What are 6 occuppations of people whoose faces have appeared on postage stamps? - Answers (2024)

List of people on stamps of the United States A

John Quincy Adams on a 1938 stamp

  • Edwin Austin Abbey (2001) Illustrator
  • Bud Abbott (1991) Comedian
  • Edward R. Abrams (2008) Actor
  • Dean Acheson (1993) Secretary of State
  • Roy Acuff (2003) Country singer, musician, and songwriter
  • Abigail Adams (1985) First Lady
  • Ansel Adams (2002) Photographer
  • John Adams (1938) 2nd President

Jane Addams on a 1940 stamp

  • John Quincy Adams (1938) 6th President
  • Samuel Adams (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  • Jane Addams (1940) Social Worker
  • Alvin Ailey (2004) Choreographer
  • Josef Albers (1980) Artist
  • Louisa May Alcott (1940) Author
  • Horatio Alger, Jr. (1982) Author
  • Dante Alighieri (1965) Poet

Louisa May Alcott on a 1940 stamp

  • Ethan Allen (1955) Green Mountain Boys leader
  • Gracie Allen (2009) Comedian
  • Steve Allen (2009) Comedian
  • Fran Allison (2009) Actress
  • Gilbert M. Anderson (Broncho Billy Anderson) (1998) Actor
  • Marian Anderson (2005) Contralto
  • Susan B. Anthony (1936) Suffragist, feminist, and abolitionist
  • Antonello da Messina (1990) Painter
  • Virginia Apgar (1994) Physician

Dante Alighieri on a 1965 stamp

  • Johnny Appleseed (1966) Conservationist
  • Harold Arlen (1996) Composer

Johnny Appleseed on a 1966 stamp

  • Edwin Armstrong (1983) FM radio inventor
  • Louis Armstrong (1995) Jazz singer, musician, and songwriter
  • Desi Arnaz (1999) Actor, producer and singer
  • Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold (1988) Air Force General
  • Chester A. Arthur (1938) 21st President
  • Arthur Ashe (2005) Tennis player

Susan B. Anthony on a 1955 stamp

  • John James Audubon (1940) Naturalist, painter

John James Audubon on a 1940 stamp

  • Stephen F. Austin (1936) Texas colonizer
  • Gene Autry (2010) Actor

John Barry and John Paul Jones as featured on a postage stamp

  • Mildred Bailey (1994) Jazz singer
  • Ella Baker (2009) Civil rights leader
  • Josephine Baker (2008) Singer
  • George Balanchine (2004) Choreographer
  • Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1913) Explorer
  • Abraham Baldwin (1985) Statesman
  • James Baldwin (2004) Author
  • Lucille Ball (2001) Actress
  • Benjamin Banneker (1980) Surveyor, astronomer, mathematician and almanac author
  • Theda Bara (1994) Actress
  • Francis Barbé-Marbois (1953) Louisiana Purchase negotiator
  • Samuel Barber (1997) Composer
  • John Bardeen (2008) Physicist
  • John Barry (1745-1803) (1936) Naval officer
  • Ethel Barrymore (1982) Actress
  • John Barrymore (1982) Actor

Clara Barton on a 1948 stamp

  • Lionel Barrymore (1982) Actor
  • Frederic Auguste Bartholdi (1985) Statue of Liberty sculptor
  • Josiah Bartlett (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  • Clara Barton (1948) American Red Cross founder
  • John Bartram (1999) Botanist
  • William Bartram (1999) Botanist
  • Count Basie (1996) Jazz musician, bandleader, and composer
  • John Basilone (2005) Marine, Medal of Honor recipient
  • Daisy Bates (2009) Civil rights leader
  • Romare Bearden (2011) Artist
  • The Beatles (1999) Rock music band
  • Jim Beckwourth (1994) Explorer
  • Norman Bel Geddes (2011) Industrial designer
  • Alexander Graham Bell (1940) Scientist, engineer, and telephone inventor

Alexander Graham Bell on a 1940 stamp

  • Giovanni Bellini (1992) Painter
  • Ruth Benedict (1995) Anthropologist
  • Stephen Vincent Benét (1998) Author
  • Jack Benny (1991) Comedian
  • Thomas Hart Benton (1971) Painter
  • Edgar Bergen (1991) Ventriloquist
  • Milton Berle (2009) Comedian
  • Irving Berlin (2002) Composer

Montgomery Blair on a 1963 stamp

  • Leonard Bernstein (2001) Conductor, composer
  • Mary McLeod Bethune (1985) Civil Rights advocate
  • Albert Bierstadt (1998) Painter
  • Hiram Bingham IV (2006) Diplomat
  • George Caleb Bingham (1998) Painter Simón Bolívar on a 1958 stamp
  • Elizabeth Bishop (2012) Poet
  • Emily Bissell (1980) Social Worker
  • Hugo L. Black (1986) Supreme Court Justice
  • Elizabeth Blackwell (1974) 1st U.S. female physician

Elizabeth Blackwell on a 1974 stamp

  • Montgomery Blair (1963) Lawyer, politician, postmaster general
  • Eubie Blake (1995) Jazz musician and songwriter
  • Harlon Block (1945) Iwo Jima
  • Nellie Bly (2002) Journalist
  • Humphrey Bogart (1997) Actor
  • Charles E. Bohlen (2006) Diplomat
  • Simón Bolívar (1958) South American revolutionary
  • Daniel Boone (1942) Frontiersman
  • Sandro Botticelli (1981) Painter
  • Clara Bow (1994) Actress
  • William Boyd (2009) Actor
  • Elizabeth Boyer (2008) Actress
  • John Bradley (1945) Iwo Jima
  • Omar N. Bradley (2000) World War II Army General
  • Louis Brandeis (2009) Supreme Court justice
  • Mary Breckinridge (1998) Frontier Nursing Services founder
  • William Brennan Jr. (2009) Supreme Court justice
  • Fanny Brice (1991) Comedian
  • Jim Bridger (1994) Western pioneer
  • Joseph Brodsky (2012) Poet
  • Gwendolyn Brooks (2012) Poet
  • William Jennings Bryan (1986) Lawyer, politician
  • Paul "Bear" Bryant (1997) Football coach
  • James Buchanan (1938) 15th President
  • Pearl S. Buck (1983) Author
  • Charles Bulfinch (1979) Architect
  • Ralph Bunche (1982) Diplomat, Nobel Laureate
  • Luther Burbank (1940) Horticulturist
  • Julia de Burgos (2010) Poet
  • Arleigh Albert Burke (2010) Admiral

Luther Burbank on a 1940 stamp

  • John Burgoyne (1927) Revolutionary War General
  • George Burns (2009) Comedian
  • Raymond Burr (2009) Actor
  • Edgar Rice Burroughs (2012) Author
  • Richard E. Byrd (1988) Antarctic explorer

CAntoine de la Mothe Cadillac on a 1951 stamp

  • Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (1992) Explorer
  • Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (1951) Explorer
  • James Cagney (1999) Actor
  • Alexander Calder (1998) Sculptor
  • Melvin Calvin (2011) Chemist

Andrew Carnegie on a 1960 stamp

  • Walter Camp (2003) Football coach
  • Roy Campanella (2006) Baseball player
  • Zachary Canter (2000) Child stamp design contest winner
  • Frank Capra (2012) Motion picture director
  • Hattie Caraway (2001) 1st female Senator
  • Chester Carlson (1988) Xerox inventor

