List of people on the postage stamps of the United States facts for kids

This article lists people who have been featured on United States postage stamps, listed by their name, the year they were first featured on a stamp, and a short description of their notability. Since the United States Post Office issued its first stamp in 1847, over 4,000 stamps have been issued and over 800 people featured. Many of these people (especially the earlier presidents) have been featured on multiple stamps. Most every one was deceased at the time their face appeared on a stamp.

For the purpose of this list, "featured" may mean:

1. The likeness of a person,
2. The name of a person, or
3. People who have neither their likeness nor name on a stamp, but are documented by the United States Postal Service as being the subject of a stamp (see Reference).

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A

• Edwin Austin Abbey (2001) Illustrator
• Edward R. Abrams (2008) Film actor
• Roy Acuff (2003) Country singer, musician, and songwriter
• Ansel Adams (2002) Photographer
• Jane Addams (1940) Social Worker
• John Adams (1938) 2nd president

• John Quincy Adams (1938) 6th president
• Samuel Adams (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
• Alvin Ailey (2004) Choreographer
• Louisa May Alcott (1940) Author
• Buzz Aldrin (1994), (2019) Astronaut, engineer
• Horatio Alger Jr. (1982) Author
• Dante Alighieri (1965) Poet

• Gracie Allen (2009) Comedian
• Richard Allen (2016) African-American bishop, founder of AME Church
• Steve Allen (2009) Comedian
• Fran Allison (2009) Actress
• C. Alfred "Chief" Anderson (2014) Aviator
• Marian Anderson (2005) Contralto
• Susan B. Anthony (1936) Suffragist, feminist, and abolitionist

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

• Edwin Armstrong (1983) FM radio inventor
• Louis Armstrong (1995) Jazz singer, musician, and songwriter
• Neil Armstrong (1969), (2019) Astronaut, engineer
• Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold (1988) Air Force General
• Ruth Asawa (2020) Sculptor, artist
• Arthur Ashe (2005) Tennis player

• John James Audubon (1940) Naturalist, painter

• Gene Autry (2010) Actor

B

• 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
• Francis Barbé-Marbois (1953) Louisiana Purchase negotiator
• Samuel Barber (1997) Composer
• John Bardeen (2008) Physicist

• John Bartram (1999) Botanist
• William Bartram (1999) Botanist
• John Basilone (2005) Marine, Medal of Honor recipient
• Daisy Bates (2009) Civil rights leader
• James Beard (2014) Chef, TV personality, cookbook author
• Romare Bearden (2011) Artist
• The Beatles (1999) Rock music band
• Norman Bel Geddes (2011) Industrial designer
• Saul Bellow (2024) Novelist

• Stephen Vincent Benét (1998) Author
• Milton Berle (2009) Comedian
• Irving Berlin (2002) Composer

• Leonard Bernstein (2001) Conductor, composer
• Albert Bierstadt (1998) Painter
• Hiram Bingham IV (2006) Diplomat
• George Caleb Bingham (1998) Painter
  

  Simón Bolívar on a 1958 stamp
• Elizabeth Bishop (2012) Poet
• Elizabeth Blackwell (1974) 1st U.S. female physician
• Montgomery Blair (1963) Maryland politician

• Nellie Bly (2002) Journalist
• Humphrey Bogart (1997) Actor
• Charles E. Bohlen (2006) Diplomat
• Simón Bolívar (1958) South American revolutionary
• Sandro Botticelli (1981) Painter
• William Boyd (2009) Actor
• Elizabeth Boyer (2008) Actress
• 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
• Joseph Brodsky (2012) Poet
• Gwendolyn Brooks (2012) Poet
• Paul "Bear" Bryant (1997) Football coach
• Julia de Burgos (2010) Poet
• Arleigh Albert Burke (2010) Admiral

• George Burns (2009) Comedian
• Raymond Burr (2009) Actor
• Edgar Rice Burroughs (2012) Author

C

• Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (1951) Explorer
• James Cagney (1999) Actor
• Alexander Calder (1998) Sculptor
• Melvin Calvin (2011) Chemist
• Walter Camp (2003) Football coach
• Roy Campanella (2006) Baseball player
• Frank Capra (2012) Motion picture director
• Hattie Caraway (2001) 1st female senator

