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{{Short description|Highest active State decoration of Romania}}
{{Infobox order
| name            = Order of the Star of Romania<br />''Ordinul Steaua României''
| title           = apple
| image           = [[Image:Star-of-Romania-Order-Collar.jpg|250px]]
| caption         = Collar of the Order
| image2          = 
| caption2        = 
| awarded_by      = the [[King of Romania]]<br />(1877–1947)<br />The [[President of Romania]]<br />since 1998
| type            = [[Order of merit|Order of Merit]]
| established     = <!-- or founded -->
| country         = [[Kingdom of Romania]]<br />[[Romania]]
| house           = <!-- If dynastic order, royal house that currently controls the order -->
| religion        = 
| motto           = 
| eligibility     = (1) Civil, Military;<br />(2) Military units;<br />(3) Foreign citizens
| criteria        = (1) Exceptional civil and military services to the [[Romania|Romanian State]] and the [[Romanian people]];<br />(2) For special acts in time of peace or for heroic acts in time of war;<br />(3) For contributing to the development of the friendship relations with [[Romania]], or for other exceptional services to the Romanian State and the Romanian People.
| status          = Currently awarded
| founder         = <!--Or first head-->
| head_title      = [[Grand Master (order)|Grand Master]]
| head            = [[Nicușor Dan|President Nicușor Dan]]
| head2_title     = <!-- Other head, usually subordinate to above: [[Chancellor]], etc. -->
| head2           = 
| head3_title     =
| head3           =
| grades          = Collar<br />Grand Cross<br />Grand Officer<br />Commander<br />Officer<br />Knight/Dame
| post-nominals   = 
| former_grades   = 
| first_induction = 
| last_induction  = 
| total           =
| higher          = [[Order of Michael the Brave]]
| same            = 
| lower           = [[Order of Faithful Service]]
| related         = 
| image3          = [[Image:Order of the Star of Romania - Ribbon bar.svg|90px]]
| caption3        = Ribbon of the Order of the Star of Romania
}}

The '''Order of the Star of Romania''' (Romanian: ''Ordinul Steaua României'') is [[Romania]]'s highest civil [[Order (decoration)|Order]] and second highest [[State decoration]] after the [[Order of Michael the Brave]]. It is the oldest Order of Romania. It is awarded by the [[President of Romania]], and has six grades, from lowest to the highest: Knight, Officer, Commander, Grand Officer, Grand Cross, and Grand Cross with Collar.

==History==
In 1863, [[Alexandru Ioan Cuza]], the [[Domnitor]] of the [[United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia]], asked the [[Romanian people|Romanian]] representative to [[Paris]] to contact the then well-known jewellery house Krétly, to manufacture a [[state decoration]]. Krétly presented a model, which was immediately accepted by the domnitor, and based on his agreement, 1,000 pieces of the order were made. It was decided that the order would have five ranks: Knight (''Cavaler''), Officer (''Ofițer''), Commander (''Comandor''), Grand Officer (''Mare Ofițer''), and Grand Cross (''Mare Cruce'').<ref name="presidency">{{cite web|url=https://canord.presidency.ro/ro/pagina/ordinul-national-steaua-romaniei|title=Ordinul naţional "Steaua României"|language=ro|website=presidency.ro|access-date=4 May 2023}}</ref>

Unlike all other decorations in that time that were mostly inspired on the [[France|French]] [[Légion d'honneur]], or which had their insignia like a [[Maltese cross]], the model proposed by Krétly for this order was a blue [[Cross (heraldry)|cross crosslet (''cruce repetată'')]], a design that was then unique in decorational design.<ref name="presidency"/>

The domnitor decided that the name of the honour would be "The Order of the Union" (''"Ordinul Unirii"''). It was planned to institute the order on 24 January 1864, the date when the 5th anniversary of his election would be celebrated and a moment that marked the unification of the principalities of [[Moldavia]] and [[Wallachia]]. Because of this, the motto of the new order would fit the event: ''"GENERE ET CORDES FRATRES"'' ("BROTHERS THROUGH ORIGINS AND FEELINGS"). The obverse of the insignia would bear the numbers "5" and "24", the days of January when he was elected in both Moldova and Wallachia.<ref name="presidency"/>

However, due to the overthrow of Alexandru Ioan Cuza by a palace coup, he was unable to actually institute the order, and he awarded the insignia therefore only as a personal present, not as a state decoration. Most of the insignia produced for him remained stored in the [[National Museum of Art of Romania|Royal Palace]]'s cellars.<ref name="presidency"/>

[[File:Steaua Romaniei Com civ md 1877 av.jpg|left|thumb|150px|The original 1877 model - Commander rank (obverse).]]
In April 1877, when Romania gained independence from the [[Ottoman Empire]], the debate regarding the institution of Romanian decorations was revived. [[Mihail Kogălniceanu]], [[List of Romanian Foreign Ministers|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] in the [[Ion Brătianu]] cabinet, took part in the debates in the [[Chamber of Deputies of Romania|Assembly of Deputies]] regarding the institution of a [[state decoration]]. Because of the already earlier supplied "Order of The Union", it was decided that the shape of the decoration would be the same, modifying only the [[domnitor]]'s seal. The motto was also changed, because the old one was not appropriate to the moment, to "IN FIDE SALUS" ("IN FAITH IS THE SALVATION"). Regarding the name, [[Mihail Kogălniceanu|Kogălniceanu]] insisted on "Steaua Dunării" ("The Star of The Danube").<ref name="presidency"/>

