# List of people on the postage stamps of Portugal

This is a list of people who have appeared on the postage stamps of Portugal
* 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

## A

* Adam, first man, according to the Bible (1998)
* Afonso I, king (1926; 1940; 1947; 1955; 2009)
* Afonso II, king (1955)
* Afonso III, king (1955)
* Afonso IV, king (1955)
* Afonso V, king (1994; 1996)
* Alfonso de Portugal, Grandmaster (2013)
* Joaquim Agostinho, cyclist (2005)
* Agrippina the Elder, Roman matron (1993)
* Albert I, prince of Monaco (1996)
* Matias de Albuquerque, colonial administrator (1928)
* Tomás Alcaide [pt], tenor (2001)
* Woody Allen, American filmmaker, actor and musician (2000)
* Brites de Almeida, heroine of Independence (1927)
* José de Almada Negreiros, painter (Self-Portrait 1993; 2005)
* António José de Almeida, politician (1979)
* Almeida Garrett, poet, playwright, novelist (1957; 1999)
* Nuno Álvares Pereira, general, saint (1926; 1928; 1931; 1933; 1949; 2009)
* Dino Alves , fashion designer (2004)
* Laura Alves, actress (1996)
* Manuel Alves , fashion designer (2004)
* Amélia de Orleães, queen (2005)
* José de Anchieta, missionary (1997)
* Angel of the Annunciation, archangel (1993)
* Carolina Beatriz Ângelo, feminist (2009)
* António de Lisboa, Franciscan saint (1895; 1931; 1933; 1981; 1995)
* António Moreira Antunes [pt], cartoonist (2005)
* José de Azeredo Perdigão [pt], foundation president (1996)

## B

* Robert Baden-Powell, British general and founder of scouting (2007)
* Nuno Baltazar , fashion designer (2004)
* João de Barros, historian (1996)
* Bartolomeu dos Mártires, theologian and archbishop (1990)
* Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish inventor (1976)
* Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, poet (1966)
* Miguel Bombarda, psychiatrist and politician (2001)
* João Domingos Bomtempo, composer (1974)
* José Bonifácio, Brazilian statesman (1972)
* Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, painter (2007)
* Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, artist, cartoonist (1992; 2005)
* Teófilo Braga, writer and politician (1979)
* Fernando II, Duke of Braganza, nobleman (1965)
* João Carlos de Bragança, nobleman (1980)
* Louis Braille, musician and inventor of braille (2009)
* João Branco , fashion designer (2004)
* João de Brito, missionary and saint (1948)
* Félix Avelar Brotero, botanist (1944)
* Luís Buchinho, fashion designer (2004)

## C

* Adelaide Cabete, physician and feminist (2009)
* Pedro Álvares Cabral, explorer (1945; 1969; 1992; 2000)
* Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, explorer (1969; 1994)
* Luís da Câmara Pestana [pt], bacteriologist (1966; 1999)
* Luís de Camões, poet (1898; 1911; 1924; 1972; 1980)
* Diogo Cão, explorer (1945; 1986; 1991)
* Bento de Jesus Caraça, mathematician (2001)
* Carlos I, king (1892–93; 1895–96; 1996)
* António Óscar Carmona, president (1934; 1945; 1970)
* Stuart Carvalhais [pt], cartoonist (2005)
* Rómulo de Carvalho, poet (2006)
* Camilo Castelo Branco, writer (1925; 1990)
* Álvaro de Castro, politician (1980)
* João de Castro, viceroy of India (1994)
* Ana de Castro Osório, feminist writer (2009)
* João Chagas, journalist and politician (1979)
* Augusto Cid, cartoonist (2005)
* João Cid dos Santos [pt], physician (1999)
* José Eduardo Coelho [pt] journalist (1964)
* Christopher Columbus, explorer (1988 - Madeira, 1992)
* José Correia da Serra, naturalist (1966)
* João Vaz Corte-Real, navigator (ship shown on stamp, 1966)
* Jaime Cortesão, historian and politician (1980)
* Pêro da Covilhã, diplomat and explorer (1988)
* Afonso Costa, politician (1979)
* Costa Motta (tio) [pt], sculptor (1971)
* Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz, priest, blessed (1960)
* Álvaro Cunhal, politician (2005)
* Marie Curie, Polish physicist and chemist (1998)

