List of people on the postage stamps of Greece

This is a list of people on the postage stamps of Greece.
Each entry includes the date(s) of appearance on a stamp.

Greece
(complete through 1959)
A
*Despina Achladioti: 1983, as part of the "Personalities" issue (July 11th).
*Alexander the Great:
*# 1937, as part of the so-called "Historical" issue (November 1st).
*# 1954, as part of the "Ancient Greek Art II" issue (July 10th).
*# 1959, as part of the "Ancient Greek Coins" issue (March 24th).
*# 1968, as part of the "‘Hellenic Fight for Civilisation’ Exhibition" issue (April 27th).
*# 1977, the 6-stamps issue dedicated to "The Civilising Influence of Alexander the Great" (July 23rd).
*# 1992, as part of the issue "Macedonia Was and Is Greek" (July 17th).
*Alexander, King of the Hellenes (1956, 1963)
*Alexia, Princess of Greece and Denmark (1966)
*Amalia, Queen of Greece (1956)
*Manolis Andronikos (1992)
*Anne-Marie, Queen of Greece (1964, 1966)
*Marinos Antypas (1983)
*Apostolos Arsakis (1973)
*Archimedes (1983)
*Aristotle (1978, 1992)
*George Averoff (1973)
*Vassilis Avlonitis (1997)
B
*Gina Bachauer (1981)
*Robert Baden-Powell, founder of Scout Movement (1963)
*Pavlos Bakoyannis (1990)
*Ludwig van Beethoven (1970)
*Thomas Bimis (2004)
*Markos Botsaris (1926, 1930, 1971)
*Lascarina Bouboulina, admiral (1930)
*Constantino Brumidi (1981)
*Lord Byron, poet and revolutionary (1924, 1974)
C
*Maria Callas (1980, 1997)
*Count John Capo d'Istria, first Governor of Greece (1930, signature and seal 1971)
*Constantin Carathéodory (1994)
*Cassander, King of Macedon (1985)
*Constantine P. Cavafy (1983)
*Chrysanthos of Athens (2002)
*Chrysostomos I of Athens (2002)
*Sir Edward Codrington, British admiral (1927, 1977)
*Christopher Columbus (1992)
*Constantine the Great (1968)
*Constantine I, King of the Hellenes (1936, 1938, 1956, 1963)
*Constantine II, King of the Hellenes (1956, 1963, 1966)
*Constantine XI Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (1968)
*Cosmas of Aetolia (1979)
*Pierre de Coubertin, founder of International Olympic Committee (1971)
*Konstantinos Christou (Capetan Kottas), leader in Greek struggle for Macedonia (1969)
*Cybele (1987)
*Saint Cyril (1970)
D
*Democritus (1961, 1983)
*Demosthenes (1998)
*Hrysopiyi Devetzi (2004)
*Diagoras of Rhodes (1937)
*Athanasios Diakos (1930)
*Pyrros Dimas (2004)
*Henri Dunant (1959, 1963)
E
*Odysseas Elytis (1997)
*Jean-Gabriel Eynard, Swiss banker (1966)
F
*Charles Fabvier, Philhellene general (1927)
*Rigas Feraios (1930, 1997, 2007)
*Amalia Fleming (1996)
*Ugo Foscolo (1978)
*Mimis Fotopoulos (1997)
*Frederika, Queen Consort of the Hellenes (1938, 1956)
G
*Abbot Gabriel (1930)
*Galen (1996)
*Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Leader of Independence Movement (1970, 1998)
*George I, King of the Hellenes (1939, 1963)
*George II, King of the Hellenes (1937, 1956, 1963)
*Germanos of Patras, cleric (1971)
*Gregorios V, Patriarch of Constantinople (1930, 1971)
*Nicholaos Gysis (1966)
H
*Fani Halkia (2004)
*Login van der Heyden, Dutch-Russian admiral (1927, 1977)
*Hipparchus (1965)
*Hippocrates (1947, 1950, 1979, 1996)
*Homer (1954, 1983, 1998)
I
*Ilias Iliadis (2004)
J
*Georgios Jakobides, painter (1966)
*Justinian I (1968)
K
*Dimitrios Kalergis (1994)
*Manolis Kalomiris (1983)
*Konstantinos Kanaris (1930)
*Panagiotis Kanellopoulos (1997)