The name "Steaua României" ("The Star of Romania") appeared on 10 May 1877, when the law was voted in the [[Parliament of Romania|Parliament]], as the first law of the Sovereign [[Romania]].<ref name="presidency"/>

By Royal Decree (no. 1545/1932), [[Carol II of Romania|King Carol II]] changed the order of precedence in the Romanian honours system. As a result, in 1932, The Star of Romania dropped in precedence from second place (where it had been since 1906) to fourth place (after the [[Order of Carol I]] and the {{ill|Order of Ferdinand I|ro|Ordinul Ferdinand I}}). In 1937, it dropped to seventh place. The main shape of the order, the blue repeated cross (called also "Romanian cross") was kept, but the rays between the cross' arms were replaced by four heraldic eagles with wings spread, the insignia of [[King Carol I of Romania|King Carol I]] was placed on the obverse, and the reverse bore the year of its establishment, "1877". Also the number of persons that could be awarded The Star of Romania was increased:<ref name="presidency"/>

* Knight (''Cavaler''): 1,000 civilians and 350 military;
* Officer (''Ofițer''): 500 civilians and 150 military;
* Commander (''Comandor''): 200 civilians and 75 military;
* Grand Officer (''Mare Ofițer''): 75 civilians and 25 military;
* Grand Cross (''Mare Cruce''): 35 civilians and 10 military.

In 1938, the order was given a superior rank, called ''"Clasa I"'' (First Class in [[English language|English]]), between the Grand Officer rank and the Grand Cross rank, with a maximum of 50 civilians and 15 military personnel.<ref name="presidency"/>

The statutes established by King [[Carol II]] were changed by [[General]] [[Ion Antonescu]] (who became ''[[Conducător]]'' on 4 September 1940). Generally, the rules were the ones used during [[World War I]]. The order "The Star of Romania" became the second in the national hierarchy, after that of the [[Order of Michael the Brave]].<ref name="presidency"/>

Inspired by the [[Germany|German]] [[Iron Cross]], [[Ion Antonescu]] decided that the first three grades of the orders the Star of Romania and the Crown of Romania, with spades (swords), and the ribbon of [[Medalia "Virtutea Militară"|The Medal "The Military Virtue"]] would be awarded for exceptionally brave acts with an oak leaf, attached to the ribbon.<ref name="presidency"/>

After 1948, all the existing decorations were outlawed, and their wearing was forbidden. Just by keeping the insignia, one was considered a delinquent in the first years of communism.<ref name="presidency"/>

In 1993, the idea of reinstating the oldest Order was proposed within the Special Commission of the [[Chamber of Deputies (Romania)|Chamber of Deputies]]. After several attempts, in 1998/1999 the National Order "The Star of Romania" was reinstituted, with a design similar to the one used in 1932, but without the insignia of King [[Carol I of Romania|Carol I]], and with the republican insignia.<ref name="presidency"/>

==Grades==
As per Law 29/2000, regarding Romania's national system of decorations, there are currently six grades:<ref>{{cite web|title=LEGE nr. 29 din 31 martie 2000 privind sistemul national de decoratii al Romaniei|url=http://www.monitoruljuridic.ro/act/lege-nr-29-din-31-martie-2000-privind-sistemul-national-de-decoratii-al-romaniei-emitent-parlamentul-publicat-n-21756.html|publisher=[[Monitorul Oficial|Monitorul Oficial al României]]|access-date=13 December 2015}}</ref>

* 1st Class:  Collar (''Colan'');
* 2nd Class:  Grand Cross (''Mare Cruce'');
* 3rd Class:  Grand Officer (''Mare Ofițer'');
* 4th Class:  Commander (''Comandor'');
* 5th Class:  Officer (''Ofițer'');
* 6th Class:  Knight (''Cavaler'').

==Notable recipients==
<gallery>
File:Romanian Star Vlaicu 11Oct1911.jpg|Certificate confirming that the Star of Romania was awarded to [[Aurel Vlaicu]] in the name of King Carol I.
File:Steauaromaniei.jpg|Certificate confirming that the Star of Romania was awarded to Ernesto Burzagli in the name of King Ferdinand I.
File:Alexandru Munteanu 1928.jpg|Alexandru Munteanu wearing an officer's cross, civilian version.
File:Dr Dimitrie Tușinschi Demeter von Tuschinski ca 1937 Colorized.jpg|Dr. Dimitrie Tușinschi wearing a civilian commander's cross, awarded in 1928.
File:ConstantinPoenaru.jpg|[[Constantin Poenaru]] wearing a grand officer's cross, military version with crossed swords.
</gallery>