## D

* Charles Darwin, English naturalist (2009)
* Humberto Delgado, air force general and politician (2006)
* João de Deus, poet (1996)
* Bartolomeu Dias, explorer (1945; 1992)
* Dinis I, king (1955; 1976; 1997)
* Walt Disney, American filmmaker, animator and entrepreneur (2001)
* Afonso Domingues [pt], architect (1949)
* José Domingues dos Santos, politician (1980)
* Martinho de Dume, archbishop and saint (1953)

## E

* Gil Eanes, explorer (1945; 1984; 1991)
* Eça de Queiroz, novelist (1995; 2000)
* António Egas Moniz, neurologist (1966; 1974; 1983; 1999)
* Albert Einstein, Swiss physicist (2000; 2005)
* Eleanor, queen (1958; 1985)
* José Elias Garcia, journalist and politician (1979)
* Elizabeth of Portugal, queen and saint (1958)
* Robert Esnault-Pelterie, French spaceflight theorist (1975)
* Florbela Espanca, poet (1994)
* Ricardo Espírito Santo, banker and philanthropist (2003)
* Eusébio, footballer (2005)

## F

* Filipe Faísca, fashion designer (2004)
* João Fernandes Andeiro [pt], Galician count (1983)
* Pedro Fernandes de Queiroz, navigator (1994)
* João Fernandes Vieira [pt], colonial liberator and governor (1968)
* Fernando, prince and saint (1949)
* Fernando I, king (1955)
* Fernando II, king of Aragon (1994)
* Fernando II, duke of Braganza (1965)
* Fernando IV, king of Castile (1997)
* Joaquim Ferreira dos Santos [pt], merchant and philanthropist (1993)
* José Maria Ferreira de Castro, writer (1998)
* António Joaquim Ferreira da Silva [pt] (1853-1923), chemist (1956)
* Fialho de Almeida, writer (2007)
* Filipa de Lencastre, queen (1949)
* Francis of Assisi, Italian monk and saint (1982; 2009)
* Francisco Xavier, missionary (1952; 2006)
* Francisco Franco de Sousa [pt], sculptor (1971)
* Luís Fróis, missionary (1997)

## G

* Gabriel, archangel (1962; 1993)
* Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho, aviator pioneer (1923; 1969; 1972)
* Vasco da Gama, explorer (1898; 1911; 1945; 1969; 1980; 1992; 1996; 1997; 1998)
* Ruy Roque Gameiro, sculptor (1971)
* Francisco Gentil [pt], oncologist (1999)
* Robert H. Goddard, American rocket scientist (1975)
* Bento de Góis, missionary, explorer (1968)
* Damião de Góis, philosopher (1974; 2002)
* Guilherme Gomes Fernandes (1850-1902), firefighter (1953)
* Diogo Gomes, explorer (1991)
* Estêvão Gomes, cartographer and explorer (1993)
* Francisco Gomes Teixeira, mathematician (1952)
* José Manuel Gonçalves, fashion designer (2004)
* Nuno Gonçalves de Faria [pt], patriot (1973)
* Joana de Gouveia, heroine of Independence (1928)
* Guerra Junqueiro, poet (1951)
* Guiomar de Sá Vilhena, landowner (1996 - Madeira)
* Calouste Gulbenkian, Armenian oil pioneer, philanthropist, art collector (1965; 2006)
* Bartolomeu de Gusmão, inventor (1983)

## H

* Paul Harris, American founder of Rotary Clubs (2005)
* Henrique, o Navegador, prince, patron of exploration (1894; 1935; 1949; 1960; 1994)
* Henrique de Borgonha, count of Portugal (1996)
* Alexandre Herculano, novelist and historian (1977)
* Celso Hermínio [pt], cartoonist (2005)
* Augusto Hilário [pt], singer (1996)
* Rowland Hill, English postal reformer (1940; 1990)
* Pedro Homem de Melo [pt], poet (2004)

## I

* Innocent III, pope (2009)
* Isabel, queen of Portugal and saint (1958)
* Isabel de Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy (1991)
* Roberto Ivens, explorer and colonial administrator (1998)

## J

* James the Greater, apostle and patron saint of Spain (1984)
* Jesus, central figure of Christianity (1974; 1977; 1979; 1981; 1983; 1995; 2000)
* Joana, princess and blessed, called saint in Portugal (1953)
* João I, king (1926; 1983; 1949; 2004; 2007)
* João II, king (1981; 1992; 1994)
* João IV, king (1926; 1940; 1995; 2004)
* João VI, king (2008)
* João de Deus, saint (1950; 1995)
* John XXI, pope (1977)
* John Paul II, pope (1982; 2000)
* Ricardo Jorge [pt], hygienist (1966; 1999; 2008)
* José I, king (1969; 1995)
* Joseph, saint, husband of Mary (1974; 1977; 1979; 1981; 1983)

