page_title: List of people on the postage stamps of the United States
section_title: W
hierarchical_section_title: List of people on the postage stamps of the United States / W
caption_attribution_description: English: US stamp honoring Daniel Webster
context_page_description: Since the United States Post Office issued its first stamp in 1847, over 4,000 stamps have been issued and over 800 people featured. Many of these people have been featured on multiple stamps. Every one was deceased at the time their face appeared on a stamp.
  For the purpose of this list, "featured" may mean:
  The likeness of a person,
  The name of a person, or
  People who have neither their likeness nor name on a stamp, but are documented by the United States Postal Service as being the subject of a stamp.
context_section_description: Honus Wagner (2000) Baseball player
  Madam C.J. Walker (1998) Philanthropist
  Mary Edwards Walker (1982) Army surgeon
  DeWitt Wallace (1998) Publisher
  Lila Wallace (1998) Publisher
  Raoul Wallenberg (1997) Humanitarian
  George Walton (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  Clara Ward (1998) Gospel singer and songwriter
  Andy Warhol (2002) Painter
  "Pop" Warner (1997) Football coach
  Earl Warren (1992) Chief Justice
  Robert Penn Warren (2005) Author and poet
  Booker T. Washington (1940) Educator
  Dinah Washington (1993) Blues singer
  Fredi Washington (2008) Actress
  George Washington (1847) 1st President
  John P. Washington (1948) Chaplain (1st Lt.), U.S. Army
  Martha Washington (1902) First Lady
  Ethel Waters (1994) Blues singer and actress
  Muddy Waters (1994) Blues singer, musician, and songwriter
  Stand Watie (1995) Confederate General
  Carleton Watkins (2002) Photographer
  Franz Waxman (1999) Composer
  Anthony Wayne (1929) Revolutionary War General
  John Wayne (1990) Actor
  Jack Webb (2009) Actor
  Daniel Webster (1870) Statesman
  Noah Webster (1958) Author
  Orson Welles (1999) Actor/film director
  Ida B. Wells (1990) Civil Rights advocate, feminist
  Benjamin West (1956) Painter
  Joseph West (1930) Charleston Governor
  Edward Weston (2002) Photographer
  Clifton R. Wharton, Sr. (2006) Diplomat
  Edith Wharton (1980) Author
  Joseph Wharton (1981) Wharton School of Business founder
  William Whipple (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  James McNeill Whistler (1934) Painter
  Jon Whitcomb (2001) Illustrator
  Josh White (1998) Folk singer, musician, songwriter, and actor
  Minor White (2002) Photographer
  Paul Dudley White (1986) Cardiologist
  Walter Francis White (2009) Civil rights leader
  William Allen White (1948) Newspaper editor
  Wabokieshiek (White Cloud) (1998) Iowa Chief
  Walt Whitman (1940) Poet
  Eli Whitney (1940) Cotton gin inventor
  John Greenleaf Whittier (1940) Poet
  Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (1990) Tennis player
  Billy Wilder (2012) Motion picture director
  Thornton Wilder (1997) Playwright
  Harvey W. Wiley (1956) Chemist
  Charles Wilkes (1988) Antarctic explorer
  Roy Wilkins (2001) Civil Rights advocate
  Frances E. Willard (1940) Educator
  Hank Williams (1993) Country singer, musician, and songwriter
  Roger Williams (1936) Rhode Island co-founder
  Ted Williams (2012) Baseball player
  Tennessee Williams (1995) Playwright
  William Williams (Continental Congress) (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  William Carlos Williams (2012) Poet
  William Haliday Williams (1912) Rural mail carrier and Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
  Thomas Willing (1976) Continental Congressman
  Frances E. Willis (2006) Diplomat
  Wendell Willkie (1992) Statesman
  Bob Wills (1993) Country musician and songwriter
  Meredith Willson (1999) Composer, playwright
  James Wilson (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  Woodrow Wilson (1925) 28th President
  Garry Winogrand (2002) Photographer
  John Witherspoon (1976) Declaration of Independence signatory
  Oliver Wolcott (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  Thomas Wolfe (2000) Author
  Grant Wood (1996) Painter
  Carter G. Woodson (1984) Historian
  Frank Lloyd Wright (1965) Architect
  Orville Wright (1928) Aviation pioneer
  Richard Wright (2009) Writer
  Russel Wright (2011) Industrial designer
  Wilbur Wright (1928) Aviation pioneer
  Newell Convers Wyeth (2001) Illustrator
  George Wythe (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
caption: Daniel Webster on an 1890 stamp
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