List of people on the postage stamps of the Netherlands Antilles

This article lists people who have been featured on the postage stamps of the Netherlands Antilles. 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.

This list is complete through 2021.

A

• Julio Antonio Abraham, founder of the Democratic Party of Bonaire (1976)
• Eduardo Adriana, sportsman and Olympic athlete (1998)

B

• Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts (1957)
• Beatrix of the Netherlands, queen of the Netherlands, 1980-2013 (1965)
• F. S. De Beer, friar (1986)
• Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, prince consort (1962)
• Jacob Binckes, Dutch commodore (1934)
• Louis Brion, military officer and fighter for South American independence (1934)

C

• I. H. Capriles, founder of Maduro and Curiel bank (1991)
• Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange, daughter of King Willem-Alexander (2004)
• Phelippi Benito Chakutoe, union leader (1996)
• Abraham Mendes Chumaceiro, political reformer (1989)
• Claus von Amsberg, prince and husband of Queen Beatrix (1992)
• J. A. Correa, founder of Maduro and Curiel bank (1991)
• Joseph Sickman Corsen, poet (1990)

D

• Nicholaas Debrot, community development leader (1988)
• José Dormoy, aviation pioneer (2009)
• Paula Clementina Dorner, teacher (1989)
• Abraham Jesurun Dz, unknown (1998)

E

• William Charles De La Try Ellis, community development leader (1988)
• Jan Hendrik Albert Eman, first Prime Minister of Aruba (1973)
• Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, queen regent of the Netherlands, 1879-90 (2007)
• Christiaan Josef Hendrikus Engels, physician, painter, pianist, and poet (1996)
• Cornelis Evertsen the Younger, Dutch Admiral (1934)

F

• Christina Elizabeth Flanders, social activist (1998)

G

• Lodewijk Daniel Gerharts, politician and promoter of tourism for Bonaire (1992)
• William Godden, founder of Mijnmaatschappij Phosphate Mining Co. ( 1988)
• nl:Wilson Godett, Dutch boxer and politician (1999)
• Costa Gomez, Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles (1972)
• Johannes de Graaff, governor of St. Eustatius (1976)

H

• Mary Gertrude Johnson Hassel, introduced lace making to Saba (1996)
• Charles Ernst Barend Hellmund, community development leader (1988)
• Frederik Hendrik, sovereign prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland (1934)
• Rowland Hill, inventor of the postage stamp and postal reformer (1980)

I

• Juan Enrique Irausquin, financier and patriot (1972)

J

• Atthelo Maud Edwards Jackson, community development leader (1988)
• Abraham Jesurun, unknown (1998)
• Freddy Johnson (aviation), aviation pioneer (2009)
• Efrain Jonckheer, diplomat (1994)
• John Ancieto de Jongh, pharmacist and member of Parliament (1989)
• Juliana of the Netherlands, queen of the Netherlands (1948)

K

• Ferdinand Kieckens, friar (1986)
• Evert Stephanus Jordanus Kruythoff, poet (1990)

L

• Joseph Huserell Lake, politician and journalist (1994)
• Angela Altagracia de Lannoy-Willems, politician and social activist (1992)
• Pierre Lauffer, Curaçaoan writer and poet (1985)

M

• Nelson Mandela, president of South Africa (2005)
• Salomon Elias Levi Maduro, founder of S. E. L. Maduro Shipping (1987)
• Cornelius Marten, spiritual care giver on Bonaire (1996)
• Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti, queen of the Netherlands (2002)

N

• Gerrit Simeon Newton, unknown (1998)
• Carlos Alberto Nicolaas-Perez, poet (1990)
• Martinus J. Niewindt, first apostolic vicar for Curaçao (1960)

O

• Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish explorer, governor and conquistador (1949)

P

• Jacobo Palm, composer (1989)
• Rudolf Theodorus Palm, composer (1981)
• Manuel Carlos Piar, independence hero (1967)
• John de Pool, poet (1990)

Q

There are no persons in this list whose surname starts with the letter “Q”

R

• Rembrandt, Dutch painter, printmaker and draughtsman (2006)
• Michiel Martinus Romer, educator (1994)
• Eleanor Roosevelt, American political figure, diplomat, and activist (1984)
• Joseph Roulin, postman and friend of van Gogh (2005)
• Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (1966)

S

• Leonard B. Smith (engineer), engineer (1978)
• Lionel Bernard Scott, architect and statesman (1974)
• John Horris Sprockel, politician of the Netherlands Antilles and first president (1988)
• Peter Stuyvesant, last Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland (1982)

T

There are no persons in this list whose surname starts with the letter “T”

U

• Willem Usselincx, Flemish Dutch merchant, investor and diplomat (1934)

V

• Vincent van Gogh, painter (2005)
• Cedric Virginie, handicapped worker at Public Library (1995)
• Mauritius Vliegendehond, friar (1986)

W

• Cyrus Wilberforce Wathey, businessman and philanthropist (1992)
• Norman Chester Wathey (aviation), aviation pioneer (2009)
• Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, queen of the Netherlands, 1890-1948 (1892 )
• Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, king of the Netherlands, 2013- (2002)
• William the Silent, revolutionary leader (1933)
• William III of the Netherlands, king of the Netherlands, 1849-90 (1873)
• Carel Nicolaas Winkel, public figure and social worker (1994)
• Christiaan Winkel, deputy governor of Netherlands Antilles (1992)

X

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

Y

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

Z

There are no persons in this list whose surname starts with the letter “Z”

Sources

• 2021 Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue, Vol. 5A, ©2021, Amos Media Co., Sidney, OH
• NVPH Speciale catalogus 2003, Postzegels van Nederland en overzeese rijksdelen, ©2002, NVPH, s’Gravenhage

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