===First issue (1877–1948)===
* [[Ernesto Burzagli]]
* [[Archduke Eugen of Austria]] (1881)
* [[Friedrich von Beck-Rzikowsky]]<ref>{{citation|chapter-url=https://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/alex?aid=shb&datum=1916&page=43&size=45|chapter=Hofstaat Seiner Kaiserlichen und Königlichen Apostolischen Majestät|title=Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie|date=1916|location=Vienna|publisher=Druck und Verlag der K.K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei|language=German|page=16|via=alex.onb.ac.at}}</ref>
* [[Aurel Vlaicu]] (1911)
* [[Sir Pratap Singh|Pratap Singh of Idar]] (1921)
* [[Jan Karcz]]
* [[Aristide Razu]] (1918)
* [[Harry Gideon Wells]] (1919)
* [[Ismail of Johor]] (1920)
* [[Hendrik Pieter Nicolaas Muller]] (1922)
* [[Scarlat Cantacuzino]]
* [[Artur Phleps]]
* [[Edward Rydz-Śmigły]]
* Jack Corbu (1930)
* [[Stanisław Maczek]]
* [[Amha Selassie|Amha Selassie of Ethiopia]]
* [[Rudolf Walden]]
* [[Fritz Witt]] (1942)
* [[Martin Unrein]]
* [[Jagatjit Singh|Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala]] (1935)
* [[Walter Staudinger]] (1942)
* [[Ismail of Johor]] (1942)
* [[Walther Wenck]] (1943)
* Emmerich Jordan (1944)
* [[Samuel C. Cumming]]
* [[Paul de Smet de Naeyer]]
* Joseph Maria von Radowitz
* [[Klement Gottwald]] (1947)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vyznamenani.net/?p=1551|title=Řády a vyznamenání prezidentů republiky|language=cs|website=vyznamenani.net|date=18 December 2012}}</ref>

