List of people on the postage stamps of Brazil

This article lists people who have been featured on the postage stamps of Brazil, including the dates of their stamp appearances. Occasionally a stamp will commemorate a person and not include his/her portrait; in which case the list indicates what is shown on the stamp.

A

• Casimiro de Abreu, poet (1989)
• Afonso I, King of Portugal (1940)
• Akihito, Emperor of Japan (1967)
• Albert I, King of Belgium (1920)
• Luís de Albuquerque, colonial governor (1952)
• Aleijadinho, sculptor
• Pedro Aleixo, politician (2001)
• José de Alencar, novelist (1965)
• Benedetto Aloisi Masella, cardinal (1955)
• Rodrigues Alves, President of Brazil (1917)
• Álvaro Alvim, radiologist (1963)
• Jorge Amado, novelist (2002, 2012)
• Ubaldino do Amaral, politician (1943)
• Pedro Américo, painter (1943, 1993)
• José Américo de Almeida, writer (1987)
• Alceu Amoroso Lima, journalist (1993)
• José de Anchieta, missionary (1934, 1941, 1980, 1997, 2007)
• Hans Christian Andersen writer (2005)
• Ribeiro de Andrada, politician (1945)
• José Bonifácio de Andrada, politician (1909, 1959, 1963, 1988, 2008)
• Mário de Andrade, poet (1993)
• Ivo Andrić, writer (2011)
• Anthony of Padua (1995)
• Osvaldo Aranha, politician (1931, 1994)
• Fernando de Azevedo, professor (1994)

B

• Robert Baden-Powell, founder of Scouting (1957, 2007)
• Manuel Bandeira, poet (1986)
• Adoniran Barbosa, musician (1994)
• Ruy Barbosa, politician (1925, 1949, 1956, 1960, 1999)
• Barbosa Lima Sobrinho, politician (2001)
• Lima Barreto, writer (1981)
• Tobias Barreto, poet (1989)
• João Ribeiro de Barros, aviator (1929)
• Ary Barroso, musician (2003)
• Francisco Barroso, Baron of Amazonas, military personnel (1954, 1965, 2008)
• Bastos Tigre, poet (1982)
• Baudouin, King of Belgium (1965)
• Paschal Baylon (1955)
• Luis Batlle Berres, President of Uruguay (1948)
• Pope Benedict XVI (2007)
• Rodolfo Bernardelli, sculptor (1952)
• Artur Bernardes, President of Brazil (1967)
• Clóvis Beviláqua, jurist (2001)
• Olavo Bilac, poet (1967, 1988)
• Hermann Blumenau, founder of Blumenau (1969)
• Francisco de Azevedo, Baron of Bocaína, farmer (1956)
• Quintino Bocaiuva, politician (1962)
• Simón Bolívar, politician (1983)
• José Bonifacio, politician (1909, 1959, 1963, 1988, 2008)
• Borges de Medeiros, politician (1963)
• Irineu Bornhausen, politician (1996)
• John Bosco (1983)
• Francisco Braga, musician (1968)
• Rubem Braga, writer (1995)
• Louis Braille, inventor of Braille (2009)
• Venceslau Brás, President of Brazil (1919, 1968)
• Vital Brazil, scientist (1965)
• Louis Breguet, physicist (1983)
• Amador Bueno, politician (1941)
• Maria Bueno, tennis player (1960)
• Júlio Brandão, politician (1958)