*Georgios Karaiskakis (1930, 1982)
*Konstantinos Karamanlis (1991, 1999)
*Dimitrios Karatasos, leader in Greek struggle for Macedonia (1969)
*Nikos Kazantzakis (1983)
*Stelios Kazantzidis (2010)
*Anastasia Kelesidou (2004)
*Theodoros Kolokotronis (1930, 1966, 1993)
*Lambros Konstantaras (1997)
*Adamantios Korais (1930, 1971)
*Marika Kotopouli (1987)
*Karolos Koun (1987)
*Lazaros Kountouriotis (1930)
*Pavlos Kountouriotis (1933)
*Kyveli (1987)
L
*Gregoris Lambrakis (1990)
*Athanasios Lefkaditis, founder of Greek Scouts (1963)
*Leo III the Isaurian, Byzantine emperor (1937)
*Vassilis Logothetidis (1997)
*Spyridon Louis (1971, 2004)
*Nikiphoros Lytras, painter (1966)
M
*Makarios III (1977)
*Yannis Makriyannis (1994)
*Mirela Manjani (2004)
*Nikolaos Mantzaros (1957)
*Petros Mavromichalis (1930)
*Pavlos Melas, leader in Greek struggle for Macedonia (1969, 1993)
*Melina Mercouri (1995)
*Andreas Metaxas (1994)
*Saint Methodius (1970, 1985)
*Andreas Miaoulis (1930)
*Michael III, Byzantine emperor (1970)
*Marinos Mitralexis
*Dimitri Mitropoulos (1985)
*Ioannis Mitropoulos (2004)
N
*Imre Nagy (1959)
*Christoforos Nezer (1987)
*Nikephoros II (1961)
O
*Olga, Queen of Greece (1956, 1963)
*Giorgakis Olympios (1993)
*Otto, King of Greece (1956)
P
*Kostis Palamas, Greek poet (1959, 2007)
*Alexandros Panagoulis (1997)
*Eleni Papadaki (1987)
*Papaflessas (1975)
*Dionysis Papagiannopoulos (1997)
*Alexandros Papanastasiou (1975)
*Andreas Papandreou (1997)
*George Papandreou (1983)
*George Papanicolaou (1973, 1983)
*Emmanouel Pappas, leader in Greek struggle for Macedonia (1969)
*Saint Paul (1937, 1951, 1992)
*Paul, King of the Hellenes (1938, 1952, 1956, 1963, 1964)
*Katina Paxinou (1987)
*Pericles, Athenian leader (1954, 1959)
*Philip II of Macedon (1979)
*Pindar, poet (1968)
*Nikolaos Plastiras (1983)
*Plato (1998)
*Pythagoras, philosopher and mathematician (1955)
R
*Henri de Rigny, French admiral (1927, 1977)
*Georgios Rizaris (1975)
*Franklin Delano Roosevelt, US president (1945)
S
*Sappho (1996)
*Heinrich Schliemann (1976, 1990)
*Giorgos Seferis (1980)
*Angelos Sikelianos (1982)
*Nikolaos Siranidis (2004)
*Nikos Skalkottas (1985)
*Nikolaos Skoufas (1979)
*Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet (1930, 1957)
*Sophia, Queen of Greece (1956)
*Sophocles (1998)
*Georgios Stavros, banker (1966)
*Nikos Stavridis (1997)
*Andreas Syngros (1973)
T
*Dimosthenis Tampakos (2004)
*Thales of Miletus (1994)
*Domenikos Theotokopoulos (El Greco), painter (1965)
*Thucydides (1998)
*Michail Tositsas, benefactor (1975) Phantis article
*Charilaos Trikoupis (1982, 1997)
*Panagis Tsaldaris (1946)
*Konstantinos Tsatsos (2007)
*Konstantinos Tsiklitiras (2004)
*Athanasia Tsoumeleka (2004)
*Kitsos Tzavelas (1979)
U
V
*Ioannis Varvakis (1973)
*Aimilios Veakis (1987)
*Eleutherios K. Venizelos, statesman (1946, 1965, 1986)
*Victoria of the United Kingdom (1939)
*Demetrius Vikelas (1994)
*Konstantinos Volanakis, painter (1966)
*Eugenios Voulgaris, theologian and scholar (1971)
*Theodoros Vryzakis, painter (1966)
W
X
*Emmanuil Xanthos, co-founder of the Filiki Eteria (1947, 1950)
Y
*Prince Alexandros Ypsilantis (1930)
Z
*Giorgos Zampetas (2010)
*Evangelis Zappas (1975)
*Konstantinos Zappas (1973)
*Ioannis Zigdis (2001)
*Nikolaos Zosimas, benefactor (1975)
Crete
*Prince George of Greece (1900)
*A.T.A. Zaimis (1907)

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