• Andrew Carnegie (1960) Entrepreneur and philanthropist
• Art Carney (2009) Actor
• Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1976) Declaration of Independence signer

• George Washington Carver (1948) Botanist
• Johnny Cash (2013) Singer

• Mary Cassatt (1966) Painter

• George Catlin (1998) Painter
• Wilt Chamberlain (2014) Basketball player
• Carrie Chapman Catt (1948) Suffragist
• Ignacio Chacón (2006) Painter
• Samuel de Champlain (2006) Explorer
• Lon Chaney Jr. (1997) Actor
• Charlie Chaplin (1994) Actor
• Dave Chapman (2011) Industrial designer
• Ray Charles (2013) Musician
• Samuel Chase (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
• Cesar Chavez (2003) Labor rights leader
• Joyce Chen (2014) Chef, TV personality, cookbook author
• Claire Lee Chennault (1990) World War II General
• Charles W. Chesnutt (2008) Writer
• Julia Child (2014) Chef, TV personality, cookbook author
• Shirley Chisholm (2014) Congresswoman

• Winston Churchill (1965) British Prime Minister
• William Clark (1954) Explorer

• Henry Clay (1870, 1902) Statesman
• Roberto Clemente (1984 & 2000) Baseball player

• Grover Cleveland (1923) 22nd & 24th president
• J. R. Clifford (2009) Attorney
• 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
• Victoria Codona (2014) Circus performer
• Catharine Coffin (2024) Underground Railroad Quaker operative based in Indiana and Ohio
• Eddie Collins (2000) Baseball player
• James Cook (1978) Explorer

• Calvin Coolidge (1938) 30th president
• Anna Julia Cooper (2009) Civil rights leader
• Gary Cooper (1990, 2009) Actor

• Nicolaus Copernicus (1973) Astronomer
• Gerty Cori (2008) Biochemist
• Dean Cornwell (2001) Illustrator
• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (1940) Explorer
• Lorenzo Costa (2001) Painter
• Davy Crockett (1967) Alamo defender

• Celia Cruz (2011) Musician
• E. E. Cummings (2012) Poet
• Imogen Cunningham (2002) Photographer
• Manasseh Cutler (1937) Northwest Territory pioneer

D

• Daniel Daly (2005) Marine; Medal of Honor recipient

• 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
• Stuart Davis (2013) Modern artist
• Julia de Burgos (2010) Puerto Rican writer and poet
• Agnes de Mille (2004) Choreographer
• Dizzy Dean (2000) Baseball player
• Willem de Kooning (2010) Abstract expressionist artist
• Andrea della Robbia (1978) Sculptor

• Jack Dempsey (1998) Boxer
• Charles Demuth (2013) Modern artist
• Donald Deskey (2011) Industrial designer

• 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
• Joe DiMaggio (2012) Baseball player
• Walt Disney (1968) Motion picture producer, animator
• Larry Doby (2012) Baseball player
• Jimmy Dorsey (1996) Jazz musician and bandleader
• Tommy Dorsey (1996) Jazz musician and bandleader
• Aaron Douglas (2013) Modern artist
• Stephen A. Douglas (1958) Politician
• Frederick Douglass (1967, 2024) Abolitionist
• Arthur Dove (2013) Modern artist
• Henry Dreyfuss (2011) Industrial designer
• W. E. B. Du Bois (1992) Civil Rights advocate
• Marcel Duchamp (2013) Modern Artist
• John Foster Dulles (1960) Secretary of State
• Paul Laurence Dunbar (1975) Poet

• Isadora Duncan (2012) Dancer
• Katherine Dunham (2012) Choreographer
• Harvey Dunn (2001) Illustratorr

E

• Thomas Eakins (1967) Painter, sculptor

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

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

• Billy Eisengrein (2002) Ground Zero firefighter
• Dwight D. Eisenhower (1969) 34th president

• Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (1986) Jazz musician and composer
• Ralph Ellison (2014) Author and literary critic

