List of people on the postage stamps of Brazil

A

• Casimiro de Abreu, poet
• Afonso I, King of Portugal
• Akihito, Emperor of Japan
• Albert I, King of Belgium
• , colonial governor
• Aleijadinho, sculptor
• Pedro Aleixo, politician
• José de Alencar, novelist
• Benedetto Aloisi Masella, cardinal
• Rodrigues Alves, President of Brazil
• Álvaro Alvim, radiologist
• Jorge Amado, novelist
• , politician
• Pedro Américo, painter
• José Américo de Almeida, writer
• Alceu Amoroso Lima, journalist
• José de Anchieta, missionary
• Hans Christian Andersen writer
• Ribeiro de Andrada, politician
• José Bonifácio de Andrada, politician
• Mário de Andrade, poet
• Ivo Andrić, writer
• Anthony of Padua
• Osvaldo Aranha, politician
• :pt:Fernando de Azevedo|Fernando de Azevedo, professor

  B

• Robert Baden-Powell, founder of Scouting
• Manuel Bandeira, poet
• Adoniran Barbosa, musician
• Ruy Barbosa, politician
• :pt:Barbosa Lima Sobrinho|Barbosa Lima Sobrinho, politician
• Lima Barreto, writer
• Tobias Barreto, poet
• João Ribeiro de Barros, aviator
• Ary Barroso, musician
• Francisco Barroso, Baron of Amazonas, military personnel
• , poet
• Baudouin, King of Belgium
• Paschal Baylon
• Luis Batlle Berres, President of Uruguay
• Pope Benedict XVI
• :pt:Rodolfo Bernardelli|Rodolfo Bernardelli, sculptor
• Artur Bernardes, President of Brazil
• Clóvis Beviláqua, jurist
• Olavo Bilac, poet
• Hermann Blumenau, founder of Blumenau
• , farmer
• Quintino Bocaiuva, politician
• Simón Bolívar, politician
• José Bonifacio, politician
• Borges de Medeiros, politician
• , politician
• John Bosco
• Francisco Braga, musician
• Rubem Braga, writer
• Louis Braille, inventor of Braille
• Venceslau Brás, President of Brazil
• Vital Brazil, scientist
• Louis Breguet, physicist
• Amador Bueno, politician
• Maria Bueno, tennis player
• , politician

  C

• Pedro Álvares Cabral, explorer
• , actor
• , diplomat
• , journalist
• , politician
• Hélder Câmara, archbishop
• Luís da Câmara Cascudo, anthropologist
• Felipe Camarão, military personnel
• , politician
• Campos Sales, President of Brazil
• David Canabarro, military personnel
• , politician
• :pt:Guilherme Schüch|Guilherme Schüch, Baron of Capanema, engineer
• Capistrano de Abreu, historian
• Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil
• Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden
• Carlos I, King of Portugal and the Algarves
• J. Carlos, designer
• Óscar Carmona, President of Portugal
• Eleazar de Carvalho, conductor
• Carlos Castelo Branco, writer
• Castelo Branco, President of Brazil
• Plácido de Castro, politician
• Castro Alves, poet
• Di Cavalcanti, painter
• Joaquim Arcoverde, archbishop
• Luís de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, politician
• Dorival Caymmi, songwriter
• Cazuza, musician
• Vicente Celestino, musician
• Marcellin Champagnat
• Camille Chamoun, President of Lebanon
• Assis Chateaubriand, media mogul
• Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• Clare of Assisi
• Grover Cleveland, President of the United States
• Coelho Neto, writer
• Jaime Luiz Coelho, archbishop
• Lindolfo Collor, politician
• Christopher Columbus, explorer
• Auguste Comte, philosopher
• Benjamin Constant, politician
• Nicolaus Copernicus, astronomer
• Cora Coralina, writer
• , politician
• , politician
• Afrânio da Costa, sport shooter
• Lucio Costa, architect
• Costa e Silva, President of Brazil
• Costa Lima, entomologist
• Vasco Coutinho, Captain of Espírito Santo, explorer
• Francisco Craveiro Lopes, President of Portugal
• Luís Cruls, astronomer
• Cruz e Sousa, poet
• Oswaldo Cruz, physician
• Euclides da Cunha, writer

  D

• , friar and candidate for sainthood
• Damien of Molokai
• Rubén Darío, poet
• Jean-Baptiste Debret, painter
• Orville A. Derby, geologist
• Henrique Dias, military personnel
• Fernão Dias Pais, politician
• Carlos Drummond de Andrade, poet
• Dulce Pontes, nun and candidate for sainthood
• Gaspar Dutra, President of Brazil

  E

• Eça de Queirós, writer
• Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States
• Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms
• Josemaría Escrivá

