List of people on the postage stamps of El Salvador

This article lists people who have been featured on El Salvadoran postage stamps. Note that many of these people have been featured on multiple stamps. The following entries list the name of the person, the year they were first featured on a stamp, and a short description of their notability.

The list is complete through 2007.

A

• José Aberiz, composer of national anthem (1979)
• Father Manuel Aguilar, priest (1961)
• Nicolas Aguilar, priest and independence leader (1987)
• Maria Felipa Aranzamendi y Aguiar, independence leader (2003)
• Manuel E. Araujo, president (1914)
• Manuel José Arce, president (1912)
• Oswaldo López Arellano, president of Honduras (1968)
• Miguel Ángel Asturias, poet and diplomat (1999)
• St. Francis of Assisi, saint (1982)
• Rey Avila, entertainer (1996)

B

• St. Josemaria Escrivá Balaguer, founder of Opus Dei (2002)
• Maria de Baratta, composer (1998)
• Gerardo Barrios, general (1953)
• Ludwig Beethoven, composer (1971)
• Ramón Belloso, military leader (1947)
• Juan Bertis, priest and scholar (1947)
• Louis Blériot, aviation pioneer (2004)
• Simón Bolívar, liberator (1983)
• Dr. Carlos Gonzales Bonilla, physician (1992)
• Saint John Bosco, saint (1988)
• Pío Romero Bosque, president (1929)

C

• Trinidad Cabãnas, president of Honduras (1912)
• José Mariano Calderon y San Martin, president of the Constitutional Assembly (2006)
• Camilo Campos, teacher (1986)
• José Simeón Cañas y Villacorta, emancipator of slaves (1923)
• Antonio José Cañas, university of El Salvador (1941)
• Juan José Canas, general (1945)
• Rafael Campo, president (1912)
• Pedro Pablo Castillo, president (1961)
• Francisco Castaneda, government leader (1947)
• David Castro, government leader (1947)
• Manuel Farfan Castro, history teacher (1987)
• Miguel José de Castro y Lara, journalist and independence leader (2006)
• Santiago José Celis, physician (1961)
• Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, writer (1997)
• Marcellin Champagnat, founder of Marist Brothers order (1989)
• Charles I, king of Spain (1946)
• Winston Churchill, prime minister of Great Britain (1949)
• Lázaro Chacon, president of Guatemala (1929)
• Bill Clinton, president of the United States (1999)
• Christopher Columbus, explorer (1894)
• Dr. Joaquin Coto, physician (1992)
• Celia Cruz, Cuba singer (2005)
• Glenn Curtis, aviation pioneer (2004)

D

• Roque Dalton, poet (2005)
• Anastasio Somoza Debayle, president of Nicaragua (1968)
• Matias José Delgado, father of El Salvadoran emancipation (1912)
• Francisco Dueñas, telegraph service (1947)
• Henri Dunant, founder of Red Cross (1978)

E

• Amelia Earhart, aviation pioneer (2004)
• Pedro José Escalon, president (1906)
• Dwight D. Eisenhower, president of the United States (1959)
• Alfrdo Espino, poet (1947)
• Antonio Ezeta, general (1895)
• Carlos Ezeta, president (1983)

F

• Ferdinand II of Aragon, co-ruler of Spain with Isabella I of Castile (1894)
• Fernando Figueroa, president (1910)
• Marcelino G. Flamenco, teacher (1986)
• Francisco Flores, president (1999)
• Saul Flores, teacher (1986)
• Dr. Andres Gonzalo Funes, physician (1992)

G

• Carlos Gardel, Argentine singer (2005)
• Francisco Antonio Gavidia, philosopher (1965)
• Dario Gonzales, teacher (1986)
• Salvador Rodriguez Gonzalez, doctor and national hero (1947)
• Dr. Jose Gustavo Guerrero, president of the World Court (1998)
• Rafael Antonio Gutiérrez, president (1897)
• David J. Guzman, national museum (1983)

H

• Fidel Sánchez Hernández, president of Salvador (1968)
• Sir Rowland Hill, inventor of postage stamp (1940)
• Cordell Hull, USA secretary of state (1949)

