List of people on the postage stamps of Portugal

This is a list of people who have appeared on the postage stamps of Portugal

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A[]

• Adam, first man (1998)
• Afonso I, king (1926; 1940; 1947; 1955; 2009)
• Afonso II, king (1955)
• Afonso III, king (1955)
• Afonso IV, king (1955)
• Afonso V, king (1994; 1996)
• Alfonso de Portugal, Grandmaster (2013)
• Joaquim Agostinho, cyclist (2005)
• Agrippina the Elder, Roman matron (1993)
• Albert I, prince of Monaco (1996)
• Matias de Albuquerque, colonial administrator (1928)
• Tomás Alcaide, tenor (2001)
• Woody Allen, American filmmaker, actor and musician (2000)
• Brites de Almeida, heroine of Independence (1927)
• José de Almada Negreiros, painter (Self-Portrait 1993; 2005)
• António José de Almeida, politician (1979)
• Almeida Garrett, poet, playwright, novelist (1957; 1999)
• Nuno Álvares Pereira, general, saint (1926; 1928; 1931; 1933; 1949; 2009)
• Dino Alves (born 1967), fashion designer (2004)
• Laura Alves, actress (1996)
• Manuel Alves, fashion designer (2004)
• Amélia de Orleães, queen (2005)
• José de Anchieta, missionary (1997)
• Angel of the Annunciation, archangel (1993)
• Carolina Beatriz Ângelo, feminist (2009)
• António de Lisboa, Franciscan saint (1895; 1931; 1933; 1981; 1995)
• António Antunes, cartoonist (2005)
• José de Azeredo Perdigão, foundation president (1996)

B[]

• Robert Baden-Powell, British general and founder of scouting (2007)
• Nuno Baltazar (born 1976), fashion designer (2004)
• João de Barros, historian (1996)
• Bartolomeu dos Mártires, theologian and archbishop (1990)
• Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish inventor (1976)
• Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, poet (1966)
• Miguel Bombarda, psychiatrist and politician (2001)
• João Domingos Bomtempo, composer (1974)
• José Bonifácio, Brazilian statesman (1972)
• Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, painter (2007)
• Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, artist, cartoonist (1992; 2005)
• Teófilo Braga, writer and politician (1979)
• Fernando II, Duke of Braganza, nobleman (1965)
• João de Bragança, duke of Lafões (1980)
• Louis Braille, musician and inventor of braille (2009)
• João Branco, fashion designer (2004)
• João de Brito, missionary and saint (1948)
• Félix Avelar Brotero, botanist (1944)
• Luís Buchinho, fashion designer (2004)

C[]

• Adelaide Cabete, physician and feminist (2009)
• Pedro Álvares Cabral, explorer (1945; 1969; 1992; 2000)
• Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, explorer (1969; 1994)
• Luís da Câmara Pestana, bacteriologist (1966; 1999)
• Luís de Camões, poet (1898; 1911; 1924; 1972; 1980)
• Diogo Cão, explorer (1945; 1986; 1991)
• Bento de Jesus Caraça, mathematician (2001)
• Carlos I, king (1892–93; 1895–96; 1996)
• António Óscar Carmona, president (1934; 1945; 1970)
• Stuart Carvalhais, cartoonist (2005)
• Rómulo de Carvalho, poet (2006)
• Camilo Castelo Branco, writer (1925; 1990)
• Álvaro de Castro, politician (1980)
• João de Castro, viceroy of India (1994)
• Ana de Castro Osório, feminist writer (2009)
• João Chagas, journalist and politician (1979)
• Augusto Cid, cartoonist (2005)
• João Cid dos Santos (1907-1975), physician (1999)
• Eduardo Coelho (1935-1989, journalist (1964)
• Christopher Columbus, explorer (1992)
• José Correia da Serra, naturalist (1966)
• João Vaz Corte-Real, navigator (ship shown on stamp, 1966)
• Jaime Cortesão, historian and politician (1980)
• Pêro da Covilhã, diplomat and explorer (1988)
• Afonso Costa, politician (1979)
• António Augusto da Costa Mota, sculptor (1971)
• Padre Cruz, priest, blessed (1960)
• Álvaro Cunhal, politician (2005)
• Marie Curie, Polish physicist and chemist (1998)

D[]

• Charles Darwin, English naturalist (2009)
• Humberto Delgado, air force general and politician (2006)
• João de Deus, poet (1996)
• Bartolomeu Dias, explorer (1945; 1992)
• Dinis I, king (1955; 1976; 1997)
• Walt Disney, American filmmaker, animator and entrepreneur (2001)
• Afonso Domingues, architect (1949)
• José Domingues dos Santos, politician (1980)
• Martinho de Dume, archbishop and saint (1953)

