List of people on the postage stamps of Portugal

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

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, 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, cartoonist (2005)
 * José de Azeredo Perdigão, 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, 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, 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, physician (1999)
 * José Eduardo Coelho 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), 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, 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, Galician count (1983)
 * Pedro Fernandes de Queiroz, navigator (1994)
 * João Fernandes Vieira, 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, merchant and philanthropist (1993)
 * José Maria Ferreira de Castro, writer (1998)
 * António Joaquim Ferreira da Silva (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, 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, 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, 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, cartoonist (2005)
 * Augusto Hilário, singer (1996)
 * Rowland Hill, English postal reformer (1940; 1990)
 * Pedro Homem de Melo, 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, 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, painter and cartoonist (2005)
 * José Leite de Vasconcelos, ethnographer (1966)
 * Maximiano Lemos, 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, 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, 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, graphic artist (2006)
 * Gonçalo Mendes da Maia, knight, military commander (1927)
 * Michael, archangel (1993)
 * Carolina Michaëlis, philologist (2001; 2009)
 * Aureliano de Mira Fernandes, mathematician (2008)
 * Jean Monnet, French statesman (1988)
 * Gil Montalverne de Sequeira, politician, promoter of autonomy for the Azores (1995 - Azores)
 * Aristides Moreira da Mota, politician, promoter of autonomy for the Azores (1995 - Azores)
 * Alexandra Moura, 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, 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, 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, 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, fashion designer (2004)
 * António de Oliveira Salazar, prime minister, dictator (1971)
 * Samuel Azavey Torres de Carvalho (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), 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, 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, 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)