George Washington Carver on a 1948 stamp

  • Hoagy Carmichael (1996) Singer, musician, composer, and actor
  • Andrew Carnegie (1960) Philanthropist
  • Art Carney (2009) Actor
  • Ludovico Carracci (1989) Painter
  • Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  • Kit Carson (1994) Frontiersman
  • Rachel Carson (1981) Environmentalist
  • Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter (1993) Country musician

Mary Cassatt on a 1966 stamp

  • Maybelle Carter (1993) Country singer and musician
  • Sara Carter (1993) Country singer and musician
  • Philip Carteret (1964) Explorer
  • Enrico Caruso (1987) Tenor
  • George Washington Carver (1948 & 1998) Botanist

Willa Cather on a 1973 stamp

  • Nellie Cashman (1994) Prospector
  • Mary Cassatt (1966) Painter
  • John Cassavetes (2003) Motion picture director
  • Willa Sibert Cather (1973) Author

Winston Churchill on a 1965 stamp

  • George Catlin (1998) Painter
  • Ignacio Chacón (2006) Painter
  • Samuel de Champlain (2006) Explorer
  • Lon Chaney, Jr. (1997) Actor
  • Lon Chaney, Sr. (1994) Actor

Henry Clay, 1902 stamp

  • Octave Chanute (1979) Aviation pioneer
  • Charlie Chaplin (1994) Actor
  • Carrie Chapman Catt (1948) Suffragist
  • Dave Chapman (2011) Industrial designer
  • Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin (1974) Painter
  • Samuel Chase (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  • Martha Chase (1997) Doll designer
  • César Chávez (2003) Labor rights leader
  • Dennis Chavez (1991) Senator
  • Claire Chennault (1990) Aviator
  • Mary Chesnut (1995) Civil War diarist
  • Charles W. Chesnutt (2008) Writer
  • Frederic Edwin Church (1998) Painter
  • Winston Churchill (1965) British Prime Minister
  • Giovanni Battista Cima (1993) Painter
  • Abraham Clark (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  • George Rogers Clark (1929) Revolutionary War officer
  • Grenville Clark (1985) Author
  • William Clark (1954) Explorer
  • Henry Clay (1870, 1902) Statesman
  • Samuel L. Clemens (1940) Author
  • Roberto Clemente (1984 & 2000) Baseball player
  • Grover Cleveland (1923) 22nd & 24th President
  • J. R. Clifford (2009) Attorney

Grover Cleveland on a 1923 stamp

  • Patsy Cline (1993) Country singer and musician
  • George Clinton (1976) Continental Congressman
  • George Clymer (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  • David Cobb (1976) Congressional Representative, 3rd U.S. Congress
  • Ty Cobb (2000) Baseball player
  • Alvin Langdon Coburn (2002) Photographer
  • Jacqueline Cochran (1996) Aviator
  • Mickey Cochrane (2000) Baseball player
  • Buffalo Bill Cody (1988) Wild West showman
  • George M. Cohan (1978) Actor, playwright
  • Claudette Colbert (2012) Actress
  • Nat King Cole (1994) Singer, musician, and songwriter
  • Bessie Coleman (1995) 1st African American female pilot
  • Eddie Collins (2000) Baseball player
  • John Coltrane (1995) Jazz musician and composer
  • Christopher Columbus (1893) Explorer
  • Henry Comstock (1959) Prospector
  • James Cook (1978) Explorer
  • Calvin Coolidge (1938) 30th President

Calvin Coolidge on a 1938 stamp

  • Anna Julia Cooper (2009) Civil rights leader
  • Gary Cooper (1990, 2009) Actor
  • James Fenimore Cooper (1940) Author
  • Nicolaus Copernicus (1973) Astronomer

Nicolaus Copernicus on a 1973 stamp

  • Elizabeth Clarke Copley (1965) Portrait subject on a stamp honoring John Singleton Copley
  • John Singleton Copley (1965) Painter
  • Gerty Cori (2008) Biochemist
  • Charles Cornwallis (1930) Revolutionary War General
  • Dean Cornwell (2001) Illustrator
  • Francisco Vazquez de Coronado (1940) Explorer
  • Lorenzo Costa (2001) Painter
  • Lou Costello (1991) Comedian
  • Crazy Horse (1982) Oglala Sioux warrior
  • Davy Crockett (1967) Alamo defender

Davy Crockett on a 1966 stamp

  • Bing Crosby (1994) Singer, actor
  • Percy Crosby (1997) Cartoonist
  • Jim Crowley (1998) Football player
  • Celia Cruz (2011) Musician
  • E. E. Cummings (2012) Poet
  • Imogen Cunningham (2002) Photographer
  • Nathaniel Currier (1976) Lithographer
  • Glenn Curtiss (1980) Aviation pioneer
  • Harvey Cushing (1988) Neurosurgeon
  • Manasseh Cutler (1937) Northwest Territory pioneer

DJohn Dewey on a 1968 stamp

  • Daniel Daly (2005) Marine; Medal of Honor recipient
  • Virginia Dare (1937) 1st European child born in America
  • Gerard David (1979) Painter
  • Alexander Jackson Davis (1980) Architect

Walt Disney on a 1968 stamp

  • Allison Davis (1994) Educator, anthropologist
  • Benjamin Oliver Davis, Sr. (1997) Army General
  • Bette Davis (2008) Actress
  • Jefferson Davis (1970) Confederate President
  • Miles Davis (2012) Jazz musician
  • Julia de Burgos (2010) Puerto Rican writer and poet
  • Agnes de Mille (2004) Choreographer
  • Dizzy Dean (2000) Baseball player
  • James Dean (1996) Actor
  • Stephen Decatur (1936) Naval officer
  • Lee De Forest (1973)
  • Willem de Kooning (2010) Abstract expressionist artist
  • Andrea della Robbia (1978) Sculptor

Frederick Douglass on a 1967 stamp

  • Luca della Robbia (1985) Sculptor
  • Cecil B. DeMille (2003) Motion picture producer
  • Jack Dempsey (1998) Boxer
  • Donald Deskey (2011) Industrial designer

John Foster Dulles on a 1960 stamp

  • George Dewey (1936) Navy Admiral
  • John Dewey (1968) Educator
  • Emily Dickinson (1971) Poet
  • John Dickinson (1976) American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania
  • William Dickson (1996) Motion picture camera inventor
  • Everett Dirksen (1981) Senator
  • Joe DiMaggio (2012) Baseball player
  • Walt Disney (1968) Motion picture producer, animator
  • Dorothea Dix (1983) Mental health advocate
  • Larry Doby (2012) Baseball player
  • Jimmy Dorsey (1996) Jazz musician and bandleader
  • Tommy Dorsey (1996) Jazz musician and bandleader
  • Stephen A. Douglas (1958) Politician
  • Frederick Douglass (1967) Abolitionist
  • Charles R. Drew (1981) Surgeon
  • Henry Dreyfuss (2011) Industrial designer
  • W. E. B. Du Bois (1992) Civil Rights advocate
  • John Foster Dulles (1960) Secretary of State
  • Paul Laurence Dunbar (1975) Poet

Paul Laurence Dunbar on a 1975 stamp

  • Isadora Duncan (2012) Dancer
  • Katherine Dunham (2012) Choreographer
  • Harvey Dunn (2001) Illustrator
  • Asher B. Durand (1998) Painter

EThomas Eakins on a 1967 stamp

  • Eddie Eagan (1990) Boxer, bobsledder
  • Thomas Eakins (1967) Painter, sculptor

Amelia Earhart on a 1963 stamp

  • Charles and Ray Eames (2008) Industrial design, furniture design
  • Amelia Earhart (1963) Aviator
  • Wyatt Earp (1994) Gunfighter