## K

* Alfredo Keil, composer and painter (1990)
* Robert Koch, German physician (1982)

## L

* Leal da Câmara [pt], painter and cartoonist (2005)
* José Leite de Vasconcelos, ethnographer (1966)
* Maximiano Lemos [pt], medical historian (1966)
* José Leitão de Barros, film director (1996)
* Leonor de Avis, queen (1958; 1985)
* João de Lisboa, navigator (1993)
* Duarte Lobo, composer (1974)
* Carlos Lopes, long-distance runner and footballer (2005)
* Fátima Lopes, fashion designer (2004)
* Fernão Lopes, chronicler (1949; 1995)
* Henrique Lopes de Mendonça, poet and playwright (1990)
* Pero Lopes de Sousa [pt], navigator (1994)
* Fernando Lopes-Graça, composer (2006)
* António Lopes Ribeiro, film director (1996)
* Ilse Losa, novelist (2013)
* Luís I, king (1862–64; 1866–67; 1867–70; 1870–76; 1879–90; 1880–81; 1882–83; 1884–87; 1884; 1892–1893; 1980; 1989; 2002)

## M

* Bernardino Machado, president (2001)
* Fernão de Magalhães, explorer (1945; 1993)
* Sebastião de Magalhães Lima [pt], journalist and statesman (1978)
* Ferdinand Magellan, explorer (1945; 1993)
* José Malhoa, painter (2005)
* Manuel I, king (1995; 1996)
* Manuel II, king (1910)
* João Abel Manta, cartoonist (2005)
* Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor (2000)
* Maria I, queen (1997)
* Maria II, queen (1853; 1935; 1953; 2003)
* Mark the Evangelist, apostle (1993)
* Bernardo Marques, painter (painting shown 1998)
* Martinho de Dume, archbishop and saint (1953)
* Osvaldo Martins, fashion designer (2004)
* Jaime Martins Barata, painter (1999)
* Jacinta and Francisco Marto, siblings who saw visions of Mary (1992; 2000)
* Mary, saint, mother of Jesus (1946; 1950; 1956; 1967; 1974; 1977; 1979; 1981; 1983; 1993; 2000)
* Fernão Mendes Pinto, explorer (1980)
* Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Brazilian president (1973)
* Thomaz de Mello [pt], graphic artist (2006)
* Gonçalo Mendes da Maia, knight, military commander (1927)
* Michael, archangel (1993)
* Carolina Michaëlis, philologist (2001; 2009)
* Aureliano de Mira Fernandes [pt], mathematician (2008)
* Jean Monnet, French statesman (1988)
* Gil Montalverne de Sequeira [pt], politician, promoter of autonomy for the Azores (1995 - Azores)
* Aristides Moreira da Mota [pt], politician, promoter of autonomy for the Azores (1995 - Azores)
* Alexandra Moura [pt], fashion designer (2004)
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (1993; 2006)

## N

* Natália Correia, poet (1996 - Azores)
* Vitorino Nemésio, poet (1999 - Azores, 2001)
* António Nicolau de Almeida, football (soccer) enthusiast (2005)
* Manuel da Nóbrega, missionary (1954)
* José Norton de Matos, politician (1980; 1999)
* João da Nova, Galician explorer (1992)
* Pedro Nunes, mathematician and geographer (1978; 2002)

## O

* Hermann Oberth, Romanian rocket scientist (1975)
* Manoel de Oliveira, film director (2008)
* Joaquim Pedro de Oliveira Martins, historian and politician (1994)
* Our Lady of Fátima (1950; 1967)
* Our Lady of the Conception (1946; 1997)

## P

* Duarte Pacheco Pereira, explorer and cartographer (1993)
* Gualdim Pais, crusader, knight (1928)
* Passos Manuel, politician (1986)
* Vincent de Paul, French saint (1963)
* Aurélio Paz dos Reis [pt], cinema pioneer (1996)
* Pedro I, king (1955)
* Pedro IV, king, also emperor of Brazil as Pedro I (1972; 1984)
* Pedro V, king (1855–56; 1856–58; 1961; 2002)
* António Pedro, painter, writer, actor (2009)
* António Xavier Pereira Coutinho, botanist (1966)
* Soeiro Pereira Gomes, writer (2009)
* Bartolomeu Perestrelo, explorer (1990)
* Fernando Pessoa, poet (1975; 1985; 2000)
* Raul Maria Pereira , architect (2007)
* Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy (1991)
* Philippa of Lancaster, queen (1949)
* João Pinto Ribeiro [pt], conspirator (1927)
* Manuel Pinto da Fonseca, Grandmaster (2013)
* Pius XII, pope (1951)
* Marquis of Pombal, statesman (1972; 1982; 1999)
* Marcos Portugal, composer (1974)
* Henrique Pousão, painter (2009)

