List of people on the postage stamps of Mexico

This is a list of people on postage stamps of Mexico, including the years in which they appeared on a stamp.

The list is complete through 2014.

0–9

• 10 Venado Pechera de Tigre, Mixtec princess (1982)

A

• Mariano Abasolo, hero of Independence (1910)
• Acamapichtli, Aztec ruler (1982)
• Manuel Acuña, poet (2013)
• Hermanas Águila, María Esperanza Águila (†1991) and María Paz Águila (†2004), singers (1995)
• Enrique Aguilar González (1904–1957), educator (2004)
• Cándido Aguilar Vargas, general (1997)
• Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán, anthropologist (2008)
• Lauro Aguirre Espinosa (1882–1928), educator (1994)
• Lucas Alamán, statesman and historian (1998)
• Juan Aldama, hero of Independence (1910, 1975, 1986)
• Miguel Alemán Valdés, president (1950, 2008)
• David Alfaro Siqueiros, painter (1975, 1996)
• Jorge Alessandri, president of Chile (1962)
• Vito Alessio Robles, historian (1988)
• Ignacio Allende, hero of Independence (1910, 1943, 1969, 1985, 1994, 2008)
• Ignacio Altamirano, writer (1984, 1986, 1995)
• Luis Álvarez Barret (1901–1971), educator (2000)
• Joaquín Amaro Domínguez, general (1997)
• Pedro María Anaya, president (1947, 1995)
• Soledad Anaya Solórzano (1895–1978), educator (1998)
• Felipe Ángeles, general (1997, 2014)
• Fanny Anitúa, mezzo-soprano (1983)
• Aristotle, Greek philosopher (1978)
• Pedro Armendáriz, film star (1993)
• Ponciano Arriaga, statesman (1956)
• Carlos Arruza, matador (1996)
• Dr. Atl, painter (1975) (painting Paricutín pictured 1971)
• Mariano Azuela, novelist (1974)
• José Azueta, naval lieutenant, hero (1964, 2014)

B

• Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (1985)
• Lucas Balderas general (1947)
• José María Barceló de Villagrán (1819–1872), surgeon (1996)
• Luis Barragán, architect (interior staircase shown 2002)
• Gabino Barreda, philosopher (1968, 1981)
• Juan de la Barrera, cadet (1947)
• Baudouin I, Belgian king (1965)
• Gustavo Baz Prada, educator (1993)
• Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (1977) (handwritten score and signature pictured 1970)
• Lola Beltrán, singer and actress (1995)
• Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Argentine pope (2016)
• Felipe Berriozábal, general (1995)
• Rómulo Betancourt president of Venezuela (1965)
• Andrés Eloy Blanco, poet (1997)
• Adamo Boari, architect (2000)
• Simón Bolívar, South American liberator (1980, 1983)
• Juan Bosch, president of Dominican Republic (2009)
• Gilberto Bosques, diplomat (2015)
• Carlos Bracho (1899–1966), sculptor (1983)
• Alberto Braniff, aviation pioneer (2010)
• Nicolás Bravo, president (1986, 2010)
• Luis Buñuel, filmmaker (2000)

