List of people on stamps of Ecuador
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This is a list of people on stamps of Ecuador
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The date(s) their effigy appeared on a stamp follows their name.
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
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The date(s) their effigy appeared on a stamp follows their name.
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- Abayuba Tribal Chief - UruguayUruguayUruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
(1980) - General 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...
President (1908, 1942, 1943, 1958) - Jaime Roldós AguileraJaime Roldós AguileraJaime Roldós Aguilera was President of Ecuador from 10 August 1979 to 24 May 1981. In his short tenure, he became known for his firm stance on human rights. His death in a plane crash gave rise to speculation of involvement by the United States government in the accident.-Early life and...
President (1980) - Salvador AllendeSalvador AllendeSalvador Allende Gossens was a Chilean physician and politician who is generally considered the first democratically elected Marxist to become president of a country in Latin America....
Chilean President (1971) - AnacaonaAnacaonaAnacaona , also called the Golden Flower, was a Taíno cacica , sister of Bohechío, chief of Jaragua, and wife of Caonabo, chief of the nearby territory of Maguana, two of the five highest caciques who ruled the island of Hispaniola when the Spaniards settled there in 1492...
Tribal Chief - HaitiHaitiHaiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
(1980) - Professor Luciano Andrade (1974)
- Carlos J. Arosemena TolaCarlos Julio Arosemena TolaCarlos Julio Arosemena Tola was President of Ecuador 15 September 1947 to 1 September 1948. He was also the father of future president Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy.-External links:* *http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Ecuador.html...
President (1958) - Otto Arosemena GomezOtto ArosemenaOtto Arosemena Gómez was President of Ecuador November 16, 1966 to September 1, 1968.-Early life and career:Arosemena was born in Guayaquil to Luis Alberto Arosemena Tola and Mercedes Gómez Santistevan on July 19, 1925. He came from a well-known Guayaquil family; his cousin and his cousin's father...
President (1968) - Carlos Alberto Arroyo del RíoCarlos Alberto Arroyo del RíoCarlos Alberto Arroyo del Río was President of Ecuador from 1940-1944. He was a member of the Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party. During his term, the country lost the 1941 Ecuadorian–Peruvian War.-External links:*...
President (1943) - AtahualpaAtahualpaAtahualpa, Atahuallpa, Atabalipa, or Atawallpa , was the last Sapa Inca or sovereign emperor of the Tahuantinsuyu, or the Inca Empire, prior to the Spanish conquest of Peru...
Inca ruler (1937) - AtlacatlAtlacatlAtlacatl is reputed to have been the name of the last ruler of a polity which was based around the center of Cuzcatlán, in the southwestern periphery of Mesoamerica , at the time of the Spanish conquest....
Tribal Chief - SalvadorSalvadorSalvador is normally an indirect way of naming a Messiah. In Spanish, a nickname for Salvador is Chava...
(1980) - Isidro Ayora CuevaIsidro AyoraIsidro Ayora Cueva was an Ecuadorian political figure. He served as the president of Ecuador from 1926 to 1931. Isidro Ayora, a town in Guayas, and Puerto Ayora, are named after him. Some people name coins ayora because this were introduced by him.-External links:...
President (1980)
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- Alfredo BaquerizoAlfredo BaquerizoAlfredo Baquerizo Moreno was Ecuadorian politician. He served as Vice President of Ecuador of Leónidas Plaza and Lizardo García from 1903 to 1906 and as President of Ecuador three times in 1912, 1916–1920 and 1931-1932. He was a member of the Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party.-External links:*...
President (1942, 1959, 1977) - Simón 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...
- Antonio BorreroAntonio BorreroAntonio María Vicente Narciso Borrero y Cortázar was Vice President of Ecuador from 1863 to 1864 and President from 9 December 1875 to 18 December 1876....
President (1907, 1911)
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- José Plácido CaamañoJosé Plácido CaamañoJosé María Plácido Caamaño y Gómez-Cornejo was President of Ecuador 23 November 1883 to 1 July 1888....
