List of people on the postage stamps of Paraguay

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

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The list is complete through 2007.

A

• Konrad Adenauer, chancellor of Germany (1989)
• Buzz Aldrin, astronaut (1989)
• Dante Alighieri, Italian writer (1966)
• Arturo Alessandri, president of Chile (1939)
• Luc Alphand, skier (1990)
• Alessandro Altobelli, German soccer player (1982)
• John Anderson, discus (1983)
• Pedro Andriss Garcia Arisa, founder of Phoenix Sports Corporation (1994)
• Peter Angerer, biathlon (1984)
• Neil Armstrong, astronaut (1989)
• Yolanda Bado de Artecona, notary (1992)
• Patriarch Atenagoris, patriarch of Eastern Orthodox Church (1964)

B

• Shirley Babashoff, swimmer (1976)
• Tai Babilonia, ice skater (1983)
• Johann Sebastian Bach, composer (1985)
• Lord Robert Baden-Powell, founder of Boy Scouts (1962)
• Cecilio Baez, lawyer (1994)
• Italo Balbo, Italian aviator (1966)
• Alfredo Baldomir, president of Uruguay (1939)
• Andres Barbero, founder of Paraguayan Red Cross (1991)
• Cándido Bareiro, president (1892)
• Agustin Barrios, musician (1985)
• Clara Barton, founder of American Red Cross (1964)
• Augusto Roa Bastos, writer (1991)
• Sabine Bau, team foil (1989)
• Matthias Baumann, equestrian team (1989)
• Hans-Jurgens Baumler, ice skater (1983)
• James Bausch, Olympic decathlon gold medalist (1971)
• Gustavo Beckelmann, artist (2000)
• Boris Becker, tennis player (1986)
• Ludger Beerbaum, equestrian (1989)
• Ludwig van Beethoven, composer (1977)
• Alexander Graham Bell, developer of the telephone (1976)
• Óscar R. Benavides, president of Peru (1939)
• Joseph Benz, 2-man bob sled (1980)
• Louis Bleriot, aviation pioneer (1977)
• Jose Felix Bogado, general (1978)
• Juan Max Boettner, physician and musician (1991)
• Juan Sinforiano Bogarin, archbishop (1930)
• Juan Boggino, pathologist (1991)
• Luis Bolanos, priest and evangelist (1992)
• Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor of France (1970)
• Annie Borckinck, speed skating (1981)
• John Bosco, priest and educator (1996)
• Gaetan Boucher, speed skating (1984)
• Ramon Artemlo Bracho, World Friendship Crusade (1993)
• Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist (1964)
• Paul Breitner, soccer player (1984)
• Wolfgang Brinkmann, show jumping (1989)
• Avery Brundage, president of the International Olympic Committee (1977)
• Pearl S. Buck, writer (1977)

C

• Bernardino Caballero, president (1892)
• Pedro Juan Caballero, Independence leader (1927)
• Carlos Bernardino Cacabelos, police commissioner (1994)
• Milton Campbell, Olympic decathlon gold medalist (1971)
• Felix Perez Cardozo, harpist (1991)
• Ramon I. Cardozo, educator (2001)
• Juan Carlos, king of Spain (1980)
• Scott Carpenter, US astronaut (1962)
• Henri Chammartin, equestrian (1988)
• Jennifer Chandler, diving (1976)
• Charles, Prince of Wales (1981)
• Wilson Charles, 100-meter dash Olympic Medal 1932(1983)
• Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister (1965)
• Christopher Columbus, explorer (1925)
• Juan de Ia Cierva, aviation pioneer (1977)
• Michael Collins, astronaut (1989)
• Nadia Comaneci, gymnast (1976)
• Jimmy Connors, tennis player (1986)
• James Cook, explorer (1978)
• L. Gordon Cooper, US astronaut (1963)
• Nicolaus Copernicus, scientist and astronomer (1965)
• Julio Correa, playwright (2003)
• Pierre de Coubertin, founder of modern Olympics (1963)
• Robin Cousins, figure skating (1980)
• Robert Crippen, US astronaut (1981)
• Joaquim Cruz, runner (1986)

D

• Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet (1966)
• Serafina Dávalos, first woman lawyer (1998)
• Kurt Debus, space scientist (1975)
• José S. Decoud, senator (1939)
• Giuseppe Delfino, fencer (1977)
• Ricardo Delgado, boxer (1977)
• Elfi Deufl, downhill skiing (1979)
• Diana, Princess of Wales (1981)
• José Eduvigis Diaz, general (1925)
• José Luis Doreste, yachting (1989)
• Walter R. Dornberger, V2 rocket scientist (1983)
• John Henri Dunant, founder of International Red Cross (1964)