George Eastman on a 1954 stamp

  • George Eastman (1954) Roll film inventor
  • Thomas Alva Edison (1947) Inventor
  • Albert Einstein (1966) Physicist

Albert Einstein on a 1966 stamp

  • Billy Eisengrein (2002) Ground Zero firefighter
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower (1969) 34th President
  • Charles W. Eliot (1940) Educator
  • Thomas Stearns Eliot (1986) Poet

Dwight D. Eisenhower on a 1970 stamp

  • William Ellery (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  • Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (1986) Jazz musician and composer
  • Lincoln Ellsworth (1988) Antarctic explorer

Leif Ericson on a 1968 stamp

  • Ralph Waldo Emerson (1940) Author
  • John Ericsson (1926) Inventor
  • Leif Ericson (1968) Explorer
  • Walker Evans (2002) Photographer
  • Medgar Evers (2009) Civil rights leader
  • Ray Ewry (1990) Track & field athlete
  • Jan van Eyck (1968) Painter

FMillard Fillmore on a 1938 stamp

  • Douglas Fairbanks (1984) Actor
  • Cal Farley (1996) Boys Ranch founder
  • Philo T. Farnsworth (1983) TV camera inventor
  • David G. Farragut (1903) 1st Navy Admiral
  • William Cuthbert Faulkner (1987) Author

Henry Ford on a 1968 stamp

  • Robert Fawcett (2001) Illustrator
  • Edna Ferber (2002) Author
  • Perry Ferguson (2003) Motion picture art director

Peter Francisco on a 1975 stamp

  • Enrico Fermi (2001) Physicist
  • José Ferrer (2012) Actor
  • Richard Feynman (2005) Physicist
  • Arthur Fiedler (1997) Conductor
  • Dorothy Fields (1996) Lyricist
  • W. C. Fields (1980) Actor, comedian
  • Millard Fillmore (1938) 13th President

John C. Fremont on an 1898 stamp

  • Ella Fitzgerald (2007) Jazz singer
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald (1996) Author
  • James Montgomery Flagg (2001) Illustrator

Robert Frost, 1974

  • Father Edward J. Flanagan (1986) Orphan advocate
  • William Floyd (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  • Henry Fonda (2005) Actor
  • Lynn Fontanne (1999) Actress
  • Gerald R. Ford (2007) President of the United States
  • John Ford (2012) Motion picture director
  • Henry Ford (1968) Industrialist
  • Bob Fosse (2012) Choreographer
  • John Foster (1998) Painter
  • Rube Foster (2010) Baseball player
  • Stephen Collins Foster (1940) Composer
  • Four Chaplains (1948) Died during the Dorchestersinking
  • George L. Fox (1948) One of the Four Chaplains
  • Jimmie Foxx (2000) Baseball player
  • Saint Francis of Assisi (1982) Franciscan Order founder
  • Peter Francisco (1975) Revolutionary War soldier
  • Felix Frankfurter (2009) Supreme Court justice
  • Benjamin Franklin (1847) 1st Postmaster, statesman, scientist

Benjamin Franklin on the first US stamp, 1847

  • Elizabeth Freake (1998) Portrait subject
  • Mary Freake (1998) Portrait subject
  • John C. Fremont (1898) and (1994) Explorer, Senator
  • Daniel Chester French (1940) Sculptor
  • Arthur Burdett Frost (2001) Illustrator
  • Robert Frost (1974) Poet
  • Buckminster Fuller (2004) Inventor

Robert Fulton on a 1965 stamp

  • Robert Fulton (1909) Steamboat inventor
  • Frank Furness (1980) Architect

GAlbert Gallatin on a 1967 stamp

  • Clark Gable (1990) Actor
  • Rene Gagnon (1945) Iwo Jima
  • Thomas Gainsborough (1974) Painter
  • Albert Gallatin (1967) Secretary of the Treasury
  • Thomas H. Gallaudet (1983) Educator
  • Bernardo de Galvez (1980) Revolutionary War General
  • Mohandas Gandhi (1961) Indian patriot
  • Greta Garbo (2005) Actress
  • Carlos Gardel (2011) Singer

Walter F. George on a 1960 stamp

  • James A. Garfield (1882) 20th President
  • Giuseppe Garibaldi (1960) Italian patriot
  • Judy Garland (1990) Actress
  • Erroll Garner (1995) Jazz musician and composer
  • Lou Gehrig (1989) Baseball player
  • Theodor Seuss Geisel (1999) Author & illustrator
  • Martha Gellhorn (2008) Journalist
  • Walter F. George (1960) Senator
  • Geronimo (1994) Apache leader
  • Elbridge Gerry (1976) Declaration of Independence signer

Amadeo P. Giannini on a 1973 stamp

  • George Gershwin (1973) Composer and musician
  • Ira Gershwin (1999) Lyricist
  • Domenico Ghirlandaio (1975) Painter
  • Amadeo P. Giannini (1973) Bank of America founder
  • Josiah Willard Gibbs (2005) Thermodynamicist
  • Josh Gibson (2000) Baseball player
  • John Gilbert (1994) Actor
  • Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1984) Industrial engineer
  • Giorgio Barbarelli Giorgione (1971) Painter
  • Giotto di Bondone (1995) Painter
  • Jackie Gleason (2009) Comedian

Robert H. Goddard on a 1964 stamp

  • Robert H. Goddard (1964) Rocket scientist
  • Maria Goeppert-Mayer (2011) Physicist
  • George W. Goethals (1939) Panama Canal engineer
  • Rube Goldberg (1995) Cartoonist
  • Samuel Gompers (1950) Labor union leader

Samuel Gompers on a 1950 stamp

  • Alexander D. Goode (1948) One of the Four Chaplains
  • Benny Goodman (1996) Jazz musician and bandleader
  • Charles Goodnight (1994) Cattle rancher
  • Arshile Gorky (2010) Abstract expressionist artist

Horace Greeley on a 1961 stamp

  • Jan Gossaert (2002) Painter
  • Adolph Gottlieb (2010) Abstract expressionist artist
  • Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1997) Composer
  • Francisco Goya (1974) Painter
  • Martha Graham (2004) Choreographer
  • Red Grange (2003) Football player
  • Cary Grant (2002) Actor
  • Ulysses S. Grant (1890) 18th President
  • François Joseph Paul Grasse (1931) Revolutionary War Admiral
  • Asa Gray (2011) Botanist
  • Horace Greeley (1961) Journalist
  • Adolphus W. Greely (1986) Arctic explorer

David Wark Griffith on a 1975 stamp

  • Hank Greenberg (2006) Baseball player
  • Nathanael Greene (1936) Revolutionary War General
  • Ludwig Greiner (1997) Doll designer
  • David Wark Griffith (1975) Motion picture producer
  • Ferde Grofé (1997) Composer
  • Walter Gropius (1982) Architect
  • Thomas Grosvenor (1968) Revolutionary War soldier
  • Lefty Grove (2000) Baseball player
  • Johnny Gruelle (1997) Doll designer
  • Johann Gutenberg (1952) Printing press inventor
  • Woody Guthrie (1998) Folk singer, songwriter, and musician

HNathan Hale on a 1925 stamp

  • Philip Habib (2006) Diplomat
  • George Halas (1997) Football coach

Dag Hammarskjöld on a 1962 stamp

  • Nathan Hale (1925) Revolutionary War officer
  • Bill Haley (1993) Rock and roll singer, musician, and songwriter
  • Fannie Lou Hamer (2009) Civil rights leader
  • Alexander Hamilton (1870) Statesman

