See also List of honours of Austria awarded to heads of state and royalty Below is a list of all Grand Star recipients and other notable recipients, in chronological order with year of award in parentheses:.
Grand Star recipients Royal Houses •
Pakubowono X,
Susuhunan of Surakarta from 1893 to 1939 (1926) •
Hussein bin Talal,
King of Jordan from 1952 to 1999 (1976) •
Haile Selassie,
Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974 (1954) •
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi,
Emperor of Iran from 1941 to 1979 (1958) •
Empress Farah,
Empress Consort of Iran from 1959 to 1979 (1965) •
Albert II,
King of the Belgians from 1993 to 2013, now former King (1958) •
Queen Paola of Belgium,
Queen of the Belgians from 1993 to 2013, now former Queen (1997) •
Bhumibol Adulyadej,
King of Thailand from 1946 to 2016 (1964) •
Sirikit,
Queen of Thailand from 1950 to 2016 (1964) •
Elizabeth II,
Queen of the United Kingdom and other
Commonwealth Realms from 1952 to 2022 (1966) •
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh consort of
Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2021 (1966) •
Olav V,
King of Norway from 1957 to 1991 (1966) •
Akihito,
Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019, now Emperor Emeritus (1999) •
Empress Michiko,
Japanese empress consort from 1989 to 2019, now Empress Emerita (1999) •
Qaboos bin Said al Said,
Sultan of Oman from 1970 to 2020 (2001) •
Margrethe II of Denmark,
Queen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024, now former Queen (1964) •
Carl XVI Gustaf,
King of Sweden since 1973 (1967) •
Queen Silvia of Sweden, Queen of Sweden since 1976 (1979) •
Azlan Shah,
Sultan of Perak from 1984 to 2014 and
Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 1989 to 1994 •
Hassan II,
King of Morocco from 1961 to 1999 •
Harald V, King of Norway since 1991 •
Queen Sonja of Norway, Queen of Norway since 1991 (1978) •
Abdullah II,
King of Jordan since 1999 (2001) •
Queen Rania of Jordan since 1999 (2001) •
Princess Anne,
Princess Royal (1969) •
Hans-Adam II,
Prince of Liechtenstein since 1989 (1991) •
Princess Marie,
Princess consort of Liechtenstein from 1989 to 2021 (2004) •
Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg,
Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 2000 to 2025, now former Grand Duke (2013) •
Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, from 2000 to 2025, now former Grand Duchess (2013) •
Juan Carlos I,
King of Spain from 1975 to 2014 now former King (1978) •
Queen Sofía of Spain,
Queen of Spain from 1975 to 2014 now former Queen (1978) •
Haitham bin Tariq,
Sultan of Oman, (2001) •
Philippe of Belgium,
King of the Belgians since 2013 (2022) •
Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands,
King of the Netherlands since 2013 (2022) •
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands,
Queen of the Netherlands since 2013 (2022)
Politicians •
Tassos Papadopoulos, Former
President of the
Republic of Cyprus from 2003 - 2008 •
Adolf Schärf,
President of Austria from 1957 to 1965 (1957) •
Franz Jonas, President of Austria from 1965 to 1974 (1965) •
Josip Broz Tito,
President of Yugoslavia from 1953 to 1980 (1965) •
Suharto,
President of Indonesia from 1968 to 1998 (1973) •
Siti Hartinah,
First Lady of Indonesia from 1968 to 1996 (1973) •
Rudolf Kirchschläger, President of Austria from 1974 to 1986 (1974) •
Kurt Waldheim,
Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981, and President of Austria from 1986 to 1992 (1974) •
Hans Brunhart,
Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 1978 to 1993 •
Thomas Klestil, President of Austria between 1992 and 2004 (1992) •
Alberto Fujimori,
President of Peru from 1990 to 2000 (1997) •
Emil Constantinescu,
President of Romania from 1996 to 2000 (1999) •
Árpád Göncz,
President of Hungary from 1990 to 2000 (1999) •
Konstantinos Stefanopoulos,
President of Greece from 1995 to 2005 (1999) •
Petar Stoyanov,
President of Bulgaria from 1997 to 2002 (1999) •
Nursultan Nazarbayev,
President of Kazakhstan from 1990 to 2019 (2000) •
Stjepan Mesić, President of Yugoslavia in 1991, and
President of Croatia from 2000 to 2010 (2001) •
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi,
President of Italy from 1999 to 2006 (2002) •
Jorge Sampaio,