E

• Juan Bautista Egusquiza, president (1901)
• Albert Einstein, scientist (1965)
• Ralph Ehrenbrink, equestrian team (1989)
• Dwight David Eisenhower, president of the United States (1979)
• Elizabeth, Queen Mother (1981)
• Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1977)
• Kornelia Ender, swimmer (1976)
• Irene Epple, slalom skiing (1981)
• Ludwig Erhard, chancellor of Germany (1989)
• Claus Erhorn, equestrian team (1989)
• Patricio Escobar, president (1892)
• Jose Felix Estigarribia, president (1978)
• Lynne Evans, archer (1975)
• Sabine Everts, javelin (1987)

F

• Juan Manuel Fangio, Formula 1 racing (1989)
• Joe Fargis, equestrian (1986)
• Emiliano Rivarola Fernández, singer (2003)
• Francisco I. Fernandez, notary (1992)
• Pedro Nolasco Fernandez, capital police chief (1994)
• Anja Fichtel, foils (1989)
• Michela Figini, downhill (1987)
• Klaus Fischer, German soccer player (1982)
• Emerson Fittipaldi, Formula 1 racing (1989)
• Hildegard Falck, runner (1975)
• Peggy Fleming, ice skater (1983)
• Jose Asuncion Flores, composer (1991)
• José Francia, dictator of Paraguay (1940)
• Frommelt, slalom skiing (1979)
• Zita Funkenhauser, team foil (1989)

G

• Galileo Galilei, scientist (1965)
• Ramón Milciades Giménez Gaona, discus (1997)
• Randy Gardner, ice skater (1983)
• Emilio Garrastazu, president of Brazil (1972)
• Joel Gaspoz, skier (1987)
• Caries Gatti, clinician (1991)
• Charles de Gaulle, president of France (1972)
• Juan Bautista Gill, president (1892)
• John H. Glenn, US astronaut (1962)
• Goethe, German writer (1966)
• Amancio Gonzalez, priest and evangelist (1992)
• Emeterio González, lawyer (1994)
• Gustavo Gonzalez, geologist (1991)
• Juan Carlos Moreno Gonzalez, composer (1991)
• Juan Gualberto González, president (1892)
• Roque Gonzales, saint (1958)
• Steffi Graf, tennis player (1986)
• Virgil I. Grissom, US astronaut (1966)
• Michael Gross, swimmer (1989)
• Manuel Ortiz Guerrero, poet (2003)
• Ruy Diaz de Guzman, historian (1991)

H

• Dirk Hafemeister, equestrian team jumping (1989)
• Fred W. Haise, astronaut (1970)
• Edmond Halley, astronomer (1986)
• Dorothy Hamill, figure skating (1979)
• Dag Hammarskjöld, UN Secretary General (1963)
• Gerhard Armauer Hansen, discoverer of leprosy bacillus (1992)
• Paul Harris, founder of Rotary International (1985)
• Hayata, gymnast (1975)
• Rutherford B. Hayes, US president (1928)
• Eric Heiden, speed skating (1980)
• Ernest Hemingway, writer (1977)
• Sepp Herberger, German soccer team coach (1976)
• Erika Hess, Olympian (1987)
• Sir Roland Hill, inventor of postage stamp (1940)
• Juergen Hingsen, decathlon (1987)
• Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (1972)
• Hoenl, ski jump (1979)
• Willi Holdorf, Olympic decathlon gold medalist (1971)

I

• Ignatius, saint (1958)
• Anton lnnauer, ski jump (1980)
• Domingo Martinez de Irala, founder of Asunción (1942)
• Isabella I, queen of Spain (1952)
• Rudolf Ismayr, weight lifting (1983)
• Ignacio Iturbe, independence leader (1927)

J

• Caitlyn Jenner (then Bruce), decathlon (1976)
• John XXIII, pope (1977)
• John Paul II, pope (1983)
• Lyndon Johnson, US president (1965)
• Rafer Johnson, Olympic decathlon gold medalist (1971)
• Melvin Jones, Lion’s Club International founder (1967)
• Salvador Jovellanos, president (1892)
• Jackie Joyner-Kersee, heptathlon and long jump (1989)
• Max Julen, giant slalom (1984)

K

• Geir Karlstad, speed skating champion (1989)
• Thies Kaspareit, equestrian team (1989)
• John F. Kennedy, US president (1964)
• Neri Kennedy, javelin (1997)
• Johannes Kepler, astronomer (1994)
• Marina Kiehl, downhill skier (1988)
• Marika Kilius, ice skater (1983)
• Jean Claude Killy, skier (1972)
• Christa Kinshofer, slalom skiing (1980)
• Rudyard Kipling, writer (1977)
• Franz Klammer, skier (1977)
• Reiner Klimke, equestrian (1986)
• Annette Klug, team foil (1989)
• Claudia Kohde, tennis player (1986)
• Dieter Kottysch, boxer (1975)
• Galina Kulakova, cross country skier (1979)

