1951

• Leopold Kunschak^[2][3]
• Johann Böhm^[2][3]
• Ludwig Brim (train dispatcher of the ÖBB, jumped on a driverless locomotive and successfully stopped it)^[2][3]
• Amalie (Mela) Hofmann (head of the nursery of the Zentralkrippenverein in der Lainzer Straße 172)^[2][3]
• Rudolf Keck (introduced a more economical method of gas creation to the Gaswerk Simmering)^[2][3]
• Hans Radl (teacher and disabled ex-service man, found a school for disabled children in the Kauergasse in 1926, was appointed to an international expert for instruction and education of disabled children by the UNESCO in 1951)^[2][3]
• Ewald Schild^[2][3]
• Entminungsdienst^[2][3]
• Wiener Philharmoniker^[2][3]
• Wiener Symphoniker^[2][3]

1952

• Ewald Balser^[4][5][6]
• Hilde Wagener^[5][6]
• Edmund Josef Bendl (teacher and author, got citizens donating for the maintenance of the Observatorium Sonnblick with his lectures, his novel Der Sonnblick ruft and the movie adaptation)^[5]
• Martin Gusinde^[5][6]
• Paul Schiel (fisherman, rescued eight people from drowning despite his complete invalidity)^[5][6]
• Stefanie Tesar (welfare worker at the Fürsorgestelle im Landesgericht für Strafsachen und ehrenamtliche Mitarbeiterin in der Lebensmüden- und Trinkerfürsorge der Wiener Polizeidirektion)^[5][6]
• Hans Thirring^[5][6]
• Franz Wallack^[5][6]
• Österreichischer Buchklub der Jugend^[5][6]
• Österreichischer Bergrettungsdienst^[5][6]

1953

• Bruno Buchwieser (son of Bruno Buchwieser, devoted to apprenticeship)^[7][8]
• Hans Kelsen^[7][8][9]
• Adolf Melhuber (dedicated his life to the work with the blind)^[7][8]
• Franz Schuster^[7][8]
• Wendelin Wallisch (prevented gas explosion by throwing himself into the igniting flame)^[7][8]
• Helene Thimig-Reinhardt^[7][8]
• Karl Weigl^[7][8]
• Federal administration in Vienna of the Österreichischen Jugendrotkreuzes^[7][8]
• Theater der Jugend^[7][8]
• Verein Arbeitermittelschule^[7][8]

1954

• Herbert Tichy, traveller and mountain climber^[10][11]
• Franz Salmhofer, composer and director of the opera^[10][11]
• Ilse Arlt (founder of the first welfare school, named Vereinigte Fachkurse für Volkspflege)^[10][11]
• Karl Mühl (expert in care for the deaf-mute, teacher at school for the deaf-mute, took care of hard of hearing soldiers in the Second World War, rebuilt the institute for the deaf-mute in Wien-Speising)^[10][11]
• Gustav Reinsperger (was taken into captivity as a prisoner of war by the Americans in 1945 and delivered to Russia, worked initially in emergency service and conducted military hospitals in severals prisoner-of-war camps between 1950 and 1953)^[10][11]
• Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften^[10][11]

1955

• Julius Raab^[12][13]
• Adolf Schärf^[12][13]
• Leopold Figl^[12][13]
• Bruno Kreisky^[12][13]

1956

• Hans Hirsch (head of the Kriegsblindenverband)^{[14][15][16][17][18]}
• Franz Lagler (prevented an explosion as a filling station attendant in Vienna)^{[14][15][16][17][18]}
• Fritz Moravec^{[14][15][16][17][18]}
• Walther^[19] oder Walter Peinsipp (Austrian diplomat in Hungary, organised relief convoy during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.^{[14][15][16][17][18]}
• Workers of Kaprun (all involved in building the power station in Kaprun)^{[14][15][16][17][18]}

1957

• Oskar Helmer^{[20][21][22][23]}
• Felix Hurdes^{[20][21][22][23]}
• Österreichischer Bundesjugendring^{[20][21][22][23]}
• Wiener Singakademie^{[20][21][22][23]}
• Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde^{[20][21][22][23]}

