# List of people on the postage stamps of Mexico

This is a list of people on postage stamps of Mexico, including the years in which they appeared on a stamp.
The list is complete through 2014.
* Top
* 0–9
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## 0–9

* 10 Venado Pechera de Tigre, Mixtec princess (1982)

## A

* Mariano Abasolo, hero of Independence (1910)
* Acamapichtli, Aztec ruler (1982)
* Manuel Acuña, poet (2013)
* Hermanas Águila, María Esperanza Águila (†1991) and María Paz Águila (†2004), singers (1995)
* Enrique Aguilar González (1904–1957), educator (2004)
* Cándido Aguilar Vargas, general (1997)
* Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán, anthropologist (2008)
* Lauro Aguirre Espinosa (1882–1928), educator (1994)
* Lucas Alamán, statesman and historian (1998)
* Juan Aldama, hero of Independence (1910, 1975, 1986)
* Miguel Alemán Valdés, president (1950, 2008)
* David Alfaro Siqueiros, painter (1975, 1996)
* Jorge Alessandri, president of Chile (1962)
* Vito Alessio Robles, historian (1988)
* Ignacio Allende, hero of Independence (1910, 1943, 1969, 1985, 1994, 2008)
* Ignacio Altamirano, writer (1984, 1986, 1995)
* Luis Álvarez Barret (1901–1971), educator (2000)
* Joaquín Amaro Domínguez, general (1997)
* Pedro María Anaya, president (1947, 1995)
* Soledad Anaya Solórzano (1895–1978), educator (1998)
* Felipe Ángeles, general (1997, 2014)
* Fanny Anitúa, mezzo-soprano (1983)
* Aristotle, Greek philosopher (1978)
* Pedro Armendáriz, film star (1993)
* Ponciano Arriaga, statesman (1956)
* Carlos Arruza, matador (1996)
* Dr. Atl, painter (1975) (painting Paricutín pictured 1971)
* Mariano Azuela, novelist (1974)
* José Azueta, naval lieutenant, hero (1964, 2014)

## B

* Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (1985)
* Lucas Balderas general (1947)
* José María Barceló de Villagrán (1819–1872), surgeon (1996)
* Luis Barragán, architect (interior staircase shown 2002)
* Gabino Barreda, philosopher (1968, 1981)
* Juan de la Barrera, cadet (1947)
* Baudouin I, Belgian king (1965)
* Gustavo Baz Prada, educator (1993)
* Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (1977) (handwritten score and signature pictured 1970)
* Lola Beltrán, singer and actress (1995)
* Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Argentine pope (2016)
* Felipe Berriozábal, general (1995)
* Rómulo Betancourt president of Venezuela (1965)
* Lucien Bianchi, Belgian race car driver (2018)
* Andrés Eloy Blanco, poet (1997)
* Adamo Boari, architect (2000)
* Simón Bolívar, South American liberator (1980, 1983)
* Ramón Guillermo Bonfil Viveros, educator and politician (2018)
* Juan Bosch, president of Dominican Republic (2009)
* Gilberto Bosques, diplomat (2015)
* Carlos Bracho (1899–1966), sculptor (1983)
* Alberto Braniff, aviation pioneer (2010)
* Nicolás Bravo, president (1986, 2010)
* Luis Buñuel, Spanish filmmaker (2000)