C

• Luis Cabrera Lobato, politician and writer (1910)
• Plutarco Elías Calles, president (1995, 2000)
• Cantinflas, film star (1993, 2011)
• Enrique Carbajal "Sebastián", sculptor (sculpture shown 1996)
• Lázaro Cárdenas, president (1971, 1978, 1995)
• Emilio Carranza, aviator (1929, 1947, 1978)
• Jesús Carranza, general (1917)
• Venustiano Carranza, president (1916, 1938, 1960, 1967, 1985, 1995, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2013)
• Felipe Carrillo Puerto, governor (1974)
• Julián Carrillo, composer (1975)
• Juan Ignacio María de Castorena Ursúa y Goyeneche, bishop and founder of the first Mexican periodical (1944)
• Pablo Casals, Spanish cellist (score of El pesebre shown 1976)
• Estefanía Castañeda Núñez (1872–1937), educator (1994)
• Alfonso Caso, archaeologist (1996)
• Antonio Caso, philosopher (1983, 1988)
• Isidro Castillo Pérez (1900–1988), educator (2006)
• Guadalupe Ceniceros de Perez (1909–1968), educator (1999)
• Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish author (1975, Don Quijote shown 2005)
• Chabelo, television actor and host (2006)
• Carlos Chávez, composer (1983, 1999)
• Ignacio Chávez Sánchez, physician (1993, 1997)
• Chespirito, television director, writer and actor (2006)
• Francisco Javier Clavijero, priest and historian (1971, 1981)
• Genaro Codina (1852–1901), composer (1946)
• Rey Colimán (15th & 16th centuries), chief of the Colimas (1979)
• Christopher Columbus, navigator (1992)
• Jesús F. Contreras, sculptor (2016)
• Copernicus, Polish astronomer (1973)
• Dolores Correa Zapata, teacher, poet, feminist (2015)
• Daniel Cosío Villegas, economist and historian (2001)
• Cri-Cri (Francisco Gabilondo Soler), singer (1995)
• Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler (1915, 1950, 1975, 1980, 1995)
• Gonzalo Curiel, composer (1995)

D

• Dante, Italian poet (1965)
• Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet (1966)
• Charles de Gaulle, French president (1964, 2014)
• Mario de la Cueva, educator and jurist (2001)
• Santos Degollado, general (1995)
• Andrés Manuel del Río, scientist (1965)
• Dolores del Río, film star (1993)
• Demosthenes, Athenian orator (1974)
• Francisco Díaz Covarrubias, geographer (1973)
• Salvador Díaz Mirón, poet (1983)
• Ponciano Díaz Salinas (1856–1899), bullfighter (1999)
• Belisario Domínguez, martyr (1917, 1963)
• Miguel Domínguez, statesman (2005)
• Giovani dos Santos, football player (2010)
• Alfredo Dugès, botanist (1975)
• Albrecht Dürer, German painter (woodcut pictured 1971)

E

• Thomas Alva Edison, US inventor (1981)
• Eight Deer Tiger Claw, Mixtec warrior (1980)
• Albert Einstein, Swiss physicist (1979, 2005)
• Willem Einthoven, Dutch physiologist (1972)
• Dieter Enkelin (1926-1995), entomologist (2011)
• Martín Enríquez de Almanza, viceroy (1946, 1956, 1979)
• Luis Enrique Erro, astronomer (1973, 1986)
• Mariano Escobedo, general (1997)
• Juan Escutia, cadet (1947)
• Fermín Espinosa "Armillita", bullfighter (1996, 2011))
• Enrique Estrada, general (1946)
• Genaro Estrada, diplomat and writer (1983)

F

• Fabiola, Belgian queen (1965)
• Felipe II, Spanish king (1979)
• María Félix, movie star (1993)
• José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi, novelist (1972)
• Joaquín Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz, child subject of a painting by Nicolás Rodríguez Juárez (1996)
• Alexander Fleming, British scientist (1981)
• Ricardo Flores Magón, anarchist and labor organizer (2008)
• Adela Formoso de Obregón Santacilia (1905–1981), educator and feminist (2001)
• Pope Francis, Argentine pope (2016)
• Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist (1997)