William Christopher Handy on a 1969 stamp

  • Alice Hamilton (1995) Physician
  • Dag Hammarskjöld (1962) United Nations Secretary General
  • Oscar Hammerstein II (1999) Musical theater writer
  • John Hanco*ck (1976) Declaration of Independence signatory
  • Winfield Hanco*ck (1995) Civil War General
  • William Christopher Handy (1969) Blues musician and composer
  • John Hanson (1981) President of Continental Congress
  • Yip Harburg (2005) Lyricist

Benjamin Harrison on a 1902 stamp

  • Warren G. Harding (1923) 29th President
  • Oliver Hardy (1991) Comedian
  • William Harnett (1969) Painter

William Harnett on a 1969 stamp

  • Joel Chandler Harris (1948) Journalist
  • Patricia Roberts Harris (2000) Presidential Cabinet member, ambassador
  • Benjamin Harrison (1902) 23rd President
  • Benjamin Harrison V (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  • William Henry Harrison (1938) 9th President
  • Ray Harroun (2011) Racecar driver
  • Lorenz Hart (1999) Lyricist

Oliver Wendell Holmes, on a 1968 stamp

  • Moss Hart (2004) Playwright
  • William S. Hart (2010) Actor
  • Bret Harte (1987) Author
  • David Hartley (1983) Treaty of Paris signatory
  • John Harvard (1986) Harvard College benefactor
  • Josiah Johnson Hawes (2002) Photographer
  • Coleman Hawkins (1995) Jazz musician
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne (1983) Author
  • Robert Hayden (2012) Poet
  • Helen Hayes (2011) Actress
  • Ira Hayes (1945) Iwo Jima

Herbert Hoover, on a 1965 stamp

  • Mary Ludwig Hays (Molly Pitcher) (1928) Battlefield volunteer
  • Rutherford B. Hayes (1922) 19th President
  • Edith Head (2003) Costume designer
  • Martin Johnson Heade (2004) Painter

Mark Hopkins on a 1940 stamp

  • John Held, Jr. (2001) Illustrator

Sam Houston on a 1963 stamp

  • Ernest Hemingway (1989) Author
  • O. Henry (2012) Author
  • Patrick Henry (1955) American Revolution orator
  • Jim Henson (2005) Muppets creator
  • Matthew Alexander Henson (1986) Arctic explorer

Elias Howe, on a 1940 stamp

  • Audrey Hepburn (2003) Actress
  • Katharine Hepburn (2010) Actress
  • Victor Herbert (1940) Composer
  • Nicholas Herkimer (1977) Revolutionary War General
  • Bernard Herrmann (1999) Composer
  • John Hersey (2008) Journalist
  • Milton S. Hershey (1995) Confectioner
  • Joseph Hewes (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  • Thomas Heyward, Jr. (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  • Wild Bill Hickok (1994) Gunfighter
  • Marguerite Higgins (2002) Journalist
  • Morgan Hill (2000) Child stamp design contest winner
  • Lewis Hine (2002) Photographer
  • John L. Hines (2000) World War I General
  • Alfred Hitchco*ck (1998) Motion picture director
  • James Hoban (1981) White House architect
  • Oveta Culp Hobby (2011) Women's Army Corps officer
  • Hans Hofmann (2010) Abstract expressionist painter
  • Katsushika Hokusai (1974) Painter
  • Billie Holiday (1994) Jazz singer
  • Hollow Horn Bear (date unknown) Brulé Sioux leader
  • Buddy Holly (1993) Rock and roll singer, musician, and songwriter
  • Oliver Wendell Holmes (1968) Supreme Court Justice
  • Winslow Homer (1962) Painter
  • William Hooper (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  • Herbert Hoover (1965) 31st President
  • Bob Hope (2009) Comedian
  • Johns Hopkins (1989) Philanthropist
  • Mark Hopkins (1940) Educator
  • Stephen Hopkins (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  • Francis Hopkinson (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  • Edward Hopper (1970) Painter
  • Rogers Hornsby (2000) Baseball player
  • Harry Houdini (2002) Magician
  • Charles Hamilton Houston (2009) Civil rights leader
  • Sam Houston (1963) Texas Governor
  • Elias Howe (1940) Inventor
  • Julia Ward Howe (1987) Abolitionist
  • Chester "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett (1994) Blues singer, musician, and songwriter
  • Edwin Hubble (2000) Astronomer
  • Henry Hudson (1909) Explorer
  • Charles Evans Hughes (1962) Chief Justice

Charles Evan Hughes on a 1962 stamp

  • Langston Hughes (2002) Author

Cordell Hull on a 1964 stamp

  • Cordell Hull (1963) Secretary of State
  • Hubert Humphrey (1991) Vice President
  • Richard Morris Hunt (1981) Architect
  • Samuel Huntington (1976) Declaration of Independence signatory
  • Ruby Hurley (2009) Civil rights leader
  • Zora Neale Hurston (2003) Author
  • John Huston (2012) Motion picture director

IWashington Irving on a 1940 stamp

  • Washington Irving (1940) Author
  • Isabella I of Castile (1893) Queen of Spain, funded Christopher Columbus's voyage
  • Charles Ives (1997) Composer
  • Frederic E. Ives (1996) Halftone printing inventor
  • James Ives (1974) Lithographer

JThomas Jefferson on a 1922 stamp

  • Andrew Jackson (1861) 7th President

Andrew Jackson on a 1967 stamp

  • Mahalia Jackson (1998) Gospel singer
  • Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson (1937) Confederate Army General

Lyndon B. Johnson on a 1973 stamp

  • John Jay (1958) New York Governor, statesman, Supreme Court justice
  • Robinson Jeffers (1973) Poet
  • Thomas Jefferson (1861) 3rd President
  • Jesus (1966) Christianity founder

Chief Joseph on a 1968 stamp

  • Andrew Johnson (1938) 17th President
  • Eastman Johnson (1976) Painter
  • George Johnson (2002) Ground Zero firefighter
  • James P. Johnson (1995) Composer
  • James Weldon Johnson (1988) Author
  • John H. Johnson (2012) Publisher
  • Joshua Johnson (1998) Painter
  • Lyndon B. Johnson (1973) 36th President
  • Robert Johnson (1994) Blues singer, musician, and songwriter
  • Walter Johnson (2000) Baseball player
  • William Johnson (artist) (2012) Artist
  • Joseph E. Johnston (1995) Confederate Army General
  • Louis Jolliet (1968) Explorer
  • Al Jolson (1994) Singer and actor
  • Casey Jones (1950) Railroad engineer
  • John Paul Jones (1936) Revolutionary War Naval Captain
  • Bobby Jones (1981) Golfer
  • Scott Joplin (1983) Ragtime musician and composer
  • Barbara Jordan (2011) Congresswoman
  • Louis Jordan (2008) Musician/singer
  • Chief Joseph (1968) Nez Perce warrior
  • Percy Lavon Julian (1993) Chemist
  • Ernest E. Just (1996) Biologist

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  • Duke Kahanamoku (2002) Surfer, swimmer
  • Frida Kahlo (2001) Painter

Kamehameha I of Hawaii on a 1937 stamp

  • Kamehameha I of Hawaii (1937) Hawaiian King
  • Elisha Kent Kane (1986) Arctic explorer
  • Boris Karloff (1997) Actor
  • Theodore von Kármán (1992) Aerospace scientist
  • Gertrude Käsebier (2002) Photographer