## Q

* Virgínia Quaresma, (1882-1973), journalist (2009)
* Antero de Quental, poet (1991)

## R

* João das Regras, jurist (1927; 1949)
* José Régio, writer (2001)
* Pedro Reinel, cartographer (1985)
* José Relvas, politician (2008)
* Aquilino Ribeiro, novelist (1985)
* Pilar Ribeiro, mathematician (2011)
* João Baptista Ribeiro [pt], painter and engraver (1986)
* João Rodrigues Cabrilho, explorer (1969; 1994)
* José Rodrigues Miguéis, writer (2001)
* Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer (1993)

## S

* Francisco Sá Carneiro, political leader (1990)
* Sacadura Cabral, aviator (1923; 1972)
* Ana Salazar [pt], fashion designer (2004)
* António de Oliveira Salazar, prime minister, dictator (1971)
* Samuel Azavey Torres de Carvalho [pt] (known as "Sam"), cartoonist (his character Guarda Ricardo shown, 2005)
* José Saramago, novelist (1998)
* Luís Sanchez , fashion designer (2004)
* Sancho I, king (1955)
* Sancho II, king (1955)
* Sebastião Sanhudo, cartoonist (2005)
* Francisco dos Santos (sculptor) [pt], sculptor (1971)
* Lúcia Santos, nun who saw visions of Mary (1992)
* Reinaldo dos Santos, physician and art historian (1999)
* Vasco Santana actor (1996)
* Sebastião I, king (1990)
* Carlos Seixas, composer (1974)
* António Sérgio, thinker and educator (1980)
* Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, explorer and colonial administrator (1980)
* José António Serrano (1851-1904), surgeon, anatomist (1966)
* Alfredo da Silva [pt], industrialist (2008)
* António Silva, film actor (1996)
* Agostinho da Silva, philosopher (2006)
* Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, footballer (2005)
* Manuel da Silva Passos, politician (1986)
* Diogo de Silves, explorer (1990)
* José Simões de Almeida (sobrinho) (1880-1950), sculptor (1971)
* Tomé de Sousa, governor-general of Brazil (1972)
* João de Sousa Carvalho, composer (1974)
* Emília de Sousa Costa (1877-1959), feminist, women's education advocate and author (2009)
* Aristides de Sousa Mendes, diplomat (1995)
* Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, painter (1987)
* Heinrich von Stephan, German postmaster general (1999)

## T

* Manuel Teixeira Gomes, politician and writer (1980)
* António Teixeira Lopes, sculptor (1971)
* José António Tenente , fashion designer (2004)
* Teotónio, saint (1958)
* Teresa de Leão, countess of Portugal (1996)
* Luísa Todi, mezzo-soprano (1974)
* Miguel Torga, writer (2007)
* Nuno Tristão, explorer (1991)
* Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian rocket scientist (1975)

## V

* Francisco Valença (1882-1962), illustrator and cartoonist (2005)
* Luís Mendes de Vasconcellos, colonial governor and Grandmaster (2013)
* Tristão Vaz Teixeira, explorer (1990)
* Maria Veleda (1871-1955), feminist (2009)
* Gonçalo Velho, explorer (1945, 1989 - Azores)
* Cesário Verde, poet (1957)
* Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (1993)
* José Vianna da Motta, composer (1969)
* Gil Vicente, playwright (1937)
* Angelina Vidal, feminist writer (2009)
* António Vieira, missionary, writer and orator (1997; 2008)
* Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, painter (1996; 2008)
* Filipa de Vilhena, patriot (1926)
* António Manoel de Vilhena, Grandmaster (2013)
* Luiz Villas-Boas [pt], jazz musician (2009)
* Vímara Peres, count of Portugal (1995)
* Vincent of Saragossa, patron saint of Lisbon (1995)
* Virgin of the Annuciation (1993)

## W

* Richard Wagner, German composer (1993)

## Z

* João Gonçalves Zarco, explorer (1945; 1968; 1981; 1990)
* Zeno, saint (1962)