page_title: List of people on the postage stamps of the United States
section_title: P
hierarchical_section_title: List of people on the postage stamps of the United States / P
caption_attribution_description: English: US stamp honoring Salem Poor
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: William Paca (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1960) Polish Prime Minister
  Satchel Paige (2000) Baseball player
  Robert Treat Paine (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  Thomas Paine (1965) Journalist
  Nathaniel Palmer (1988) Antarctic explorer
  George Papanicolaou (1978) Cytologist
  Al Parker (2001) Illustrator
  Charlie Parker (1995) Jazz musician and composer
  Dorothy Parker (1992) Author
  Francis Parkman (1965) Historian
  Rosa Parks (2013) Civil rights activist
  Maxfield Parrish (2001) Illustrator
  Alden Partridge (1985) Educator
  George S. Patton, Jr. (1953) World War II Army General
  Alice Paul (1995) Suffragist and feminist
  Linus Pauling (2008) Chemist
  Ethel L. Payne (2002) Journalist
  Charles Willson Peale (1955) Painter
  Rembrandt Peale (1998) Painter
  Rubens Peale  (1998)  Painter
  Robert Edwin Peary (1959) Arctic explorer
  Gregory Peck, (2011) Actor
  Phoebe Pember (1995) Confederate nurse
  William Penn (1932) Pennsylvania founder
  Claude Pepper (2000) Senator
  Frances Perkins (1980) Secretary of Labor
  Matthew Perry (1953) Navy Commodore
  Oliver Hazard Perry (1870) Naval officer
  John J. Pershing (1961) World War I General
  Perugino (1986) Painter
  John Frederick Peto (1974) Painter
  Ammi Phillips (1998) Painter
  Coles Phillips (2001) Illustrator
  Édith Piaf (2012) Singer
  Ben Pickett (1994) brother of Bill Pickett, accidentally placed on stamp when his brother Bill was meant to appear; stamp recalled and replaced
  Bill Pickett (1994) Wild West performer
  Franklin Pierce (1938) 14th President
  Sano di Pietro (1997) Painter
  William T. Piper (1990) Aviation pioneer
  ZaSu Pitts (1994) Actress
  Sylvia Plath (2012) Poet
  Pocahontas (1907) Algonquian princess
  Edgar Allan Poe (1949) Author
  Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (1987) Chicago settler
  Clark V. Poling (1948) One of the Four Chaplains
  George Polk (2008) Journalist
  James K. Polk (1938) 11th President
  Jackson Pollock (1999) Painter
  Lily Pons (1997) Soprano
  Rosa Ponselle (1997) Soprano
  Salem Poor (1975) Revolutionary War soldier
  Cole Porter (1991) Composer and songwriter
  David D. Porter (1937) Civil War naval officer
  Katherine Anne Porter (2006) Author
  Emily Post (1998) Author
  Wiley Post (1979) Aviator
  John Wesley Powell (1969) Geologist
  Albert Préjean (2008) Actor
  Elvis Presley (1993, 2015) Rock and roll singer and musician
  Joseph Priestley (1983) Chemist
  Tito Puente (2011) Drummer
  Kazimierz Pułaski (1931) Revolutionary War soldier (spelled Casimir Pulaski on the stamp)
  Joseph Pulitzer (1947) Journalist
  Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller (2005) Marine Corps General
  Rufus Putnam (1937) Northwest Territory settler
  Ernest Taylor Pyle (1971) Journalist
  Howard Pyle (1964) Illustrator
caption: Salem Poor on a 1975 stamp
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