E[]

• Gil Eanes, explorer (1945; 1984; 1991)
• Eça de Queiroz, novelist (1995; 2000)
• António Egas Moniz, neurologist (1966; 1974; 1983; 1999)
• Albert Einstein, Swiss physicist (2000; 2005)
• Eleanor, queen (1958; 1985)
• José Elias Garcia, journalist and politician (1979)
• Elizabeth of Portugal, queen and saint (1958)
• Robert Esnault-Pelterie, French spaceflight theorist (1975)
• Florbela Espanca, poet (1994)
• Ricardo Espírito Santo, banker and philanthropist (2003)
• Eusébio, footballer (2005)

F[]

• Filipe Faísca, fashion designer (2004)
• João Fernandes Andeiro, (†1383), Galician count (1983)
• Pedro Fernandes de Queiroz, navigator (1994)
• João Fernandes Vieira, colonial liberator and governor (1968)
• Fernando, prince and saint (1949)
• Fernando I, king (1955)
• Fernando II, king of Aragon (1994)
• Fernando II, duke of Braganza (1965)
• Fernando IV, king of Castile (1997)
• Conde de Ferreira, merchant and philanthropist (1993)
• José Maria Ferreira de Castro, writer (1998)
• António Joaquim Ferreira da Silva (1853-1923), chemist (1956)
• José Valentim Fialho de Almeida, writer (2007)
• Filipa de Lencastre, queen (1949)
• Francis of Assisi, Italian monk and saint (1982; 2009)
• Francisco Xavier, missionary (1952; 2006)
• Francisco Franco, sculptor (1971)
• Luís Fróis, missionary (1997)

G[]

• Gabriel, archangel (1962; 1993)
• Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho, aviator pioneer (1923; 1969; 1972)
• Vasco da Gama, explorer (1898; 1911; 1945; 1969; 1980; 1992; 1996; 1997; 1998)
• Ruy Roque Gameiro, sculptor (1971)
• Francisco Gentil, oncologist (1999)
• Robert H. Goddard, American rocket scientist (1975)
• Bento de Góis, missionary, explorer (1968)
• Damião de Góis, philosopher (1974; 2002)
• Guilherme Gomes Fernandes^[1] (1850-1902), firefighter (1953)
• Diogo Gomes, explorer (1991)
• Estêvão Gomes, cartographer and explorer (1993)
• Francisco Gomes Teixeira, mathematician (1952)
• ,^[2] fashion designer (2004)
• Nuno Gonçalves de Faria, patriot (1973)
• , heroine of Independence (1928)
• Guerra Junqueiro, poet (1951)
• Calouste Gulbenkian, Armenian oil pioneer, philanthropist, art collector (1965; 2006)
• Bartolomeu de Gusmão, inventor (1983)

H[]

• Paul Harris, American founder of Rotary Clubs (2005)
• Henrique, o Navegador, prince, patron of exploration (1894; 1935; 1949; 1960; 1994)
• Henrique de Borgonha, count of Portugal (1996)
• Alexandre Herculano, novelist and historian (1977)
• Celso Hermínio (1871-1904), cartoonist (2005)
• Augusto Hilário, singer (1996)
• Rowland Hill, English postal reformer (1940; 1990)
• Pedro Homem de Melo, poet (2004)

I[]

• Innocent III, pope (2009)
• Isabel, queen of Portugal and saint (1958)
• Isabel de Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy (1991)
• Roberto Ivens, explorer and colonial administrator (1998)

J[]

• James the Greater, apostle and patron saint of Spain (1984)
• Jesus, central figure of Christianity (1974; 1977; 1979; 1981; 1983; 1995; 2000)
• Joana, princess and blessed, called saint in Portugal (1953)
• João I, king (1926; 1983; 1949; 2004; 2007)
• João II, king (1981; 1992; 1994)
• João IV, king (1926; 1940; 1995; 2004)
• João VI, king (2008)
• João de Deus, saint (1950; 1995)
• John XXI, pope (1977)
• John Paul II, pope (1982; 2000)
• Ricardo Jorge, hygienist (1966; 1999; 2008)
• José I, king (1969; 1995)
• Joseph, saint, husband of Mary (1974; 1977; 1979; 1981; 1983)

K[]

• Alfredo Keil, composer and painter (1990)
• Robert Koch, German physician (1982)

