page_title: List of people on the postage stamps of the United States
section_title: B
hierarchical_section_title: List of people on the postage stamps of the United States / B
caption_attribution_description: English: 1940 Luther Burbank stamp
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: Mildred Bailey (1994) Jazz singer
  Ella Baker (2009) Civil rights leader
  Josephine Baker (2008) Singer
  George Balanchine (2004) Choreographer
  Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1913) Explorer
  Abraham Baldwin (1985) Statesman
  James Baldwin (2004) Author
  Lucille Ball (2001) Actress
  Benjamin Banneker (1980) Surveyor, astronomer, mathematician and almanac author
  Theda Bara (1994) Actress
  Francis Barbé-Marbois (1953) Louisiana Purchase negotiator
  Samuel Barber (1997) Composer
  John Bardeen (2008) Physicist
  Ethel Barrymore (1982) Actress
  John Barrymore (1982) Actor
  Lionel Barrymore (1982) Actor
  Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1985) Statue of Liberty sculptor
  Josiah Bartlett (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  Clara Barton (1948) American Red Cross founder
  John Bartram (1999) Botanist
  William Bartram (1999) Botanist
  Count Basie (1996) Jazz musician, bandleader, and composer
  John Basilone (2005) Marine, Medal of Honor recipient
  Daisy Bates (2009) Civil rights leader
  James Beard (2014) Chef, TV personality, cookbook author
  Romare Bearden (2011) Artist
  The Beatles (1999) Rock music band
  Jim Beckwourth (1994) Explorer
  Norman Bel Geddes (2011) Industrial designer
  Alexander Graham Bell (1940) Scientist, engineer, and telephone inventor
  Giovanni Bellini (1992) Painter
  Ruth Benedict (1995) Anthropologist
  Stephen Vincent Benét (1998) Author
  Jack Benny (1991) Comedian
  Thomas Hart Benton (1971) Painter
  Edgar Bergen (1991) Ventriloquist
  Milton Berle (2009) Comedian
  Irving Berlin (2002) Composer
  Leonard Bernstein (2001) Conductor, composer
  Mary McLeod Bethune (1985) Civil Rights advocate
  Albert Bierstadt (1998) Painter
  Hiram Bingham IV (2006) Diplomat
  George Caleb Bingham (1998) Painter
  Elizabeth Bishop (2012) Poet
  Emily Bissell (1980) Social Worker
  Hugo L. Black (1986) Supreme Court Justice
  Elizabeth Blackwell (1974) 1st U.S. female physician
  Montgomery Blair (1963) Lawyer, politician, postmaster general
  Eubie Blake (1995) Jazz musician and songwriter
  Harlon Block (1945) Iwo Jima
  Nellie Bly (2002) Journalist
  Humphrey Bogart (1997) Actor
  Charles E. Bohlen (2006) Diplomat
  Simón Bolívar (1958) South American revolutionary
  Daniel Boone (1942) Frontiersman
  Sandro Botticelli (1981) Painter
  Clara Bow (1994) Actress
  William Boyd (2009) Actor
  Elizabeth Boyer (2008) Actress
  John Bradley (1945) Iwo Jima
  Omar N. Bradley (2000) World War II Army General
  Louis Brandeis (2009) Supreme Court justice
  Mary Breckinridge (1998) Frontier Nursing Services founder
  William Brennan Jr. (2009) Supreme Court justice
  Fanny Brice (1991) Comedian
  Jim Bridger (1994) Western pioneer
  Joseph Brodsky (2012) Poet
  Gwendolyn Brooks (2012) Poet
  William Jennings Bryan (1986) Lawyer, politician
  Paul "Bear" Bryant (1997) Football coach
  James Buchanan (1938) 15th President
  Pearl S. Buck (1983) Author
  Charles Bulfinch (1979) Architect
  Ralph Bunche (1982) Diplomat, Nobel Laureate
  Luther Burbank (1940) Horticulturist
  Julia de Burgos (2010) Poet
  Arleigh Albert Burke (2010) Admiral
  John Burgoyne (1927) Revolutionary War General
  George Burns (2009) Comedian
  Raymond Burr (2009) Actor
  Edgar Rice Burroughs (2012) Author
  Richard E. Byrd (1988) Antarctic explorer
  George H. W. Bush (2019) 41st President
caption: Luther Burbank on a 1940 stamp
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