===Second issue (since 1998)===
====Foreign citizens====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! No. !! Name !! Known for !! Year<br />Appointed
|-
| 1
| {{Flag icon|France}} [[Jacques Chirac]]
| President of France
| rowspan=4|1998
|-
| 2
| {{Flag icon|Peru}} [[Alberto Fujimori]]
| President of Peru
|-
| 3
| {{Flag icon|Finland}} [[Martti Ahtisaari]]
| President of Finland
|-
| 4
| {{Flag icon|Bulgaria}} [[Petar Stoyanov]]
| President of Bulgaria
|-
| 5
| {{Flag icon|Poland}} [[Aleksander Kwaśniewski]]
| President of Poland
| rowspan=10|1999
|-
| 6
| {{Flag icon|Austria}} [[Thomas Klestil]]
| President of Austria
|-
| 7
| {{Flag icon|Greece}} [[Konstantinos Stephanopoulos]]
| President of Greece
|-
| 8
| {{Flag icon|Turkey}} [[Süleyman Demirel]]
| President of Turkey
|-
| 9
| {{Flag icon|Norway}} [[Harald V of Norway|Harald V]]
| King of Norway
|-
| 10
| {{Flag icon|Qatar}} [[Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]]
| Emir of Qatar
|-
| 11
| {{Flag icon|Kuwait}} [[Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah]]
| Emir of Kuwait
|-
| 12
| {{Flag icon|Kazakhstan}} [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]]
| President of Kazakhstan
|-
| 13
| {{Flag icon|Albania}} [[Rexhep Meidani]]
| President of Albania
|-
| 14
| {{Flag icon|Israel}} [[Ezer Weizman]]
| President of Israel
|-
| 15
| {{Flag icon|Moldova}} [[Petru Lucinschi]]
| President of Moldova
| rowspan=11|2000
|-
| 16
| {{Flag icon|United Kingdom}} [[Elizabeth II]]
| Queen of the United Kingdom
|-
| 17
| {{Flag icon|Portugal}} [[Jorge Sampaio]]
| President of Portugal
|-
| 18
| {{Flag icon|Hungary}} [[Árpád Göncz]]
| President of Hungary
|-
| 19
| {{Flag icon|Denmark}} [[Margrethe II of Denmark|Margrethe II]]
| Queen of Denmark
|-
| 20
| {{Flag icon|Slovakia}} [[Rudolf Schuster]]
| President of Slovakia
|-
| 21
| {{Flag icon|Croatia}} [[Stjepan Mesić]]
| President of Croatia
|-
| 22
| {{Flag icon|Mexico}} [[Ernesto Zedillo]]
| President of Mexico
|-
| 23
| {{Flag icon|Brazil}} [[Fernando Henrique Cardoso]]
| President of Brazil
|-
| 24
| {{Flag icon|Thailand}} [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]]
| King of Thailand
|-
| 25
| {{Flag icon|Ukraine}} [[Leonid Kuchma]]
| President of Ukraine
|-
| 26
| {{Flag icon|Lebanon}} [[Émile Lahoud]]
| President of Lebanon
| rowspan=5|2001
|-
| 27
| {{Flag icon|Ghana}} [[Kofi Annan]]
| [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]]
|-
| 28
| {{Flag icon|Netherlands}} [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|Beatrix]]
| Queen of the Netherlands
|-
| 29
| {{Flag icon|Lithuania}} [[Valdas Adamkus]]
| President of Lithuania
|-
| 30
| {{Flag icon|Latvia}} [[Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga]]
| President of Latvia
|-
| 31
| {{Flag icon|Sovereign Military Order of Malta}} [[Andrew Bertie]]
| Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta
| rowspan=8|2002
|-
| 32
| {{Flag icon|United Arab Emirates}} [[Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan]]
| President of United Arab Emirates
|-
| 33
| {{Flag icon|Philippines}} [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]]
| President of Philippines
|-
| 34
| {{Flag icon|Slovenia}} [[Milan Kučan]]
| President of Slovenia
|-
| 35
| {{Flag icon|Hungary}} [[Ferenc Mádl]]
| President of Hungary
|-
| 36
| {{Flag icon|United States}} [[George W. Bush]]
| President of the United States
|-
| 37
| {{Flag icon|San Marino}} Mauro Chiaruzzi
| Captains Regent of San Marino
|-
| 38
| {{Flag icon|San Marino}} Giuseppe Maria Morganti
| Captains Regent of San Marino
|-
| 39
| {{Flag icon|Tunisia}} [[Zine El Abidine Ben Ali]]
| President of Tunisia
| rowspan=6|2003
|-
| 40
| {{Flag icon|Sweden}} [[Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden|Carl XVI Gustaf]]
| King of Sweden
|-
| 41
| {{Flag icon|Spain}} [[Juan Carlos I of Spain|Juan Carlos I]]
| King of Spain
|-
| 42
| {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Carlo Azeglio Ciampi]]
| President of Italy
|-
| 43
| {{Flag icon|Estonia}} [[Arnold Rüütel]]
| President of Estonia
|-
| 44
| {{Flag icon|United States}} [[Condoleezza Rice]]
| United States Secretary of State
|-
| 45
| {{Flag icon|Luxembourg}} [[Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Henri I]]
| Grand Duke of Luxembourg
| rowspan=7|2004
|-
| 46
| {{Flag icon|Vatican City}} [[Angelo Sodano]]
| Cardinal Secretary of State
|-
| 47
| {{Flag icon|Malta}} [[Eddie Fenech Adami]]
| President of Malta
|-
| 48
| {{Flag icon|San Marino}} [[Giuseppe Arzilli]]
| Captains Regent of San Marino
|-
| 49
| {{Flag icon|San Marino}} [[Roberto Raschi]]
| Captains Regent of San Marino
|-
| 50
| {{Flag icon|Chile}} [[Ricardo Lagos]]
| President of Chile
|-
| 51
| {{Flag icon|Azerbaijan}} [[Ilham Aliyev]]
| President of Azerbaijan
|-
| 52
| {{Flag icon|Jordan}} [[Abdullah II of Jordan|Abdullah II]]
| King of Jordan
| 2005
|-
| 53
| {{Flag icon|Finland}} [[Tarja Halonen]]
| President of Finland
| 2006
|-
| 54
| {{Flag icon|Romania}} [[George Emil Palade]]
| Professor, Biologist
| 2007
|-
| 55
| {{Flag icon|Vatican City}} [[Tarcisio Bertone]]
| Cardinal Secretary of State
| rowspan=2|2008
|-
| 56
| {{Flag icon|Sovereign Military Order of Malta}} [[Matthew Festing]]
| Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta
|-
| 57
| {{Flag icon|Poland}} [[Lech Kaczyński]]
| President of Poland
| rowspan=4|2009
|-
| 58
| {{Flag icon|Lebanon}} [[Michel Suleiman]]
| President of Lebanon
|-
| 59
| {{Flag icon|Monaco}} [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco|Albert II]]
| Prince of Monaco
|-
| 60
| {{Flag icon|Belgium}} [[Albert II of Belgium|Albert II]]
| King of the Belgians
|-
| 61
| {{Flag icon|Moldova}} [[Mihai Ghimpu]]
| President of Moldova
| rowspan=2|2010
|-
| 62
| {{Flag icon|Malta}} [[George Abela]]
| President of Malta
|-
| 63
| {{Flag icon|Latvia}} [[Valdis Zatlers]]
| President of Latvia
| rowspan=3|2011
|-
| 65
| {{Flag icon|Estonia}} [[Toomas Hendrik Ilves]]
| President of Estonia
|-
| 66
| {{flag icon|Italy}} [[Giorgio Napolitano]]
| President of Italy
|-
| 67
| {{Flag icon|Vatican City}} [[Pietro Parolin]]
| Cardinal Secretary of State
| rowspan=4|2015
|-
| 68
| {{Flag icon|Portugal}} [[Aníbal Cavaco Silva]]
| President of Portugal
|-
| 69
| {{Flag icon|United Kingdom}} [[Dennis Deletant]]
| Professor 
|-
| 70
| {{Flag icon|Lithuania}} [[Dalia Grybauskaitė]]
| President of Lithuania
|-
| 71
| {{Flag icon|Italy}} [[Sergio Mattarella]]
| President of Italy
| rowspan=6|2016
|-
| 72
| {{Flag icon|Bulgaria}} [[Rosen Plevneliev]]
| President of Bulgaria
|-
| 73
| {{Flag icon|Germany}} [[Joachim Gauck]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mediafax.ro/politic/iohannis-i-a-decorat-pe-presedintele-germaniei-si-pe-partenera-sa-15503105|title=Iohannis i-a decorat pe președintele Germaniei şi pe partenera sa|publisher=[[Mediafax]]|date=22 June 2016|access-date=22 June 2016|language=ro}}</ref>
| President of Germany
|-
| 74
| {{Flag icon|Poland}} [[Andrzej Duda]]
| President of Poland
|-
| 75
| {{Flag icon|France}} [[François Hollande]]
| President of France
|-
| 76
| {{Flag icon|Slovakia}} [[Andrej Kiska]]
| President of Slovakia
|-
| 77
| {{Flag icon|Moldova}} [[Nicolae Timofti]]
| President of Moldova
| rowspan="5" |2017
|-
| 78
| {{Flag icon|Croatia}} [[Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović]]
| President of Croatia
|-
| 79
| {{Flag icon|UK}} [[Charles III]]
| King of the United Kingdom
|-
| 80
|{{Flag icon|France}} [[Dominique de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel|Dominique Prince de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel]]
|Grand Hospitaler of Order of Malta (SMOM)
|-
| 81
| {{Flag icon|France}} [[:fr:Frédéric Jenny|Frédéric Jenny]]
|Professor
|-
| 82
| {{Flag icon|Estonia}} [[Kersti Kaljulaid]]
| President of Estonia
| 2021
|-
|81
|{{Flag icon|Lithuania}} [[Gitanas Nausėda]] 
|President of Lithuania
|2022
|}

