List of people on the postage stamps of Guatemala

This article lists people who have been featured on Guatemalan 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
*Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (1969)
*Pedro de Alvarado, founder of Antigua, Guatemala (1943)
*Carlos Castillo Armas, president (1956)
*Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, president of Panama (1938)
*J. Arnoldo Chavarry Arrué, stamp engraver (1971)
*José Gervasio Artigas, liberator of Uruguay (1982)
*Miguel Ángel Asturias, Nobel laureate for literature (2001)
B
*Sir Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts (1985)
*Josemaría Escrivá, priest and saint (2003)
*Justo Rufino Barrios, president (1924)
*José Batres Montúfar, writer (1946)
*Pedro de Betancourt, saint (1964)
*Leon Bilak, philatelist (1971)
*Simón Bolívar, liberator (1973)
*John Bosco, educator (1989)
*César Brañas, writer (2001)
C
*Manuel Estrada Cabrera, president (1911)
*Victor Manuel Calderón, medical doctor (1970)
*Mario Camposeco, soccer player (1955)
*Tiburcio Carías Andino, president of Honduras (1938)
*Mario Casariego y Acevedo, archbishop (1984)
*Jesús Castillo, composer (1981)
*German Chupina, police chief (1981)
*Enrique Gómez Carrillo, novelist (1987)
*Carlos Cipriani, national founder of the Boy Scouts (1985)
*León Cortés Castro, president of Costa Rica (1938)
*Baron Pierre de Coubertin, father of modern Olympics (1986)
*Rosenda Santa Cruz, novelist (1987)
D
*Jacinto Rodríguez Díaz, aviator (2001)
E
*Narciso Esparragoza y Gallardo, medical doctor (1962)
F
*José Felipe Flores, physician (1962)
G
*Anastasio Somoza García, president of Nicaragua (1938)
*Dario Gonzalez, physician (1962)
*Miguel García Granados, president (1910)
H
*Patrick Henry, US independence leader (1976)
*Flavio Herrera, poet and novelist (1987)
*Enrique A. Hidalgo, poet and humorist (1987)
*Sir Rowland Hill, inventor of postage stamp (1946)
J
*Thomas Jefferson, US independence leader (1976)
K
*John F. Kennedy, president of the United States (1964)
L
*Rafael Maria Landivar, poet (1943)
*Charles Lindbergh, aviator (1981)
*Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States (1967)
*Werner Ovalle Lopez, poet (1987)
*José Luna, physician (1962)
M
*Francisco Marroquín, first bishop of Guatemala (2001)
*Gabriel Martínez, musician (1961)
*Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, president of El Salvador (1938)
*Rafael Arévalo Martínez, poet (1987)
*Carlos Aguirre Mattheu, soccer player (1955)
*Carlos Mérida, artist (1996)
*José Milla y Vidaurre, writer (1945)
*Julio César Méndez Montenegro, president (1968)
*Mario Mendez Montenegro, founder of the Revolutionary Party (1966)
*Lorenzo Montúfar, politician and lawyer (1929)
*Manuel Montufar y Coronado, journalist and historian (1996)
*Ramón Villeda Morales, president of Honduras (1959)
*Samuel Morse, inventor of the telegraph (1985)
O
*Bernardo O’Higgins, liberator of Chile (1982)
*Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, president of Mexico (1968)
*José María Orellana, president (1929)
*Juan José Ortega, physician (1962)
*Carlos Arana Osorio, president (1973)
*Rafael Alvarez Ovalle, composer of national anthem (1953)
P
*José Joaquín Palma, composer of national anthem (1953)
*John Paul II, pope (2002)
*Pinzón brothers, sailors for Christopher Columbus (1992)
Q
*Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, archbishop (2002)
R
*Payo Enríquez de Rivera, bishop (1945)
*Rodolfo Robles, physician (1962)
*Clemente Marroquín Rojas, historian (1987)
*Eleanor Roosevelt, lecturer and writer (1973)
*Franklin D. Roosevelt, president of the United States (1938)
*Mariano Rossell y Arellano, apostolic delegate (1966)
*Jorge Rybar, plastics industry person (1998)
S
*José Eulalio Samayoa, composer (1996)
*José de San Martín, liberator of Argentina (1982)
T
*Roderico Toledo, first police chief (1981)
U
*Jorge Ubico, president (1935)
V
*José Cecilio del Valle, Honduran patriot (1981)
W
*George Washington, president of the United States (1938)
X
*Francisco Ximénez, translator of National Book of Guatemala (1973)

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