• Leif Ericson (1968) Explorer
• Jaime Escalante (2016) Educator
• Walker Evans (2002) Photographer
• Medgar Evers (2009) Civil rights leader

F

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

• Enrico Fermi (2001) Physicist
• José Ferrer (2012) Actor
• Richard Feynman (2005) Physicist
• Arthur Fiedler (1997) Conductor
• Millard Fillmore (1938) 13th president

• Ella Fitzgerald (2007) Jazz singer
• James Montgomery Flagg (2001) Illustrator

• Father Edward J. Flanagan (1986) Orphan advocate
• Henry Fonda (2005) Actor
• Lynn Fontanne (1999) Actress
• Gerald Ford (2007) President of the United States
• John Ford (2012) Motion picture director
• Bob Fosse (2012) Choreographer
• Rube Foster (2010) Baseball player
• George L. Fox, Chaplain (1st Lt.), U.S. Army (1948)
• Jimmie Foxx (2000) Baseball player
• Felix Frankfurter (2009) Supreme Court justice
• Benjamin Franklin (1847) 1st Postmaster, statesman, scientist

• Elizabeth Freake (1998) Subject of portrait by Freake Limner
• Mary Freake (1998) Subject of portrait by Freake Limner
• Arthur Burdett Frost (2001) Illustrator
• Buckminster Fuller (2004) Inventor

• Robert Fulton (1909) Steamboat inventor

G

• Ernest J. Gaines (2023) Author
• Albert Gallatin (1967) Secretary of the Treasury
• Thomas H. Gallaudet (1983) Educator
• Bernardo de Gálvez (1980) Spanish Governor of Louisiana
• Mohandas Gandhi (1961) Indian patriot
• Greta Garbo (2005) Actress
• Carlos Gardel (2011) Singer

• Giuseppe Garibaldi (1960) Italian patriot
• Judy Garland (1990) Actress
• Thomas Garrett (2024) Delaware-based Quaker operative Underground Railroad
• Lou Gehrig (1989) Baseball player
• Theodor Seuss Geisel (1999) Author & illustrator
• Martha Gellhorn (2008) Journalist
• Geronimo (1994) Apache leader
• Elbridge Gerry (1976) Declaration of Independence signer

• George Gershwin (1973) Composer and musician
• Ira Gershwin (1999) Lyricist
• Amadeo P. Giannini (1973) Bank of America founder
• Josiah Willard Gibbs (2005) Thermodynamicist
• Josh Gibson (2000) Baseball player
• Althea Gibson (2013) Tennis player
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg (2023) 107th Supreme Court Justice
• Jackie Gleason (2009) Comedian

• Robert H. Goddard (1964) Rocket scientist
• Maria Goeppert-Mayer (2011) Physicist
• Samuel Gompers (1950) Labor union leader

• Alexander D. Goode, Ph.D. (1948) Chaplain (1st Lt.), U.S. Army (1948)
• Arshile Gorky (2010) Abstract expressionist artist

• Jan Gossaert (2002) Painter
• Adolph Gottlieb (2010) Abstract expressionist artist
• Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1997) Composer
• Martha Graham (2004) Choreographer
• Red Grange (2003) Football player
• Cary Grant (2002) Actor
• François Joseph Paul Grasse (1931) Revolutionary War Admiral
• Asa Gray (2011) Botanist

• Hank Greenberg (2006) Baseball player
• Ferde Grofé (1997) Composer
• Lefty Grove (2000) Baseball player

H

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

• Nathan Hale (1925) Revolutionary War officer
• Fannie Lou Hamer (2009) Civil rights leader

• William Christopher Handy (1969) Blues musician and composer
• Yip Harburg (2005) Lyricist

• William Harnett (1969) Painter

• Patricia Roberts Harris (2000) Presidential Cabinet member, ambassador

• Moss Hart (2004) Playwright
• William S. Hart (2010) Actor
• Marsden Hartley (2013) Modern artist
• Laura Haviland (2024) Underground Railroad Michigan-based Quaker operative
• Josiah Johnson Hawes (2002) Photographer
• Lewis Hayden (2024) Underground Railroad Boston-based operative
• Robert Hayden (2012) Poet
• Helen Hayes (2011) Actress

