The Bavarian Order of Merit () is the Order of Merit of the Free State of Bavaria. It is awarded by the Minister-President of Bavaria as a "recognition of outstanding contributions to the Free State of Bavaria and the Bavarian people".
The order was instituted by law on 11 June 1957. The Prime Minister and the Cabinet can nominate awardees.
Hemmerle, a German jewellery house based in Munich founded in 1893, is the exclusive maker of the Bavarian Order of Merit since it was instituted in 1957.
Hermann Josef Abs
Ann-Kristin Achleitner
Josef Ackermann (journalist) Lea Ackermann Konrad Adenauer Percy Adlon Mario Adorf Josef Afritsch Heinrich Aigner Ilse Aigner Korbinian Aigner Werner Andreas Albert Walter Althammer Paul Althaus Axel von Ambesser Tobias Angerer Willi Ankermüller Gisela Anton Evangelos Averoff Georg Bachmann Rudolf Bachmann Friedrich Baethgen Michael Ballhaus Klaus Barthel Władysław Bartoszewski Rainer Barzel Baudouin of Belgium Friedrich L. Bauer Heinz Bauer Josef Bauer (politician) Gustl Bayrhammer Augustin Bea Walter Becher Franz Beckenbauer Günther Beckstein Heinrich Bedford-Strohm Hildegard Behrens Werner Beierwaltes Heinrich Bender (conductor) Pope Benedict XVI Lilian Benningsen Iris Berben Roland Berger Senta Berger Mathilde Berghofer-Weichner Karl-Friedrich Beringer Lennart Bernadotte Sonja Bernadotte Otto Bernheimer Christian Bernreiter Anton Betz Gerhard Bletschacher Peter Boenisch Willy Bogner Jr. Kurt Böhme Uwe Brandl Eberhard von Brauchitsch Klaus Dieter Breitschwert Beppo Brem Heinrich von Brentano Hans Breuer (politician) Alois von Brinz Dominik Brunner Aenne Burda Franz Burda Adolf Butenandt José Carreras Karl Carstens Sergiu Celibidache Jean Charest Princess Christa of Thurn and Taxis Hans Clarin Maurice Couve de Murville Ernst Cramer (journalist) Herbert Czaja Aden Adde Thomas Dachser Viktor Josef Dammertz Diana Damrau Adolf Dassler Rudolf Dassler Colin Davis Michael S. Davison Jacques Delors Albert Dess Alfred Dick (politician) Paul Diethei Helmut Dietl Uschi Disl Renate Dodell Klaus Doldinger Julius Döpfner Claude Dornier Hans Drachsler Luis Durnwalder Rudolf Eberhard Gisela Ehrensperger Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt Bernd Eichinger Hans A. Engelhard Matthias Engelsberger Kieth Engen Karl Engisch Annette Erös Reinhard Erös Kurt Faltlhauser Brigitte Fassbaender Hans-Josef Fell Ludwig Fellermaier Markus Ferber Wolfgang Fikentscher Ernst Otto Fischer Max Fischer (politician) Friedrich Flick Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis Ludwig Franz Joseph von Fraunhofer Gottlob Frick Ingo Friedrich Karl von Frisch Cornelia Froboess Karl Fuchs (politician) Joachim Fuchsberger Joseph-Ernst Graf Fugger von Glött Maria Furtwängler John Galvin (general) Georg Gänswein Charles de Gaulle Peter Gauweiler Martina Gedeck Rudolf Geiger Willi Geiger (painter) Uschi Glas Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis Peter Glotz Nora-Eugenie Gomringer Alfons Goppel Josef Göppel Silvia Görres Eveline Gottzein Franz Götz (politician) Hugo Grau Ulrich Grigull Monika Gruber Max Grundig Enoch zu Guttenberg Wolfgang Haber Peter Häberle Otto von Habsburg Dietmar Hahlweg Ingeborg Hallstein Bernhard Häring Anja Harteros Gerda Hasselfeldt Johannes Heesters Robert Heger Werner Heisenberg Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Josef Henselmann Wolfgang A. Herrmann Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte Wilfried Hiller Friedrich Högner Karl Höller Christiane Hörbiger Melanie Huml Mariss Jansons Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern Marcus Junkelmann Konstantinos Karamanlis Karl, 8th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg Ellis Kaut Joseph Keilberth Paul Kirchhof Susanne Klatten Carlos Kleiber Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin Herbert Knaup Herlinde Koelbl Juliane Köhler Peter Jona Korn Platon Kornyljak Max Kruse (author) Rafael Kubelík Reiner Kunze Benno Kusche Bernard Landry Gottfried Landwehr Bernhard Langer Pascalina Lehnert Franz Lehrndorfer Robert Lembke Harald Lesch Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger Hans Ritter von Lex Herbert Loebl Loriot Heidi Lück Prince Luitpold of Bavaria (b.