John F. Kennedy on a 1964 stamp

  • Stephen Watts Kearny (1946) Mexican American War officer
  • Buster Keaton (1994) Actor
  • Helen Keller (1980) Author, disability advocate
  • Grace Kelly (1993) Actress and Princess of Monaco
  • John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1964) 35th President
  • Robert F. Kennedy (1979) Attorney General
  • Rockwell Kent (2001) Illustrator
  • Jerome Kern (1985) Composer
  • André Kertész (2002) Hungarian photographer
  • Francis Scott Key (1948) Star-Spangled Banner composer
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. (1979) Civil Rights advocate
  • Franz Kline (1998) Painter
  • Henry Knox (1985) Revolutionary War General
  • Erich Korngold (1999) Composer
  • Tadeusz KoÅ›ciuszko (1933) Polish-Lithuanian patriot
  • Lajos Kossuth (1958) Hungarian patriot

LFiorello LaGuardia on a 1972 stamp

  • Marquis de Lafayette (1952) Revolutionary War General
  • Fiorello H. La Guardia (1972) New York City Mayor

Sidney Lanier on a 1972 stamp

  • Dorothea Lange (2002) Photographer
  • Samuel Pierpont Langley (1988) Aviation pioneer
  • Sidney Lanier (1972) Poet
  • Mary Lasker (2009) Philanthropist

Robert E. Lee on a 1955 stamp

  • Benjamin Latrobe (1979) Architect
  • Frank C. Laubach (1984) Educator
  • Stan Laurel (1991) Comedian

Abraham Lincoln on a 1960 stamp

  • John Laurens (1976) Revolutionary War soldier
  • Elmer Layden (1998) Football coach
  • Huddie Ledbetter (1998) Blues singer, musician, and songwriter
  • Jason Lee (1948) Oregon Territory missionary

Juliette Gordon Low on a 1948 stamp

  • Richard Henry Lee (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  • Robert E. Lee (1937) Confederate Army General
  • Vivien Leigh (1990) Actress
  • John A. Lejeune (2005) Marine Corps Commandant
  • Ponce de Leon (1982) Explorer
  • Alan Jay Lerner (1999) Lyricist
  • Emanuel Leutze (1976) Painter
  • Denise Levertov (2012) Poet
  • Francis Lewis (1976) Declaration of Independence signatory

Sybil Ludington on a 1975 stamp

  • Meriwether Lewis (1954) Explorer
  • Sinclair Lewis (1985) Author
  • Joseph Christian Leyendecker (2001) Illustrator
  • José Limón (2012) Choreographer
  • Abraham Lincoln (1866) 16th President
  • Benjamin Lincoln (1976) Revolutionary War General
  • Tad Lincoln (1984) son of Abraham Lincoln
  • Charles Lindbergh (1927) Aviator
  • Jean-Etienne Liotard (1974) Painter
  • Fra Filippo Lippi (1984) Painter
  • Walter Lippmann (1985) Journalist
  • Sarah Lipsey (2000) Child stamp design contest winner
  • Philip Livingston (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  • Robert R. Livingston (1904) Declaration of Independence drafter
  • Harold Lloyd (1994) Actor
  • Belva Ann Lockwood (1986) Lawyer, feminist
  • Frank Loesser (1999) Composer
  • Frederick Loewe (1999) Composer
  • Raymond Loewy (2011) Industrial designer
  • Vince Lombardi (1997) Football coach
  • Jack London (1986) Author
  • Crawford W. Long (1940) Physician
  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1940) Poet
  • Lorenzo Lotto (1970) Painter
  • Joe Louis (1993) Boxer
  • Louis XVI of France (1978) King of France, Revolutionary War supporter
  • Juliette Gordon Low (1948) Girl Scouts of America founder
  • James Russell Lowell (1940) Poet
  • Henry R. Luce (1998) Publisher
  • Sybil Ludington (1975) Revolutionary War heroine
  • Bela Lugosi (1997) Actor
  • Bernardino Luini (2007) Painter
  • Alfred Lunt (1999) Actor
  • Martin Luther (1983) Protestant reformer
  • Thomas Lynch, Jr. (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  • Mary Lyon (1987) Educator

MClara Maass, on a 1976 stamp

  • Clara Maass (1976) Nurse
  • Douglas MacArthur (1971) Army General
  • Thomas Macdonough (1937) Naval officer
  • Edward MacDowell (1940) Composer
  • Dolley Madison (1980) First Lady
  • Helene Madison (1990) Swimmer
  • James Madison (1894) 4th President
  • Ramon Magsaysay (1957) Philippine President
  • Henry Mancini (2004) Composer
  • Horace Mann (1940) Educator

Ramon Magsaysay, on a 1957 stamp

  • C.G.E. Mannerheim (1960) Finnish President
  • Mickey Mantle (2006) Baseball player
  • Rocky Marciano (1999) Boxer
  • Luis Muñoz Marín (1990) 1st Puerto Rico Governor
  • Roger Maris (1999) Baseball player
  • Jacques Marquette (1898) Explorer
  • George Catlett Marshall (1965) Secretary of State, Army General

George Catlett Marshall on a 1967 stamp

  • John Marshall (1894) Chief Justice
  • Thurgood Marshall (2003) Supreme Court Justice
  • Roberta Martin (1998) Gospel singer, musician, and songwriter

Edgar Lee Masters on a 1970 stamp

  • Mary (The Madonna) (1966) Central figure in Christianity
  • Groucho Marx (2009) Comedian
  • Tomáš Masaryk (1960) President of Czechoslovakia
  • George Mason (1958) Statesman
  • Edgar Lee Masters (1970) Poet
  • Bat Masterson (1994) U.S. Marshal
  • Richard Mather (1998) Painter
  • Christy Mathewson (2000) Baseball player
  • Paolo de Matteis (1996) Painter
  • Jan Earnst Matzeliger (1991) Lasting machine inventor
  • Bill Mauldin (2010) Cartoonist
  • Bernard Maybeck (1981) Architect
  • Charles Horace Mayo (1964) Surgeon
  • William James Mayo (1964) Surgeon
  • Philip Mazzei (1980) Revolutionary War supporter

Ephraim McDowell, on a 1959 stamp

  • Barbara McClintock (2005) Geneticist
  • John McCloy (2010) Navy sailor
  • John McCormack (1984) Tenor
  • Cyrus Hall McCormick (1940) Mechanical reaper inventor
  • Hattie McDaniel (2006) Actress
  • Ephraim McDowell (1959) Surgeon
  • Thomas McKean (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  • William McKinley (1904) 25th President
  • John McLoughlin (1948) Oregon Territory settler

Brien McMahon on a 1962 stamp

  • Brien McMahon (1962) Atomic Energy Act author
  • Neysa McMein (2001) Illustrator