G

• Francisco Gabilondo Soler, singer (1995, 2007)
• Galileo, Italian astronomer (1971)
• Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan novelist (1984)
• Joaquín Gallo (1882–1965) astronomer (1973)
• Joaquín Gamboa Pascoe, labor leader and politician (2016)
• Manuel Gamio, anthropologist (1982)
• Gandhi, leader of India's Independence movement (1969)
• Pedro de Gante, missionary (1972)
• Rodolfo Gaona, bullfighter (1996)
• Alfonso García Robles, diplomat (1982)
• Jesús García Corona, railroad engineer, hero (2007)
• Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet (1998)
• Francisco García Salinas, statesman (1946)
• Francisco Garcia y Santos, Uruguayan postmaster general (1926)
• Ángel María Garibay K., philologist (1982)
• Gonzalo Garita y Frontera (1897–1921), engineer (2000)
• Lorenzo Garza Arrambide, (1909–1978), bullfighter (1996)
• Manuel Gea González (1892–1950), physician (1997)
• Ernest Charles Gimpel, subject of a painting by Ángel Zárraga (1986)
• Francisco Goitia, painter (1983)
• Federico Gómez Santos pediatrician (1993)
• Roberto Gómez Bolaños, television director, writer and actor (2006)
• Valentín Gómez Farías, president (1956, 1975, 1981, 1983)
• Manuel Gómez Morín, politician (1997)
• María Luisa Gonzaga Foncerrada y Labarrieta, subject of a painting by José María Vázquez (1765–1826) (1996)
• Epigmenio González, hero of Independence (1910)
• Francisco González Bocanegra, poet (2004)
• Guillermo González Camarena, inventor (1982)
• Luz González Cosío de López, founder of the Mexican Red Cross (2010)
• Roque González Garza, provisional president (2010)
• Enrique González Martínez, poet (1972)
• Jesús González Ortega, general and statesman (1946, 1981)
• Celestino Gorostiza, playwright (2004)
• João Goulart, Brazilian president (1962)
• Juan de la Granja, introduced telegraph to Mexico (2000)
• Andrés Guardado, football player (2010)
• Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo, viceroy (1960)
• Vicente Guerrero, hero of independence, president (1921, 1971, 1981, 1982, 1985, 2010)
• Ángela Gurría, sculptor (sculpture pictured 1976)
• Eulalio Gutiérrez Ortiz, general and provisional president (2010, 2014)
• Eulalia Guzmán, archeologist and teacher (2005)
• León Guzmán, statesman (1956, 1975)
• Martín Luis Guzmán, novelist (1985)
• Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta, wrestler (2008)
• Jorge Guzmán Rodríguez, wrestler (2008)

H

• Guillermo Haro Barraza, astronomer (2013)
• Andrés Henestrosa, writer (1996, 2006)
• Francisco Hernández, naturalist (title page of book shown 1975)
• Javier Hernández, football player (2014)
• Juan E. Hernández y Dávalos, historian and collector of documents relating to Mexican Independence (1987)
• Saturnino Herrán, painter (1987)
• Alfonso L Herrera, biologist (1975, 2011)
• Maclovio Herrera, general (1917)
• Heinrich Rudolph Hertz, German physicist (1967)
• Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, hero of Independence (1856, 1861, 1864, 1868, 1872, 1874, 1910, 1940, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1976, 1985, 1986, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2016)
• El Hijo del Santo, wrestler (2008)
• Fernando Hiriart Balderrama, engineer (2014)
• Rowland Hill, British inventor (1979)
• Victor Hugo, French novelist (1985)
• Alexander von Humboldt, German explorer and naturalist (1960, 1999)

I

• José María Iglesias, president (1987)
• Pedro Infante, movie star (1996)
• Agustín de Iturbide, general, emperor (1921)

J

• José Alfredo Jiménez, singer-songwriter(1998)
• Mariano Jiménez, hero of Independence (1986)
• Miguel Jiménez (19th century), gastroenterologist (1975)
• Juana Inés de la Cruz, poet (1971, 1995, 2015)
• Juan Carlos I, Spanish king (1977)
• John Paul II, pope, (1990, 1999, 2004)
• Benito Juárez, president (1879, 1882, 1915, 1926, 1950, 1972, 1998, 1999, 2006)
• Margarita Maza de Juárez, first lady (1972)
• Juliana, Dutch queen (1964)
• Justinian I, Byzantine emperor (1972)

K

• Frida Kahlo, painter (2001, 2006)
• John F. Kennedy, US president (1962, 1964)
• Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (1971)
• Martin Luther King, US civil rights leader (1968)
• Eusebio Francisco Kino, explorer (1987)
• Roberto Kobeh González, leader in civil aviation (2016)
• Robert Koch, German doctor (1982)

