List of people on stamps

Although many smaller countries will put a hodge-podge of international personalities on their stamps in an effort to make sales to collectors, countries with a more respectable issuing policy will more often feature people who have played an important role in the country's own history and culture.

What follows is a list by country (i.e. by stamp-issuing authority) of identified people on stamps with the year in which that person was first featured on the stamp. The extensive use of catalogue numbers has been avoided because of potential copyright problems. The Scott Publishing Co. in particular has a reputation for diligently protecting its copyrighted numbering system. A more practical reason for shunning catalogue numbers is that each of the four major publishers (Scott, Gibbon, Michel and Yvert) has its own system that is incompatible with all the others. The italic note after the country name is merely to indicate the extent that its stamps have been reviewed.

Table of contents

1 Abu Dhabi 1964-1972
2 Aden 1937-1965, all
3 Aitutaki 1903-1932
4 Angola 1870-1938+
5 Angra 1892-1905, all
6 Anjouan 1892-1912, all
7 Annam and Tonkin 1888-1892, all
8 Antigua 1862-1951+
9 Argentina (1858-)
10 Australia (1913-)
11 Austria (1859-)
12 Azores 1868-1930+
13 Bahamas 1859-1951+
14 Bahrain 1933-1951+
15 Bangkok 1882-1885, All
16 Barbados 1852-1952+
17 Barbuda 1922, 1968-1969+
18 Basutoland 1933-1966,All
19 Batum 1919-1920, All
20 Bechuanaland 1886-1897, All
21 Bechuanaland Protectorate 1888-1966, All
22 Belgian Congo 1886-1950+
23 Belgium (1849-)
24 Bermuda 1848-1956+
25 Bolivia 1867-1930+
26 Bosnia and Herzegovina (1879-1918, 1993-)
27 Brazil (1843-)
28 British Central Africa 1891-1907, all
29 British Columbia and Vancouver Island (1860-1871)
30 British East Africa 1890-1903, all
31 British Guiana 1850-1966, all
32 British Honduras 1866-1973, all
33 British Indian Ocean Territory 1968+
34 Brunei 1906-1970+
35 Bulgaria (1879-)
36 Burkina Faso 1920-1931, 1959-1965+
37 Burma (1937+)
38 Burundi 1962+
39 Bushire 1915, All
40 Cambodia 1951-1974+
41 Cameroon 1897-1974+
42 Cameroons 1960, all
43 Canada (1851-)
44 Cape Juby 1916-1948, all
45 Cape of Good Hope 1853-1904, all
46 Chile (1853-)
47 China (1878-)
48 Colombia (1859-)
49 Confederate States 1861-1863, all
50 Costa Rica (1863-)
51 Crete 1898-1910, all
52 Cuba 1855-1914+
53 Czechoslovakia (1918-)
54 Danish West Indies 1856-1917, all
55 Denmark (1851+)
56 Estonia (1918+)
57 Finland (1856+)
58 France (1849+)
59 Gabon (1886-1933, 1959+)
60 Germany (1872+)
61 Guam 1899-1900, 1930, all
62 Hawaii 1851-1899, all
63 Ireland 1922-1979
64 Lebanon 1924+
65 Liberia
66 Lombardy-Venetia 1850-1865, all
67 Namibia 1990-1997
68 Natal 1860-1909, all
69 Nauru (1916-)
70 Nepal (1881-)
71 Netherlands (1852-)
72 Netherlands Antilles (1873-)
73 Netherlands Indies (1864-1949)
74 Netherlands New Guinea (1950-1962)
75 Nevis (1861-)
76 New Britain 1914-1915, all
77 New Brunswick (1851-1867)
78 New Caledonia (1859-)
79 Newfoundland (1857-1949)
80 New Guinea 1925-1939, all
81 New Hebrides 1908-1980, all
82 New Republic 1886-1887, all
83 New South Wales 1850-1907, all
84 New Zealand (1855-)
85 Nicaragua (1862-)
86 Niger (1921-)
87 Nigeria (1914-)
88 Niue (1902-)
89 Norfolk Island (1947-)
90 North Borneo 1883-1963, all
91 Norway (1855-)
92 Nova Scotia (1851-1867)
93 Obock 1892-1894, all
94 Oltre Giuba 1925-1926, all
95 Oman 1948-
96 Orange River Colony 1868-1908
97 Pakistan (1947-)
98 Palau 1983-1990+
99 Palestine 1918-1942, all
100 Panama (1878-)
101 Papua New Guinea 1901-
102 Paraguay (1870-)
103 Penrhyn (1902-)
104 Peru (1857-)
105 Philippines 1854-1947+
106 Pitcairn 1940-1985+
107 Poland (1918-)
108 Ponta Delgada (Azores 1892-1905, all
109 Portugal (1853-)
110 Prince Edward Island (1861-1873)
111 Puerto Rico 1873-1900, all
112 Queensland 1860-1909, all
113 South Australia 1855-1912, all
114 Switzerland (1843-)
115 Tasmania 1853-1912, all
116 United Kingdom (1840+)
117 United States (1847+)
118 United States Offices in China 1919-1922, all
119 Victoria 1850-1912, all
120 Western Australia 1854-1912, all