Moina Michael on a 1948 stamp

  • Clyde McPhatter (1993) R&B singer
  • Dan McWilliams (2002) Ground Zero firefighter
  • Margaret Mead (1998) Anthropologist
  • George Meany (1994) Labor union leader
  • Andrew W. Mellon (1955) Financier
  • Herman Melville (1984) Author
  • Hans Memling (1966) Painter
  • Johnny Mercer (1996) Composer and singer
  • Ottmar Mergenthaler (1996) Linotype inventor
  • Ethel Merman (1994) Singer, actress
  • Moina Michael (1948) Memorial Poppy founder
  • Oscar Micheaux (2010) Motion picture director
  • James Michener (2008) Writer
  • Arthur Middleton (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  • Edna St. Vincent Millay (1981) Poet
  • Don Miller (1998) Football player
  • Doris Miller (2010) Navy veteran
  • Glenn Miller (1996) Jazz musician, arranger, and composer
  • Robert Millikan (1982) Physicist
  • Charlie Mingus (1995) Jazz musician and composer
  • Carmen Miranda (2011) Singer
  • Billy Mitchell (1999) Air Force General
  • Joan Mitchell (2010) Abstract expressionist artist
  • Margaret Mitchell (1986) Author
  • Tom Mix (2010) Actor
  • Lorenzo Monaco (2004) Painter
  • Thelonious Monk (1995) Jazz musician and composer
  • James Monroe (1904) 5th President
  • Marilyn Monroe (1995) Actress
  • John Bassett Moore (1965) Jurist

John Bassett Moore on a 1965 stamp

  • Clayton Moore (2009) Actor
  • Marianne Craig Moore (1990) Poet
  • Thomas Moran (1998) Painter
  • Giovanni Battista Moroni (1987) Painter
  • Justin S. Morrill (1999) Senator
  • Lewis Morris (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  • Robert Morris (financier) (1952) Declaration of Independence signatory
  • Samuel F. B. Morse (1940) Telegraph inventor
  • Jelly Roll Morton (originally Ferdinand J. La Menthe) (1995) Jazz musician and composer
  • Julius Sterling Morton (1932) Arbor Day founder
  • Anna Mary Robertson Moses "Grandma Moses" (1969) Painter

Grandma Moses on a 1969 stamp

  • Horace A. Moses (1984) Junior Achievement founder
  • Robert Motherwell (2010) Abstract expressionist artist
  • Lucretia Mott (1948) Civil Rights advocate

John Muir on a 1964 stamp

  • John Muir (1964) Conservationist
  • Peter Müller-Munk (2011) Industrial designer
  • Luis Muñoz Marín (1980) First democratically elected governor of Puerto Rico
  • Audie L. Murphy (2000) World War II soldier, actor
  • Robert Daniel Murphy (2006) Diplomat
  • Edward R. Murrow (1994) Journalist
  • Eadweard Muybridge (1996) Photographer
  • Myron of Boeotia (1996) Sculptor

James Naismith on a 1961 stamp

  • Bronco Nagurski (2003) Football player
  • James Naismith (1961) Basketball inventor
  • Ogden Nash (2002) Poet
  • Harriet Nelson (2009) Actress
  • Ozzie Nelson (2009) Actor
  • Thomas Nelson, Jr. (1976) Declaration of Independence signatory
  • Louise Nevelson (2000) Sculptor
  • Ernie Nevers (2003) Football player

Ethelbert Nevin on a 1940 stamp

  • Ethelbert Nevin (1940) Composer
  • Alfred Newman (1999) Composer
  • Barnett Newman (2010) Abstract expressionist artist
  • Jean Nicolet (1934) Explorer
  • Chester W. Nimitz (1985) World War II Admiral
  • Richard Nixon (1995) 37th President
  • Alfred Nobel (2001) Philanthropist
  • Isamu Noguchi (2004) Sculptor
  • George W. Norris (1961) Senator
  • Eliot Noyes (2011) Industrial designer

O

  • Annie Oakley (1994) Sharpshooter

Adolph S. Ochs on a 1976 stamp

  • Adolph S. Ochs (1976) New York Times publisher
  • Severo Ochoa (2011) Biochemist
  • James Edward Oglethorpe (1933) Georgia founder
  • Georgia O'Keeffe (1996) Painter
  • Frederick Law Olmsted (1999) Landscape architect
  • Eugene O'Neill (1973) Playwright

Eugene O'Neill on a 1967 stamp

  • Rose O'Neill (2001) Illustrator
  • Eugene Ormandy (1997) Conductor
  • Timothy O'Sullivan (2002) Photographer
  • Mel Ott (2006) Baseball player
  • Francis Ouimet (1988) Golfer
  • Mary White Ovington (2009) Civil rights leader
  • Jesse Owens (1990) Track & field athlete
  • William Paca (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  • Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1960) Polish Prime Minister
  • Satchel Paige (2000) Baseball player
  • Robert Treat Paine (1976) Declaration of Independence signer

Thomas Paine on a 1969 stamp

  • Thomas Paine (1965) Journalist
  • Nathaniel Palmer (1988) Antarctic explorer
  • George Papanicolaou (1978) Cytologist
  • Al Parker (2001) Illustrator
  • Charlie Parker (1995) Jazz musician and composer

Franklin Pierce on a 1938 stamp

  • Dorothy Parker (1992) Author
  • Francis Parkman (1965) Historian
  • Maxfield Parrish (2001) Illustrator

Pocahontas on a 1907 stamp

  • Alden Partridge (1985) Educator
  • George S. Patton, Jr. (1953) World War II Army General
  • Alice Paul (1995) Suffragist and feminist
  • Linus Pauling (2008) Chemist
  • Ethel L. Payne (2002) Journalist
  • Charles Willson Peale (1955) Painter
  • Rembrandt Peale (1998) Painter
  • Robert Edwin Peary (1959) Arctic explorer
  • Gregory Peck, (2011) Actor
  • Phoebe Pember (1995) Confederate nurse
  • William Penn (1932) Pennsylvania founder
  • Claude Pepper (2000) Senator

Salem Poor on a 1975 stamp

  • Frances Perkins (1980) Secretary of Labor
  • Matthew Perry (1953) Navy Commodore
  • Oliver Hazard Perry (1870) Naval officer
  • John J. Pershing (1961) World War I General
  • Perugino (1986) Painter
  • John Frederick Peto (1974) Painter
  • Ammi Phillips (1998) Painter
  • Coles Phillips (2001) Illustrator
  • Édith Piaf (2012) Singer
  • Ben Picket (1994) brother of Bill Picket, accidentally placed on stamp when his brother Bill was meant to appear; stamp recalled and replaced
  • Bill Pickett (1994) Wild West performer
  • Franklin Pierce (1938) 14th President

Kazimierz Pułaski on a 1931 stamp

  • Sano di Pietro (1997) Painter
  • William T. Piper (1990) Aviation pioneer
  • ZaSu Pitts (1994) Actress
  • Sylvia Plath (2012) Poet
  • Pocahontas (1907) Algonquian princess
  • Edgar Allan Poe (1949) Author
  • Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (1987) Chicago settler
  • Clark V. Poling (1948) One of the Four Chaplains
  • George Polk (2008) Journalist
  • James K. Polk (1938) 11th President
  • Jackson Pollock (1999) Painter
  • Lily Pons (1997) Soprano
  • Rosa Ponselle (1997) Soprano
  • Salem Poor (1975) Revolutionary War soldier
  • Cole Porter (1991) Composer and songwriter
  • David D. Porter (1937) Civil War naval officer
  • Katherine Anne Porter (2006) Author
  • Emily Post (1998) Author
  • Wiley Post (1979) Aviator
  • John Wesley Powell (1969) Geologist
  • Elvis Presley (1993) Rock and roll singer and musician
  • Joseph Priestley (1983) Chemist
  • Tito Puente (2011) Drummer
  • Kazimierz PuÅ‚aski (1931) Revolutionary War soldier (spelled Casimir Pulaski on the stamp)
  • Joseph Pulitzer (1947) Journalist
  • Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller (2005) Marine Corps General
  • Rufus Putnam (1937) Northwest Territory settler
  • Ernest Taylor Pyle (1971) Journalist