## C

* Luis Cabrera Lobato, politician and writer (1910)
* Plutarco Elías Calles, president (1995, 2000)
* Cantinflas, film star (1993, 2011)
* Enrique Carbajal "Sebastián", sculptor (sculpture shown 1996)
* Lázaro Cárdenas, president (1971, 1978, 1995, 2020)
* Emilio Carranza, aviator (1929, 1947, 1978)
* Jesús Carranza, general (1917)
* Venustiano Carranza, president (1916, 1938, 1960, 1967, 1985, 1995, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2020)
* Felipe Carrillo Puerto, governor (1974)
* Julián Carrillo, composer (1975)
* Pablo Casals, Spanish cellist (score of El pesebre shown 1976)
* Alfonso Caso, archaeologist (1996)
* Antonio Caso, philosopher (1983, 1988)
* Estefanía Castañeda Núñez, educator (1994, 2019)
* Isidro Castillo Pérez (1900–1988), educator (2006)
* Juan Ignacio María de Castorena Ursúa y Goyeneche, bishop and founder of the first Mexican periodical (1944)
* Guadalupe Ceniceros de Perez (1909–1968), educator (1999)
* Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish author (1975, Don Quijote shown 2005)
* Chabelo, television actor and host (2006)
* Carlos Chávez, composer (1983, 1999)
* Ignacio Chávez Sánchez, physician (1993, 1997)
* Chespirito, television director, writer and actor (2006)
* Francisco Javier Clavijero, priest and historian (1971, 1981)
* Genaro Codina (1852–1901), composer (1946)
* Rey Colimán (15th & 16th centuries), chief of the Colimas (1979)
* Christopher Columbus, navigator (1992)
* Jesús F. Contreras, sculptor (2016)
* Copernicus, Polish astronomer (1973)
* Dolores Correa Zapata, teacher, poet, feminist (2015)
* Daniel Cosío Villegas, economist and historian (2001)
* Cri-Cri (Francisco Gabilondo Soler), singer (1995)
* Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler (1915, 1950, 1975, 1980, 1995)
* Gonzalo Curiel, composer (1995)

## D

* Dante, Italian poet (1965)
* Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet (1966)
* Charles de Gaulle, French president (1964, 2014)
* Mario de la Cueva, educator and jurist (2001)
* Juan Antonio de la Fuente, politician and diplomat (2017)
* Santos Degollado, general (1995)
* Andrés Manuel del Río, scientist (1965)
* Dolores del Río, film star (1993)
* Demosthenes, Athenian orator (1974)
* Francisco Díaz Covarrubias, geographer (1973)
* Salvador Díaz Mirón, poet (1983)
* Ponciano Díaz Salinas (1856–1899), bullfighter (1999)
* Belisario Domínguez, martyr (1917, 1963)
* Miguel Domínguez, statesman (2005)
* Giovani dos Santos, football player (2010)
* Alfredo Dugès, botanist (1975)
* Albrecht Dürer, German painter (woodcut pictured 1971)

## E

* Thomas Alva Edison, US inventor (1981)
* Eight Deer Tiger Claw, Mixtec warrior (1980)
* Albert Einstein, Swiss physicist (1979, 2005)
* Willem Einthoven, Dutch physiologist (1972)
* Dieter Enkelin (1926-1995), entomologist (2011)
* Martín Enríquez de Almanza, viceroy (1946, 1956, 1979)
* Luis Enrique Erro, astronomer (1973, 1986)
* Mariano Escobedo, general (1997)
* Juan Escutia, cadet (1947)
* Fermín Espinosa "Armillita", bullfighter (1996, 2011))
* Enrique Estrada, general (1946)
* Genaro Estrada, diplomat and writer (1983)

## F

* Fabiola, Belgian queen (1965)
* Felipe II, Spanish king (1979)
* María Félix, movie star (1993)
* José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi, novelist (1972)
* Joaquín Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz, child subject of a painting by Nicolás Rodríguez Juárez (1996)
* Alexander Fleming, British scientist (1981)
* Ricardo Flores Magón, anarchist and labor organizer (2008)
* Adela Formoso de Obregón Santacilia (1905–1981), educator and feminist (2001)
* Pope Francis, Argentine pope (2016)
* Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist (1997)

