Kogelnik, artist (posthumously awarded), Edith Neumann, microbiologist. 1999: Peter Simonischek, actor, Erich Gruen, historian. 2001: Klaus-Peter Sattler, composer, Hermann Maurer, computer scientist, Walter Homolka, rabbi; Hannspeter Winter, physicist; Johann Grander, inventor. 2002: Fabio Luisi, Italian conductor, Kurt Rudolf Fischer, philosopher, Wolfdietrich Schmied-Kowarzik, philosopher; John Ross, chemist; Seiji Ozawa, conductor 2003: Erich Schleyer, actor and author, Günther Granser, economist 2004: Oswald Oberhuber, artist, Hans Winter, veterinary pathologist 2005: Gottfried Kumpf, painter, architect, sculptor, Georg Ratzinger, choirmaster, Heinz Zemanek, computer pioneer 2006: Peter Ruzicka, German composer and artistic director, Lothar Bruckmeier, painter, Peter Wegner, computer scientist, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Russian pianist, Richard Kriesche, artist 2007: Herbert W. Franke, scientist, writer, artist; Hans Walter Lack, botanist; Josef Burg, writer; Reginald Vospernik, high school director; Nuria Nono-Schönberg, Lawrence Schönberg, Ronald Schönberg, the three children of Arnold Schoenberg 2008: Gerhard Haszprunar, zoologist; Ernst von Glasersfeld, Austro-American constructivist, Michael Ludwig, Michael Kaufmann, manager of German culture; Reinhard Putz, anatomist; Jessye Norman, American soprano; Hannes Androsch, Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor a.D.; Gerald Holton, physicist and historian of science 2008: Arvo Pärt, Estonian composer 2009: Grita Insam, gallerist; Hans Werner Scheidl, journalist and author; Stefan Größing, sports scientist; Bruno Mamoli, specialist in neurology and psychiatry, Fredmund Malik, management scientist Theodore Bikel 2010: Boris Pahor, Slovenian writer 2011: Harry Schachter, Canadian Biochemist 2012: Hilde Hawlicek, Austrian former government minister 2012: Ronny Reich, Israeli Archaeologist 2013: Uroš Lajovic, Slovenian conductor 2015: Jan M. Ziolkowski, American medievalist and Latinist 2015: Richard Gisser, demographer 2017: Julius Rebek Jr., American chemist; Michael Schratz, educational scientist 2019: , Dutch historian 2021: Jesús Padilla Gálvez, Spanish philosopher 2021: August Reinisch, Austrian lawyer Forfeiture Forfeiture of this honour became possible with Federal Law Gazette I No 128/2001, changing Act § 8a. It allows the government to strip recipients of their honours if deemed unworthy. The best known example of such a forfeiture is of the Nazi physician Heinrich Gross. On 5 August 2008 the Austrian Science Minister Johannes Hahn decided not to withdraw the award from inventor Johann Grander. – see also Wikipedia German version and see also Austrian ministry References External links www.kurienwissenschaftundkunst.at Decoration of Honour, Federal President of the Republic of Austria Photos of the Medal Federal Law Gazette, 22 June 1955: Federal Law of 25 May 1955 on the creation of the Austrian Medal for Science and the Arts and the Austrian Honorary Cross for Science and the Arts (pdf, 647kb) Federal Law