Ernest Taylor Pyle on a 1971 stamp

  • Howard Pyle (1964) Illustrator

Q

  • Harriet Quimby (1991) Pilot

R

  • Gertrude "Ma" Rainey (1994) Blues singer
  • Ayn Rand (1999) Author
  • Asa Philip Randolph (1989) Labor & Civil Rights advocate
  • Raphael (1973) Painter
  • Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (2008) Author
  • Man Ray (2002) Photographer
  • Sam Rayburn (1962) Legislator

Sam Rayburn on a 1962 stamp

  • George Read (1976), lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
  • Ronald Reagan (2005) 40th President
  • Red Cloud (1987) Oglala Sioux Chief
  • Otis Redding (1993) Soul singer and songwriter
  • Walter Reed (1940) Army surgeon
  • Frederic Remington (1940) Sculptor, painter
  • James Renwick, Jr. (1980) Architect
  • Ernst Reuter (1959) Berlin Mayor

Ernst Reuter on a 1958 stamp

  • Bernard Revel (1986) Educator
  • Paul Revere (1958) Revolutionary War patriot
  • Frederick Hurten Rhead (2011) Industrial designer
  • Gilbert Rohde (2011) Industrial designer
  • Henry Hobson Richardson (1980) Architect
  • Eddie Rickenbacker (1995) World War I fighter pilot
  • James Whitcomb Riley (1940) Poet

Paul Revere on a 1958 stamp

  • Paul Robeson (2004) Actor, singer, civil Rights advocate
  • Edward G. Robinson (2000) Actor
  • Jackie Robinson (1982) Baseball player

Eleanor Roosevelt on a 1963 stamp

  • Sugar Ray Robinson (2006) Boxer
  • Comte de Rochambeau (1931) Revolutionary War General
  • Knute Rockne (1988) Football coach
  • Norman Rockwell (1972) Painter
  • Jimmie Rodgers (1978) Country singer, musician, and songwriter
  • Richard Rodgers (1999) Composer
  • Theodore Roethke (2012) Poet
  • Roy Rogers (2010) Singer, Actor
  • Will Rogers (1948) Humorist
  • Antoniazzo Romano (1991) Painter

Franklin D. Roosevelt on a 1945 stamp

  • Eleanor Roosevelt (1963) First Lady
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1945) 32nd President
  • Theodore Roosevelt (1922) 26th President
  • Betsy Ross (1952) American flag creator
  • George Ross (1952) Relative of Betsy Ross
  • Mark Rothko (1998) Painter
  • Edward Rutledge (1976) Painter
  • Wilma Rudolph (2004) Track & field athlete
  • Benjamin Rush (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  • Jimmy Rushing (1994) Blues singer

Theodore Roosevelt on a 1922 stamp

  • Charles M. Russell (1961) Painter
  • Richard Russell, Jr. (1984) Statesman
  • George Herman "Babe" Ruth (1983) Baseball player
  • Eero Saarinen (1982) Architect
  • Albert Sabin (2006) Virologist
  • Sacagawea (1994) Shoshone guide
  • Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1940) Sculptor
  • Rubén Salazar (2008) Journalist
  • Peter Salem (1968) Revolutionary War soldier
  • Jonas Salk (2006) Medical scientist
  • Haym Salomon (1975) Revolutionary War financier

Haym Salomon on a 1975 stamp

  • William T. Sampson (1937) Navy Admiral
  • José de San Martín (1959) South American liberator
  • Carl Sandburg (1978) Poet
  • Henry Sandham (1925) Painter
  • Winthrop Sargent (1948) Mississippi Territory Governor
  • William Saroyan (1991) Author
  • Winfield S. Schley (1937) Navy Admiral
  • Albert Schoenhut (1997) Doll designer
  • Carl Schurz (1983) Journalist
  • Blanche Stuart Scott (1980) Aviator
  • Winfield Scott (1870) Army General
  • Selena (2011) Singer
  • David O. Selznick (2003) Motion picture producer
  • Raphael Semmes (1995) Naval officer
  • Sequoyah (1980) Cherokee linguist
  • Rod Serling (2009) Writer
  • Junipero Serra (1985) Franciscan mission founder
  • John Sevier (1946) Tennessee Governor
  • William H. Seward (1873) Secretary of State
  • Eric Sevareid (2008) Journalist
  • Chief Shadoo (1930) Kiowa Chief

William Shakespeare on a 1938 stamp

  • William Shakespeare (1964) Playwright
  • Charles Sheeler (1998) Painter
  • Alan Shepard (2011) Astronaut
  • Philip Henry Sheridan (1937) Civil War General

William Tec*mseh Sherman on an 1893 stamp

  • Roger Sherman (1976) Declaration of Independence signatory
  • William Tec*mseh Sherman (1893) Civil War General
  • Dinah Shore (2009) Singer
  • Igor Sikorsky (1988) Aircraft engineer
  • Phil Silvers (2009) Comedian
  • William S. Sims (2010) Admiral
  • Frank Sinatra (2008) Singer/actor
  • Elisabetta Sirani (1994) Painter
  • George Sisler (2000) Baseball player
  • Sitting Bull (1989) Hunkpapa Sioux warrior
  • Red Skelton (2009) Comedian

John French Sloan on a 1971 stamp

  • John French Sloan (1971) Painter
  • Alfred E. Smith (1945) New York Governor
  • Bessie Smith (1994) Blues singer
  • Jessie Willcox Smith (2001) Illustrator
  • John Smith (1907) Jamestown settler
  • Kate Smith (2010) Singer
  • Margaret Chase Smith (2007) U.S. senator
  • W. Eugene Smith (2002) Photographer
  • John Philip Sousa (1940) Composer
  • Franklin Sousley (1945) Iwo Jima
  • Albert Southworth (2002) Photographer

Edwin M. Stanton on an 1871 stamp

  • Tris Speaker (2000) Baseball player
  • Elmer Sperry (1985) Aviation pioneer Note: the wrong photograph was used as the basis for the stamp, which actually pictures Elmer Sperry's father.
  • Lawrence Sperry (1985) Aviation pioneer
  • Joel Elias Spingarn (2009) Civil rights leader
  • Edwin M. Stanton (1871) Secretary of War
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1948) Suffragist, feminist, and abolitionist
  • Willie Stargell (2012) Baseball player
  • Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1986) Arctic explorer
  • Edward Steichen (2002) Photographer
  • John Steinbeck (1979) Author
  • Max Steiner (1999) Composer
  • Charles Steinmetz (1983) Electrical inventor

Adlai Stevenson on a 1965 stamp

  • Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1930) Revolutionary War general
  • Wallace Stevens (2012) Poet
  • Adlai Stevenson (1965) UN Ambassador and presidential candidate
  • James Stewart (2007) Actor
  • Walter Stewart (1976) Revolutionary War soldier
  • Alfred Stieglitz (2002) Photographer
  • Clyfford Still (2010) Abstract expressionist artist
  • Joseph W. Stilwell (2000) Army General
  • Richard Stockton (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  • Leopold Stokowski (1997) Conductor
  • Harlan Fiske Stone (1948) Chief Justice

Lucy Stone on a 1968 stamp

  • Lucy Stone (1965) Suffragist and feminist
  • Joseph Story (2009) Supreme Court justice
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe (2007) Author
  • Paul Strand (2002) Photographer
  • Michael Strank (1945) Iwo Jima
  • Igor Stravinsky (1982) Composer
  • William Strickland (1979) Architect
  • Gilbert Charles Stuart (1940) Painter
  • Harry Stuhldreher (1998) Football player
  • Peter Stuyvesant (1948) New Amsterdam Governor
  • Dr. Seuss (1999) Author & illustrator
  • Anne Sullivan (1980) Educator
  • Ed Sullivan (2009) TV variety show host
  • John Sullivan (1929) Revolutionary War general
  • Louis Sullivan (1981) Architect
  • George Szell (1997) Conductor, composer