L

• Francisco Lagos Cházaro, provisional president (2010)
• Bartolomé de las Casas, cleric (1933, 1966)
• Agustín Lara, composer (1995) (keyboard and signature pictured 1970)
• Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French saint and educator (2005)
• Miguel Layún, football player (2014)
• Antonio de León, general (1947)
• Miguel Lerdo de Tejada, composer (1974)
• Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, president (1974)
• Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer (1986)
• Xavier López, television actor and host (2006)
• Miguel López de Legazpi, conquistador (1964)
• Adolfo López Mateos. president (1964, 1994, 2010)
• José López Portillo, president (1977)
• Ignacio López Rayón, hero of Independence (1910, 1982, 2010)
• Ramón López Rayón, general (2010)
• Ramón López Velarde, poet (1946, 1972, 1988)
• Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet (1998)
• Rafael Lucio Nájera, doctor (1978)

M

• Francisco I. Madero, president (1915, 1917, 1935, 1939, 1950, 1973 1985, 2008, 2009)
• Nelson Mandela, South African revolutionary and president (2013)
• Antonio Margil de Jesús, missionary (1946)
• Sor María Engracia Josefa del Santísimo Rosario (19th century), nun (2012)
• Francisco Márquez, cadet (1947)
• Rafael Márquez, football player (2014)
• José Martí, Cuban writer and national hero (1995)
• Manolo Martínez, bullfighter (1996)
• Mariano Matamoros, hero of Independence (1971)
• Maximilian I of Mexico, emperor (1866)
• James Clerk Maxwell, British physicist (1967)
• Margarita Maza de Juárez, first lady (1972)
• Agustín Melgar, cadet (1947)
• Laura Méndez de Cuenca, poet, educator and feminist (2014)
• Gregorio Méndez, soldier and politician (1964)
• Antonio de Mendoza, viceroy (1939)
• Carlos Mérida, Guatemalan painter (1991)
• Manuel de Mier y Terán, general (2010)
• Mil Máscaras, wrestler (2011)
• Francisco Javier Mina, hero of Independence (1989, 2010)
• Moctezuma I, Aztec ruler (1987)
• Mario José Molina Henríquez, chemist (1997)
• Fernando Montes de Oca, cadet (1947)
• José María Luis Mora, political thinker (1975, 1994)
• Rodolfo Morales, painter (painting shown 2001)
• José María Morelos, priest and hero of Independence (1915, 1934, 1956, 1963, 1965, 1985, 2005, 2008, 2015)
• Mario Moreno "Cantinflas", film star (1993, 2011)
• Pedro Moreno, hero of Independence (1967, 2010)
• Samuel Morse, US inventor and painter (2000)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (1991, 2006)
• Francisco J. Múgica, soldier, revolutionary and politician (1984)
• Gerardo Murillo, painter (1975) (painting Paricutín pictured 1971)

N

• Antonio Narro (†1912), philanthropist (1973)
• Jorge Negrete, film star (1993)
• Rodolfo Neri Vela, astronaut (1985, 2010)
• Amado Nervo, poet (1971)
• Nezahualcóyotl, ruler of Texcoco (1972, 1980, 2002)
• Nezahualpilli, ruler of Texcoco (1987)
• Luis Nishizawa, painter (family mon shown 1998)
• Isaac Newton, British physicist (1971)
• Ramón Novarro, actor (1986) (the name is misspelled Novaro on the stamp)
• Salvador Novo, poet (1975, 2004)
• Jaime Nunó, composer (2004)