Abu Dhabi 1964-1972

Gamal Abdal Nasser (1971)
Shakbut bin Sultan (1964)
Zaid bin Sultan al-Nahayan (1967)

This entity also issued many other stamps of dubious legitimacy; this gave it the reputation of being a "sand dune" country among philatelists.
Since 1971 Abu Dhabi has used the stamps of the United Arab Emirates.

Aden 1937-1965, all

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1953)
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1937)
George VI of the United Kingdom (1937)

also for Kathiri State of Seiyun

Hussein al-Kathiri (1954)
Ja'far bin Mansur al-Kathiri (1942)

also for Qu'aiti State of Shihr and Mukalla

Saleh bin Ghalib al-Qu'aiti (1942)

Also for Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut

Awadh bin Saleh al-Qu'aiti (1963)

Before 1937 Aden used the stamps of India.
By 1965 all parts of Aden were using the stamps of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen

Aitutaki 1903-1932

Between 1932 and 1972 Aitutaki used the stamps of the Cook Islands.

Angola 1870-1938+

Afonso de Albuquerque (1938)
Mousinho de Albuquerque (1938)
Sebastian Jose de Carvalho e Mello, Marquis de Pombal (1925)
Charles I of Portugal (1893)
Saint Gabriel the Archangel (1913)
Vasco da Gama (1913)
Henry the Navigator (1938)
Louis I of Portugal (1886)
Manuel II of Portugal (1912)

Evita Peron on an Argentina stamp.

Angra 1892-1905, all

Charles I of Portugal (1892)

Used stamps of Azores from 1906.

Anjouan 1892-1912, all

No persons were featured on the stamps of Anjouan.
Anjouan used the stamps of Madagascar from 1912 until 1950,
and those of Comoro Islands since then.

Annam and Tonkin 1888-1892, all

No persons were featured on the stamps of Annam and Tonkin.
From 1892 Annam and Tonkin used the stamps of Indo-China.

Antigua 1862-1951+

Azores 1868-1930+

Matias de Albuquerque (1928)
Teresa de Albuquerque (1925)
Alfonso I of Portuga (1926)
Brites de Almeida (1927)
Saint Anthony of Padua (1895)
Luiz Vaz de Camoens (1898)
Sebastian Jose de Carvalho e Mello, Marquis de Pombal (1925)
Camillo Castello-Branco (1925)
Charles I of Portugal (1906)
Joao de Cruz (1925)
Mariana de Cruz (1925)
Saint Gabriel the Archangel (1898)
Vasco da Gama (1898)
Joana de Gouveia (1928)
Henry the Navigator (1894)
Joao das Regras (1927)
John I of Portugal (1926)
John IV of Portugal (1926)
Louis I of Portugal (1868)
Manuel II of Portugal (1910)
Gon�alo Mendes da Maia (1927)
Gualdim Paes (1928)
Joao Pinto Ribeiro (1927)
Filipa de Vilhena (1926)

Bahamas 1859-1951+

Bahrain 1933-1951+

Bangkok 1882-1885, All

Victoria of the United Kingdom (1882)

Horatio Nelson on a stamp of Barbados.

Barbados 1852-1952+

Barbuda 1922, 1968-1969+

Used the stamps of the Leeward Islands between 1922 and 1968

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1968)
George V of the United Kingdom (1922)
Andrea Orcagna (1969)
Raffaello Santi (1969)

Basutoland 1933-1966,All

Winston Churchill (1966)
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1947)
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1937)
George V of the United Kingdom (1933)
George VI of the United Kingdom (1937)
Princess Margaret (1947)
Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (1959)

With independence subsequent issues were produced as Lesotho from 1966.

Batum 1919-1920, All

Peter I of Russia (1919)

Used stamps of Russia from July 1920.

Bechuanaland 1886-1897, All

Victoria of the United Kingdom (1887)

Used stamps of Cape of Good Hope from 1897.