## G

* Francisco Gabilondo Soler, singer (1995, 2007)
* Benita Galeana, feminist and suffragist (2020)
* Galileo, Italian astronomer (1971)
* Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan novelist (1984)
* Joaquín Gallo (1882–1965) astronomer (1973)
* Joaquín Gamboa Pascoe, labor leader and politician (2016)
* Manuel Gamio, anthropologist (1982)
* Gandhi, leader of India's Independence movement (1969)
* Pedro de Gante, missionary (1972)
* Rodolfo Gaona, bullfighter (1996)
* Alfonso García Robles, diplomat (1982)
* Jesús García Corona, railroad engineer, hero (2007)
* Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet (1998)
* Francisco García Salinas, statesman (1946)
* Francisco Garcia y Santos, Uruguayan postmaster general (1926)
* Ángel María Garibay K., philologist (1982)
* Gonzalo Garita y Frontera (1897–1921), engineer (2000)
* Lorenzo Garza Arrambide, (1909–1978), bullfighter (1996)
* Manuel Gea González (1892–1950), physician (1997)
* Ernest Charles Gimpel, subject of a painting by Ángel Zárraga (1986)
* Francisco Goitia, painter (1983)
* Federico Gómez Santos pediatrician (1993)
* Roberto Gómez Bolaños, television director, writer and actor (2006)
* Valentín Gómez Farías, president (1956, 1975, 1981, 1983)
* Manuel Gómez Morín, politician (1997)
* María Luisa Gonzaga Foncerrada y Labarrieta, subject of a painting by José María Vázquez (1765–1826) (1996)
* Epigmenio González, hero of Independence (1910)
* Francisco González Bocanegra, poet (2004)
* Guillermo González Camarena, inventor (1982)
* Luz González Cosío de López, founder of the Mexican Red Cross (2010)
* Roque González Garza, provisional president (2010)
* Enrique González Martínez, poet (1972)
* Jesús González Ortega, general and statesman (1946, 1981)
* Celestino Gorostiza, playwright (2004)
* João Goulart, Brazilian president (1962)
* Juan de la Granja, introduced telegraph to Mexico (2000)
* Andrés Guardado, football player (2010)
* Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo, viceroy (1960)
* Vicente Guerrero, hero of independence, president (1921, 1971, 1981, 1982, 1985, 2010)
* Ángela Gurría, sculptor (sculpture pictured 1976)
* Eulalio Gutiérrez Ortiz, general and provisional president (2010, 2014)
* Eulalia Guzmán, archeologist and teacher (2005)
* León Guzmán, statesman (1956, 1975)
* Martín Luis Guzmán, novelist (1985)
* Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta, wrestler (2008)
* Jorge Guzmán Rodríguez, wrestler (2008)

## H

* Guillermo Haro Barraza, astronomer (2013)
* Andrés Henestrosa, writer (1996, 2006)
* Francisco Hernández, naturalist (title page of book shown 1975)
* Javier Hernández, football player (2014)
* Juan E. Hernández y Dávalos, historian and collector of documents relating to Mexican Independence (1987)
* Saturnino Herrán, painter (1987)
* Alfonso L Herrera, biologist (1975, 2011)
* Maclovio Herrera, general (1917)
* Heinrich Rudolph Hertz, German physicist (1967)
* Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, hero of Independence (1856, 1861, 1864, 1868, 1872, 1874, 1910, 1940, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1976, 1985, 1986, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2016)
* El Hijo del Santo, wrestler (2008)
* Fernando Hiriart Balderrama, engineer (2014)
* Rowland Hill, British inventor (1979)
* Victor Hugo, French novelist (1985)
* Alexander von Humboldt, German explorer and naturalist (1960, 1999)

## I

* José María Iglesias, president (1987)
* Pedro Infante, movie star (1996)
* Agustín de Iturbide, general, emperor (1921)

## J

* José Alfredo Jiménez, singer-songwriter(1998)
* Mariano Jiménez, hero of Independence (1986)
* Miguel Jiménez (19th century), gastroenterologist (1975)
* Juana Inés de la Cruz, poet (1971, 1995, 2015, 2020)
* Juan Carlos I, Spanish king (1977)
* John Paul II, pope, (1990, 1999, 2004)
* Benito Juárez, president (1879, 1882, 1915, 1926, 1950, 1972, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2017)
* Margarita Maza de Juárez, first lady (1972)
* Juliana, Dutch queen (1964)
* Justinian I, Byzantine emperor (1972)

