List of people on the postage stamps of Malta

This is a list of people that appear on the postage and revenue stamps of Malta.^[1][2][3]

A[]

• Veneranda Abela (with her grandson) - baroness (1998)
• Francesco Giovanni Abela - historian (2005)
• Karmenu Abela - patriot (1985)
• Saint Agatha (1965)
• Carmela Aguis - head of the laundry (2003)
• Hans Christian Andersen - artist, story teller and author (2005)
• Saint Anthony (1998)
• Manwel Attard - patriot (1985)
• Francesco Azzopardi - composer (1985)
• Monsignor Michael Azzopardi - philanthropist (2005)

B[]

• Lord Robert Baden-Powell - founder of scouting (2007)
• Captain Alexander Ball R.N. (1999)
• Guzeppi Bajada - patriot (1985)
• Nicolo Baldacchino (1985)
• Giuseppe Barth (1971)
• Franz Beckenbauer - German footballer and coach (2006)
• Pope Benedict XVI (2010)
• Emmanuel Attard Bezzina (1974)
• Fra Diego Bonanno (1986)
• Napoleon Bonaparte (1998)
• Canon Monsignor Francesco Bonnici (2007)
• Joe Borg - Foreign Minister (2004)
• John Borg (1971)
• Prime Minister Dr. Giorgio Borg Olivier (1989, 2003, 2009)
• Saint John Bosco (2004)
• Rużar Briffa (1980)
• Dr. David Bruce (microbiologist) (1966)
• Vincenzo Bugeja (1986)
• George H. W. Bush (1989)
• President Anton Buttigieg (1974)
• Lord Byron (1990)

C[]

• Giuseppe Calì - painter (1996)
• Joseph Callejja - film star (1997)
• Father Nazzareno Camilleri - philosopher (1996)
• Grandmaster Gregorio Carafa (2014)
• Girolamo Cassar - architect and engineer (1966, 1974)
• Archpriest Saverio Cassar - Gozitan leader (2002)
• Grandmaster Jean de la Cassière (2014)
• Saint Catherine of Alexandria (2005)
• Saint Catherine of Siena (1967)
• Carolina Cauchi (2007)
• Pietro Caxaro (1985)
• Bobby Charlton - English footballer (2006)
• Saint Christopher (1976)
• Winston Churchill (1966, 2015)
• Adelaide Cini (1986)
• Grandmaster Annet de Clermont-Gessant (2014)
• Christopher Columbus (1992)
• Grandmaster Nicolas Cotoner (1964, 1976, 2014)
• Grandmaster Raphael Cotoner (2014)
• Fr. Anastasju Cuschieri (1988)

D[]

• Dante (1965)
• Monsignor Giuseppe de Piro (1983)
• Sister Emilie de Vialir - pioneer in education in Malta (1997)
• Grandmaster Ramon Despuig (2014)
• Carlo Diacono - composer (2006)
• Sir Adrian Dingli - Chief Justice of Malta (2002)
• Henry Dunant (2013 - on Miniature Sheet, not on actual stamp)
• Wenzu Dyer - patriot (1985)

E[]

• King Edward VII (1903–1912, 1918)
• Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1937, 1949)
• Queen Elizabeth II (1950, 1953-1954, 1956–1961, 1963-1965, 1967, 1970, 1972, 2003)
• Saint Mary Euphrasia Pelletier (1996)

F[]

• Blessed Nazju Falzon (1988, 2001)
• President Dr. Eddie Fenech Adami - 7th President of Malta (2004)
• Monsignor Sidor Formosa (1988)

G[]

• Alfons Maria Galea (1986)
• Galileo Galilei - astronomer (2009)
• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi - Indian leader (1969)
• Monsignor Tommaso Gargallo - pioneer in education in Malta (1997)
• Grandmaster Martin Garzez (2014)
• Bob Geldof - singer, songwriter and author (2006 - on Miniature Sheet, not on actual stamp)
• King George V (1914–1915, 1917–1922, 1925–1927, 1928-1930, 1935-1936, 1943)
• King George VI (1937–1938, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1948-1949, 1953)
• Saint George (2003)
• Blessed Gerard Thom (2013)
• Mikhail Gorbachev (1989)
• Governor Lord Gort (1993)
• Saint Gregory (1998)
• Maria Amelia Grognet (1998)
• Robert Guiscard (2009)

H[]

• Grandmaster Juan de Homedes y Coscon (2014)
• Grandmaster Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim (1998, 2014)
• Holofernes (1975)

I[]

• Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1991)
• Nicolo Isouard (1971)

J[]

• Saint Jerome (1970, 2007)
• Jesus Christ (1951, 1962, 1964, 1966-1968, 1970-1971, 1973-1980, 1983-1988, 1990-1994, 1996-2000, 2002–2005, 2007-2013)
• Pope John XXIII (2014)
• Pope John Paul II (1990, 2001, 2005, 2014)
• John the Baptist (1967, 1970, 1976, 1998, 2007-2008, 2011, 2013)
• John of the Cross (1991)
• Saint Joseph (1964, 1966-1968, 1970-1971, 1975, 1977, 1979-1980, 1983-1988, 1990-1992, 1997, 2000, 2002-2003, 2005, 2007, 2010-2012)
• Judith (1975)