L[]

• Leal da Câmara, painter and cartoonist (2005)
• José Leite de Vasconcelos, ethnographer (1966)
• Maximiano Lemos, medical historian (1966)
• José Leitão de Barros, film director (1996)
• Leonor de Avis, queen (1958; 1985)
• João de Lisboa, navigator (1993)
• Duarte Lobo, composer (1974)
• Carlos Lopes, long-distance runner and footballer (2005)
• Fátima Lopes, fashion designer (2004)
• Fernão Lopes, chronicler (1949; 1995)
• Henrique Lopes de Mendonça, poet and playwright (1990)
• Pero Lopes de Sousa, navigator (1994)
• Fernando Lopes-Graça, composer (2006)
• António Lopes Ribeiro, film director (1996)
• Ilse Losa, novelist (2013)
• Luís I, king (1862–64; 1866–67; 1867–70; 1870–76; 1879–90; 1880–81; 1882–83; 1884–87; 1884; 1892–1893; 1980; 1989; 2002)

M[]

• Bernardino Machado, president (2001)
• Fernão de Magalhães, explorer (1945; 1993)
• Sebastião de Magalhães Lima, journalist and statesman (1978)
• Ferdinand Magellan, explorer (1945; 1993)
• José Malhoa, painter (2005)
• Manuel I, king (1995; 1996)
• Manuel II, king (1910)
• João Abel Manta (born 1928), cartoonist (2005)
• Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor (2000)
• Maria I, queen (1997)
• Maria II, queen (1853; 1935; 1953; 2003)
• Mark the Evangelist, apostle (1993)
• Bernardo Marques, painter (painting shown 1998)
• Martinho de Dume, archbishop and saint (1953)
• Osvaldo Martins (born 1972), fashion designer (2004)
• Jaime Martins Barata (1899-1970), painter (1999)
• Jacinta and Francisco Marto, siblings who saw visions of Mary (1992; 2000)
• Mary, saint, mother of Jesus (1946; 1950; 1956; 1967; 1974; 1977; 1979; 1981; 1983; 1993; 2000)
• Fernão Mendes Pinto, explorer (1980)
• Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Brazilian president (1973)
• Thomaz de Mello, graphic artist (2006)
• Gonçalo Mendes da Maia, knight, military commander (1927)
• Michael, archangel (1993)
• Carolina Michaëlis, philologist (2001; 2009)
• Aureliano de Mira Fernandes, mathematician (2008)
• Jean Monnet, French statesman (1988)
• Alexandra Moura (born 1973), fashion designer (2004)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (1993; 2006)

N[]

• Vitorino Nemésio, poet (2001)
• António Nicolau d'Almeida (1873-1948), football (soccer) enthusiast (2005)
• Manuel da Nóbrega, missionary (1954)
• José Norton de Matos, politician (1980; 1999)
• João da Nova, Galician explorer (1992)
• Pedro Nunes, mathematician and geographer (1978; 2002)

O[]

• Hermann Oberth, Romanian rocket scientist (1975)
• Manoel de Oliveira, film director (2008)
• Joaquim Pedro de Oliveira Martins, historian and politician (1994)
• Our Lady of Fátima (1950; 1967)
• Our Lady of the Conception (1946; 1997)

P[]

• Duarte Pacheco Pereira, explorer and cartographer (1993)
• Gualdim Pais, crusader, knight (1928)
• Passos Manuel, politician (1986)
• Vincent de Paul, French saint (1963)
• Aurélio Paz dos Reis, cinema pioneer (1996)
• Pedro I, king (1955)
• Pedro IV, king, also emperor of Brazil as Pedro I (1972; 1984)
• Pedro V, king (1855–56; 1856–58; 1961; 2002)
• António Pedro, painter, writer, actor (2009)
• António Xavier Pereira Coutinho, botanist (1966)
• Soeiro Pereira Gomes, writer (2009)
• Bartolomeu Perestrelo, explorer (1990)
• Fernando Pessoa, poet (1975; 1985; 2000)
• Raul Maria Pereira (1877-1933), architect (2007)
• Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy (1991)
• Philippa of Lancaster, queen (1949)
• João Pinto Ribeiro, conspirator (1927)
• Manuel Pinto da Fonseca, Grandmaster (2013)
• Pius XII, pope (1951)
• Marquis of Pombal, statesman (1972; 1982; 1999)
• Marcos Portugal, composer (1974)
• Henrique Pousão, painter (2009)

Q[]