President of Portugal from 1996 to 2006 (2002) •
Abdelaziz Bouteflika,
President of Algeria from 1999 to 2019 (2003) •
Heinz Fischer, President of Austria from 2004 to 2016 (2004) •
Giorgio Napolitano,
President of Italy from 2006 to 2015 (2007) •
Jacques Chirac,
President of France from 1995 to 2007 •
Ferdinand Marcos,
President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986 •
Sauli Niinistö,
President of Finland from 2012 (2016) •
Alexander Van der Bellen, President of Austria from 2017 to present (2017) •
Christiane Brunner (Austrian politician), member of the
Austrian National Council from 2008 to 2017 •
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa,
President of Portugal from 2016 (2019) •
Sergio Mattarella,
President of Italy from 2015 (2019) •
Kersti Kaljulaid,
President of Estonia from 2016 to 2021 (2021) •
Moon Jae-in,
President of South Korea from 2017 to 2022 (2021) •
Borut Pahor,
President of Slovenia from 2012 to 2022 (2022) •
Miloš Zeman,
President of the Czech Republic from 2013 to 2023 (2023) •
Zuzana Čaputová,
President of Slovakia from 2019 (2024) •
Roberta Metsola,
President of the European Parliament from 2022 (2024)
Other select recipients •
Ruslan Abdulgani (Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash, 1956) •
Dimitri Shostakovich (Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver, 1967) •
Robert Fein (1907–1975), Austrian Olympic champion weightlifter •
Willy Brandt,
Chancellor of Germany from 1969 to 1974 (Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash, 1972) •
Anna Freud (1975) •
Hilde Hawlicek (Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash, 1980) •
Wolf In der Maur (Grand Decoration of Merit in Gold, 1985) •
Sudharmono (Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver with Sash) •
Ginandjar Kartasasmita (Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Star, 1986) •
Feisal Tanjung (Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold, 1996) •
James B. Thayer(Grand Decoration of Honor, 1996) •
Shoichiro Toyoda (Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Star, 1999) •
Randolph M. Bell (Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver, 2004) •
Jeanette Schmid (Decoration of Merit in Gold, 2004) •
Stuart Eizenstat (Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Star, 2005) •
Andreas Maislinger (Decoration of Honour in Silver, 2005) •
Simon Wiesenthal (Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria, 2005) •
Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006 (Grand Decoration in Gold with Sash, 2007) •
Gerhard Rühm, author, composer, and artist (Decoration of Honour in Gold, 2007) •
Atta-ur-Rahman,
Pakistani Organic chemist (Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria, 2008) •
Ertuğrul Günay, Minister of Culture and Tourism of Turkey (Grand Decoration in Gold with Sash, 2010) •
Prince Hassan bin Talal, (Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash, 2004) •
Christoph Schönborn,
Roman Catholic Cardinal and
Archbishop of Vienna (Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash, 2008) •
Miep Gies (2009) •
Hans Dobida, inductee into the
IIHF Hall of Fame •
Alois Mock,
Vice-Chancellor of Austria from 1987 to 1989 (Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash) •
Walter Schwimmer (Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver with Star) •
Ruth Wodak (Decoration of Honour in Silver, 2011) •
Elisabeth Bleyleben-Koren •
Joannis Avramidis, painter and sculptor (Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Star for Services to the Republic of Austria, 2012) •
Eleonore Schönborn (2013) •
Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor (Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria, 2021) •
Henry Steiner, graphic designer (Decoration of Honour in Gold, 2006) •
Emil Salim, (Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver with Sash) •
Samir Mane, Albanian Entrepreneur and Philanthropist (Grand Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria, 2019) •
Avni Ponari, Albanian Entrepreneur (Grand Decoration of Honour, 2019) •
Gustav Mak Ka Lok, composer and conductor (Decoration of Honour in Gold for services to the Republic of Austria, 2022) •
Martin Karplus (Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash, 2024) ==Notes==