Bechuanaland Protectorate 1888-1966, All

Winston Churchill (1966)
Edward VII of the United Kingdom (1904)
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1947)
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1937)
George V of the United Kingdom (1912)
George VI of the United Kingdom (1937)
Princess Margaret (1947)
William Shakespeare (1964)
Victoria of the United Kingdom (1888)

With independence subsequent issues were produced as Botswana from 1966

Belgian Congo 1886-1950+

Belgium (1849-)

See List of people on stamps of Belgium

Bermuda 1848-1956+

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1953)
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1937)
George V of the United Kingdom (1910)
George VI of the United Kingdom (1937)
William B. Perot (1949)
George Somers (1953)
Victoria of the United Kingdom (1865)

Bolivia 1867-1930+

Esteban Arce (1909)
Adolfo Ballivian (1901)
Jos� Ballivian (1897)
Manuel Belgrano (1909)
Miguel Betanzos (1909)
Simon Bolivar (1897)
Eliodoro Camacho (1901)
Narciso Campero (1901)
Tomas Frias (1897)
Jos� Miguel Lanza (1909)
Jos� M. Linares (1897)
Bernardo Monteagudo (1897)
Ismael Montes (1909)
Pedro Domingo Murillo (1897)
Andres Santa Cruz (1901)
Hernando Siles (1928)
Antonio Jos� de Sucre (1897)
Ignacio Warnes (1919)

Bosnia and Herzegovina (1879-1918, 1993-)

See List of people on the stamps of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil (1843-)

See List of people on stamps of Brazil

British Central Africa 1891-1907, all

Edward VII of the United Kingdom (1903)

From 1908 British Central Africa used the stamps of the Nyassaland Protectorate.

British Columbia and Vancouver Island (1860-1871)

See People on stamps of Canadian provinces

British East Africa 1890-1903, all

Victoria of the United Kingdom (1890)

From 1904 British East Africa used the stamps of the East Africa and Uganda Protectorate.

British Guiana 1850-1966, all

Alice of Athlone (1951)
Winston Churchill (1966)
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1953)
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1937)
George V of the United Kingdom (1913)
George VI of the United Kingdom (1937)
Walter Raleigh (1934)
Wat Raleigh (1934)

From independence in 1966 stamps were issued as Guyana

British Honduras 1866-1973, all

Alice of Athlone (1951)
Giovanni Bellini (1969)
Alessandro Botticelli (1970)
Winston Churchill (1966)
Edward VII of the United Kingdom (1902)
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1953)
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1937)
George V of the United Kingdom (1913)
George VI of the United Kingdom (1937)
Arthur Hughes (1970)
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1972)
Paolo Veronese (1969)
Victoria of the United Kingdom (1866)

From 1973 British Honduras became known as Belize.

British Indian Ocean Territory 1968+

Brunei 1906-1970+

Ahmed Tajudin Akhazul Khair Wad-din (1949)
Winston Churchill (1966)
Hassanal Bolkiah (1967)
Omar Ali Saifuddin (1952)
Pengiran Shahbandar (1969)

Bulgaria (1879-)

See List of people on stamps of Bulgaria

Burkina Faso 1920-1931, 1959-1965+

No identified person on stamps as Upper Volta colony, 1920-1931.
Used stamps of French West Africa between 1931 and 1959.
Name changed from Upper Volta in 1984.

Ouezzin Coulibaly (1959)
Abraham Lincoln (1965)
Maurice Yameogo (1960)

Burma (1937+)

See People on the stamps of Myanmar

Burundi 1962+

Dag Hammarskjold (1962)
Mwambutsa IV of Burundi (1962)

Bushire 1915, All

Ahmed of Persia (1915)
Darius I of Persia (1915)

Cambodia 1951-1974+

Ang Duong (1958)
Chuon-Nath (1971)
Lon Nol (1973)
Norodom I of Cambodia (1958)
Norodom Sihanouk (1951)
Norodom Suramarit (1955)
Kossamak Nearirat Serey Vathana (1955)

Cameroon 1897-1974+

Ahmadou Ahidjo (1960)
Marie Curie (1938)
Pierre Curie (1938)
F�lix �bou� (1946)
John Ngu Foncha (1962)
Armauer G. Hansen (1973)
Henri Philippe P�tain (1941)
Georges Pompidou (1971)

Cameroons 1960, all

This territory (with an "s") refers refers to the southern part of the United Kingdom trust territory that eventually voted in a referendum to join the Republic of Cameroun. Its stamps were overprinted Nigerian stamps, and none featured identifiable individuals.