List of people on stamps of Nicaragua

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This is a list of people on stamps of Nicaragua.

The list is complete through 1974 in regular stamps, and 1966 for airmail.

Brother Antonio (1958)
Manuel José Arce (1921)
Brother Argeo (1958)
Leonardo Argüello Barreto (1953 airmail) - President
Teodor A. Arias (1958)

Robert Baden-Powell (1957) - Scouting founder
Edward G. Barry (1958)
LeRoy Bartlett, Jr. (1961 airmail) - educator
Franz Beckenbauer (1970) - Soccer player
Andres Bello (1965 airmail) - Venezuelan writer
Eugene Black (1964 airmail)
Francisco Boza (1961 airmail) - educator

Rigoberto Cabezas (1961 airmail)
Evaristo Caraza (1953 airmail) - President
Adan Cardenas (1953 airmail) - President
Brother Carios (1958)
Winston Churchill (1946, 1974) - British prime minister
Diego Manuel Chamorro Bolaños (1953) - President, 1921-1923
Emiliano Chamorro Vargas (1953) - President, 1917–1921, 1926
Fernando Chamorro Alfaro (1921, 1956) - General and member of the governing junta, 1860–1863
Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Alfaro (1921, 1953) - President, 1875-1879
Christopher Columbus (1892, 1945) - explorer
Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba (1924) - conquistador
Fred T. Cruse (1961 airmail) - educator
Vicente Cuadra (1953 airmail) - President

Ruben Dario (1921, 1941)
Adolfo Diaz (1953) - President
Diriangen (1937 airmail) - Cacique
Mariano Dubon (1957) - Priest

Albert Einstein (1979) - German-born theoretical physicist
Jose Dolores Estrada (1956) - General

Rev. Rafael Maria Fabretto - Salesian missionary from Venice, Italy
Giacinto Facchetti (1970) - Soccer player

Charles de Gaulle (1946) - French leader
Henri Giraud (1946) - general
Archbishop Gonzalez y Robleto (1966 airmail)
John F. Greco (1961 airmail) - educator
Fernando Guzman (1953 airmail) - President

Virginia O'Hanlon (1973) - letter writer
Paul P. Harris (1955) - founder of the Rotary Club
Joseph A. Harrison (1957)
Rowland Hill (1950) - postal reformer

Isabella I of Spain (1952)

Maximo Jerez (1921, 1956)
Pope John XXIII (1959)
Melvin Jones (1958)
Brother Julio (1958)

John F. Kennedy (1965 airmail) - US president

Miguel Larreinaga (1921)
Bartolomé de Las Casas (1937 airmail) - Author
Archbishop Lezcano y Ortega (1957)
Abraham Lincoln (1960) - US president

Tomas Martinez (1961) - General, president
Stanley Matthews (1970) - Soccer player
Jose Maria Moncada (1953 airmail) - President
Emanuel Mongalo (1956 airmail)
Elias Monge (1961 airmail) - educator
Charles L. Mullins (1961 airmail) - educator

Nicarao (1937 airmail) - Cacique

Pope Paul VI (1966 airmail)
Hiram Paulding (1956 airmail)
Pele (1970) - Soccer player
Bishop Pereira y Castellon (1957)
Ferenc Puskas (1970) - Soccer player

Dean L. Ray (1954) - US aviator
Will Rogers (1939 airmail) - US humorist
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1946) - US president
L. S. Rowe (1940 airmail)

Juan Bautista Sacasa (1953 airmail) - President
Roberto Sacasa (1953 airmail) - President
Jean Baptiste de la Salle (1958)
[[Carlos José Solórzano] (1953) - President
Anastasio Somoza García (1953, 1954, 1957) - President
Luis Somoza Debayle (1957, 1961) - President
Cardinal Spellman (1959)
Josef Stalin (1946) - Soviet leader
Alfredo di Stefano (1970) - Soccer player
Heinrich von Stephan (1950) - founder of the Universal Postal Union

Jose Cecilio del Valle (1921)
Saint Vincent de Paul (1963 airmail)

Lev Yashin (1970) - Soccer player

Joaquin Zavala (1953 airmail) - President
Jose Santos Zelaya (1903, 1953 airmail) - President

[edit] From 1975

From 1975 Nicaragua produced a large number of stamps designed for sale to collectors, many featuring personalities of interest to foreign collectors but with no relation to Nicaragua.