C

• Pedro Álvares Cabral, explorer (1900, 1968, 1984)
• João Caetano, actor (1951, 1963)
• Joaquim Caetano, diplomat (1958)
• Caldas Júnior, journalist (1968)
• Pandiá Calógeras, politician (1970)
• Hélder Câmara, archbishop (2009)
• Luís da Câmara Cascudo, anthropologist (1998)
• Felipe Camarão, military personnel (1954)
• Milton Campos, politician (2000)
• Campos Sales, President of Brazil (1906, 1967, 1991)
• David Canabarro, military personnel (1945)
• Gustavo Capanema, politician (2000)
• Guilherme Schüch, Baron of Capanema, engineer (1952)
• Capistrano de Abreu, historian (1953, 2003)
• Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil (2003)
• Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden (1984)
• Carlos I, King of Portugal and the Algarves (1908)
• J. Carlos, designer (1996)
• Óscar Carmona, President of Portugal (1940)
• Eleazar de Carvalho, conductor (2001)
• Carlos Castelo Branco, writer (1994)
• Castelo Branco, President of Brazil (1968, 1972)
• Plácido de Castro, politician (1973, 2002, 2008)
• Castro Alves, poet (1947, 1997)
• Di Cavalcanti, painter (1997)
• Joaquim Arcoverde, archbishop (1950)
• Luís de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, politician (1935, 1939, 1944, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1971, 1980, 2003, 2008)
• Dorival Caymmi, songwriter (1994)
• Cazuza, musician (1991)
• Vicente Celestino, musician (1994)
• Marcellin Champagnat (1954, 1956)
• Camille Chamoun, President of Lebanon (1954)
• Assis Chateaubriand, media mogul (1992)
• Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom(1965)
• Clare of Assisi (1994)
• Grover Cleveland, President of the United States (1939)
• Coelho Neto, writer (1964)
• Jaime Luiz Coelho, archbishop (2011)
• Lindolfo Collor, politician (1990)
• Christopher Columbus, explorer (1984, 1992)
• Auguste Comte, philosopher (1957)
• Benjamin Constant, politician (1906, 1939, 1954)
• Nicolaus Copernicus, astronomer (1973)
• Cora Coralina, writer (1989)
• Serzedelo Correia, politician (1978)
• Manuel Francisco Correia, politician (1978)
• Afrânio da Costa, sport shooter (1992)
• Lucio Costa, architect (2002)
• Costa e Silva, President of Brazil (1972)
• Costa Lima, entomologist (1966)
• Vasco Coutinho, Captain of Espírito Santo, explorer (1935)
• Francisco Craveiro Lopes, President of Portugal (1957)
• Luís Cruls, astronomer (1992)
• Cruz e Sousa, poet (1998, 2012)
• Oswaldo Cruz, physician (1950, 1954, 1972, 2000)
• Euclides da Cunha, writer (1966)

D

• Pio Giannotti "Damião", friar and candidate for sainthood (1998)
• Damien of Molokai (1952, 1989–92)
• Rubén Darío, poet (1966)
• Jean-Baptiste Debret, painter (1968)
• Orville A. Derby, geologist (1951)
• Henrique Dias, military personnel (1954, 1962)
• Fernão Dias Pais, politician (1974)
• Carlos Drummond de Andrade, poet (1995, 2002)
• Dulce Pontes, nun and candidate for sainthood (1993)
• Gaspar Dutra, President of Brazil (1947, 1948)

E

• Eça de Queirós, writer (1995)
• Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States (1960)
• Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms (1968)
• Josemaría Escrivá (2002)

F

• Fabiola, Queen consort of Belgium(1965)
• Diogo Antônio Feijó, politician (1952)
• Baltasar Fernandes, politician (1954)
• Fernandes Vieira, politician and military personnel (1954)
• Oscar Lorenzo Fernández, composer (1997)
• Adhemar Ferreira da Silva, athlete (triple jump) (2002)
• Jackson de Figueiredo, philosopher (1991)
• João Figueiredo, President of Brazil (1984)
• Pedro Américo, painter (1943, 1993)
• Hércules Florence, painter and inventor (1992)
• Nísia Floresta, writer and activist (1954)
• Deodoro da Fonseca, President of Brazil (1906, 1939)
• Hermes da Fonseca, President of Brazil (1913, 1955)
• Polidoro Jordão, Viscount of Santa Teresa, politician (1952)
• Cândido Fontoura, pharmacist (1985)
• Tasso Fragoso, President of Brazil (1969)
• Francis of Assisi (1976, 1982)
• Itamar Franco, President of Brazil (1995)
• Gilberto Freyre, sociologist (2000)
• Paulo de Frontin, politician (1960)

