List of people on the postage stamps of Bolivia

This article lists people who have been featured on Bolivian postage stamps. Note that many of these people have been featured on multiple stamps. The following entries list the name of the person, a short description of their notability, and the first year they were first featured on a stamp.

The list is complete through 2021.

A

• Eduardo Abaroa, hero of the War of the Pacific (1931)
• Nataniel Aguirre, author (1988)
• Alfredo Alexander, founder of Hoy (1977)
• José María Aznar, Prime Minister of Spain (1998)
• Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, president of Argentina (1957)
• Aniceto Arce, president of Bolivia, 1888-92 (1975)
• es:Esteban Arze, independence leader (1909)

B

• Lord Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts (1982)
• Adolfo Ballivián, president of Bolivia, 1841-47, 1873-74 (1901)
• José Ballivián, president of Bolivia, 1951-52 (1897)
• Hugo Banzer Suárez, president of Bolivia, 1971-78, 1997-2001 (1972)
• Yolanda Prada de Banzer, First Lady of Bolivia ( 1998)
• Mariano Baptista, president of Bolivia, 1892-96 (1935)
• José Barrientos, philatelist (2018)
• René Barrientos Ortuño, president of Bolivia, 1964-66, 1966-69 (1966, 1975)
• Micaela Bastidas, leader of the 1781 Siege of La Paz (2012)
• Yolanda Bedregal, poet (1993)
• Manuel Belgrano, economist and military leader (1909)
• Pope Benedict XVI, head of the Roman Catholic Church (2005)
• Vincente Bernedo, missionary (1976)
• Miguel Betanzos, independence leader (1909)
• Giovanni Boccaccio, writer (2013)
• Eugenio von Boeck, president of Bolivian Philatelic Federation (1993)
• Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan military and political leader (1897)
• John Bosco, saint (1948)
• Otto Felipe Braun, South America independence fighter (2005)
• Germán Busch, president of Bolivia, 1937-39 (1971)

C

• Apolinar Camacho, composer (2003)
• Eliodoro Camacho, politician and presidential candidate (1901)
• Narciso Campero, president of Bolivia, 1880-84 (1901)
• Demetrio Canelas, founder of Los Tiempos (1977)
• Bernardino de Cardenas, archbishop (1988)
• Fernando Cardoso, president of Brazil (1999)
• Adrian Patiño Carpio, composer (1998)
• José Carrasco, founder of El Diario (1977)
• Miguel de Cervantes, Chief Magistrate of La Paz (1961)
• Ñuflo de Chaves, founder of Santa Cruz (1961)
• Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela (2014)
• Jacques Chirac, president of France (1997)
• Jesus Christ, founder of Christianity (1939)
• Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer (1993)

D

• es:Pantaleón Dalence, president of the Supreme Court (1977)

E

• Vicenta Juarista Eguino, independence heroine (1985)
• Jaime Escalante, mathematics teacher (2011)
• Víctor Paz Estenssoro, president of Bolivia, 1952-56, 1960-64, 1985-89 (1953)

F

• Otto Felipe Braun, supporter of Simon Bolívar and Bolivia's Great Marshal (2005)
• Hernando Sanabria Fernández, writer (2000)
• Tomás Frías Ametller, president of Bolivia, 1872-73, 1874-76 (1897)
• João Figueiredo, president of Brazil (1984)
• Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church (2014)
• Saint Francis of Assisi, Catholic saint (2014)
• Arturo Frondizi, president of Argentina (1961)
• Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru (1991)

G

• Joaquin Gantier, historian (2001)
• Pedro de la Gasca, bishop and viceroy (1951)
• Rosa Gattorno, nun (1988)
• Javier del Granado, writer (2000)
• Bernardo Guarchi, first Bolivian to climb Mt. Everest (1999)
• Mario Martinez Guzman, tennis player (1992)

H

• Francis Harrington, founder of the American Institute, La Paz (2007)
• Paul P. Harris, founder of the Rotary Club International (2005)
• Martin Cardenas Hermosa, botanist (1998)
• Enrique Hertzog, president of Bolivia, 1947-49 (1947)
• Rowland Hill, inventor of postage stamp (1990)
• Luis Sainz Hinojosa, priest (1994)
• Jorge Manrique Hurtado, priest (1994)

I

• José Luis Ibsen, political prisoner (2010)
• Rainer Ibsen, political prisoner (2010)
• Isabella I, Queen of Spain (1952)

J

There are no persons in this list whose surname starts with “J”.