• Mary Ludwig Hays (Molly Pitcher) (1928) Battlefield volunteer
• Martin Johnson Heade (2004) Painter

• John Held Jr. (2001) Illustrator

• Jimi Hendrix (2014) Musician
• O. Henry (2012) Author
• Jim Henson (2005) Muppets creator

• Audrey Hepburn (2003) Actress
• Katharine Hepburn (2010) Actress
• John Hersey (2008) Journalist
• Charlton Heston (2014) Actor
• Joseph Hewes (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
• Marguerite Higgins (2002) Journalist
• Lewis Hine (2002) Photographer
• Gregory Hines (2019) Dancer, actor, singer, and choreographer
• John L. Hines (2000) World War I General
• Alfred Hitchcock (1998) Motion picture director
• Oveta Culp Hobby (2011) Women's Army Corps officer
• Hans Hofmann (2010) Abstract expressionist painter
• Winslow Homer (1962) Painter
• Herbert Hoover (1965) 31st president
• Bob Hope (2009) Comedian
• Edward Hopper (1970) Painter
• Rogers Hornsby (2000) Baseball player
• Harry Houdini (2002) Magician
• Charles Hamilton Houston (2009) Civil rights leader
• Edwin Hubble (2000) Astronomer

• Langston Hughes (2002) Author

• Cordell Hull (1963) Secretary of State
• Ruby Hurley (2009) Civil rights leader
• Zora Neale Hurston (2003) Author
• John Huston (2012) Motion picture director

I

• Washington Irving (1940) Author
• Charles Ives (1997) Composer

J

• Andrew Jackson (1861) 7th president

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

• Harriet Jacobs (2024) Underground Railroad, wrote slavery memoir
• Henry James (2016) Writer
• Thomas Jefferson (1861) 3rd president

• Jesus (1966) Christianity founder

• George Johnson (2002) Ground Zero firefighter
• John H. Johnson (2012) Publisher
• Joshua Johnson (1998) Painter
• Lady Bird Johnson (2012) First Lady
• Lyndon B. Johnson (1973) 36th president
• Walter Johnson (2000) Baseball player
• William Johnson (artist) (2012) Artist
• John Paul Jones (1936) Revolutionary War Naval Captain
• Bobby Jones (1981) Golfer
• Barbara Jordan (2011) Congresswoman
• Louis Jordan (2008) Musician/singer
• Chief Joseph (1968) Nez Perce warrior

K

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

• Kamehameha I of Hawaii (1937) Hawaiian King
• Boris Karloff (1997) Actor
• Gertrude Käsebier (2002) Photographer

• Stephen Watts Kearny (1946) Mexican American War officer
• John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1964) 35th president
• Rockwell Kent (2001) Illustrator
• André Kertész (2002) Hungarian photographer
• Martin Luther King Jr. (1979) Civil Rights advocate
• Lajos Kossuth (1958) Hungarian patriot

L

• Marquis de Lafayette (1952) Revolutionary War General
• William Lambert (2024) Underground Railroad Detroit-based operative

• Dorothea Lange (2002) Photographer
• Mary Lasker (2009) Philanthropist

• Huddie Ledbetter (1998) Blues singer, musician, and songwriter
• Jason Lee (1948) Oregon Territory missionary

• Richard Henry Lee (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
• Lillian Leitzel (2014) Circus gymnast
• John A. Lejeune (2005) Marine Corps Commandant
• Denise Levertov (2012) Poet
• Edna Lewis (2014) Chef, cookbook author
• John Lewis (2023) Civil Rights Leader

• Meriwether Lewis (1954) Explorer
• Joseph Christian Leyendecker (2001) Illustrator
• José Limón (2012) Choreographer
• Abraham Lincoln (1866, 1954) 16th president
• Tad Lincoln (1984) son of Abraham Lincoln
• Charles Lindbergh (1927) Aviator
• Harold Lloyd (19--) Silent film star. />
• Raymond Loewy (2011) Industrial designer
• Jermain Loguen (2024) Underground Railroad operative based in Syracuse New York
• Vince Lombardi (1997) Football coach
• Jack London (1986) Author
• Crawford W. Long (1940) Physician
• Hillary Long (2014) Circus performer
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1940) Poet
• Henry R. Luce (1998) Publisher
• Bela Lugosi (1997) Actor
• Bernardino Luini (2007) Painter
• Alfred Lunt (1999) Actor

