List of people on stamps of Cuba
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This is a list of people on stamps of Cuba
. (complete through 1958)
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
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- Isabella II of SpainIsabella II of SpainIsabella II was the only female monarch of Spain in modern times. She came to the throne as an infant, but her succession was disputed by the Carlists, who refused to recognise a female sovereign, leading to the Carlist Wars. After a troubled reign, she was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of...
(1855 - 1868, 1952) - Amadeo I of SpainAmadeo I of SpainAmadeo I was the only King of Spain from the House of Savoy...
(1873) - Alfonso XII of SpainAlfonso XII of SpainAlfonso XII was king of Spain, reigning from 1874 to 1885, after a coup d'état restored the monarchy and ended the ephemeral First Spanish Republic.-Early life and paternity:Alfonso was the son of Queen Isabella II of Spain, and...
(1876 - 1888) - Alfonso XIII of SpainAlfonso XIII of SpainAlfonso XIII was King of Spain from 1886 until 1931. His mother, Maria Christina of Austria, was appointed regent during his minority...
(1890 - 1898) - Benjamin FranklinBenjamin FranklinDr. Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat...
(1899 - US stamp overprintedOverprintAn overprint is an additional layer of text or graphics added to the face of a postage stamp or banknote after it has been printed. Post offices most often use overprints for internal administrative purposes such as accounting but they are also employed in public mail...
for Cuba and 1956) - George WashingtonGeorge WashingtonGeorge Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...
(1899) - US stamp overprinted for Cuba - Andrew JacksonAndrew JacksonAndrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...
(1899) - US stamp overprinted for Cuba - Ulysses S. GrantUlysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...
(1899) - US stamp overprinted for Cuba - Daniel WebsterDaniel WebsterDaniel Webster was a leading American statesman and senator from Massachusetts during the period leading up to the Civil War. He first rose to regional prominence through his defense of New England shipping interests...
(1899) - US stamp overprinted for Cuba - Christopher ColumbusChristopher ColumbusChristopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...
(1899, 1944) - Antonio MaceoAntonio MaceoAntonio Maceo may refer to:*Antonio Maceo Grajales, commander in the Cuban revolutionary army*Antonio Maceo, a municipality of Santiago de Cuba named for the general*Antonio Maceo Airport, serving Santiago de Cuba...
(1907, 1910, 1917, 1933, 1948, 1954) - Bartolomé Masó (1910)
- Máximo GómezMáximo GómezMáximo Gómez y Báez was a Major General in the Ten Years' War and Cuba's military commander in that country's War of Independence ....
(1910, 1917, 1933, 1954) - Manuel Sanguily (1910, 1949)
- Ignacio AgramonteIgnacio AgramonteIgnacio Agramonte y Loynáz was a Cuban revolutionary, who played an important part in the Ten Years' War .Born in the province of Puerto Príncipe on December 23, 1841, to a wealthy family. He went to Barcelona, Madrid, and Havana to study law...
(1910, 1917, 1942, 1954) - Calixto GarcíaCalixto GarcíaCalixto García e Iñiguez was a general in three Cuban uprisings, part of the Cuban War for Independence: Ten Years' War, the Little War and the War of 1895, itself sometimes called the Cuban War for Independence, which bled into the Spanish-American War, ultimately resulting in national...
(1910, 1917, 1939, 1954) - José María Rodríquez y Rodríquez (Mayía) (1910, 1954)
- Carlos RoloffCarlos RoloffCarlos Roloff - was Cuban general and liberation activist, fighting against Spain in Ten Years' War and Spanish–American War....
(1910, 1944) - Mensajero y J. Bruno Zayas (1910, 1933)
- Gertrudis Gómez de AvellanedaGertrudis Gómez de AvellanedaGertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda y Arteaga was a 19th century Cuban writer.-Life:Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda y Arteaga, widely known as la Avellaneda, was born in Santa María de Puerto Príncipe , Cuba...
(1914) - José MartíJosé MartíJosé Julián Martí Pérez was a Cuban national hero and an important figure in Latin American literature. In his short life he was a poet, an essayist, a journalist, a revolutionary philosopher, a translator, a professor, a publisher, and a political theorist. He was also a part of the Cuban...
(1917, 1953, 1954) - José de la Luz y CaballeroJosé de la Luz y CaballeroJosé Cipriano de la Luz y Caballero was a Cuban scholar, acclaimed by José Martí as "the father ... the silent layer of foundations" in Cuban intellectual life of the 19th Century...
(1917, 1954) - Tomás Estrada Palma (1917, 1928, 1952, 1954)
- José Antonio Saco (1917< 1954)
- Carlos Manuel de CéspedesCarlos Manuel de CéspedesCarlos Manuel de Céspedes del Castillo was a Cuban planter who freed his slaves and made the declaration of Cuban independence in 1868 which started the Ten Years' War...
(1917, 1954) - Gerardo MachadoGerardo MachadoGerardo Machado y Morales was President of Cuba and a general of the Cuban War of Independence...
(1928) - Carlos J. Finlay (1934, 1952, 1954)
- General José Miguel GómezJosé Miguel GómezJosé Miguel Gómez y Gómez was a Cuban General in the Cuban War of Independence who went on to become President of Cuba.-Early career:...