## K

* Frida Kahlo, painter (2001, 2006)
* John F. Kennedy, US president (1962, 1964)
* Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (1971)
* Martin Luther King, US civil rights leader (1968)
* Eusebio Francisco Kino, explorer (1987)
* Roberto Kobeh González, leader in civil aviation (2016)
* Robert Koch, German doctor (1982)

## L

* Francisco Lagos Cházaro, provisional president (2010)
* Bartolomé de las Casas, cleric (1933, 1966)
* Agustín Lara, composer (1995) (keyboard and signature pictured 1970)
* Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French saint and educator (2005)
* Miguel Layún, football player (2014)
* Antonio de León, general (1947)
* Miguel Lerdo de Tejada, composer (1974)
* Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, president (1974)
* Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer (1986)
* Xavier López, television actor and host (2006)
* Miguel López de Legazpi, conquistador (1964)
* Adolfo López Mateos. president (1964, 1994, 2010)
* José López Portillo, president (1977)
* Ignacio López Rayón, hero of Independence (1910, 1982, 2010)
* Ramón López Rayón, general (2010)
* Ramón López Velarde, poet (1946, 1972, 1988)
* Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet (1998)
* Rafael Lucio Nájera, doctor (1978)

## M

* Francisco I. Madero, president (1915, 1917, 1935, 1939, 1950, 1973 1985, 2008, 2009)
* Nelson Mandela, South African revolutionary and president (2013)
* Antonio Margil de Jesús, missionary (1946)
* Sor María Engracia Josefa del Santísimo Rosario (19th century), nun (2012)
* Francisco Márquez, cadet (1947)
* Rafael Márquez, football player (2014)
* José Martí, Cuban writer and national hero (1995)
* Manolo Martínez, bullfighter (1996)
* Mariano Matamoros, hero of Independence (1971)
* Maximilian I of Mexico, emperor (1866)
* James Clerk Maxwell, British physicist (1967)
* Margarita Maza de Juárez, first lady (1972)
* Agustín Melgar, cadet (1947)
* Laura Méndez de Cuenca, poet, educator and feminist (2014)
* Gregorio Méndez, soldier and politician (1964)
* Antonio de Mendoza, viceroy (1939)
* Carlos Mérida, Guatemalan painter (1991)
* Manuel de Mier y Terán, general (2010)
* Mil Máscaras, wrestler (2011)
* Francisco Javier Mina, hero of Independence (1989, 2010)
* Moctezuma I, Aztec ruler (1987)
* Mario José Molina Henríquez, chemist (1997)
* Fernando Montes de Oca, cadet (1947)
* José María Luis Mora, political thinker (1975, 1994)
* Rodolfo Morales, painter (painting shown 2001)
* José María Morelos, priest and hero of Independence (1915, 1934, 1956, 1963, 1965, 1985, 2005, 2008, 2015)
* Mario Moreno "Cantinflas", film star (1993, 2011)
* Pedro Moreno, hero of Independence (1967, 2010)
* Samuel Morse, US inventor and painter (2000)
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (1991, 2006)
* Francisco J. Múgica, soldier, revolutionary and politician (1984)
* Gerardo Murillo, painter (1975) (painting Paricutín pictured 1971)

## N

* Antonio Narro (†1912), philanthropist (1973)
* Jorge Negrete, film star (1993)
* Rodolfo Neri Vela, astronaut (1985, 2010)
* Amado Nervo, poet (1971)
* Nezahualcóyotl, ruler of Texcoco (1972, 1980, 2002)
* Nezahualpilli, ruler of Texcoco (1987)
* Luis Nishizawa, painter (family mon shown 1998)
* Isaac Newton, British physicist (1971)
* Ramón Novarro, actor (1986) (the name is misspelled Novaro on the stamp)
* Salvador Novo, poet (1975, 2004)
* Jaime Nunó, composer (2004)

