List of people on the postage stamps of El Salvador

This article lists people who have been featured on El Salvadoran 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

José Aberiz, composer of national anthem (1979)
Father Manuel Aguilar, priest (1961)
Nicolás Aguilar, priest and independence leader (1987)
María Felipa Aranzamendi y Aguiar, independence leader (2003)
Manuel Enrique Araujo, president (1914)
Manuel José Arce, president (1912)
Miguel Ángel Asturias, poet and diplomat (1999)
Rey Avila, entertainer (1996)

B

María de Baratta, composer (1998)
Gerardo Barrios, general (1953)
Ludwig van Beethoven, composer (1971)
Ramón Belloso, military leader (1947)
Juan Bertis, priest and scholar (1947)
Louis Blériot, aviation pioneer (2004)
Simón Bolívar, liberator (1983)
Dr. Carlos González Bonilla, physician (1992)
St. John Bosco, saint (1988)
Pío Romero Bosque, president (1929)

C

Trinidad Cabãnas, president of Honduras (1912)
José Mariano Calderón y San Martín, president of the Constitutional Assembly (2006)
Camilo Campos, teacher (1986)
José Simeón Cañas, emancipator of slaves (1923)
Antonio José Cañas, university of El Salvador (1941)
Juan José Cañas, general (1945)
Rafael Campo, president (1912)
Pedro Pablo Castillo, president (1961)
Francisco Castaneda, government leader (1947)
David Castro, government leader (1947)
Manuel Farfán Castro, history teacher (1987)
Miguel José de Castro y Lara, journalist and independence leader (2006)
Santiago José Celis, physician (1961)
Miguel de Cervantes, writer (1997)
Marcellin Champagnat, founder of Marist Brothers order (1989)
Charles I, king of Spain (1946)
Sir Winston Churchill, prime minister of Great Britain (1949)
Lázaro Chacón, president of Guatemala (1929)
Bill Clinton, president of the United States (1999)
Christopher Columbus, explorer (1894)
Dr. Joaquín Coto, physician (1992)
Celia Cruz, Cuba singer (2005)
Glenn Curtiss, aviation pioneer (2004)

D

Roque Dalton, poet (2005)
Anastasio Somoza Debayle, president of Nicaragua (1968)
José Matías Delgado, father of El Salvadoran emancipation (1912)
Francisco Dueñas, telegraph service (1947)
Henri Dunant, founder of Red Cross (1978)

E

Amelia Earhart, aviation pioneer (2004)
Pedro José Escalón, president (1906)
Dwight D. Eisenhower, president of the United States (1959)
St. Josemaría Escrivá, founder of Opus Dei (2002)
Alfredo Espino, poet (1947)
Antonio Ezeta, general (1895)
Carlos Ezeta, president (1983)

F

Ferdinand II of Aragon, co-ruler of Spain with Isabella I of Castile (1894)
Fernando Figueroa, president (1910)
Marcelino G. Flamenco, teacher (1986)
Francisco Flores, president (1999)
Saul Flores, teacher (1986)
St. Francis of Assisi, saint (1982)
Dr. Andrés Gonzalo Funes, physician (1992)

G

Carlos Gardel, Argentine singer (2005)
Francisco Gavidia, philosopher (1965)
Darío González, teacher (1986)
Salvador Rodríguez González, doctor and national hero (1947)
Dr. José Gustavo Guerrero, president of the World Court (1998)
Rafael Antonio Gutiérrez, president (1897)
David J. Guzmán, national museum (1983)

H

Fidel Sánchez Hernández, president of Salvador (1968)
Sir Rowland Hill, inventor of postage stamp (1940)
Cordell Hull, USA secretary of state (1949)

I

Carlos Arturo Imendia, primary education teacher (1987)
Pedro Infante, Mexico singer (2005)
Isabella I of Castile, co-ruler of Spain with Ferdinand II of Aragon (1894)

J

C. de Jesus Alas, music teacher (1987)
Mother Clara María de Jesús Quirós, nun (1997)
Lyndon B. Johnson, president of the United States (1968)
Hugo Junkers, aviation pioneer (2004)

K

John F. Kennedy, president of the United States (1964)
William Lyon Mackenzie King, prime minister of Canada (1949)
Robert Koch, discoverer of the TB bacillus (1982)

L

Libertad Lamarque, Argentine singer (2005)
Agustín Lara, Mexico composer (2005)
Domingo Antonio de Lara, independence leader (1961)
Francisco Antonio Lara, musician and composer (1996)
Manuela Antonia Arce de Lara, independence leader (2003)
Jorge Larde, teacher (1986)
Claudia Lars, poet (1975)
Valero Lecha, teacher (1986)
José María Lemus, president (1959)
Charles Lindbergh, aviation pioneer (2004)
Hugo Lindo, writer (1986)
Juan Lindo, university of El Salvador (1941)
Oswaldo López Arellano, president of Honduras (1968)
Mercedes M. de Luarca, teacher (1986)

M

Francisco Malespín, general (1941)
José Martí, Cuban patriot (1953)
Alberto Masferrer, philosopher, scholar and writer (1968)
Carlos Meléndez, president (1919)
Dr. José Mendoza, doctor (1983)
Álvaro Menéndez, dramatist (2005)
Francisco Menéndez, president (1921)
Isidro Menéndez, physician (1947)
Julio César Méndez Montenegro, president of Guatemala (1968)
Narciso Monterey, university of El Salvador (1941)
Francisco Morán, teacher (1986)
Francisco Morazán, president (1912)
Benny Moré, Cuba singer (2005)
María Teresa Moreira, recording artist (1996)

N

Jorge Negrete, Mexico singer (2005)

O

Benjamín Orozco, chemistry teacher (1987)

P

Dr. Tomás G. Palomo, doctor (1935)
Pope John Paul II, pope (1979)
Carlos Álvarez Pineda, humorist (1996)
Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuba composer (2005)
Federico Proaño, Ecuadoran writer (2001)

Q

R

Pedro Geoffroy Rivas, poet (2005)
Juan Manuel Rodríguez, president (1914)
Franklin D. Roosevelt, president of the United States (1948)
David Rosales, law teacher (1987)
Dick Rutan, aviation pioneer (2004)

S

Salarrué, poet and painter (1999)
Cristano Salazar, university of El Salvador (1941)
Toño Salazar, caricaturist (1999)
Daniel Santos, Puerto Rico songwriter (2005)
Alberto Santos-Dumont, aviation pioneer (2004)
Lilian Serpas, poet (2005)
Tulla Serra (1924)
Iri Sol, voice teacher (1987)
Felipe Soto, musician (1947)
Heinrich von Stephan, founder of the UPU (1981)

T

José Joaquín Trejos Fernández, president of Costa Rica (1968)
Guillermo Trigueros, medicine teacher (1987)
Jose Presentación Trigueros, lawyer (1947)

U

Juan Ramón Uriarte, essayist and educator (1946)

V

Dr. Roberto Orellana Valdés, physician (1992)
Ítalo López Vallecillos, poet (2005)
Pedro Vargas, Mexico singer (2005)
Doroteo Vasconcelos, president (1935)
Luis Edmundo Vásquez, medicine teacher (1987)
Oswaldo Escobar Velado, poet (2005)
Alice Lardé de Venturino, poet, educator and composer (1998)
Father Nicolás Vicente, priest (1961)

W

Robert Withe, aviation pioneer (2004)
Orville Wright, aviation pioneer (2004)
Wilbur Wright, aviation pioneer (2004)

X

Y

Chuck Yeager, aviation pioneer (2004)
Jeana Yeager, aviation pioneer (2004)

Z

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