O

• Álvaro Obregón, president (1978)
• Melchor Ocampo, statesman (1940, 1956, 1975)
• Guillermo Ochoa, football player (2010)
• Ocho Venado Garra de Tigre, Mixtec warrior (1980)
• Isaac Ochoterena, biologist (1982)
• Edmundo O'Gorman, historian (2006)
• Juan O'Gorman, painter and architect (2005)
• Miguel Ojeda, baseball player (2010)
• Martín de Olivares (1574–1604), postmaster (1979)
• José Clemente Orozco, painter (1983) (painting pictured 1971)
• Mariano Otero, statesman (2007)
• Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, heroine of Independence (1910, 1979, 2008)
• Luis Ortiz Monasterio, sculptor (his sculpture El Dios de Hoy pictured 1979)
• Gilberto Owen, poet (2004)

P

• Pakal, ruler of Palenque (2002)
• Louis Pasteur, French scientist (1995)
• Octavio Paz, poet and writer (2014)
• Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian president (1963)
• Carlos Pellicer, poet (1988, 1997)
• José Peón y Contreras, poet (1993)
• Carlos Alberto Peña, football player (2014)
• Ángela Peralta, soprano (1974, 1983)
• Oribe Peralta, football player (2014)
• Silverio Pérez, bullfighter (1996)
• Felipe Pescador, (1880-1929) railwayman (1989)
• Philip II, Spanish king (1979)
• Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter (1981) (painting shown 1974)
• José María Pino Suárez, vice-president (1917, 1986, 2008)
• Marco Polo, Italian explorer (1967)
• Manuel Ponce, composer (1974)
• José Guadalupe Posada, illustrator (engraving Don Quijote pictured 1963) (1988) (engraving La despedida shown 2002) (showing drawings 2013)
• Guillermo Prieto, poet and statesman (1956, 1963, 1997)
• Francisco Primo de Verdad y Ramos, martyr of independence (2008)

Q

• Vasco de Quiroga, cleric (1940, 1971)

R

• Emilio Rabasa, politician and writer (2012)
• Ignacio Ramírez, writer and statesman (1956, 1975)
• Rafael Ramírez Castañeda, educator (1994, 1997)
• Miguel Ramos Arizpe, priest and statesman (Constitution of 1824 shown 1993)
• Ramón Rayón, general (2010)
• Manuel Crescencio Rejón, jurist (1988)
• Silvestre Revueltas, composer (1974, 1999) (violin and bow pictured 1990)
• Alfonso Reyes, essayist and philosopher (1985, 1989)
• Manuel Rincón (1784–1849), commander of Mexican forces at the Battle of Churubusco. (1947)
• José Rizal, Filipino national hero (1964)
• Diego Rivera, painter (1986)
• Rodolfo Robles, Guatemalan doctor (1974)
• Sóstenes Rocha, general (1995)
• Aaron Rodríguez, wrestler (2011)
• Leonardo Rodríguez Alcaine, labor leader (2016)
• Wilhelm Roentgen, German physicist (1995)
• José Rubén Romero, novelist (1985)
• Eleanor Roosevelt, US first lady (1964)
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt, US president (1947)
• Juventino Rosas, composer (sheet music cover pictured 1972)
• Arturo Rosenblueth, physiologist (1975)
• Antonio M. Ruiz, painter (1988)
• Maximiliano Ruiz Castañeda, physician (1994)
• Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, president (1989)
• Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, playwright (1972)
• Horacio Ruiz Gaviño, (1893-1957) aviator (1967)
• Juan Rulfo, writer (1996, 2005)

S

• Jaime Sabines, poet (2009)
• Moisés Sáenz Garza, educator (1994)
• Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French author and aviator (1994)
• Pedro Sainz de Baranda, naval captain (1987, 2005)
• Mario Salazar Mallén, physician (1993)
• José de San Martín, South American liberator (1973)
• José Luis Sandoval, baseball player (2010)
• Manuel Sandoval Vallarta, nuclear physicist (1982)
• El Santo, wrestler (2008)
• Francisco Sarabia Tinoco (1900–1939), aviator (2000)
• Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentine intellectual and president (1975)
• Roberto Saucedo, baseball player (2010)
• Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (1978)
• Sebastián, sculptor (sculpture shown 1996)
• Bernardo Sepúlveda Gutiérrez, physician (1993)
• Aquiles Serdán, martyr (1917, 1977, 2008)
• Junípero Serra, missionary (1969)
• Justo Sierra, writer (1947, 1985, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2012)
• Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora, astronomer (1973)
• David Alfaro Siqueiros, painter (1975, 1996)
• Fernando Soler, film actor and director (1994)
• Heinrich von Stephan, German postmaster general (1974, 1997)
• Antonio Stradivarius, Italian violin maker (1987)
• Vicente Suárez, cadet (1947)