  F

• Fabiola, Queen consort of Belgium
• Diogo Antônio Feijó, politician
• Baltasar Fernandes, politician
• , politician and military personnel
• Oscar Lorenzo Fernández, composer
• Adhemar Ferreira da Silva, athlete
• Jackson de Figueiredo, philosopher
• João Figueiredo, President of Brazil
• Pedro Américo, painter
• Hércules Florence, painter and inventor
• Nísia Floresta, writer and activist
• Deodoro da Fonseca, President of Brazil
• Hermes da Fonseca, President of Brazil
• , politician
• , pharmacist
• Tasso Fragoso, President of Brazil
• Francis of Assisi
• Itamar Franco, President of Brazil
• Gilberto Freyre, sociologist
• , politician

  G

• Galvão
• Basílio da Gama, poet
• Mohandas Gandhi, activist
• Anita Garibaldi, activist
• Giuseppe Garibaldi, politician
• Emílio Médici, President of Brazil
• Charles de Gaulle, President of France
• Ernesto Geisel, President of Brazil
• Khalil Gibran, writer
• Zacarias de Góis, politician
• Antonio Carlos Gomes, composer
• Eduardo Gomes, military personnel
• Gomes Carneiro, military personnel
• Bento Gonçalves, politician
• Gonçalves Dias, writer
• Ademar Gonzaga, film producer
• Chiquinha Gonzaga, musician
• Luiz Gonzaga "Gonzagão", musician
• Tomás Antônio Gonzaga, poet
• González Videla, President of Chile
• Grande Otelo, actor
• Paulo Gracindo, actor
• Giovanni Gronchi, President of Italy
• Ulysses Guimarães, politician
• Guimarães Rosa, novelist
• Alexandre de Gusmão, politician
• Bartolomeu de Gusmão, priest

  H

• Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia
• Paul P. Harris, founder of Rotary
• Henrique de Avis, Duke of Viseu, explorer
• Rowland Hill, inventor
• Samuel Hahnemann, physician
• , painter

  I

• Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil
• Isabella I, Queen of Castile and León

  J

• Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
• , politician
• Clementina de Jesus, musician
• Joana Angélica, nun
• Joel, prophet
• João III, King of Portugal and the Algarves
• João VI, King of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
• John XXIII
• John Paul II
• Joséphine-Charlotte, Grand Duchess consort of Luxembourg

  K

• Allan Kardec, founder of Spiritism
• Helen Keller, activist
• John F. Kennedy, President of the United States
• Juscelino Kubitshek, President of Brazil
• Gustavo Kuerten, tennis player

  L

• , journalist
• , industrialist
• , actor
• Chico Landi, F1 driver
• Grigory Langsdorff, explorer
• Alejandro Lanusse, President of Argentina
• Otto Lara Resende, writer
• Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
• Le Corbusier, architect
• Michel Leiris, writer
• Leopoldina, Empress consort of Brazil
• Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist
• José Lins do Rego, writer
• Clarice Lispector, writer
• Rita Lobato, physician
• , politician
• Adolfo López Mateos, President of Mexico
• Heinrich Lübke, President of West Germany
• Washington Luís, President of Brazil
• Auguste and Louis Lumière, filmmakers
• Peter Wilhelm Lund, paleontologist
• Martin Luther, Protestant reformer
• Adolfo Lutz, physician

  M

• Gilka Machado, poet
• Machado de Assis, writer
• José Vieira Couto de Magalhães, politician
• Ferdinand Magellan, explorer
• Anita Malfatti, artist
• , military personnel
• Otávio Mangabeira, politician
• Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of radio
• Rodrigo Melo Franco, writer
• Marilyn Monroe, actress
• , military personnel
• Joaquim Lisboa, Marquis of Tamandaré, politician
• Manuel Marques de Sousa, Count of Porto Alegre, military personnel
• Carl von Martius, naturalist
• Roberto Burle Marx, architect
• Teresa de Marzo, aviator
• Mascarenhas de Morais, military personnel
• Francisco "Ciccillo" Matarazzo, industrialist
• , founder of :pt:Racionalismo cristão|Christian rationalism
• Gregório de Mattos, poet
• Irineu de Sousa, Viscount of Mauá, politician
• Humberto Mauro, filmmaker
• Mazzaropi, actor
• Cecília Meireles, poet
• Murilo Mendes, poet
• Mãe Menininha do Gantois, mãe-de-santo
• , politician
• Michiko, Empress consort of Japan
• Francisco Mignone, musician
• Carmen Miranda, singer and actress
• Monteiro Lobato, writer
• Dulcina de Moraes, actress
• Prudente de Moraes, President of Brazil
• Vinicius de Moraes, musician and poet
• , writer
• , politician
• Landell de Moura, priest
• Lauro Müller, politician
• , politician

  N

• Joaquim Nabuco, activist
• Maurice of Nassau, politician
• Ana Néri, physician
• , friar
• Tancredo Neves, President of Brazil
• Oscar Niemeyer, architect
• Manuel da Nóbrega, priest
• Dorina Nowill, philanthropist
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia, musician

