Knights, First Class (1705–1918)
German
- Wilhelm Frhr von Humbolt (1767–1835) (Prussia), German language scholar and statesman
- Karl August, Prince of Hardenburg (1750–1822), Chancellor of State (Prussia), 1804–1806; 1807; and 1810–1822
- Ernst von Pfuel - Prussian general and Prime Minister of Prussia, awarded the 1st Class with Oak Leaves (1836) and Diamonds (1842). Previously awarded the 2nd Class with Oak Leaves (1830) and Star (1831); 3rd Class (1827)
- Ludwig von Massow, awarded the 1st Class with Oak Leaves
- Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse (1806–1877), awarded the 1st Class with Swords
- Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, awarded the Order, 1st Class, with Oak Leaves, on the occasion of Kaiser Wilhelm II's birthday, January 27, 1900 (Source: New York Times)
- Dr. Studt, Minister of Public Instruction, awarded the Order, 1st Class, on the occasion of Kaiser Wilhelm II's birthday, January 27, 1900
- Count Hochberg, awarded the Order, 1st Class, on the occasion of Kaiser Wilhelm II's birthday, January 27, 1900
- Generalleutnant á la suite Viktor Adolph Theophil von Podbielski (1844–1916), hussar general, Prussian Minister of Agriculture, Postmaster General, and President of the German Olympic Committee; awarded 1st Class, Jan 27, 1902
- Baron Hermann Speck von Sternburg, Prussian Consul to Calcutta, German Ambassador to the United States, awarded the 1st Class, Jan 5, 1903
- Anton von Werner (1871–1914), awarded the Order, 1st Class, 1912; previously awarded the 2nd Class
- GenObst Felix Graf von Bothmer of Bavaria (1852–1937), conferred with the Order, 1st Class, January 17, 1914
- Gen-Lt Philipp von Hellingrath of Bavaria (1862–1939), awarded the 1st Class with Swords, Nov 14, 1918; previously awarded the 2nd Class (7 JUN 1914)
Foreign
- Prince Talleyrand of France, Envoy of Emperor Napoleon I (Napoleon Bonaparte) of the French, to Russia, 1807; conferred with both the Order of the Black Eagle and the Red Eagle, before 1807
- Prince Alexander Borisovich Kourakin of Russia, Envoy of Tsar Alexander I of Russia, to France, 1807; conferred with both the Black Eagle Order and Red Eagle Order, before 1807
- Prince Leopold of Belgium (future Leopold II), Duke of Brabant, awarded the Order, 1st Class
- Count Maximilian van Lerchenfeld-Koefering, Chamberlain to the King of Bavaria, and envoy to the United States; conferred before 1845
- Giustino Fortunato (1777-1862), Prime minister of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, conferred with the Red Eagle Order in 1850
- Lieutenant General Pierre-Dominique Bazaine (1786–1838) French Mathematician and Engineer
- Ali Pasha of Tepelen and of Yannina, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, awarded the Order, 1st Class (for non-Christians), 1851
- Kemal Effendi, Turkish Ambassador to Berlin, awarded the Order, 1st Class (for non-Christians), July 2, 1857
- Prince Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan (1850–1918), son of Naser al-Din Shah.
- President Paul Kruger (1825-1904), President of the Transvaal ( first award in 1884,elevated to First Class in 1896)
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