T

• Rufino Tamayo, painter (his painting Dualidad 1964 pictured 1987; his Self-portrait pictured 1999)
• Tariácuri, Purépecha ruler (1982)
• Constantino de Tárnava (1898-1974), radio pioneer (1996)
• Servando Teresa de Mier, hero of independence (2010)
• U Thant, UN secretary-general (1966)
• Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav president (1963)
• Tlahuicole (also spelled Tlahuicolli), Tlaxcaltec warrior (1976)
• Manuel Tolsá, sculptor (his sculpture El caballito pictured 1976)
• Toña la Negra, singer (1995)
• Gerardo Torrado, football player (2010)
• Jaime Torres Bodet, writer and diplomat (1975, 2011, 2016)
• Gregorio Torres Quintero, educator and writer (1994, 2003)
• Lupita Tovar, actress (1981)
• Jacinto B. Treviño González, general (1997)
• Emilio Tuero, singer and film actor (1995)

U

• Andrés de Urdaneta, navigator (1966)
• Virgilio Uribe, naval cadet, hero (1964, 2014)
• Francisco L. Urquizo, general and writer (1997)
• Rodolfo Usigli, playwright (2005)

V

• Ignacio L. Vallarta Ogazón, statesman (2005)
• Leandro Valle, general (1987, 1995)
• Artemio del Valle Arizpe, writer and diplomat (1967, 1985)
• César Vallejo Peruvian poet (1988)
• Pedro Vargas, singer and film actor (1995)
• Ildefonso Vázquez, revolutionary general (1917)
• José Vasconcelos, statesman and philosopher (1982, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2011)
• José María Velasco, painter (1971)
• Joaquín Velázquez de León, jurist and mining reformer (1983)
• Fidel Velázquez Sánchez, union leader (2016)
• Jules Verne, French novelist (1976)
• Ricardo Vértiz (1848–1898), ophthalmologist (1976)
• Leona Vicario, spy and heroine of Independence (1910, 1915, 1985, 1989)
• Queen Victoria, portrayed on Penny Black (1940, 1990)
• Guadalupe Victoria, president (1986, 1993, 2010)
• Manuel Vilar, sculptor (sculpture of Tlahuicole pictured 1976)
• Francisco "Pancho" Villa, revolutionary leader (1978, 1985, 2009, 2010, 2014)
• Fernando Villalpando (1844-1902), musician (1946)
• Xavier Villaurrutia, poet (2002)
• Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer (1978)

W

• George Washington, US president, portrayed on first US Postage Stamp (1947)
• Frank Wilson, US cardiologist (1972)

X

• Xólotl, Chichimeca invader of the Valley of Mexico (1987)

Y

• Agustín Yáñez, novelist (1985, 1997, 2004)

Z

• Emiliano Zapata, revolutionary leader (1935, 1965, 1979, 1985, 1994, 2009, 2010)
• Rosaura Zapata Cano, educator (1994)
• Ignacio Zaragoza, general (1915, 1917, 1995, 2012)
• Francisco Zarco, journalist and statesman (1956)
• Salvador Zubirán, physician and nutricionist (1998)
• Juan Zumárraga, cleric, early printer (1939)
• Francisco Zúñiga, sculptor (sculpture shown 1994)

See also

• Postage stamps and postal history of Mexico

Sources

• Scott catalogue
• Fernández Terán, Carlos (2009). Catálogo filatélico de timbres mexicanos 1856-2008: 152 años del timbre postal mexicano. Mexico City: Libros Virtuales. ISBN 978-968-5587-02-0.
• Correos de México