  O

• Manuel Odría, President of Peru
• Bernardo O'Higgins, President of Chile
• Olav V, King of Norway
• João do Pulo, athlete
• Francisco de Orellana, explorer
• Oscarito, actor
• Manuel Luís Osório, Marquis of Erval, politician
• Henrique Oswald, musician
• , politician

  P

• Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran
• Guilherme Paraense, Olympic medalist
• José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco, politician
• Paschal Baylon
• Louis Pasteur, chemist
• José do Patrocínio, activist
• Paul VI, Pope of the Catholic church
• Nilo Peçanha, President of Brazil
• , cartoonist
• Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil and King of Portugal and the Algarves
• Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil
• Floriano Peixoto, President of Brazil
• Pelé, footballer
• Afonso Pena, President of Brazil
• , politician
• Epitácio Pessoa, President of Brazil
• Fernando Pessoa, writer
• João Pessoa, politician and namesake for João Pessoa
• Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, friar
• Menotti Del Picchia, poet and painter
• , politician
• Anésia Pinheiro, aviator
• Israel Pinheiro, politician
• , aviator
• Pirajá da Silva, physician
• Pixinguinha, musician
• Raul Pompeia, writer
• Cândido Portinari, painter
• Francisco Prestes Maia, politician
• Manuel Sousa, Count of Porto Alegre, military personnel
• Francisco Varnhagen, Viscount of Porto Seguro, politician

  Q

• Eusébio de Queirós, politician
• , farmer
• Rachel de Queiroz, writer
• Mário Quintana, writer

  R

• , explorer
• Graciliano Ramos, writer
• Elis Regina, musician
• , engineer
• José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco, politician
• Glauber Rocha, filmmaker
• Henrique da Rocha Lima, physician
• Rodrigues Alves, President of Brazil
• João Barbosa Rodrigues, botanist
• Nelson Rodrigues, writer
• Joaquim Torres, Viscount of Itaboraí, politician
• Ada Rogato, aviator
• Cícero Batista, priest and candidate for sainthood
• Sílvio Romero, poet
• Cândido Rondon, military personnel and explorer
• Wilhelm Röntgen, inventor of X-ray
• Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States
• Noel Rosa, musician
• Johann Moritz Rugendas, painter

  S

• Estácio de Sá, politician
• Salvador de Sá, politician
• Albert Sabin, physician
• Augustin Saint-Hilaire, botanist
• Saldanha da Gama, military personnel
• Vicente do Salvador, religious figure and historian
• , military personnel
• José de San Martín, hero of independence
• Santa Rita Durão, poet
• Cármen Santos, actress
• , politician
• Santos Dumont, aviator
• , politician
• Giuseppe Saragat, President of Italy
• José Antônio Saraiva, politician
• José Sarney, President of Brazil
• Bidu Sayão, opera singer
• Alfredo Scherer, religious figure
• , engineer
• Raul Seixas, musician
• Léopold Sédar Senghor, President of Senegal
• Lasar Segall, artist
• Ayrton Senna, race car driver
• Augusto Severo, politician
• Zalman Shazar, President of Israel
• Luís de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, politician
• Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil
• Francisco Manuel da Silva, composer
• José da Silva Lisboa, Viscount of Cairu, politician
• José da Silva Paes, politician
• Tiradentes, hero of independence
• Nise da Silveira, psychiatrist
• , politician
• , politician
• Anastasio Somoza, President of Nicaragua
• Gabriel Soares de Souza, explorer
• Irineu de Sousa, Viscount of Mauá, politician
• Martim Afonso, explorer
• Betinho, sociologist
• Tomé de Sousa, politician
• Sukarno, President of Indonesia
• Anne Sullivan, activist

  T

• Rabindranath Tagore, poet
• Joaquim Lisboa, Marquis of Tamandaré, military personnel
• Adrien Taunay, painter
• , writer
• , religious figure
• Teresa of Ávila
• Mother Teresa, candidate for sainthood
• Thérèse of Lisieux
• Tibiriçá, Amerindian figure
• Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav president
• Tiradentes, hero of independence
• Américo Tomás, President of Portugal
• Harry S. Truman, President of the United States

  V

• Fagundes Varela, poet
• Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagen, military personnel
• Darci Vargas, First Lady of Brazil
• Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil
• Érico Veríssimo, writer
• Amerigo Vespucci, explorer
• , physician
• Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms
• António Vieira, religious figure
• André Vidal de Negreiros, politician
• :pt:João Carlos Villagran Cabrita|João Carlos Vilagran Cabrita, military personnel
• Orlando Villas-Bôas, activist
• Heitor Villa-Lobos, musician
• Ramón Villeda Morales, President of Honduras
• Vincent de Paul
• Eliseu Visconti, painter

  W

• , politician
• George Washington, President of the United States

  X

• Chico Xavier, religious figure

  Z

• L. L. Zamenhof, creator of Esperanto
• Zumbi, King of Palmares