TRobert A. Taft on a 1960 stamp

  • Robert A. Taft (1960) Senator
  • William Howard Taft (1930) 27th President
  • William Talman (2009) Actor
  • Henry Ossawa Tanner (1973) Painter

Henry Ossawa Tanner on a 1973 stamp

  • Ida Tarbell (2002) Author, journalist
  • Zachary Taylor (1875) 12th President
  • Walter Dorwin Teague (2011) Industrial designer
  • Mother Teresa (2010) Humanitarian
  • Gerard Terborch (1974) Painter
  • Mary Church Terrell (2009) Civil rights leader
  • Sonny Terry (1998) Blues musician

Henry David Thoreau on a 1967 stamp

  • Nikola Tesla (1983) Induction motor inventor
  • Rosetta Tharpe (1998) Gospel singer, musician, and songwriter
  • Sylvanus Thayer (1985) Educator
  • Danny Thomas (2012) Entertainer
  • Charles Thomson (1976) Continental Congress Secretary
  • Henry David Thoreau (1967) Author
  • Jim Thorpe (1984) Football player
  • James Thurber (1994) Author, illustrator, humorist
  • Lawrence Tibbett (1997) Opera singer
  • Giambattista Tiepolo (1982) Painter
  • Lewis Comfort Tiffany (2007) Designer
  • Bill Tilghman (1994) Southwest lawman
  • Dimitri Tiomkin (1999) Composer
  • Arturo Toscanini (1989) Conductor
  • Pie Traynor (2000) Baseball player
  • William B. T. Trego (1976) Painter
  • Edward Trudeau (2008) Phthisiologist
  • Harry S. Truman (1973) 33rd President
  • John Trumbull (1927) Painter
  • Sojourner Truth (1986) Abolitionist
  • Harriet Tubman (1978) Abolitionist
  • Richard Tucker (1997) Tenor
  • Mark Twain (1940) Author
  • John Tyler (1938) 10th President

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  • Ritchie Valens (1993) Rock and roll musician
  • Rudolph Valentino (1994) Actor
  • Martin Van Buren (1938) 8th President
  • Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1982) Architect
  • James Van Der Zee (2002) Photographer
  • Vivian Vance (2009) Actress
  • Félix Varela (1997) Social reformer
  • Alfred V. Verville (1985) Aviation pioneer
  • Oswald Garrison Villard (2009) Civil rights leader
  • Bartolomeo Vivarini (1999) Painter
  • Greta von Nessen (2011) Industrial designer
  • John von Neumann (2005) Mathematician

W

  • Honus Wagner (2000) Baseball player
  • Izannah Walker (1997) Doll designer
  • Madam C.J. Walker (1998) Philanthropist
  • Mary Edwards Walker (1982) Army surgeon

Booker T. Washington on a 1940 stamp

  • DeWitt Wallace (1998) Publisher
  • Lila Wallace (1998) Publisher
  • Raoul Wallenberg (1997) Humanitarian
  • George Walton (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  • Clara Ward (1998) Gospel singer and songwriter
  • Andy Warhol (2002) Painter

George Washington on 1847 stamp

  • "Pop" Warner (1997) Football coach
  • Earl Warren (1992) Chief Justice
  • Robert Penn Warren (2005) Author and poet

Martha Washington on an 1923 stamp

  • Booker T. Washington (1940) Educator
  • Dinah Washington (1993) Blues singer

Daniel Webster on an 1890 stamp

  • George Washington (1847) 1st President
  • John P. Washington (1948) One of the Four Chaplains
  • Martha Washington (1902) First Lady
  • Ethel Waters (1994) Blues singer and actress
  • Muddy Waters (1994) Blues singer, musician, and songwriter
  • Stand Watie (1995) Confederate General
  • Carleton Watkins (2002) Photographer
  • Franz Waxman (1999) Composer
  • Anthony Wayne (1929) Revolutionary War General
  • John Wayne (1990) Actor
  • Jack Webb (2009) Actor

Walt Whitman on a 1940 stamp

  • Daniel Webster (1870) Statesman
  • Noah Webster (1958) Author
  • Orson Welles (1999) Actor/film director

Frank Lloyd Wright, 1966

  • Ida B. Wells (1990) Civil Rights advocate, feminist
  • Benjamin West (1956) Painter
  • Joseph West (1930) Charleston Governor
  • Edward Weston (2002) Photographer
  • Clifton R. Wharton, Sr. (2006) Diplomat
  • Edith Wharton (1980) Author
  • Joseph Wharton (1981) Wharton School of Business founder
  • William Whipple (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  • James McNeill Whistler (1934) Painter
  • Jon Whitcomb (2001) Illustrator
  • Josh White (1998) Folk singer, musician, songwriter, and actor
  • Minor White (2002) Photographer
  • Paul Dudley White (1986) Cardiologist
  • Walter Francis White (2009) Civil rights leader
  • William Allen White (1948) Newspaper editor
  • Wabokieshiek (White Cloud) (1998) Iowa Chief
  • Walt Whitman (1940) Poet
  • Eli Whitney (1940) Cotton gin inventor
  • John Greenleaf Whittier (1940) Poet
  • Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (1990) Tennis player
  • Billy Wilder (2012) Motion picture director
  • Thornton Wilder (1997) Playwright
  • Harvey W. Wiley (1956) Chemist
  • Charles Wilkes (1988) Antarctic explorer
  • Roy Wilkins (2001) Civil Rights advocate
  • Frances E. Willard (1940) Educator
  • Hank Williams (1993) Country singer, musician, and songwriter
  • Roger Williams (1936) Rhode Island co-founder
  • Ted Williams (2012) Baseball player
  • Tennessee Williams (1995) Playwright
  • William Williams (Continental Congress) (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  • William Carlos Williams (2012) Poet
  • Thomas Willing (1976) Continental Congressman
  • Frances E. Willis (2006) Diplomat
  • Wendell Willkie (1992) Statesman
  • Bob Wills (1993) Country musician and songwriter
  • Meredith Willson (1999) Composer, playwright
  • James Wilson (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  • Woodrow Wilson (1925) 28th President
  • Garry Winogrand (2002) Photographer
  • John Witherspoon (1976) Declaration of Independence signatory
  • Oliver Wolcott (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  • Thomas Wolfe (2000) Author
  • Grant Wood (1996) Painter
  • Carter G. Woodson (1984) Historian
  • Frank Lloyd Wright (1965) Architect
  • Orville Wright (1928) Aviation pioneer
  • Richard Wright (2009) Writer
  • Russel Wright (2011) Industrial designer
  • Wilbur Wright (1928) Aviation pioneer
  • Newell Convers Wyeth (2001) Illustrator
  • George Wythe (1976) Declaration of Independence signer

X

  • Malcolm X (1999) Civil rights advocate

YSun Yat-sen on a 1961 stamp

  • Sun Yat-sen (1961) Chinese revolutionary leader
  • Alvin C. York (2000) World War I soldier, Medal of Honor recipient
  • Ashley Young (2000) Child stamp design contest winner
  • Cy Young (2000) Baseball player
  • Whitney Moore Young (1981) Civil Rights advocate

Z

  • Babe Zaharias (1981) Track & field athlete
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