombach , sports official (2009)

Edith Strumpf , politician (FDP) (1992)

Rashid Sunyaev , physicist (2010)

Arno Surminski , writer and journalist (2016)

Bernhard Suttner , politician (ÖDP) (2012)

Wolfgang Suwelack , entrepreneur (2009)

Eva Szepesi , Holocaust survivor and contemporary witness (2017)

T

Eilert Tantzen , forester, local researcher and local politician (1987)
Veye Tatah , computer scientist and journalist (2010)
Monika Taubitz , writer (2014)
Teruaki Tayama , Japanese lawyer (1995)
Werner Teich , inventor of three-phase current technology in locomotives
Fritz Theilen , resistance fighter (2011)
Heinrich Thies , author and language politician (2014)
Jakob Tholund , high school teacher and writer (1991)
Arnold Tölg , politician (1982)
Hans-Joachim Tonnellier , Bank Manager (2007)
Klaus Toyka , neurologist and music patron (2010)
Gerhard Trabert doctor and author (2004)
Walter Trapp , educator and association official
Wolfgang Trapp , engineer (1983)
Christel Trautmann , politician (SPD) (1989)
Dieter Trautwein , theologian (1989)
Evelinde Trenkner , pianist and piano teacher (2013)
Thilo von Trotha , lawyer and speechwriter (2009)
Theodor Thürmer , Forstmann (1962)

U

Bernhard Uhde , theologian (2008)
Beate Uhse , flight pilot and mail order company (1989)
Roland Ulmer , publisher (2000)
Paul Ulrich Innocence , Doctor (2007)
Katja Urbatsch , founder of Arbeiterkind.de and author (2018)
Peter Ustinov , actor (1984)

V

Donata Valentien , landscape architect (2014)
Eduardo Vargas Herrera , Chilean architect (1975)
Herman van Veen , Dutch musician, writer and actor (1999)
Karl-Heinz Vehring , administrative lawyer (2008)
Burkhart Veigel , escape helper (2012)
Dunja Vejzovic , singer (2010)
Wilhelm Venn , police officer
Julius Viel , journalist (1983)
Joe Viera , saxophonist and jazz teacher (1999)
Jürgen Vocke , lawyer, hunting officer and politician (2011)
Albert Vogel , disabled educator (2007)
Alfred Vogelsänger , photographer (1995)
Lothar Voigtländer , composer (2015)
Georg Volk , doctor, homeopath and writer (1981)
Fritz Vollbracht , politician (1972)
Eggert Voscherau , Industry Manager (2008)
Norbert Voss , writer and cultural officer (1979)
Jens-Peter Voss , diplomat (2013)

W.