M

• Clara Maass (1976) Nurse
• James Madison (1894, 1938) 4th president
• Ramon Magsaysay (1957) Philippine president
• Henry Mancini (2004) Composer

• C.G.E. Mannerheim (1960) Finnish president
• Mickey Mantle (2006) Baseball player
• Rocky Marciano (1999) Boxer
• John Marin (2013) Modern artist
• Roger Maris (1999) Baseball player
• Jacques Marquette (1898, 1968) Explorer
• George Catlett Marshall (1965) Secretary of State, Army general

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

• Mary (The Madonna) (1966) Central figure in Christianity
• Groucho Marx (2009) Comedian
• Tomáš Masaryk (1960) President of Czechoslovakia
• Edgar Lee Masters (1970) Poet
• Christy Mathewson (2000) Baseball player
• Bill Mauldin (2010) Cartoonist

• Ephraim McDowell (1959) Surgeon
• Barbara McClintock (2005) Geneticist
• John McCloy (2010) Navy sailor
• John McCormack (1984) Tenor
• Cyrus Hall McCormick (1940) Mechanical reaper inventor
• Hattie McDaniel (2006) Actress

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

• Clyde McPhatter (1993) R&B singer
• Dan McWilliams (2002) Ground Zero firefighter
• Margaret Mead (1998) Anthropologist
• George Meany (1994) Labor union leader
• Herman Melville (1984) Author
• Lydia Mendoza (2013) Guitarist and singer
• Oscar Micheaux (2010) Motion picture director
• James Michener (2008) Writer
• Arthur Middleton (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
• Harvey Milk (2014) Politician
• Edna St. Vincent Millay (1981) Poet
• Don Miller (1998) Football player
• Doris Miller (2010) Navy veteran
• 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

• Clayton Moore (2009) Actor
• Justin S. Morrill (1999) Senator
• Lewis Morris (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
• Robert Morris (financier) (1952) Declaration of Independence signatory
• Toni Morrison (2023) Author
• 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

• Robert Motherwell (2010) Abstract expressionist artist
• Constance Baker Motley (2024) American jurist and politician
• Lucretia Mott (1948) Civil Rights advocate

• 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
• Gerald Murphy (2013) Modern artist
• Robert Daniel Murphy (2006) Diplomat

N

• Bronko 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 (1940) Composer
• Alfred Newman (1999) Composer
• Barnett Newman (2010) Abstract expressionist artist
• Paul Newman (2015) Actor
• Isamu Noguchi (2004) Sculptor
• Eliot Noyes (2011) Industrial designer

O

• Adolph S. Ochs (1976) New York Times publisher
• Severo Ochoa (2011) Biochemist
• Flannery O'Connor (2015) Writer
• William Butler Ogden (1944) Railroad tycoon, first Mayor of Chicago
• James Edward Oglethorpe (1933) Georgia founder
• Georgia O'Keeffe (1996, 2013) Painter
• Frederick Law Olmsted (1999) Landscape architect
• Eugene O'Neill (1973) Playwright

• Rose O'Neill (2001) Illustrator
• Eugene Ormandy (1997) Conductor
• Timothy O'Sullivan (2002) Photographer
• Mel Ott (2006) Baseball player
• Mary White Ovington (2009) Civil rights leader
• Jesse Owens (1990) Track & field athlete

P

• Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1960) Polish Prime Minister
• Satchel Paige (2000) Baseball player

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

• Rosa Parks (2013) Civil rights activist
• Maxfield Parrish (2001) Illustrator

• 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
• Robert Edwin Peary (1959) Arctic explorer
• Gregory Peck, (2011) Actor
• Claude Pepper (2000) Senator