I

• Carlos Arturo Imendia, primary education teacher (1987)
• Pedro Infante, Mexico singer (2005)
• Isabella I of Castile, co-ruler of Spain with Ferdinand II of Aragon (1894)

J

• C. de Jesus Alas, music teacher (1987)
• Mother Clara Maria of Jesus Quiros, nun (1997)
• Lyndon B. Johnson, president of the United States (1968)
• Hugo Junkers, aviation pioneer (2004)

K

• John F. Kennedy, president of the United States (1964)
• Mackenzie King, prime minister of Canada (1949)
• Roberto Koch, discoverer of the TB bacillus (1982)

L

• Libertad Lamarque, Argentine singer (2005)
• Agustín Lara, Mexico composer (2005)
• Domingo Antonio de Lara, independence leader (1961)
• Francisco Antonio Lara, musician and composer (1996)
• Manuela Antonia Arce de Lara, independence leader (2003)
• Jorge Larde, teacher (1986)
• Claudia Lars, poet (1975)
• Valero Lecha, teacher (1986)
• José M. Lemus, president (1959)
• Charles Lindbergh, aviation pioneer (2004)
• Hugo Lindo, writer (1986)
• Juan Lindo, university of El Salvador (1941)
• Mercedes M. de Luarca, teacher (1986)

M

• Francisco Mallespin, general (1941)
• José Marti, Cuban patriot (1953)
• Alberto Masferrer, philosopher, scholar and writer (1968)
• Carlos Meléndez, president (1919)
• Dr. Jose Mendoza, doctor (1983)
• Alvaro Menendez, dramatist (2005)
• Francisco Menéndez, president (1921)
• Isidro Menéndez, physician (1947)
• J. C. Mendez Montenegro, president of Guatemala (1968)
• Narciso Monterey, university of El Salvador (1941)
• Francisco Morán, teacher (1986)
• Francisco Morazán, president (1912)
• Benny Moré, Cuba singer (2005)
• Maria Teresa Moreira, recording artist (1996)

N

• Jorge Negrete, Mexico singer (2005)

O

• Benjamin Orozco, chemistry teacher (1987)

P

• Dr. Tómas G. Palomo, doctor (1935)
• Pope John Paul II, pope (1979)
• Carlos Alverez Pineda, humorist (1996)
• Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuba composer (2005)
• Federico Proaño, Ecuadoran writer (2001)

R

• Pedro Geoffroy Rivas, poet (2005)
• Juan Manuel Rodriquez, president (1914)
• Franklin D. Roosevelt, president of the United States (1948)
• David Rosales, law teacher (1987)
• Dick Rutan, aviation pioneer (2004)

S

• Salarrué, poet and painter (1999)
• Cristano Salazar, university of El Salvador (1941)
• Toño Salazar, caricaturist (1999)
• Daniel Santos, Puerto Rico song writer (2005)
• Alberto Santos-Dumont, aviation pioneer (2004)
• Lilian Serpas, poet (2005)
• Tulla Serra (1924)
• Iri Sol, voice teacher (1987)
• Felipe Soto, musician (1947)
• Heinrich von Stephan, founder of the UPU (1981)

T

• J. J. Trejos, president of Costa Rica (1968)
• Guillermo Trigueros, medicine teacher (1987)
• Jose Presentacion Trigueros, lawyer (1947)

U

• Juan Ramon Uriarte, essayist and educator (1946)

V

• Dr. Roberto Orellana Valdes, physician (1992)
• Italo Lopez Vallecillos, poet (2005)
• Pedro Vargas, Mexico singer (2005)
• Doroteo Vasconcelos, president (1935)
• Luis Edmundo Vasquez, medicine teacher (1987)
• Oswaldo Escobar Velado, poet (2005)
• Alice Lardé de Venturino, poet, educator and composer (1998)
• Father Nicolas Vicente, priest (1961)

W

• Robert Withe, aviation pioneer (2004)
• Orville Wright, aviation pioneer (2004)
• Wilbur Wright, aviation pioneer (2004)

Y

• Chuck Yeager, aviation pioneer (2004)
• Jeana Yeager, aviation pioneer (2004)

Z

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