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.

Crete

Greece

(complete through 1959)

A

• Despina Achladioti (1983)
• Alexander the Great (1937, 1954, 1959, 1968, 1977, 1992)
• 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-Louise of Greece (1938, 1956)

G

• Abbot Gabriel (1930)
• Galen (1996)
• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Leader of India's 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)

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)

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)