• Frances Perkins (1980) Secretary of Labor
• Matthew Perry (1953) Navy Commodore
• General John Pershing (1961) General of the Armies
• Coles Phillips (2001) Illustrator
• Édith Piaf (2012) Singer
• Sylvia Plath (2012) Poet
• Pocahontas (1907) Algonquian princess
• Edgar Allan Poe (1949) Author
• 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
• David D. Porter (1937) Civil War naval officer
• Katherine Anne Porter (2006) Author
• Emily Post (1998) Author
• Albert Préjean (2008) Actor
• Elvis Presley (1993, 2015) Rock and roll singer and musician
• Tito Puente (2011) Drummer

• Kazimierz Pułaski (1931) Revolutionary War soldier (spelled Casimir Pulaski on the stamp)
• Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller (2005) Marine Corps General
• Rufus Putnam (1937) Northwest Territory settler
• Ernest Taylor Pyle (1971) Journalist

• Howard Pyle (1964) Illustrator

Q

• Harriet Quimby (1991) Pilot and aviation pioneer

R

• Ayn Rand (1999) Author
• Asa Philip Randolph (1989) Labor & Civil Rights advocate
• Raphael (1973) Painter
• Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (2008) Author
• Man Ray (2002, 2013) Photographer
• Sam Rayburn (1962) Legislator

• George Read (1976), lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
• Ronald Reagan (2005, 2011) 40th president
• Walter Reed (1940) Army surgeon
• Frederic Remington (1940) Sculptor, painter
• James Renwick Jr. (1980) Architect
• Ernst Reuter (1959) Berlin Mayor

• Frederick Hurten Rhead (2011) Industrial designer
• Gilbert Rohde (2011) Industrial designer

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

• Sugar Ray Robinson (2006) Boxer
• Norman Rockwell (1972) Painter
• Jimmie Rodgers (1978) Country singer, musician, and songwriter
• Theodore Roethke (2012) Poet
• Fred Rogers (2018) Television personality and producer
• Roy Rogers (2010) Singer, Actor
• Felipe Rojas-Lombardi (2014) Chef, cookbook author

• Eleanor Roosevelt (1963) First Lady
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1945) 32nd president
• Theodore Roosevelt (1922, 1938) 26th president
• Mark Rothko (1998) Painter

• Andrew J. Russell (1944) Photographer
• George Herman "Babe" Ruth (1983) Baseball player

S

• Albert Sabin (2006) Virologist
• Rubén Salazar (2008) Journalist
• Jonas Salk (2006) Medical scientist
• Haym Salomon (1975) Revolutionary War financier

• William T. Sampson (1937) Navy Admiral
• José de San Martín (1959) South American liberator
• Sassoferrato (2009) Painer
• Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (2020) historian and writer
• Carl Schurz (1983) Journalist
• Selena (2011) Singer
• David O. Selznick (2003) Motion picture producer
• Rod Serling (2009) Writer
• Eric Sevareid (2008) Journalist

• William Shakespeare (1964) Playwright
• Charles Sheeler (1998, 2013) Painter
• Alan Shepard (2011) Astronaut
• Philip Henry Sheridan (1937) Civil War General

• Roger Sherman (1976) Declaration of Independence signatory
• William Tecumseh 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
• George Sisler (2000) Baseball player
• Sitting Bull (1989) Hunkpapa Sioux warrior
• Red Skelton (2009) Comedian

• John French Sloan (1971) Painter
• Jessie Willcox Smith (2001) Illustrator
• Kate Smith (2010) Singer
• Margaret Chase Smith (2007) U.S. senator
• W. Eugene Smith (2002) Photographer
• Albert Southworth (2002) Photographer

• Tris Speaker (2000) Baseball player
• Anne Spencer (2020) Poet
• Lawrence Sperry (1985) Aviation pioneer
• Joel Elias Spingarn (2009) Civil rights leader
• Chief Standing Bear (2023) Winner of Court Ruling
• Leland Stanford (1944) Railroad tycoon, politician, & philanthropist
• 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
• Joseph Stella (2013) Modern artist

• Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1930) Revolutionary War general
• Wallace Stevens (2012) Poet
• Adlai Stevenson (1965) UN Ambassador and presidential candidate
• James Stewart (2007) Actor
• Alfred Stieglitz (2002) Photographer
• Clyfford Still (2010) Abstract expressionist artist
• William Still (2024) Underground Railroad Philadelphia network
• 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 (1965) Suffragist and feminist
• Joseph Story (2009) Supreme Court justice
• Harriet Beecher Stowe (2007) Author
• Paul Strand (2002) Photographer
• Ed Sullivan (2009) TV variety show host
• George Szell (1997) Conductor, composer

T

• Robert A. Taft (1960) Senator
• William Howard Taft (1930) 27th president, 10th Chief Justice of the United States
• William Talman (2009) Actor
• Henry Ossawa Tanner (1973) Painter

• Ida Tarbell (2002) Author, journalist
• Zachary Taylor (1875) 12th president
• Walter Dorwin Teague (2011) Industrial designer
• Shirley Temple (2016) Actress and diplomat
• Mother Teresa (2010) Humanitarian
• Mary Church Terrell (2009) Civil rights leader

• Danny Thomas (2012) Entertainer
• Charles Thomson (1976) Continental Congress Secretary
• Henry David Thoreau (1967) Author
• Jim Thorpe (1984) Football player
• Lawrence Tibbett (1997) Opera singer
• Giambattista Tiepolo (1982) Painter
• Lewis Comfort Tiffany (2007) Designer
• Pie Traynor (2000) Baseball player
• William B. T. Trego (1976) Painter
• Edward Trudeau (2008) Phthisiologist
• Harry S. Truman (1973) 33rd president
• Harriet Tubman (2024) Escaped slavery, Civil War scout and spy
• Richard Tucker (1997) Tenor
• Mark Twain (1940) Author

V

• James Van Der Zee (2002) Photographer
• Vivian Vance (2009) Actress
• Félix Varela (1997) Social reformer
• Sarah Vaughan (2016) Jazz singer
• Alfred V. Verville (1985) Aviation pioneer
• King Vidor (2008) Film director, producer and screenwriter
• Oswald Garrison Villard (2009) Civil rights leader
• Greta von Nessen (2011) Industrial designer
• John von Neumann (2005) Mathematician

W

• Honus Wagner (2000) Baseball player
• Madam C.J. Walker (1998) Philanthropist

• DeWitt Wallace (1998) Publisher
• Lila Wallace (1998) Publisher
• Raoul Wallenberg (1997) Humanitarian
• Andy Warhol (2002) Painter

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

• Booker T. Washington (1940) Educator
• Fredi Washington (2008) Actress

• George Washington (1847) 1st president
• John P. Washington (1948) Chaplain (1st Lt.), U.S. Army
• Martha Washington (1902) First Lady
• Carleton Watkins (2002) Photographer
• John Wayne (1990) Actor
• Jack Webb (2009) Actor

• Orson Welles (1999) Actor/film director

• Joseph West (1930) Charleston Governor
• Edward Weston (2002) Photographer
• Clifton R. Wharton Sr. (2006) Diplomat
• Jon Whitcomb (2001) Illustrator
• Josh White (1998) Folk singer, musician, songwriter, and actor
• Minor White (2002) Photographer
• Walter Francis White (2009) Civil rights leader
• Billy Wilder (2012) Motion picture director
• Thornton Wilder (1997) Playwright
• 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
• William Haliday Williams (1912) Rural mail carrier and Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
• 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
• August Wilson (2021) 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
• John Wooden (2024) Basketball Coach
• Frank Lloyd Wright (1965) Architect
• Richard Wright (2009) Writer
• Russel Wright (2011) Industrial designer
• Chien-Shiung Wu (2021) Physicist who proved that the basic law of parity was violated in physics that paved the way for the Standard Model
• Newell Convers Wyeth (2001) Illustrator

X

• Malcolm X (1999) Civil rights advocate

Y

• Sun Yat-sen (1942, 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

See also

• Presidents of the United States on U.S. postage stamps
• List of United States airmail stamps
• Artists of stamps of the United States
• Postage stamps and postal history of the United States
• Postage stamps and postal history of the Confederate States