## O

* Álvaro Obregón, president (1978)
* Melchor Ocampo, statesman (1940, 1956, 1975)
* Guillermo Ochoa, football player (2010)
* Ocho Venado Garra de Tigre, Mixtec warrior (1980)
* Isaac Ochoterena, biologist (1982)
* Edmundo O'Gorman, historian (2006)
* Juan O'Gorman, painter and architect (2005)
* Miguel Ojeda, baseball player (2010)
* Martín de Olivares (1574–1604), postmaster (1979)
* José Clemente Orozco, painter (1983) (painting pictured 1971)
* Mariano Otero, statesman (2007, 2017)
* Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, heroine of Independence (1910, 1979, 2008)
* Luis Ortiz Monasterio, sculptor (his sculpture El Dios de Hoy pictured 1979)
* Gilberto Owen, poet (2004)

## P

* Pakal, ruler of Palenque (2002)
* Louis Pasteur, French scientist (1995)
* Octavio Paz, poet and writer (2014)
* Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian president (1963)
* Carlos Pellicer, poet (1988, 1997)
* José Peón y Contreras, poet (1993)
* Carlos Alberto Peña, football player (2014)
* Ángela Peralta, soprano (1974, 1983)
* Oribe Peralta, football player (2014)
* Silverio Pérez, bullfighter (1996)
* Felipe Pescador, (1880-1929) railwayman (1989)
* Philip II, Spanish king (1979)
* Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter (1981) (painting shown 1974)
* José María Pino Suárez, vice-president (1917, 1986, 2008)
* Marco Polo, Italian explorer (1967)
* Manuel Ponce, composer (1974)
* José Guadalupe Posada, illustrator (engraving Don Quijote pictured 1963) (1988) (engraving La despedida shown 2002) (showing drawings 2013)
* Guillermo Prieto, poet and statesman (1956, 1963, 1997)
* Francisco Primo de Verdad y Ramos, martyr of independence (2008)

## Q

* Vasco de Quiroga, cleric (1940, 1971)

## R

* Emilio Rabasa, politician and writer (2012)
* Ignacio Ramírez, writer and statesman (1956, 1975)
* Rafael Ramírez Castañeda, educator (1994, 1997)
* Miguel Ramos Arizpe, priest and statesman (Constitution of 1824 shown 1993)
* Ramón Rayón, general (2010)
* Manuel Crescencio Rejón, jurist (1988)
* Silvestre Revueltas, composer (1974, 1999) (violin and bow pictured 1990)
* Alfonso Reyes, essayist and philosopher (1985, 1989)
* Manuel Rincón (1784–1849), commander of Mexican forces at the Battle of Churubusco. (1947)
* Gilberto Rincón Gallardo, politician (2018)
* José Rizal, Filipino national hero (1964)
* Diego Rivera, painter (1986)
* Rodolfo Robles, Guatemalan doctor (1974)
* Sóstenes Rocha, general (1995)
* Aaron Rodríguez, wrestler (2011)
* Pedro Rodríguez, race car driver (2018)
* Leonardo Rodríguez Alcaine, labor leader (2016)
* Wilhelm Roentgen, German physicist (1995)
* José Rubén Romero, novelist (1985)
* Eleanor Roosevelt, US first lady (1964)
* Franklin Delano Roosevelt, US president (1947)
* Juventino Rosas, composer (sheet music cover pictured 1972)
* Arturo Rosenblueth, physiologist (1975)
* Antonio M. Ruiz, painter (1988)
* Maximiliano Ruiz Castañeda, physician (1994)
* Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, president (1989)
* Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, playwright (1972)
* Horacio Ruiz Gaviño, (1893-1957) aviator (1967)
* Juan Rulfo, writer (1996, 2005)

