List of people on the postage stamps of the Republic of China

This page is for a list of people who appeared on the stamps of the Republic of China commonly known as Taiwan. Listings begin in 1950 and are complete through 1960. Alternate names appear in parentheses. Transcription of Chinese names can vary considerably.

B

• Bai Juyi (Po Chu-i), poet (1967)
• Buddha, Indian religious leader (1967)

C

• Cai Yuanpei (Tsai Yuan-pei), educator (1967)
• Chen Cheng, general and politician (1968)
• Chiang Kai-shek, military and political leader (1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968)
• Madame Chiang Kai-shek (Soong Mei-ling), first lady (1961, 1965)
• Confucius, philosopher (1965)

D

• Du Fu (Tu Fu), poet (1967)

E

• Dwight D. Eisenhower, US president (overprint only 1960)

G

• Genghis Khan, Mongol emperor (1962)

H

• Hongwu (T'ai Tsu), Ming dynasty emperor (1962)
• Hua Tuo, physician (1970)

J

• Jeme Tien Yow, engineer (1961)

K

• Koxinga (Cheng Ch'eng-kung), military commander (1950, 1962)

L

• Li Bai (Li Po), poet (1967)
• Lin Sen, president (1966)
• Abraham Lincoln, US president (1959)

M

• Mencius, philosopher (1957, 1965)

N

• Florence Nightingale, English nurse (1964)

Q

• Qiu Jin (Ch'iu Chin), feminist and revolutionary (1967)
• Qu Yuan, (Ch'u Yuan), poet (1967)

R

• Eleanor Roosevelt, US first lady and human rights advocate (1964)

S

• Sun Yat-sen, revolutionary (1955, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965)

T

• Taizong (T'ai-Tsung), Tang dynasty emperor (1962)
• Taizu (T'ai tsu), Song dynasty emperor (1962)

W

• Wen Tianxiang (Wen T'ien-hsiang), general and poet (1966)
• Woo Tsin-hang (Wu Chih-huei), philosopher and linguist (1964)

X

• Xu Guangqi (Hsu Kuang-ch'i), scholar and bureaucrat (1964)
• Xuanzang (Hsuan Chuang), traveller and monk (1970)

Y

• Yu Youren (Yu Yu-jen), revolutionary leader (1962)
• Yue Fei, military leader (1957, 1966, 1970)

Z

• Zhu Xi (Chu Hsi), philosopher (1970)

References

• Scott catalogue