1958

• Andreas Rett^{[24][25][26][27]}
• Friedrich Weinhofer (locksmith and welder, prevented two explosions in the heat plant Malfattigasse in 1951 and 1958 respectively. Suffered from severe burns as a consequence.)^{[24][25][26][27]}
• Georg Piller und Gottfried Reisinger (Piller, a chauffeur, and Reisinger, a mechanic, helped capturing a robber suspected of murder, who severely injured them both by shooting.)^{[24][25][26][27]}
• Haus der Barmherzigkeit^{[24][25][26][27]}
• Wiener Berufsschulgemeinde^{[24][25][26][27]}
• Verband Wiener Volksbildung^{[24][25][26][27]}

1959

• Igo Etrich^{[28][29][30][31]}
• Ferdinand Kadečka (Austrian jurist)^{[28][29][30][31]}
• Fritz Kreisler (awarded in the USA)^{[28][29][30][31]}
• Bruno Walter^{[28][29][30][31]}
• Inventors of the Linz-Donawitz-Verfahren steelmaking^[29][31] (Ortwin Cuscoleca, Felix Grohs, Hubert Hauttmann, Fritz Klepp, Wolfgang Kühnelt, Rudolf Rinesch, Kurt Rösner, Herbert Trenkler)^[28][30]
• Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder^{[28][29][30][31]}
• Pilotes of the Flugrettungsdienstes^{[28][29][30][31]}

1960

The Karl Renner Prize was not awarded in 1960.

1961

• Josef Hanns (prevented an explosion by driving a burning tank wagon away from a storage)^[32][33]
• Johann Heilmann (as a train operator, he prevented a train accident and was severely injured in the process)^[32][33]
• Stefan Jellinek^[32][33]
• Erwin Ringel^[32][33]
• Hans Rotter (secretary in association Trinkerheilstätte)^[32][33]
• Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde^[32][33]

1962

The Karl Renner Prize was not awarded in 1962.^[34]

1963

• Verein der Wiener Sängerknaben^[35]
• Verein Österreichische Krebsgesellschaft^[35]
• Notring der wissenschaftlichen Verbände Österreichs^[35]
• Österreichische Himalaya-Gesellschaft^[35]

1964

The Karl Renner Prize was not awarded in 1964.^[36]

1965

• Universität Wien^[37][38][39]
• Technische Hochschule Wien^[37][38][39]

1966

• Musikalische Jugend Österreichs^{[40][41][42][43]}
• Chorvereinigung „Jung-Wien“^{[40][41][42][43]}
• Chor des Österreichischen Gewerkschaftsbundes under the guidance of Erwin Weiss^{[40][41][42][43]}
• Aktion Jugend am Werk^{[40][41][42][43]}

1967

• University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna^[44]
• Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft^[44]
• Verband österreichischer Volksbüchereien^[44]
• Hugo Portisch ?^[45][46]
• Gerhard Weis ?^[46]

1969

• Erich Lessing?

1974

• Sigrid Löffler?

1975

• Felix Unger, Johann Navratil, Kurt Polzer^[47]
• Wolfgang Enenkel^[48]

1978

• Karl Popper^[45]

1984

• Dieter Zehentmayr?

1986

• Kardinal Franz König^[45]
• „Österreichische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Zöliakie“

1988

• Gerhard Kletter

1989

• „Autonome österreichische Frauenhäuser“

1991

• Erwin Kräutler^[49]
• „Informationsstelle gegen Gewalt“

1996

• Arthur Schneier^[50][51]

1998

• Georg Sporschill^[45]
• Jüdisches Institut für Erwachsenenbildung^[45]
• Verein Künstler helfen Künstler^[45]

2001

• Ute Bock^[52][53]
• Willi Resetarits^[53][54]
• "one world foundation"^[53][54][55]
• „Orpheus Trust“^[53][54]
• Verein für Zivilcourage und Anti-Rassismus-Arbeit ZARA^[53][54]

 ?

• Ronald Barazon
• Fritz Csoklich
• Egon Blaschka
• Václav Havel^[45]

2004

• Ursula Seeber^[56]
• FIBEL (Fraueninitiative Bikulturelle Ehen und Lebensgemeinschaften),^[56][57]
• PEREGRINA (Bildungs-, Beratungs- und Therapiezentrum für Immigrantinnen)^[56][57]

2007

• Reporters Without Borders^[58]
• „Verein Unabhängiger Iranischer Frauen in Österreich (GIF)“^[58]
• „Wiener Tafel“^[58][59]

2010

• Hemayat^[60][61]
• Steine der Erinnerung^[60][61]
• Theodor Kramer Gesellschaft^[60][61]

2013

• Andreas Maislinger
• Austrian Mauthausen Committee
• Irene Suchy