====By class====
{{collapse top|List of recipients by class}}
{{Dynamic list|multiple=yes}}
{{Div col|colwidth=15em|rules=|gap=4em}}
;1st Class: Collars
* [[Abdullah II of Jordan]]
* [[George Abela]]
* [[Valdas Adamkus]]
* [[Albert II of Belgium]]
* [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco]]
* [[Amha Selassie]]
* [[Teoctist Arăpașu]]
* [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]]
* [[Traian Băsescu]]
* [[List of titles and honours of Beatrix of the Netherlands|Beatrix of the Netherlands]]
* [[Zine El Abidine Ben Ali]]
* [[Carl XVI Gustaf]]
* [[Jacques Chirac]]
* [[Carlo Azeglio Ciampi]]
* [[Emil Constantinescu]]
* [[Nicolae Corneanu]]
* [[Ion Dragalina]]
* [[Andrzej Duda]]
* [[List of titles and honours of Elizabeth II|Elizabeth II]]
* [[Matthew Festing]]
* [[Joachim Gauck]]
* [[Mihai Ghimpu]]
* [[Dalia Grybauskaitė]]
* [[Tarja Halonen]]
* [[Harald V of Norway]]
* [[Ioan Holender]]
* [[François Hollande]]
* [[Ion Iliescu]]
* [[Toomas Hendrik Ilves]]
* [[Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah]]
* [[Lech Kaczyński]]
* [[Andrej Kiska]]
* [[Thomas Klestil]]
* [[Émile Lahoud]]
* [[Margrethe II of Denmark]]
* [[Sergio Mattarella]]
* [[Michael I of Romania]]
* [[Giorgio Napolitano]]
* [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]]
* [[Josef Šnejdárek]]
* [[Angelo Sodano]]
* [[Konstantinos Stephanopoulos]]
* [[Petar Stoyanov]]
* [[Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]]
* [[Gherman Titov]]
* [[Ezer Weizman]]
;2nd Class: Grand Crosses
* [[Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal]]
* [[Martti Ahtisaari]]
* [[Yıldırım Akbulut]]
* [[Albert I of Belgium]]
* [[Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen]]
* [[Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale]]
* [[Alexander III of Russia]]
* [[Alexander of Battenberg]]
* [[Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg]]
* [[Prince Alfons of Bavaria]]
* [[Alfred, 2nd Prince of Montenuovo]]
* [[Teoctist Arăpașu]]
* [[Count Kasimir Felix Badeni]]
* [[Ehud Barak]]
* [[Bartholomew I of Constantinople]]
* [[David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty]]
* [[Kurt Beck]]
* [[Radu Beligan]]
* [[Silvio Berlusconi]]
* [[Andrew Bertie]]
* [[Birendra of Nepal]]
* [[Herbert von Bismarck]]
* [[Otto von Bismarck]]
* [[Albrecht von Boeselager]]
* [[Victor, Prince Napoléon]]
* [[Boutros Boutros-Ghali]]
* [[Josip Broz Tito]]
* [[Bernhard von Bülow]]
* [[Ernesto Burzagli]]
* [[Leo von Caprivi]]
* [[Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland]]
* [[Carol I of Romania]]
* [[Charles, Prince of Wales]]<ref>''www.presidency.ro'',  [http://www.presidency.ro/ro/media/decrete-si-acte-oficiale/decret-de-decorare-semnat-de-presedintele-romaniei-domnul-klaus-iohannis1490805956 Decret de decorare semnat de Președintele României, domnul Klaus Iohannis], 29 March 2017.</ref> 
* [[Christian IX of Denmark]]
* [[Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein]]
* [[Doina Cornea]]
* [[Pat Cox]]
* [[Patriarch Diodoros of Jerusalem]]
* [[Bülent Ecevit]]
* [[Edmond de Gaiffier d'Hestroy]]
* [[Edward VII]]
* [[Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse]]
* [[Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg]]
* [[Archduke Eugen of Austria]]
* [[Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke]]
* [[Laurent Fabius]]
* [[List of titles and honours of Felipe VI of Spain|Felipe VI of Spain]]
* [[Ferdinand I of Romania]]
* [[Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria]]
* [[Franz Joseph I of Austria]]
* [[Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt]]
* [[Frederick III, German Emperor]]
* [[Prince Frederick of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]]
* [[Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]]
* [[Frederik VIII of Denmark]]
* [[Frederik X|Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark]]
* [[Kurt Fricke]]
* [[Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia]]
* [[Prince Georg of Bavaria]]
* [[Agenor Maria Gołuchowski]]
* [[Dan Grigore]]
* [[Eremia Grigorescu]]
* [[Wilhelm von Hahnke]]
* [[Ionel Haiduc]]
* [[Tarja Halonen]]
* [[Rafic Hariri]]
* [[Prince Heinrich of Hesse and by Rhine]]