K

• Chiang Kai-shek, president of the Republic of China (1976)
• Tupac Katari, leader of Rebellion of Indigenous People (2010)
• John F. Kennedy, president of the United States (1968)
• Joseph Kentenich, founder of Schoenstatt Movement (2014)
• Guillermo Kyllmann, founder of Lloyd Aereo Boliviana (1975)

L

• Luis Alberto Lacalle, president of Uruguay (1991)
• José Miguel Lanza, independence leader (1909)
• Jaime Laredo, violinist (1960)
• Jose Joaquin de Lemoine, first postal administrator (1996)
• José María Linares, president of Bolivia, 1857-61 (1897)
• Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, president of Bolivia, 1993-97, 2002-2003 (1994)

M

• Porfirio Machado, academic (2003)
• Mother Nazaria, nun and educator (1993)
• Simon Martinic, president of Cochabanba Philatelic Centre (1993)
• Adolfo López Mateos, president of Mexico (1960)
• Gunnar Mendoza Loza, historian (2014)
• Carlos Saúl Menem, president of Argentina (1991)
• Eustaquio Moto Mendez, independence leader (1968)
• Alonso de Mendoza, founder of La Paz (1951)
• Gunnar Mendoza, historian (2002)
• Bernardo Monteagudo, independence leader (1897)
• Carlos Montenegro, writer (1995)
• Ismael Montes, president of Bolivia, 1904-09, 1913-17 (1909)
• Gabriel René Moreno, writer (2000)
• Pedro Domingo Murillo, played a key role in Bolivia's independence (1897)
• Evo Morales Ayma, president of Bolivia, 2006-2019 (2006)
• es:Ildefonso Murguia Anze, military hero (2005)

N

• Mauro Nuño, composer (2002)

O

• Francisco Burdett O'Connor, minister of war (1975)
• Alcide d'Orbigny, naturalist (2002)
• Manuel Marzana Oroza, general (1994)
• Mauricio Otazo, conductor of the National Symphony (2014)
• Alfredo Ovando, president of Bolivia, 1969-70 (1966)

P

• Gregorio Pacheco, president of Bolivia, 1884-88 (1950)
• Juana Azurduy de Padilla, guerrilla military leader (1980)
• Anthony of Padua, saint (1939)
• José Manuel Pando, president of Bolivia, 1899-1904 (1975)
• Maximiliano Paredes, Bolivian army sergeant (2000)
• Pope John Paul II, head of the Roman Catholic Church (1988)
• Martha V. Peredo, philatelist (2018)
• Carlos Andrés Pérez, president of Argentina (1989)
• Elizardo Perez, founder of Ayllu of Warisata School (1992)
• Juan Perón, president of Argentina (1947)
• Pope Pius XII, head of the Roman Catholic Church (1948)
• Pedro Poveda, educator (1976)
• Maria Nunez del Prado, sculptor (1993)

Q

• Juan Quirós, priest and academic (2003)

R

• Raúl Otero Reiche, writer (2000)
• Juán Muñoz Reyes, engineer (1998)
• Franklin D. Roosevelt, president of the United States (1969)
• Abel I. Antezana y Rojas, archbishop (1994)

S

• Bautista Saavedra, president of Bolivia, 1921-25 (1925)
• Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, educator (1980)
• José Ignacio de Sanjinés, composer (1946)
• Andrés de Santa Cruz y Calahumana, president of Bolivia, 1829-1839 (1901, 2015)
• Alberto Santos-Dumont, aviator (1973)
• Hernando Siles Reyes, president of Bolivia, 1926-30 (1928)
• Bartolina Sisa, leader of Rebellion of Indigenous People (2010)
• Diana Frances Spencer, Princess of Wales (1997)
• Antonio José de Sucre, independence leader (1897)

T

• Mother Teresa, nun (1998)
• Franz Tamayo, lawyer (1979)
• Werner Guttentag Tichauer, bibliographer (1998)

U

• Víctor Agustín Ugarte, soccer player (2000)
• Manuel Maria Urcullu, president of Supreme Court (1977)

V

• Getúlio Vargas, president of Brazil (1960)
• Giusseppe Verdi, composer (2013)
• Rosendo Villalobos, academic (2003)
• Gualberto Villarroel, president of Bolivia, 1943-46 (1953)
• Leopold Benedetto Vincenti, composer (1946)
• Virgen de Copacabana, patron saint of Bolivia (1982)
• Virgin of Cotoca, patron saint for the Department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia (1962)
• Virgen de Urkupiña, Virgin Mary seen in Quillacollo, Boliva (1993)
• Virgin of Guadalupe, patroness of Mexico and the Continental Americas (2003)

W

• Ignacio Warnes, independence leader (1919)

X

There are no persons in this list whose surname starts with “X”.

Y

There are no persons in this list whose surname starts with “Y”.

Z

• Armando Alba Zambrana, historian (2002)
• Jaime Paz Zamora, president of Bolivia, 1989-93 (1991)
• Hernán Siles Zuazo, president of Bolivia, 1956-60, 1982-85 (1953)

Sources

• 2021 Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue, Vol. 1B, ©2021, Amos Media Co., Sidney, OH
• Catalogo de Sellos Postales de Bolivia 1999, ©1999, CEFILCO, La Paz, Bolivia
• Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part 20, South America, 4th Edition, ©2008, Stanley Gibbons, London, UK
• Michel Übersee-Katalog Band 3: Südamerika 2001, ©2000, Schwaneberger GMBH, Munich, Germany

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