President (1958) - Calarca Tribal Chief - ColombiaColombiaColombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
(1980) - Francisco CamposFrancisco CamposFrancisco Machado Campos *Bats Right, Throws Right*Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.*Born August 12, 1972 in Guaymas, Sonora Mexico-Biographical Information:...
scientist (1974) - Jerónimo CarriónJerónimo CarriónJerónimo Carrión y Palacio was President of Ecuador between September 7, 1865 and November 6, 1867. He also served as Vice President of Ecuador and led a brief rebellion in 1859.He was a member of the Ecuadorian Conservative Party....
President (1907, 1917) - Benjamin CarriónBenjamín CarriónManuel Benjamín Carrión Mora was an Ecuadorian writer and cultural promoter.He was born into an aristocratic family in Loja. He was a lawyer by training, and occupied various positions in the public arena, including Minister of Education, legislator, diplomat in several countries of Europe and...
Writer - CaupolicanCaupolicanCaupolicán was a Toqui, the military leader of the Mapuche people of Chile, that commanded their army during the first Mapuche rising against the Spanish conquistadors from 1553 to 1558....
Tribal Chief - ChileChileChile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
(1980) - Charles V, Holy Roman EmperorCharles V, Holy Roman EmperorCharles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I, of the Spanish Empire from 1516 until his voluntary retirement and abdication in favor of his younger brother Ferdinand I and his son Philip II in 1556.As...
(1958) - Cmarao Tribal Chief - BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
(1980) - 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...
(1936) - Luis Cordero CrespoLuis Cordero CrespoLuis Benjamín Cordero y Crespo was President of Ecuador 1 July 1892 to 16 April 1895. His parents were Gregorio Cordero and Josefa Crespo....
President (1976) - CuauhtemocCuauhtémocCuauhtémoc was the Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan from 1520 to 1521...
Tribal Chief - MexicoMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
(1980) - Segundo Cueva Celi musician (1976)
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- Camilo Ponce Enríquez President (1960)
- EnriquilloEnriquilloEnriquillo was a Taíno Cacique who rebelled against the Spaniards from 1519 to 1533. His father was killed while attending peace talks with the Spanish, along with eighty other regional chieftains under the direction of his aunt Anacaona in Jaragua. During the talks, Spanish soldiers set the...
Tribal Chief - Dominican RepublicDominican RepublicThe Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
(1980) - Javier EspinosaJuan Javier EspinosaJuan Javier Espinosa was President of Ecuador, from 20 January 1868 to 19 January 1869.-External links:*...
President (1907, 1915)
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- GarabitoGarabitoGarabito is the name of the eleventh canton in the province of Puntarenas in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 316.31 km² , and has a population of 11,259 . Its capital city is Jacó....
Tribal Chief - Costa RicaCosta RicaCosta Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
(1980) - Gabriel García MorenoGabriel García MorenoGabriel Gregorio Fernando José María García y Moreno y Morán de Buitrón was an Ecuadorian statesman who twice served as President of Ecuador and was assassinated during his second term, after being elected to a third term...
President (1907, 1958, 1960) - Guaycaypuro Tribal Chief - VenezuelaVenezuelaVenezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
(1980)
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- Pio Jaramillo Alvarado writer (1974)
- Pope John-Paul II (1980)
- Juan Carlos of Spain King (1980)
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- John F. KennedyJohn F. KennedyJohn Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....
US President (1969) - Robert Kennedy US politician (1964, 1969)
- Martin Luther King US civil rights leader (1969)
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- LambaréLambaréLambaré is a city in Central Department, Paraguay, part of the Gran Asunción metropolitan area.- Sources : * – World-Gazetteer.com...
Tribal Chief - ParaguayParaguayParaguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
(1980) - Lempira Tribal Chief - HondurasHondurasHonduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
(1980) - Elia Luit aviator (1958)
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- Juan de Dios Martínez MeraJuan de Dios MartínezJuan de Dios Martínez Mera was President of Ecuador 1932-1933.In Quito, a main avenue is named after him.-External links:* *...