* [[Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929)]]
* [[Stefan Hell]]
* [[Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg]]
* [[Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark]]
* [[Jaap de Hoop Scheffer]]
* [[Klaus Iohannis]]
* [[Mugur Isărescu]]
* [[Prince Joachim of Denmark]]
* [[Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria]]
* [[Lionel Jospin]]
* [[Jean-Claude Juncker]]
* [[Ioan Kalinderu]]
* [[Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor]]
* [[Karekin II]]
* [[Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern (died 1885)|Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern]]
* [[Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu]]
* [[Konstantin of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst]]
* [[Aleksey Kuropatkin]]
* [[Aleksander Kwaśniewski]]
* [[Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski]]
* [[Chuan Leekpai]]
* [[Prince Leopold of Bavaria]]
* [[Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern]]
* [[Liviu Librescu]]
* [[Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse]]
* [[Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria]]
* [[Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria]]
* [[Luís I of Portugal]]
* [[Horia Macellariu]]
* [[Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg]]
* [[Michael I of Romania]]
* [[Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia]]
* [[Louis Michel]]
* [[Milan I of Serbia]]
* [[Helmuth von Moltke the Younger]]
* [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma]]
* [[Hendrik Pieter Nicolaas Muller]]
* [[Valeriu Munteanu (politician)]]
* [[Adrian Năstase]]
* [[Nicholas II of Russia]]
* [[Mariana Nicolesco]]
* [[Olav V of Norway]]
* [[Archduke Otto of Austria (1865–1906)]]
* [[George Emil Palade]]
* [[Queen Paola of Belgium]]
* [[Alexander August Wilhelm von Pape]]
* [[Pedro II of Brazil]]
* [[Maurice Pellé]]
* [[Göran Persson]]
* [[Nicolae Petrescu-Comnen]]
* [[Christian Poncelet]]
* [[Romano Prodi]]
* [[Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar]]
* [[Antoni Wilhelm Radziwiłł]]
* [[Jean-Pierre Raffarin]]
* [[Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria]]
* [[Ioan Rășcanu]]
* [[George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen]]
* [[Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias]]
* [[Prince Rudolf of Liechtenstein]]
* [[Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria]]
* [[Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria]]
* [[Edward Rydz-Śmigły]]
* [[Gerhard Schröder]]
* [[Wolfgang Schüssel]]
* [[Walter Schwimmer]]
* [[Queen Silvia of Sweden]]
* [[Jagatjit Singh]]
* [[Pratap Singh of Idar]]
* [[Vassilios Skouris]]
* [[List of titles and honours of Queen Sofía of Spain|Queen Sofía of Spain]]
* [[Edmund Stoiber]]
* [[Jan Syrový]]
* [[Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe]]
* [[Alfred von Tirpitz]]
* [[Alexandru Todea]]
* [[Ernest Troubridge]]
* [[Charles d'Ursel]]
* [[Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden]]
* [[Grigore Vieru]]
* [[Charles J. Vopicka]]
* [[Rudolf Walden]]
* [[Georg Wassilko von Serecki]]
* [[Alan Watson, Baron Watson of Richmond]]
* [[Count Hans Weiss]]
* [[William, Prince of Hohenzollern]]
* [[William, Prince of Wied]]
* [[Sergei Witte]]
* [[August zu Eulenburg]]
* [[Adrian Zuckerman (attorney)]]
;3rd Class: Grand Officers
* [[Dinu Adameșteanu]]
* Prince [[Dominique de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel]]
* [[Radu Aldulescu (musician)]]
* [[Ioan Arhip]]
* [[Constantin C. Arion]]
* [[Randolph L. Braham]] (Resigned)
* [[Gheorghe Brega]]
* [[Nicolae Cajal]]
* [[Alexandru Cernat]]
* [[Dietrich von Choltitz]]
* [[Gheorghe Cipăianu]]
* [[Liviu Ciulei]]
* [[Nadia Comăneci]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.romania-insider.com/nadia-comaneci-decorated-iohannis |title=Romanian president decorates legendary gymnast Nadia Comaneci |website=www.romania-insider.com |access-date=1 September 2022}}</ref>
* [[Ileana Cotrubaș]]
* [[Nicolae Dăscălescu]]
* [[Constantin Dumitrescu (general)]]
* [[Ivan Fichev]]
* [[Ismail of Johor]]
* [[Lucien Loizeau]]
* [[Marian-Jean Marinescu]]
* [[Lucian Pintilie]]
* [[Constantin Poenaru]]
