List of philatelists

This is a list of philatelists, persons notable for their contributions to philately.

B

 * David Beech MBE FRPSL, "Former President of the Royal Philatelic Society London, Head Curator of the Philatelic Collection of the British Library"
 * Oscar Berger-Levrault
 * Kasimir Bileski
 * Ferdinand of Bulgaria

C

 * Gustave Caillebotte
 * Samuel Chapman, Mexico
 * Daniel Cooper, founder and first president of Philatelic Society of London
 * Jal Cooper
 * J. Howard Crocker, life member of the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada

D

 * Paul Darke, founder of the largest recorded collection of disability themed stamps in the world
 * Gerald Davis
 * C.D. Desai
 * Emilio Diena, ancient Italian state specialist

E

 * Robert Brisco Earée, Album Weeds
 * Edward B. Evans, "Major Evans"

F

 * David Feldman
 * Adelaide Lucy Fenton, early female philatelist
 * Philipp von Ferrary

G

 * Edward Stanley Gibbons, British dealer
 * Arthur William Sinclair Gray was an Australian known for his collection of "Kangaroo and Map" stamps
 * John Edward Gray
 * Colonel Green
 * Bill Gross, third person to form a complete 19th-century US collection

H

 * Abraham Hatfield, signer of Roll of Distinguished Philatelists and plater of the New York Postmaster's Provisional
 * George Higlett
 * Heinrich Himmler
 * Arthur Hind

K

 * Hiroyuki Kanai, Mauritius collection
 * Anatoly Karpov
 * George V of the United Kingdom, royal collector
 * Adolph Koeppel

L

 * Pierre Langlois
 * Henry G. Lapham, Grand Award at the 1936 Third International Philatelic Exhibition
 * H. Dormer Legge
 * Alfred Lichtenstein
 * James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford, formed massive philatelic library
 * George Ward Linn, founder of Linn's Weekly Stamp News
 * Robson Lowe, "father of postal history"
 * John Luff

M

 * James A. Mackay
 * Fred Melville
 * Foil A. Miller
 * Jean-Baptiste Moens, "father of philately"
 * Hedley Adams Mobbs
 * Walter Morley
 * Edwin Müller
 * Douglas Myall

O

 * Frank F. Olney (1851–1903), Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island and president of the American Philatelic Association for three terms

P

 * Alfred Potiquet, first stamp catalogue

R

 * Włodzimierz Rachmanow, Polish philatelist
 * Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman, collector of medical stamps
 * Ayn Rand
 * Franklin D. Roosevelt, presidential collector
 * L.T. Rose-Hutchinson
 * Stuart Rossiter
 * Gary Ryan

S

 * Lawrence L Shenfield, Confederate postal history
 * Sir Ernest de Silva, Sri Lanka's greatest philatelist
 * Paul Skinner, Head Curator of the Philatelic Collection of the British Library
 * Evelyn Arthur Smythies
 * William Carlos Stone, revenues and philatelic literature

T

 * Thomas Tapling
 * Charlotte Tebay, early female philatelist

W

 * Leon Norman Williams

Z

 * Robert Zoellner, one of two people to form a complete U.S. collection