K[]

• President John F Kennedy (1966)
• Athanasius Kircher - scholar (2002)
• Oreste Kirkop - tenor and filmstar (2002)

L[]

• Grandmaster Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam (1938, 1943, 1948, 1953, 1999, 2014)
• Dr. Albert Laferla LL.D. - pioneer in education in Malta (1997)
• Francesco Laparelli (1966)
• Egidio Lapira - dentist (2005)
• Grandmaster Giovanni Paolo Lascaris (2014)
• William D. Leahy (2015)

M[]

• The Magi (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974-1975, 1977, 1979, 1982-1988, 1991-1992, 2000, 2002-2003, 2005, 2010, 2012)
• Father Manuel Magri (2007)
• President Sir Anthony Mamo - 1st President of Malta (1974, 2009)
• Guglielmo Marconi - inventor of radio (1996)
• Mary (1951, 1954, 1962, 1964, 1966-1968, 1970-1971, 1973-1980, 1983-1988, 1990-1992, 1994, 1996-2000, 2002-2003, 2005, 2007-2012)
• Saint Michael (1976)
• Prime Minister Dom Mintoff (1974)
• Giorgio Mitrovich (1985)
• Grandmaster Pierre de Monte (2014)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - composer (2006 - on Miniature Sheet)

N[]

• Paul Nani - composer (2006)
• Saint Nicholas (1976, 1998)

P[]

• Carmelo Pace - composer (2006)
• Dr. Arvid Pardo (1987)
• Louis Pasteur (1995)
• Saint Paul (1899, 1902, 1908, 1919, 1922, 1927-1928, 1930, 1938, 1948, 1956, 1960, 1965, 1967, 1990, 2001, 2008)
• Grandmaster Antoine de Paule (2014)
• Pelé - Brazilian footballer (2006)
• Grandmaster Ramon Perellos y Roccaful (2014)
• Saint Peter (1967)
• Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (2003)
• Grandmaster Manuel Pinto da Fonseca (1969, 2014)
• Blessed Maria Adeodata Pisani (1991, 2001)
• Pope Pius V (1966)
• Grandmaster Piero de Ponte (2014)
• Saint George Preca - Maltese saint (1980, 2001, 2007)
• Mattia Preti - Artist (2013)
• Sir Luigi Preziosi (1988)
• Dun Karm Psaila - National poet of Malta (1971)
• Saint Publius - Roman Governor of Malta (1926, 1928, 1930, 1938, 1948, 1960, 1965)
• Monsignor Paolo Pullicino M.A., D.D. - pioneer in education in Malta (1997)

R[]

• Saint Raphael (1998)
• Grandmaster Martin de Redin (2014)
• Count Roger I (2009)
• Grandmaster Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc (2014)
• Franklin D. Roosevelt (2015)

S[]

• Grandmaster Didier de Saint-Jaille (2014)
• Robert Sammut (1969)
• Michelangelo Sapiano - clockmaker (1995)
• Monsignor Pietru Pawl Saydon - translator of the Bible into Maltese (1988)
• Antonio Sciortino (1971)
• Sir Walter Scott (1990)
• Grandmaster Claude de la Sengle (2014)
• Inez Soler - artist, musician and writer (1996)
• Joseph Stalin (2015)
• Heinrich von Stephan (1974)
• Sting - musician, singer and songwriter (2006 - on Miniature Sheet, not on actual stamp)
• Mabel Strickland - politician and journalist (1996)

T[]

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1990)
• William Makepeace Thackeray (1990)
• Saint Thomas of Villanova (1967)

V[]

• Grandmaster Jean Parisot de Valette (1962, 1966, 1968, 1999, 2014)
• Grandmaster Luís Mendes de Vasconcellos (2014)
• Mikiel Anton Vassalli (1980)
• Paolino Vassallo - composer (2006)
• General Claude-Henri Belgrand de Vaubois (1999)
• Grandmaster Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle (2014)
• Queen Victoria (1860–1886, 1899, 1902, 1960, 1985, 2010)
• Grandmaster António Manoel de Vilhena (2014)
• Emmanuel Vitale - patriot (2002)

W[]

• Grandmaster Adrien de Wignacourt (2014)
• Grandmaster Alof de Wignacourt (2014)

X[]

• Dun Mikiel Xerri - patriot (1999)
• Grandmaster Francisco Ximénez de Tejada (2014)

Z[]

• Dr. Fra Giuseppe Zammit (1971)
• Sir Themistocles Zammit - doctor and archaeologist (1966, 1994)
• Dino Zoff - Italian goalkeeper (2006)
• Grandmaster Marc'Antonio Zondadari (2014)

People commemorated but not depicted on Malta stamps[]

• Geronimo Matteo Abos (2005)
• Henry Mayo Bateman (2012)
• Giuseppe Callus (2005)
• Albrecht Dürer - painter, engraver, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist (1978)
• Melchiorre Gafà - sculptor (1967)
• Edward Lear (2012)
• Antonio Sciortino (1997)
• Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius de Soldanis - historian (1971)

See also[]

• Stamp collecting
• Philately
• List of philatelic bureaus

References[]

External links[]

• Maltapost plc