G

• Galvão (1998)
• Basílio da Gama, poet (1991)
• Mohandas Gandhi, activist (1969)
• Anita Garibaldi, activist (1967, 1971)
• Giuseppe Garibaldi, politician (2007)
• Emílio Médici, President of Brazil (1972)
• Charles de Gaulle, President of France (1964)
• Ernesto Geisel, President of Brazil (1978)
• Khalil Gibran, writer (2009)
• Zacarias de Góis, politician (1954)
• Antonio Carlos Gomes, composer (1936, 1970, 1978, 1986, 1996)
• Eduardo Gomes, military personnel (1982)
• Gomes Carneiro, military personnel (1944, 1946)
• Bento Gonçalves, politician (1935)
• Gonçalves Dias, writer (1965, 1973)
• Ademar Gonzaga, film producer (1990)
• Chiquinha Gonzaga, musician(1977)
• Luiz Gonzaga "Gonzagão", musician (2012)
• Tomás Antônio Gonzaga, poet (1994)
• González Videla, President of Chile (1947)
• Grande Otelo, actor (1998)
• Paulo Gracindo, actor (2011)
• Giovanni Gronchi, President of Italy (1958)
• Ulysses Guimarães, politician (1993)
• Guimarães Rosa, novelist (2008)
• Alexandre de Gusmão, politician (1954, 1995)
• Bartolomeu de Gusmão, priest (1930, 1944, 1985)

H

• Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia (1961)
• Paul P. Harris, founder of Rotary (1968)
• Henrique de Avis, Duke of Viseu, explorer (1994)
• Rowland Hill, inventor (1938, 1990)
• Samuel Hahnemann, physician (1954)
• Horácio Hora, painter (1953)

I

• Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (1946, 1996)
• Isabella I, Queen of Castile and León (1952)

J

• Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1965)
• Francisco Montezuma, Viscount of Jequitinhonha, politician (1995)
• Clementina de Jesus, musician (1998)
• Joana Angélica, nun (1967)
• Joel, prophet (1958)
• João III, King of Portugal and the Algarves (1932)
• João VI, King of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (1958, 1959, 2008)
• John XXIII (1964)
• John Paul II (1980, 1991, 1997, 2005)
• Joséphine-Charlotte, Grand Duchess consort of Luxembourg (1965)

K

• Allan Kardec, founder of Spiritism (1957, 1969, 2004)
• Helen Keller, activist (1980)
• John F. Kennedy, President of the United States (1964)
• Juscelino Kubitshek, President of Brazil (1956, 1986, 2002)
• Gustavo Kuerten, tennis player (2001)

L

• Gustavo de Lacerda, journalist (2008)
• Henrique Lage, industrialist (1982)
• Mário Lago, actor (2011)
• Chico Landi, F1 driver (2000)
• Grigory Langsdorff, explorer (1992)
• Alejandro Lanusse, President of Argentina (1972)
• Otto Lara Resende, writer (1994)
• Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1951)
• Le Corbusier, architect (2009)
• Michel Leiris, writer (1998)
• Leopoldina, Empress consort of Brazil (1962)
• Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist (2009)
• José Lins do Rego, writer (2001)
• Clarice Lispector, writer (1998)
• Rita Lobato, physician (1967)
• Aristides Lobo, politician (1906)
• Adolfo López Mateos, President of Mexico (1960)
• Heinrich Lübke, President of West Germany (1964)
• Washington Luís, President of Brazil (1968)
• Auguste and Louis Lumière, filmmakers (1995)
• Peter Wilhelm Lund, paleontologist (2010)
• Martin Luther, Protestant reformer (1983)
• Adolfo Lutz, physician (1955)

M

• Gilka Machado, poet (1993)
• Machado de Assis, writer (1940, 1958, 1989)
• José Vieira Couto de Magalhães, politician (1938)
• Ferdinand Magellan, explorer (1991)
• Anita Malfatti, artist (1989)
• Emílio Mallet, Baron of Itapevi, military personnel (1968)
• Otávio Mangabeira, politician (1986)
• Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of radio (1995)
• Rodrigo Melo Franco, writer (1998)
• Marilyn Monroe, actress (1996)
• Mariz e Barros, military personnel (1966)
• Joaquim Lisboa, Marquis of Tamandaré, politician (1954, 1957, 1997, 2008)
• Manuel Marques de Sousa, Count of Porto Alegre, military personnel (1941)
• Carl von Martius, naturalist (1994)
• Roberto Burle Marx, architect (1995)
• Teresa de Marzo, aviator (2000)
• Mascarenhas de Morais, military personnel (1983)
• Francisco "Ciccillo" Matarazzo, industrialist (1989)
• Luís de Matos, founder of Christian rationalism (1960)
• Gregório de Mattos, poet (1986)
• Irineu de Sousa, Viscount of Mauá, politician (1963, 2010)
• Humberto Mauro, filmmaker (1985)
• Mazzaropi, actor (1998)
• Cecília Meireles, poet (2001)
• Murilo Mendes, poet (2001)
• Mãe Menininha do Gantois, mãe-de-santo (1994)
• Júlio de Mesquita, politician (1962)
• Michiko, Empress consort of Japan (1967)
• Francisco Mignone, musician (1997)
• Carmen Miranda, singer and actress (1990, 2009)
• Monteiro Lobato, writer (1955, 1973)
• Dulcina de Moraes, actress (1998)
• Prudente de Moraes, President of Brazil (1906, 1942, 1991)
• Vinicius de Moraes, musician and poet (1993)
• Leonardo Mota, writer (1991)
• Sergio Motta, politician (1998, 2002)
• Landell de Moura, priest (2011)
• Lauro Müller, politician (1964)
• Joaquim Murtinho, politician (1954)

