page_title: List of people on the postage stamps of the United States
section_title: A
hierarchical_section_title: List of people on the postage stamps of the United States / A
caption_attribution_description: English: US stamp honoring Dante
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: Edwin Austin Abbey (2001) Illustrator
  Bud Abbott (1991) Comedian
  Edward R. Abrams (2008) Actor
  Dean Acheson (1993) Secretary of State
  Roy Acuff (2003) Country singer, musician, and songwriter
  Abigail Adams (1985) First Lady
  Ansel Adams (2002) Photographer
  John Adams (1938) 2nd President
  John Quincy Adams (1938) 6th President
  Samuel Adams (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  Jane Addams (1940) Social Worker
  Alvin Ailey (2004) Choreographer
  Josef Albers (1980) Artist
  Louisa May Alcott (1940) Author
  Buzz Aldrin (1994), (2019) Astronaut, engineer
  Horatio Alger, Jr. (1982) Author
  Dante Alighieri (1965) Poet
  Ethan Allen (1955) Green Mountain Boys leader
  Gracie Allen (2009) Comedian
  Richard Allen (2016) African-American bishop, founder of AME Church
  Steve Allen (2009) Comedian
  Fran Allison (2009) Actress
  C. Alfred "Chief" Anderson (2014) Aviator 
  Gilbert M. Anderson (Broncho Billy Anderson) (1998) Actor
  Marian Anderson (2005) Contralto
  Susan B. Anthony (1936) Suffragist, feminist, and abolitionist
  Antonello da Messina (1990) Painter
  Maya Angelou (2015) African American writer
  Virginia Apgar (1994) Physician
  Johnny Appleseed (1966) Conservationist
  Harold Arlen (1996) Composer
  Edwin Armstrong (1983) FM radio inventor
  Louis Armstrong (1995) Jazz singer, musician, and songwriter
  Neil Armstrong (1969), (2019) Astronaut, engineer
  Desi Arnaz (1999) Actor, producer and singer
  Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold (1988) Air Force General
  Chester A. Arthur (1938) 21st President
  Arthur Ashe (2005) Tennis player
  John James Audubon (1940) Naturalist, painter
  Stephen F. Austin (1936) Texas colonizer
  Gene Autry (2010) Actor
caption: Dante Alighieri on a 1965 stamp
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