L

• Alejandro Lanusse, president of Argentina (1972)
• Carmen Casco de Lara Castro, Senator and women's rights advocate (2000)
• Niki Lauda, Formula 1 racing (1989)
• Dianne de Leeuw, figure skating (1979)
• Ángel León, Olympic shooting (1989)
• Carl Lewis, 100 and 200-meter run (1987)
• J. Inocencio Lezcano, educator (2001)
• Jose Livio Lezcano, notary (1992)
• Otto Lilienthal, aviation pioneer (1969)
• Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States (1963)
• Charles Lindbergh, aviation pioneer (1977)
• Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff, team dressage (1989)
• Liselott Linsenhoff, dressage (1975)
• Torbjørn Løkken, Nordic ski champion (1989)
• Carlos Lopes, marathon runner (1986)
• Claudia Losch, shot put (1987)
• Carlos Antonio López, president (1939)
• Francisco Solano López, president (1944)
• Spyridon Louis, marathon runner (1977)
• James A. Lovell, astronaut (1970)
• Helge Løvland, Olympic decathlon gold medalist (1971)
• Dagmar Lurz, ice skater (1983)

M

• Maurice Maeterlinck, writer (1977)
• Maimonides, philosopher (1985)
• Agustin Pio Barrios Mangore, musician (1994)
• José Marti, Cuban national hero (1995)
• Bob Mathias, Olympic decathlon gold medalist (1971)
• Karl Maybach, developer of the Zeppelin (1980)
• Wilhelm Maybach, developer of the Zeppelin (1980)
• Mother Maria Mazzarello, co-founder of Daughters of Mary (1981)
• James McDivitt, US astronaut (1966)
• Rosi Mittermaier, downhill and slalom skier (1976)
• C. Theodor Mommsen, writer (1977)
• Julio Manuel Morales, gynaecologist (1991)
• Higinio Morinigo, president (1943)
• Glenn Morris, Olympic decathlon gold medalist (1971)
• Annemarie Moser-Proll, women’s downhill skiing (1980)
• Stirling Moss, Formula 1 racing (1989)
• Peter Mueller, skier (1987)
• Thomas Müller, Nordic combined team (1988)

N

• Akinori Nakayama, gymnast (1975)
• Martina Navratilova, tennis player (1986)
• Rudolf Nebel, rocket scientist (1983)
• Josef Neckermann, equestrian (1988)
• Pablo Neruda, poet (2004)
• Isaac Newton, scientist (1965)
• Andreas Nischwitz, ice skater (1983)
• Alfred Nobel, engineer (1997)
• Malcolm L. Norment, founder of the Leprosy Society of Paraguay (1992)
• Matti Nykänen, ski jumper (1990)

O

• Hermann Oberth, evolution of flight (1969)
• Francisco Fernandez Ochoa, slalom skier (1989)
• Bernardo O’Higgins, general (1978)
• Fritz von Opel, Opel-Sander rocket plane (1983)
• Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, president of Mexico (1977)
• Roberto María Ortiz, president of Argentina (1939)
• Harold M. Osborn, Olympic decathlon gold medalist (1971)

P

• Darrell Pace, archery (1987)
• Carlos Humberto Paredes, soccer (1999)
• Luis Alberto de Parana, musician (1989)
• Louis Pasteur, chemist and microbiologist (1995)
• Paul VI, pope (1964)
• Victor Pecci, tennis player (1986)
• Juan Perón, president of Argentina (1955)
• Silvio Pettirossi, aviator (1954)
• Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1962)
• Josefina Piá, artist (2003)
• Franck Piccard, super giant slalom (1988)
• Augusto Pinochet, president of Chile (1974)
• Vicente Yanez Pinzon, explorer (1985)
• Nelson Piquet, Formula 1 racing (1989)
• Anett Poetzsch, ice skater (1983)
• Steve Podborski, downhill skiing (1984)
• Hans-Peter Pohl, Nordic combined team (1988)
• Marco Polo, explorer (1985)
• Georges Pompidou, prime minister of France (1972)
• Ferdinand Porsche, auto designer (1975)
• Ellen Preis, fencing (1983)
• Carlos Pussineri, Independence House (2004)

R

• Ronald Reagan, president of the United States (1981)
• Mary Lou Retton, gymnastics (1986)
• Annegret Richter, runner (1976)
• Walter Riedel, rocket scientist (1983)
• Tina Riegel, ice skater (1983)
• Benigno Riquelme, lawyer (1994)
• Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma, rocket scientist (1983)
• Cirilo Antonio Rivarola, president (1892)
• Domingo Rivarola, artist (2000)
• Julio César Romero, soccer player (1998)
• Eleanor Roosevelt, US First Lady (1964)
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt, president of the United States (1950)
• Heide Rosendahl, Olympic broad jump (1975)
• Roger Ruud, ski jumper (1989)
• Luann Ryon, archery (1976)