Irmtraut Wäger , Chairwoman of the German Tibet Aid Association (1986)
Bernd Wagner , criminalist and extremism researcher (2014)
Christean Wagner , politician (CDU) (1991)
Gert G. Wagner , economist and social scientist (2008)
Hermann-Josef Wagner , energy researcher and university lecturer (2010)
Jutta Wagner , family lawyer and notary (2013)
Rainer Wagner , theologian (2004)
Wilhelm Wagner , agricultural engineer and politician (2007)
Erika Wahlbrink , hairdresser and professional official (2018)
Otto Wahl , Old Testament scholar (1994)
Frauke Walhorn , politician (SPD) (2000)
Sasha Waltz , choreographer, dancer and opera director (2011)
Loretta Walz , filmmaker (2006)
Kristin Wardetzky , theater pedagogue, author and editor (2015)
Sigrid Warnicke , politician (SPD) (1998)
Gerhard Wattenberg , District Administrator of the Herford District (1987)
Helmut Weber , doctor (1991)
Manfried Weber , politician (SPD) (2008)
Michael Weber , politician (SPD) (1982)
Wolfgang Weber , soccer player and ambassador for the Special Olympics (2011)
Ulli Wegner , boxing trainer (2010)
Karlheinz Weimar , politician (CDU) (1991)
Joachim Weckmann , entrepreneur (2003)
Hans-Jürgen Wegener , Forstmann (1995)
Max Wegner , archaeologist (1992)
Hans Weidtman , banker (1959)
Birgit Weihrauch , medical doctor and State Councilor (2011)
Manfred Weil , painter and author (1995)
Joachim Weiß , police officer and trade unionist (1993)
Werner Weißbrodt , graphic designer and university lecturer (1999)
Jens Weißflog , ski jumper (1996)
Lotte Weitbrecht , publisher (1967)
Fritz Weithas , founder of the public observatory in Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate (1975)
Traudl Well , folk musician (2006)
Maria von Welser , journalist (1996)
Karl Wendel , restaurateur (1987)
Peter Wensierski , writer, journalist and documentary filmmaker (2012)
Sabine Werth , social worker and founder of the Tafel (2003)
Wilfried Wessel , politician (1992)
Willi Wessel , politician (1996)
Hiltrud Wessling , senior citizen interest representative (1980)
Jens Weymann , politician (2011)
Paul Wieandt , bank manager
Dietrich Wiebe , geographer and politician (SPD) (1998)
Reinhard Wieczorek , politician (2011)
Rainer Wieland , politician (CDU) (2009)
Friso Wielenga , Dutch historian (2015)
Norbert Wieselhuber , management consultant (2010)
Joachim Wiesensee , politician (CDU) (2009)
Arthur Wiesner , state actor (1958)
Rosemarie Wilcken , politician, mayor of Wismar (1999)
Reinhard Wilhelm , Scientific Director of the Informatics Center Schloss Dagstuhl (2010)
Rolf Alexander Wilhelm , film composer (1993)
Eberhard Wille , economist (2009)
Joachim Wille , journalist (2015)
Ron Williams American actor, voice actor, singer and presenter (2004)
Ben Willikens , artist and university professor (2001)
Günther Willmann , radio presenter (2003)
Heinz Winkler , Koch (2001)
Rotraut Wisskirchen , archaeologist (2010)
Helmut Witt , radiologist (1992)
Friedrich-Carl Wodarz , politician (2008)
Jürgen O. Wöhler , lawyer and manager (2009)
Dagmar G. Wöhrl , politician (CSU) (2008)
Harald Wohlfahrt , cook (2004)
Hanna Wolf , politician (SPD) (2000)
Hans Wolf , mathematician (2004)
Karl Dietrich Wolff , publisher (2010)
Hellmut Wormsbächer , choirmaster, composer and conductor (1995)
Johannes Wosnitza (1908–1995), pastor (1985)
Herbert Wurster , historian (2012)
Alois Würstle , missionary in Brazil (2009)
Christoph Wyneken , violinist and conductor (2003)

Y

Ranga Yogeshwar , television editor (2007)
Gülistan Yüksel , politician (SPD) (2007)

Z

Boris Zabarko , historian (2009)
Hermann Zahn , entrepreneur (IBELO lighters) from Sulzbach am Main (1972)
Walter Zahradnik , German physicist and university professor (1999)
Frank Zander , musician (2002)
Hermann Zeit , University President, University Professor (1984)
Theo Zellner , District Administrator of the Cham district, President of the Bavarian District Assembly (1999)
Christian Zickelbein , co-founder of the German Chess Youth (2004)
Erwin Zillenbiller , agricultural scientist (1987)
Christoph Zenger , computer scientist (2001)
Christoph Zenses , doctor (2018)
Arkadi Zenzipér , pianist and music teacher (2020)
Richard Zettler , conductor, musician and music teacher (1981)
Fritz Zimmerer , entrepreneur, district fire inspector, fire department official (1990)
Achim Zimmermann , conductor and choir director (2015)
Eduard Zimmermann , TV presenter (1977)
Frank Peter Zimmermann , violinist (2008)
Olaf Zimmermann , publicist (2020)
Stefan Zimmermann , lawyer (1996)
Berta Zirn , community nurse (1961)
Hanns Zischler , actor, dramaturge, director, speaker, photographer, translator and essayist (2011)
Claus Zoege von Manteuffel , art historian (1980)
Bernd Zorn , engineer, master mechanic (2011)
Tilman Zülch , Society for Threatened Peoples (2002)
Klaus Zürner , painter (2010)
Annette Zwahr , historian (2007)
Winfried Zylka , politician (2007)