* [[Dumitru Prunariu]]
* [[Ioan Mihail Racoviță]]
* [[Condoleezza Rice]]
* [[Constantin Sănătescu]]
* [[Hans-Georg von Seidel]]
* [[Alexandru Slătineanu]]
* [[Simion Stoilow]]
* [[Alexandru Tzigara-Samurcaș]]
* [[Gheorghe Vlădescu-Răcoasa]]
* [[Elie Wiesel]]
* [[Arthur Zimmermann]]
* [[Alexandru Zub]]
;4th Class: Commanders
* [[Robert Aderholt]]<ref name=CongressAdevural20170609>{{cite web|title=Klaus Iohannis a decorat opt congresmani americani cu Ordinul Steaua României în grad de Comandor|url=http://adevarul.ro/news/politica/klaus-iohannis-decorat-opt-congresmani-americani-ordinul-steaua-romaniei-grad-comandor-1_5939da995ab6550cb8f07d40/index.html|website=adevarul.ro|language=ro|date=June 9, 2017|access-date=April 29, 2018}}</ref><ref name=CongressAgepres20170609>{{cite web|title=President Iohannis and U.S. congressmen discuss Romania's inclusion in Visa Waiver programme|url=https://www.agerpres.ro/english/2017/06/09/president-iohannis-and-u-s-congressmen-discuss-romania-s-inclusion-in-visa-waiver-programme-09-43-29|website=Agepres|date=June 9, 2017|access-date=April 29, 2018|last1=Peia|first1=Florentina|editor-last1=Purcarea|editor-first1=Vicentiu|last2=Iacob|first2=Simona|editor-last2=Pandea|editor-first2=Răzvan-Adrian}}</ref>
* [[Vasile Atanasiu]]
* [[Grigore Bălan]]
* [[James Berry (surgeon)]]
* [[Ion Boițeanu]]
* [[Randolph L. Braham]]
* [[Leonid Brezhnev]]
* [[Karl von Bülow]]
* [[Ronald L. Burgess Jr.]]
* [[Leopold Bürkner]]
* [[Ernesto Burzagli]]
* [[Ion Buzdugan]]
* [[Ben Cardin]]<ref name=CongressAdevural20170609 /><ref name=CongressAgepres20170609 />
* [[Nicolae Ciupercă]]
* [[Constantin Constantinescu-Claps]]
* [[Aurel Cosma]]
* [[Lucian Croitoru]]
* [[Salvator Cupcea]]
* [[Mircea Dinescu]]
* [[Eugen Doga]]
* [[Émile Dossin de Saint-Georges]]
* [[Mihai Drăgănescu]]
* [[Wim van Eekelen]]
* [[Ștefan Fălcoianu]]
* [[Nikolaus von Falkenhorst]]
* [[Angela Gheorghiu]]
* [[Hans Globke]]
* [[Maximilian Hacman]]
* [[Orrin Hatch]]<ref name=CongressAdevural20170609 /><ref name=CongressAgepres20170609 />
* [[Friedrich-Wilhelm Hauck]]
* [[Francis Howard (British Army officer, born 1848)]]
* [[Dietrich von Hülsen-Haeseler]]
* [[Sergěj Ingr]]
* [[Ron Johnson]]<ref name=CongressAdevural20170609 /><ref name=CongressAgepres20170609 />
* [[Hunor Kelemen]]
* [[Gunther Krichbaum]]
* [[Emil Krukowicz-Przedrzymirski]]
* [[Tadeusz Kutrzeba]]
* [[Alexandru Lapedatu]]
* [[Chris Lauzen]]
* [[Wolf Lepenies]]
* [[Charles W. Lyons]]
* [[Stanisław Maczek]]
* [[Solomon Marcus]]
* [[Valeriu Moldovan]]
* [[Vasile Moldoveanu]]
* [[Teodor Negoiță]]
* [[Devin Nunes]]<ref name=CongressAdevural20170609 /><ref name=CongressAgepres20170609 />
* [[Artur Phleps]]
* [[Tadeusz Piskor]]
* [[Karl von Plettenberg]]
* [[David Popescu]]
* [[Andrei Rădulescu]]
* [[Aristide Razu]]
* [[Mike Rogers (Alabama politician)]]<ref name=CongressAdevural20170609 /><ref name=CongressAgepres20170609 />
* [[Frank Rolleston]]
* [[Marco Rubio]]<ref name=CongressAdevural20170609 /><ref name=CongressAgepres20170609 />
* [[Nicolae Samsonovici]]
* [[Gustav von Senden-Bibran]]
* [[Ioanel Sinescu]]
* [[Ilie Șteflea]]
* [[Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten]]
* [[Anastase Stolojan]]
* [[Dejan Subotić]]
* [[Nicolae Tătăranu]]
* [[Rudolf Toussaint]]
* [[Alexandru Vulpe]]
* [[Jackie Walorski]]<ref name=CongressAdevural20170609 /><ref name=CongressAgepres20170609 />
* [[Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski]]
;5th Class: Officers
* [[Paul Alexiu]]
* [[Ilie Antonescu]]
* [[Petre Antonescu (general)]]
* [[Constantion Bădescu]]
* [[Ștefan Balaban]]
* [[Ioan A. Bassarabescu]]
* [[Constantin Brătescu]]
* [[Mihai Ciucă]]
* [[Constantin Climescu]]
* [[Mihail Corbuleanu]]
* [[Dumitru Coroamă]]
* [[Ilie Crețulescu]]
* [[Anton Crihan]]
* [[Constantin Cristescu]]
* [[Nicolae Dabija (soldier)]]
* [[Dumitru Dămăceanu]]
* [[Alexandru Dobriceanu]]
* [[Constantin Doncea]]
* [[Anton Durcovici]]
* [[Constantin Eftimiu]]
* [[Eremia Grigorescu]]
* [[Jan Karcz]]
* [[Radu Korne]]
* [[Dan Lupașcu]]
* [[Raoul Magrin-Vernerey]]
* [[Gheorghe Manoliu]]
* [[Sergiu Niță]]
* [[Alexandru Pastia]]
* [[Oana Pellea]]
* [[Irina Petrescu]]
* [[Artur Phleps]]
* [[Constantin Poenaru]]