S

• Gabriela Sabatini, tennis player (1986)
• Juan de San Bernardo, priest and evangelist (1992)
• Jose de San Martin, liberator (1978)
• Emilio Sanchez, tennis player (1988)
• Eugen Sanger, rocket design (1983)
• Roque González de Santa Cruz, priest and evangelist (1992)
• Alberto Santos-Dumont, aviation pioneer (1977)
• Walter Schachner, soccer player (1984)
• Erich Schärer, 2-man bob sled (1980)
• Monica Scheftschik, luge (1979)
• Walter M. Schirra, US astronaut (1963)
• Fredy Schmidtke, cyclist (1986)
• Friedrich Schmiedl, first rocket used for mail delivery (1983)
• Arnd Schmitt, individual épée (1989)
• Vreni Schneider, giant slalom and slalom (1988)
• Alwin Schockemohle, equestrian (1975)
• Helmut Schon, German soccer team coach (1976)
• Trixi Schuba, ice skater (1983)
• Hubert Schwarz, Nordic combined team (1988)
• Albert Schweitzer, missionary (1975)
• Gaby Seyfert, figure skater (1972)
• William Shakespeare, English writer (1966)
• George Bernard Shaw, writer (1977)
• Alan Shepard, US astronaut (1961)
• Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet (1971)
• Henryk Sienkiewicz, writer (1977)
• Igor Sikorsky, developer of the helicopter (1977)
• Jose Ramon Silva, notary (1992)
• Menno Simons, Mennonite religious leader (2002)
• Atle Skardal, skier (1989)
• Franke Sloothaak, equestrian team jumping (1989)
• Francisco Rojas Soto, runner (2000)
• Francis Spellman, archbishop (1966)
• Adele Speratti, director of Normal School (1998)
• Silvia Sperber, small bore standard rifle (1989)
• August Friedrich Staats, rocket scientist (1983)
• Hans Stanggassinger, luge (1984)
• John Steinbeck, writer (1977)
• Ingemar Stenmark, slalom skiing (1980)
• Uli Stielike, soccer player (1984)
• Leonhard Stock, men’s downhill skiing (1980)
• Franz Josef Strauss, president of Bavarian Cabinet (1989)
• Alfredo Stroessner, president (1955)
• Hubert Strolz, alpine combined (1988)
• Christine Stueckelberger, equestrian (1976)
• Hugo Banzer Suarez, president of Bolivia (1972)
• John L. Swigert, astronaut (1970)

T

• Maria Talavera, war correspondent (1991)
• Marco Tardelli, soccer player (1984)
• U Thant, UN Secretary General (1964)
• Monica Theodorescu, team dressage (1989)
• Gustav Thöni, slalom skiing (1979)
• Alberto Tomba, giant slalom and slalom (1988)
• Bill Toomey, Olympic decathlon gold medalist (1971)
• Brigitte Totschnig, skier (1979)

U

• Higinio Uriarte, president (1892)
• Nicole Uphoff, dressage (1989)

V

• Michel Vaillancourt, equestrian (1977)
• Abelardo Brugada Valpy, notary (1992)
• Tomas Varela, notary (1992)
• Getúlio Vargas, president of Brazil (1939)
• Gaspar Villamayor, lawyer (1994)
• Leonardo da Vinci, Italian scientist (1966)
• Lasse Viren, runner (1975)

W

• Maria Walliser, Olympian (1987)
• Felix Wankel, engine designer (1989)
• George Washington, president of the United States (1981)
• Markus Wasmeier, downhill (1987)
• Thomas Wassberg, cross country skiing (1980)
• Christiane Weber, team foil (1989)
• Richard von Weizsacker, president of Germany (1989)
• Franz Wembacher, luge (1984)
• Hanni Wenzel, slalom skiing (1979)
• Ed White, astronaut (1966)
• Hugo Wieslander, Olympic decathlon gold medalist (1971)
• Hans-Guenter Winkler, equestrian (1988)
• Klaus Wolfermann, javelin thrower (1977)
• Orville Wright, aviation pioneer (1977)
• Wilbur Wright, aviation pioneer (1977)

Y

• Fulgencio Yegros, first head of state (1927)
• John W. Young, US astronaut (1966)
• Paavo Yrjola, Olympic decathlon gold medalist (1971)

Z

• Ricardo Zamora, soccer player (1989)
• Ferdinand von Zeppelin, developer of the Zeppelin (1977)
• Ramon Zubizarreta, educator (1939)
• Pirmin Zurbriggen, downhill (1987)

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