• Virgínia Quaresma, (1882-1973), journalist (2009)[1]
• Antero de Quental, poet (1991)

R[]

• João das Regras, jurist (1927; 1949)
• José Régio, writer (2001)
• Pedro Reinel, cartographer (1985)
• José Relvas, politician (2008)
• Aquilino Ribeiro, novelist (1985)
• Pilar Ribeiro, mathematician (2011)
• João Baptista Ribeiro (1790-1868), painter and engraver (1986)
• João Rodrigues Cabrilho, explorer (1969; 1994)
• José Rodrigues Miguéis, writer (2001)
• Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer (1993)

S[]

• Francisco Sá Carneiro, political leader (1990)
• Sacadura Cabral, aviator (1923; 1972)
• Ana Salazar, fashion designer (2004)
• António de Oliveira Salazar, prime minister, dictator (1971)
• Sam (1924-1993), cartoonist (his character Guarda Ricardo shown, 2005)
• José Saramago, novelist (1998)
• Luís Sanchez, fashion designer (2004)
• Sancho I, king (1955)
• Sancho II, king (1955)
• Sebastião Sanhudo (1851-1901), cartoonist (2005)
• Francisco dos Santos (1878-1930), sculptor (1971)
• Lúcia Santos, nun who saw visions of Mary (1992)
• Reynaldo dos Santos, physician and art historian (1999)
• Vasco Santana actor (1996)
• Sebastião I, king (1990)
• Carlos Seixas, composer (1974)
• António Sérgio, thinker and educator (1980)
• Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, explorer and colonial administrator (1980)
• José António Serrano (1851-1904), surgeon, anatomist (1966)
• Alfredo da Silva, industrialist (2008)
• António Silva, film actor (1996)
• Agostinho da Silva, philosopher (2006)
• Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, footballer (2005)
• Manuel da Silva Passos, politician (1986)
• Diogo de Silves, explorer (1990)
• José Simões de Almeida (sobrinho) (1880-1950), sculptor (1971)
• Tomé de Sousa, governor-general of Brazil (1972)
• João de Sousa Carvalho, composer (1974)
• Emília de Sousa Costa (1877-1959), feminist, women's education advocate and author (2009)
• Aristides de Sousa Mendes, diplomat (1995)
• Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, painter (1987)
• Heinrich von Stephan, German postmaster general (1999)

T[]

• Manuel Teixeira Gomes, politician and writer (1980)
• António Teixeira Lopes, sculptor (1971)
• José António Tenente (born 1966), fashion designer (2004)
• Teotónio, saint (1958)
• Teresa de Leão, countess of Portugal (1996)
• Luísa Todi, mezzo-soprano (1974)
• Miguel Torga, writer (2007)
• Nuno Tristão, explorer (1991)
• Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian rocket scientist (1975)

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V[]

• Francisco Valença (1882-1962), illustrator and cartoonist (2005)
• Luís Mendes de Vasconcellos, colonial governor and Grandmaster (2013)
• Tristão Vaz Teixeira, explorer (1990)
• Maria Veleda (1871-1955), feminist (2009)
• Gonçalo Velho, explorer (1945)
• Cesário Verde, poet (1957)
• Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (1993)
• José Vianna da Motta, composer (1969)
• Gil Vicente, playwright (1937)
• Angelina Vidal, feminist writer (2009)
• António Vieira, missionary, writer and orator (1997; 2008)
• Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, painter (1996; 2008)
• Filipa de Vilhena, patriot (1926)
• António Manoel de Vilhena, Grandmaster (2013)
• Luiz Villas-Boas, jazz musician (2009)
• Vímara Peres, count of Portugal (1995)
• Vincent of Saragossa, patron saint of Lisbon (1995)
• Virgin of the Annuciation (1993)

W[]

• Richard Wagner, German composer (1993)

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Z[]

• João Gonçalves Zarco, explorer (1945; 1968; 1981; 1990)
• Zeno, saint (1962)

Azores[]

• Christopher Columbus, explorer (1992)
• Natália Correia, poet (1996)
• Gil Mont'Alverne de Sequeira, politician, promoter of autonomy for the Azores (1995)
• Aristides Moreira da Mota, politician, promoter of autonomy for the Azores (1995)
• Vitorino Nemésio, poet (1999)
• Gonçalo Velho, explorer (1989)

Madeira[]

• Christopher Columbus, explorer (1988; 1992)
• Guiomar de Sá Vilhena, landowner (1996)

See also[]

• List of people on stamps of Portuguese Colonies

References[]