## S

* Jaime Sabines, poet (2009)
* Moisés Sáenz Garza, educator (1994)
* Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French author and aviator (1994)
* Pedro Sainz de Baranda, naval captain (1987, 2005)
* Mario Salazar Mallén, physician (1993)
* José de San Martín, South American liberator (1973)
* José Luis Sandoval, baseball player (2010)
* Manuel Sandoval Vallarta, nuclear physicist (1982)
* El Santo (Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta), wrestler (2008)
* José Santos Valdés, educator (2020)
* Francisco Sarabia Tinoco (1900–1939), aviator (2000)
* Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentine intellectual and president (1975)
* Roberto Saucedo, baseball player (2010)
* Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (1978)
* Sebastián, sculptor (sculpture shown 1996)
* Bernardo Sepúlveda Gutiérrez, physician (1993)
* Aquiles Serdán, martyr (1917, 1977, 2008)
* Junípero Serra, missionary (1969)
* Justo Sierra, writer (1947, 1985, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2012)
* Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora, astronomer (1973)
* David Alfaro Siqueiros, painter (1975, 1996)
* Fernando Soler, film actor and director (1994)
* Heinrich von Stephan, German postmaster general (1974, 1997)
* Antonio Stradivarius, Italian violin maker (1987)
* Vicente Suárez, cadet (1947)

## T

* Rufino Tamayo, painter (his painting Dualidad 1964 pictured 1987; his Self-portrait pictured 1999)
* Tariácuri, Purépecha ruler (1982)
* Constantino de Tárnava (1898-1974), radio pioneer (1996)
* Servando Teresa de Mier, hero of independence (2010)
* U Thant, UN secretary-general (1966)
* Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav president (1963)
* Tlahuicole (also spelled Tlahuicolli), Tlaxcaltec warrior (1976)
* Manuel Tolsá, sculptor (his sculpture El caballito pictured 1976)
* Toña la Negra, singer (1995)
* Gerardo Torrado, football player (2010)
* Jaime Torres Bodet, writer and diplomat (1975, 2011, 2016, 2017)
* Gregorio Torres Quintero, educator and writer (1994, 2003)
* Lupita Tovar, actress (1981)
* Jacinto B. Treviño González, general (1997)
* Emilio Tuero, singer and film actor (1995)

## U

* Andrés de Urdaneta, navigator (1966)
* Virgilio Uribe, naval cadet, hero (1964, 2014)
* Francisco L. Urquizo, general and writer (1997)
* Rodolfo Usigli, playwright (2005)

## V

* Ignacio L. Vallarta Ogazón, statesman (2005)
* Leandro Valle, general (1987, 1995)
* Artemio del Valle Arizpe, writer and diplomat (1967, 1985)
* César Vallejo Peruvian poet (1988)
* Pedro Vargas, singer and film actor (1995)
* Ildefonso Vázquez, revolutionary general (1917)
* José Vasconcelos, statesman and philosopher (1982, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2011)
* José María Velasco, painter (1971)
* Joaquín Velázquez de León, jurist and mining reformer (1983)
* Fidel Velázquez Sánchez, union leader (2016)
* Jules Verne, French novelist (1976)
* Ricardo Vértiz (1848–1898), ophthalmologist (1976)
* Leona Vicario, spy and heroine of Independence (1910, 1915, 1985, 1989, 2020)
* Queen Victoria, portrayed on Penny Black (1940, 1990)
* Guadalupe Victoria, president (1986, 1993, 2010)
* Manuel Vilar, sculptor (sculpture of Tlahuicole pictured 1976)
* Francisco "Pancho" Villa, revolutionary leader (1978, 1985, 2009, 2010, 2014)
* Fernando Villalpando (1844-1902), musician (1946)
* Xavier Villaurrutia, poet (2002)
* Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer (1978)

## W

* George Washington, US president, portrayed on first US Postage Stamp (1947)
* Frank Wilson, US cardiologist (1972)

## X

* Xólotl, Chichimeca invader of the Valley of Mexico (1987)

## Y

* Agustín Yáñez, novelist (1985, 1997, 2004)

## Z

* Emiliano Zapata, revolutionary leader (1935, 1965, 1979, 1985, 1994, 2009, 2010, 2019)
* Rosaura Zapata Cano, educator (1994)
* Ignacio Zaragoza, general (1915, 1917, 1995, 2012)
* Francisco Zarco, journalist and statesman (1956)
* Salvador Zubirán, physician and nutricionist (1998)
* Juan Zumárraga, cleric, early printer (1939)
* Francisco Zúñiga, sculptor (sculpture shown 1994)