, President of the Republic (1937, 1958) - Camilo HenríquezCamilo HenríquezFriar José Camilo Henríquez González was a priest, author, politician, and is considered an intellectual antecedent to and founding father of the Republic of Chile for his passionate leadership and influential writings...
of Chile (1937) - General Francisco de Paula SantanderFrancisco de Paula SantanderFrancisco José de Paula Santander y Omaña , was a Colombian military and political leader during the 1810–1819 independence war of the United Provinces of New Granada...
of Columbia (1937) - Juan MontalvoJuan MontalvoJuan María Montalvo Fiallos was an Ecuadorian author and essayist.Born in Ambato to José Marcos Montalvo and Josefa Fiallos, he studied philosophy and law in Quito before returning to his hometown in 1854. He held diplomatic posts in Italy and France from 1857 to 1859...
of Equador (1937) - Abraham LincolnAbraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...
of the United States (1937) - Francisco MorazánFrancisco MorazánGeneral Francisco Morazán was a Honduran general and a politician who ruled several Central American states at different times during the turbulent period from 1827 to 1842. He rose to prominence at the legendary Battle of La Trinidad on November 11, 1827...
of Honduras (1937) - Carlos A. LópezCarlos LópezCarlos López can refer to:* Carlos Antonio López , Paraguayan politician* Carlos López , Mexican baseball player* Carlos Lopez * Carlos López de Silanes, Mexican football player...
of Paraguay (1937) - José Enrique RodóJosé Enrique RodoJosé Enrique Rodó Piñeyro was a Uruguayan essayist. He called for the youth of Latin America to reject materialism, to revert back to Greco-Roman habits of free thought and self enrichment, and to develop and concentrate on their culture.He cultivated an epistolary relationship with important...
of Uruguay (1937) - Simon BolívarSimón BolívarSimón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Yeiter, commonly known as Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military and political leader...
of Venezuela (1937) - Rubén DarioRubén DaríoFélix Rubén García Sarmiento , known as Rubén Darío, was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-American literary movement known as modernismo that flourished at the end of the 19th century...
of Nicaragua (1937) - Gonzalo de Quesada (1940)
- Dr. Nicolás José Gutiérrez (1940)
- José María Heredia (1940, 1957)
- General Guillermo MoncadaGuillermo MoncadaBorn in Santiago on June 25, 1841, Guillermo Moncada was one of 29 Cuban generals in the Cuban War of Independence....
(1941) - Eloy AlfaroEloy AlfaroJosé Eloy Alfaro Delgado was the President of Ecuador from 1895 to 1901 and from 1906 to 1911. He became one the strongest opponents of pro-Catholic conservative President Gabriel Garcia Moreno...
of Equador (1943) - Bartolomé de las CasasBartolomé de Las CasasBartolomé de las Casas O.P. was a 16th-century Spanish historian, social reformer and Dominican friar. He became the first resident Bishop of Chiapas, and the first officially appointed "Protector of the Indians"...
(1944) - Luis de las CasasLuis de Las CasasLuis de las Casas y Aragorri , governor-general of Cuba and the Commander in Chief of the Province of Louisiana and the Floridas.-References:...
and Bishop Luis Ignatius Peñalver y CárdenasLuis Ignatius Peñalver y CárdenasLuis Ignatius Peñalver y Cardenas was a Cuban Catholic Bishop of New Orleans, and Archbishop of Guatemala.-Life:...
(1945) - Manuel Márquez SterlingManuel Márquez SterlingManuel Márquez Sterling was a Cuban diplomat and President of Cuba for a few hours on January 18, 1934....
(1946) - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1947)
- Marta Abreu de EstévezMarta AbreuMarta Abreu de Estévez was one of the most influential figures of her time in central Cuba, especially in her birth city and province of Santa Clara...
(1947) - Dr. Armauer HansenGerhard Armauer HansenGerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen was a Norwegian physician, remembered for his identification of the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae in 1873 as the causative agent of leprosy....
(1948) - Ismael de Céspedes (1949)
- General Enrique Collazo (1950)
- Enrique José Varona (1950)
- Fernando FigueredoFernando FigueredoFernando Figueredo was the first Cuban-American to serve in the Florida State Legislature. He represented Monroe County in 1885....
(1951 and 1952 overprints) - Enrique Caravia (1951)
- Miguel Teurbe TolónMiguel Teurbe TolónMiguel Teurbe Tolón y de la Guardia was a Cuban playwright, poet, and the creator of the Coat of arms of Cuba....
(1951) - Narciso LopezNarciso LópezNarciso López was a Venezuelan adventurer and soldier, best known for an expedition aimed at liberating Cuba from Spain in the 1850s..- Life in Venezuela, Cuba, and Spain:...
(1951) - Emilia Teurbe Tolón (1951)
- Clara Louise Maass (1951)
- José Raúl CapablancaJosé Raúl CapablancaJosé Raúl Capablanca y Graupera was a Cuban chess player who was world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. One of the greatest players of all time, he was renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play...