N

• Joaquim Nabuco, activist (1949, 1999)
• Maurice of Nassau, politician (2009)
• Severino Neiva, statesman (1963)
• Ana Néri, physician (1967)
• Rogério Neuhaus, friar (1983)
• Tancredo Neves, President of Brazil (1985, 2010)
• Oscar Niemeyer, architect (2005, 2008)
• Manuel da Nóbrega, priest (1949)
• Dorina Nowill, philanthropist (2012)
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia, musician (1973)

O

• Manuel Odría, President of Peru (1953)
• Bernardo O'Higgins, President of Chile (1909)
• Olav V, King of Norway (1967)
• João do Pulo, athlete (long jump, triple jump) (1975)
• Francisco de Orellana, explorer (1991)
• Oscarito, actor (1990, 1998)
• Manuel Luís Osório, Marquis of Erval, politician (1958, 1970)
• Henrique Oswald, musician (1952)
• Teófilo Ottoni, politician (2007)

P

• Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (1965)
• Guilherme Paraense, Olympic medalist (1992)
• José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco, politician (1913, 1944, 1945, 1969, 1995)
• Paschal Baylon (1955)
• Louis Pasteur, chemist (1995)
• José do Patrocínio, activist (1953)
• Paul VI, Pope of the Catholic church (973)
• Nilo Peçanha, President of Brazil (1910, 1967)
• Raul Pederneiras, cartoonist (1974)
• Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil and King of Portugal and the Algarves (1965, 1972, 1984, 1998, 2008)
• Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1866, 1939, 1952, 1966, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991)
• Floriano Peixoto, President of Brazil (1906, 1941)
• Pelé, footballer (1969, 1970)
• Afonso Pena, President of Brazil (1906, 1908)
• Bernardo de Vasconcelos, politician (1987)
• Epitácio Pessoa, President of Brazil (1920, 1965)
• Fernando Pessoa, writer (2012)
• João Pessoa, politician and namesake for João Pessoa (1931)
• Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, friar (1954)
• Menotti Del Picchia, poet and painter (1992)
• Antônio Botelho, Count of Pinhal, politician (1957)
• Anésia Pinheiro, aviator (2000)
• Israel Pinheiro, politician (1996)
• Pinto Martins, aviator (1951)
• Pirajá da Silva, physician (1959)
• Pixinguinha, musician (1993, 1997)
• Raul Pompeia, writer (1988)
• Cândido Portinari, painter (2003, 2004)
• Francisco Prestes Maia, politician (1996)
• Manuel Sousa, Count of Porto Alegre, military personnel (1941)
• Francisco Varnhagen, Viscount of Porto Seguro, politician (1966)

Q

• Eusébio de Queirós, politician (1952)
• Luiz de Queiroz, farmer (1998)
• Rachel de Queiroz, writer (2011)
• Mário Quintana, writer (2005)

R

• João Ramalho, explorer (1932, 1953)
• Graciliano Ramos, writer (1992)
• Elis Regina, musician (1998)
• Aarão Reis, engineer (1953)
• José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco, politician (1913, 1944, 1945, 1969, 1995)
• Glauber Rocha, filmmaker (1986, 1998)
• Henrique da Rocha Lima, physician (1966)
• Rodrigues Alves, President of Brazil (1906)
• João Barbosa Rodrigues, botanist (1943)
• Nelson Rodrigues, writer (2004)
• Joaquim Torres, Viscount of Itaboraí, politician (1953)
• Ada Rogato, aviator (2000)
• Cícero Batista, priest and candidate for sainthood (1994)
• Sílvio Romero, poet (1951)
• Cândido Rondon, military personnel and explorer (1958, 1965, 1985)
• Wilhelm Röntgen, inventor of X-ray (1995)
• Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States (1940, 1949)
• Noel Rosa, musician (1977)
• Johann Moritz Rugendas, painter (1992)