* [[Iulian Pop]]
* [[David Praporgescu]]
* [[Nicolae Samsonovici]]
* [[Alexandru Șerbănescu]]
* [[Oleg Serebrian]]
* [[Constantin Tobescu]]
;6th Class: Knights
* [[Ecaterina Andronescu]]
* [[Gheorghe Avramescu]]
* [[Constantin Bălăceanu-Stolnici]]
* [[Colin Robert Ballard]]
* [[Gelu Barbu]]
* [[Viorel P. Barbu]]
* [[Ion Besoiu]]
* [[Marcian Bleahu]]
* [[Mihai Brediceanu]]
* [[Nicolae Cambrea]]
* [[Scarlat Cantacuzino]]
* [[Ion Caramitru]]
* [[Nicolae Ciupercă]]
* [[Dina Cocea]]
* [[Titus Corlățean]]
* [[Pierre de Coubertin]]
* [[Corina Crețu]]
* [[Ioan Culcer]]
* [[Samuel C. Cumming]]
* [[Marțian Dan]]
* [[Neagu Djuvara]]
* [[Valer Dorneanu]]
* [[Mariana Drăgescu]]
* [[Tudor Gheorghe]]
* [[Marcel Guguianu]]
* [[Gheorghe Hagi]]
* [[Thomas Hunton]]
* [[Gabriel Liiceanu]]
* [[Leonard Mociulschi]]
* [[Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan]]
* [[Iulia Motoc]]
* [[Marioara Murărescu]]
* [[Dan Nica]]
* [[Andrei Oișteanu]]
* [[Richard W. O'Neill]]
* [[Gabriel Oprea]]
* [[Octavian Paler]]
* [[Gică Petrescu]]
* [[Teodosie Petrescu]]
* [[David Popovici]]
* [[Dumitru Protase]]
* [[Colea Răutu]]
* [[Aristide Razu]]
* [[Mihai Șora]]
* [[Mihai Tănăsescu]]
* [[Radu Timofte]]
* [[László Tőkés]] (Withdrawn)
* [[Corneliu Vadim Tudor]] (Withdrawn)(2004 until 2007, when it was withdrawn<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.9am.ro/stiri-revista-presei/2007-05-28/presedintele-basescu-i-a-retras-steaua-romaniei-lui-vadim-tudor.html |title=Presedintele Basescu i-a retras Steaua Romaniei lui Vadim Tudor |website=9am.ro |date=2007-05-28 |access-date=2017-07-08}}</ref>) 
* [[Petre Țuțea]]
* [[Virginia Zeani]]
;Unknown Class
* [[Otto Adler]]
* [[Ilham Aliyev]]
* [[Petre Andrei]]
* [[Kofi Annan]]
* [[Gheorghe Arsenescu]]
* [[Giuseppe Arzilli]]
* [[Beatrix of the Netherlands]]
* [[Tarcisio Bertone]]
* [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]]
* [[Josef Bílý]]
* [[Volkan Bozkır]]
* [[Constantin Budișteanu]]
* [[George W. Bush]]
* [[Gheorghe Buzatu]]
* [[Mihail Cămărașu]]
* [[Fernando Henrique Cardoso]]
* [[Aníbal Cavaco Silva]]
* [[Marin Ceaușu]]
* [[Mauro Chiaruzzi]]
* [[Henri Cihoski]]
* [[Jack Corbu]]
* [[Paul de Smet de Naeyer]]
* [[Süleyman Demirel]]
* [[Radko Dimitriev]]
* [[Roman Dmowski]]
* [[Werner Ehrig]]
* [[Eddie Fenech Adami]]
* [[Alberto Fujimori]]
* [[Victor Gomoiu]]
* [[Árpád Göncz]]
* [[Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović]]
* [[Gheorghe Ionescu-Sisești]]
* [[Emmerich Jordan]]
* [[Juan Carlos I]]
* [[Mihail Kogălniceanu]]
* [[Stiliyan Kovachev]]
* [[Milan Kučan]]
* [[Leonid Kuchma]]
* [[Ricardo Lagos]]
* [[Ivan Loiko]]
* [[Mircea Lucescu]]
* [[Petru Lucinschi]]
* [[Ferenc Mádl]]
* [[Leon Malhomme]]
* [[Rexhep Meidani]]
* [[Stjepan Mesić]]
* [[Miron Mitrea]]
* [[Alois Mock]]
* [[Aleksander Piotr Mohl]]
* [[Maria Morganti]]
* [[Dumitru C. Moruzi]]
* [[Bolesław Mościcki]]
* [[Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan]]
* [[Danail Nikolaev]]
* [[Pietro Parolin]]
* [[Rosen Plevneliev]]
* [[Kazimierz Porębski]]
* [[Ștefan Procopiu]]
* [[Roberto Raschi]]
* [[Arnold Rüütel]]
* [[Said Halim Pasha]]
* [[Jorge Sampaio]]
* [[Eustachy Sapieha]]
* [[Marian Sârbu]]
* [[Rudolf Schuster]]
* [[Walter Staudinger]]
* [[Michel Suleiman]]
* [[Jan Szembek (diplomat)]]
* [[Păstorel Teodoreanu]]
* [[Nicolae Timofti]]
* [[Martin Unrein]]
* [[Guy Verhofstadt]]
* [[Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga]]
* [[Matei Vlădescu]]
* [[Harry Gideon Wells]]
* [[Walther Wenck]]
* [[Fritz Witt]]
* [[Valdis Zatlers]]
* [[Ferdynand Zarzycki]]
* [[Ernesto Zedillo]]
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==See also==
*[[List of military decorations#Romania|List of military decorations]]
*[[National Decorations System (Romania)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
* {{in lang|ro}} [http://canord.presidency.ro/IstoricSR.htm ''Ordinul național "Steaua României"''], Presidency of Romania website
* {{in lang|ro}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20180929173722/http://canord.presidency.ro/Ord.St.Rom..xls Recipients of the order (Excel sheet)], Presidency of Romania website

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