President (1975) - Mater Dolorosa (1958)
- Gabriela MistralGabriela MistralGabriela Mistral was the pseudonym of Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga, a Chilean poet, educator, diplomat, and feminist who was the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1945...
Chilean poet (1957)
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- Christobal Ojeda Davila musician (1976)
- José Joaquín de Olmedo President (1899, 1920 1930, 1980)
- Carlos Ortega newspaper editor (1981)
- Jorge Ortega newspaper editor (1981)
- Carlos Amable Ortiz musician (1976)
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- José Peratta writer (1977)
- Philip II of SpainPhilip II of SpainPhilip II was King of Spain, Portugal, Naples, Sicily, and, while married to Mary I, King of England and Ireland. He was lord of the Seventeen Provinces from 1556 until 1581, holding various titles for the individual territories such as duke or count....
King (1964) - Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghPrince Philip, Duke of EdinburghPrince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is the husband of Elizabeth II. He is the United Kingdom's longest-serving consort and the oldest serving spouse of a reigning British monarch....
(1962) - Pope Pius XII (1959)
- Galo PlazaGalo PlazaGalo Plaza Lasso was an Ecuadorian politician and statesman who served as the Ecuadorian Ambassador to the U.S, President of Ecuador from 1948 to 1952, and Secretary General of the Organization of American States from 1968 to 1975...
President (1952 - Leónidas PlazaLeónidas PlazaLeónidas Plaza Gutiérrez was an Ecuadorian political figure. He served as the President of Ecuador between 1901 and 1905 and again from 1912 until 1916. He was the father of Galo Plaza Lasso.-External links:*...
President (1958)
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- Paul RivetPaul RivetPaul Rivet was a French ethnologist, who founded the Musée de l'Homme in 1937. He was also one of the founders of the Comité de vigilance des intellectuels antifascistes, an antifascist organization created in the wake of the February 6, 1934 far right riots.Rivet proposed a theory according to...
French anthropologist (1958) - Francisco RoblesFrancisco RoblesFrancisco Robles García was President of Ecuador from October 16, 1856 to September 17, 1859.-External links:*...
President (1907, 1911) - Vicente RocafuerteVicente RocafuerteVicente Rocafuerte y Bejarano was an influential figure in Ecuadorian politics and President of Ecuador from September 10, 1834 to January 31, 1839....
President (1894, 1907, 1911, 1947) - Guillermo Rodríguez Lara President (1973)
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt US President (1948)
- RuminahuiRumiñahuiRumiñahui may refer to:*Rumiñahui *Rumiñahui *Rumiñahui...
Tribal Chief - EcuadorEcuadorEcuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
(1980)
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- Tacun-Uman Tribal Chief - GuatemalaGuatemalaGuatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
(1980) - Tehuelche Tribal Chief - ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
(1980) - Harry S Truman US President (1952)
- Tupaj Katri Tribal Chief - BoliviaBoliviaBolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
(1980)
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- UrracaUrracaUrraca or Hurraca is a feminine given name, the same as the Spanish word for magpie, derived perhaps from Latin furax, meaning "thievish", in reference to the magpie's tendency to collect shiny items...
Tribal Chief - PanamaPanamaPanama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
(1980) - José María Urvina President (1907, 1908, 1911)
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- Luis Alberto Valencia musician (1976)
- Marco Varea botanist (1974)
- Honorato Vazquez statesman (1956)
- José María Velasco IbarraJosé María Velasco IbarraJosé María Velasco Ibarra was an Ecuadorian political figure. He served as the president of Ecuador from 1934–1935, 1944–1947, 1952–1956, 1960–1961, and 1968-1972. He only served one of those terms without being ousted by the army, from 1952-1956.-Early life and career:Velasco Ibarra was born on...
President (1946, 1971) - Father Juan de VelascoJuan de VelascoJuan de Velasco y Pérez Petroche was an 18th-century Jesuit priest, historian, and professor of philosophy and theology from the Royal Audience of Quito. He was born in Riobamba to Juan de Velasco y López de Moncayo and to María Pérez Petroche. Among the universities where he taught was the...
Jesuit priest, writer (1947, 1980)