S

• Estácio de Sá, politician (1965)
• Salvador de Sá, politician (1940)
• Albert Sabin, physician (1994)
• Augustin Saint-Hilaire, botanist (1953)
• Saldanha da Gama, military personnel (1946)
• Vicente do Salvador, religious figure and historian (1967)
• Antônio de Sampaio, military personnel (1967)
• José de San Martín, hero of independence (Argentina, Peru) (1909)
• Santa Rita Durão, poet (1981)
• Cármen Santos, actress (1990)
• Edgard Santos (Brazilian politician), politician (1994)
• Santos Dumont, aviator (1929, 1951, 1969, 1973, 1981, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2008)
• Bernardo Saião, politician (2001)
• Giuseppe Saragat, President of Italy (1965)
• José Antônio Saraiva, politician (1952)
• José Sarney, President of Brazil (1990)
• Bidu Sayão, opera singer (2006)
• Alfredo Scherer, religious figure (2004)
• Guilherme Schüch, Baron of Capanema, engineer (1952)
• Raul Seixas, musician (1991)
• Léopold Sédar Senghor, President of Senegal (1964)
• Lasar Segall, artist (1991)
• Ayrton Senna, race car driver (1989, 1994, 2000)
• Augusto Severo, politician (1929)
• Zalman Shazar, President of Israel (1966)
• Luís de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, politician (1935, 1939, 1944, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1971, 1980, 2003, 2008)
• Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil (2011)
• Francisco Manuel da Silva, composer (1945)
• José da Silva Lisboa, Viscount of Cairu, politician (1936)
• José da Silva Paes, politician (1937)
• Tiradentes, hero of independence (Brazil) (1948, 1965, 1992, 2008)
• Nise da Silveira, psychiatrist (2005)
• Ernesto Simões Filho, politician (1986)
• Lauro Sodré, politician (1958)
• Anastasio Somoza, President of Nicaragua (1953)
• Gabriel Soares de Souza, explorer (1987)
• Irineu de Sousa, Viscount of Mauá, politician (2010)
• Martim Afonso, explorer (1932, 1982)
• Betinho, sociologist (1998)
• Tomé de Sousa, politician (1949)
• Sukarno, President of Indonesia (1959)
• Anne Sullivan, activist (1980)

T

• Rabindranath Tagore, poet (1961)
• Joaquim Lisboa, Marquis of Tamandaré, military personnel (1954, 1957, 1997, 2008)
• Adrien Taunay, painter (1992)
• Anísio Teixeira, writer (2000)
• Teles de Menezes, religious figure (1969)
• Teresa of Ávila (1982)
• Mother Teresa, candidate for sainthood (1998)
• Thérèse of Lisieux (1973)
• Tibiriçá, Amerindian figure (1932)
• Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav president (1963)
• Tiradentes, hero of independence (Brazil) (1948, 1965, 1992, 2008)
• Américo Tomás, President of Portugal (1972)
• Harry S. Truman, President of the United States (1947)

V

• Fagundes Varela, poet (1991)
• Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagen, military personnel (1966)
• Darci Vargas, First Lady of Brazil (1967)
• Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (1931, 1938, 1958)
• Érico Veríssimo, writer (2005)
• Amerigo Vespucci, explorer (2010)
• Gaspar Viana, physician (1962)
• Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms (1990)
• António Vieira, religious figure (1940, 1997)
• André Vidal de Negreiros, politician (1954)
• João Carlos Vilagran Cabrita, military personnel (1955)
• Orlando Villas-Bôas, activist (2004)
• Heitor Villa-Lobos, musician (1977, 1987)
• Ramón Villeda Morales, President of Honduras (1958)
• Vincent de Paul (1982)
• Eliseu Visconti, painter (1966)

W

• Eduardo Wandenkolk, politician (1906)
• George Washington, President of the United States (1909, 1939)

X

• Chico Xavier, religious figure (2010)

Z

• L. L. Zamenhof, creator of Esperanto (1945, 1960)
• Zumbi, King of Palmares (1974, 1995, 2008)

See also

• Postage stamps and postal history of Brazil

Sources

• Scott catalogue
• Brazilian Postal Service

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