(1951) - Antonio Guiteras Holmes (1951)
- General José Maceo (1952)
- Luis Estevez Romero (1952)
- Enrique B. Barnet (1952)
- Juan GuiterasJuan GuiterasJuan Guitéras y Gener , was a Cuban physician and pathologist specializing in yellow fever....
(1952) - Enrique Nuñez (1952)
- Agustín Parlá Orduñas (1952)
- Colonel Charles Hernández (1952)
- Eight students of medicine executed by the Spanish in 1871 (1952)
- F.V. Domínguez, N. Estévanez and F. Capdevila, lawyers for the eight students. (1952)
- Dr. Rafael Montoro (1953)
- Dr. Francisco Carrera Justiz (1953)
- Miguel CoyulaMiguel CoyulaMiguel Coyula Aquino is a Cuban filmmaker. At age 17, he made his first short with a VHS camcorder, which led to his admittance to the International Film School of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba...
(1954) - Antonio Ginard (1954)
- Gregorio Hernández (1954)
- Álvaro Reinoso (1954)
- María Luisa Dolz (1954)
- Paul P. HarrisPaul P. HarrisPaul Percy Harris was a Chicago, Illinois, attorney best known for founding Rotary International in 1905, a service organization that currently has well over one million members worldwide.-Biography:...
(1955) - Francisco Carillo (1955)
- Mario García MenocalMario García MenocalAurelio Mario García Menocal y Deop was President of Cuba, from 1913 to 1921...
(1955, 1956) - General Emilio Núñez RodríguezEmilio NúñezEmilio Núñez was a Cuban-American soldier, dentist, and politician ....
(1955) - Juan Gualberto Gómez (1955)
- Antonio Sánchez de Bustamante (1955)
- Félix VarelaFélix VarelaFélix Varela y Morales was a notable figure in the Roman Catholic Church in both Cuba and the United States.-Life:Varela was born in Havana, Cuba and died in St. Augustine, Florida, United States...
(1955) - Jaime González Crocier, pilot (1955)
- Miguel Aldama (1956)
- Serafín Sánchez (1956)
- Francisco Cagigal de la Vega (1956)
- Bishop Pedro Agustín Morell de Santa Cruz (1956)
- Julián del CasalJulián del CasalJosé Julián Herculano del Casal y de la Lastra was a Cuban poet.He took up many of the French poetic styles of the day, and later influenced Rubén Darío and Modernismo. Like Manuel González Prada and José Martí, Casal was an important forebearer of modernistic expression throughout Latin America...
(1956) - Luisa P. de Zambrana (1956)
- Juan Clemente Zenea (1956)
- José Joaquín PalmaJosé Joaquín PalmaJose Joaquin Palma Jose Joaquin Palma Jose Joaquin Palma (Bayamo, Cuba, September 11, 1844 - Guatemala City. August 2, 1911. Son of Pedro Palma y Aguilera and Dolores Lasso de la Vega. Went to "San José" School in Bayamo under the direction of José María Izaguirre whom he would later meet again in...
(1956) - Julio Sanguily (1956)
- José M. Aguirre (1956)
- Ernesto Font Sterling (1956)
- José Jacinto Milanés (1956)
- Victor Muñoz (1956)
- Hubert de BlanckHubert de BlanckHubertus Christiaan de Blanck was a Dutch-born professor, pianist, and composer who spent the better part of his life in Cuba....
(1956) - Martín Morúa Delgado (1956)
- Lord Baden Powell (1957)
- Juan F. Steegers (1957)
- Victoria Brú Sánchez (1957)
- Joaquín de Agüero (1957)
- Jeannette Ryder (1957)
- Rafael Manduley del Río (1957)
- Centennial of the birth of eight Generals of the Revolution (1957)
- John Robert GreggJohn Robert GreggJohn Robert Gregg was an educator, publisher, humanitarian, and the inventor of the eponymous shorthand system Gregg Shorthand.-Childhood:...
(1957) - Dr. Figarola Caneda (1957)
- Dayton Hedges, industrialist (1958)
- Dr. Francisco D. Roldán (1958)
- Dr. José Ignacio RiveroJose Ignacio RiveroJosé Ignacio Rivero was a Cuban exile and journalist .Rivero was born in Havana, Cuba. He is the grandson of Don Nicolas Rivero, who in 1832 founded the newspaper El Diario de la Marina, and the son of Pepin Rivero, who took over the newspaper upon the death of Don Nicolas in 1944...
(1958) - Four doctors, four lawyers and four musicians (1958)
- Carlos de la TorreCarlos de la TorreCarlos de la Torre Allariz is a retired Spanish long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres.-Achievements:-References:*...
, naturalist (1958) - Felipe Poey AloyFelipe Poey-Biography:Poey was born in Havana, the son of French and Spanish parents. He spent several years of his life in Pau then studied law in Madrid. He became a lawyer in Spain but was forced to leave due to his liberal ideas, returning to Cuba in 1823. He began to concentrate on the study of the...
, natural historian (1958) - Theodore RooseveltTheodore RooseveltTheodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...
, President of the United States (1958) - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Leader of India'sIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
Independence Movement (1997)