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.
The list is complete through 1974 in regular stamps, and 1966 for airmail.
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- Mustafa Kemal AtatürkMustafa Kemal AtatürkMustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey....
(1999) - President - George Biddell AiryGeorge Biddell AirySir George Biddell Airy PRS KCB was an English mathematician and astronomer, Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881...
(1994) - British Astronomer Royal - Brother Antonio (1958)
- Manuel José ArceManuel José ArceGeneral Manuel José Arce y Fagoaga was a decorated General and president of the Federal Republic of Central America from 1825 to 1829.- Background :...
(1921) - Brother Argeo (1958)
- Leonardo Argüello BarretoLeonardo Arguello BarretoLeonardo Argüello Barreto was a Nicaraguan politician who, after several attempts, became the President of Nicaragua in 1947...
(1953 airmail) - President - Teodor A. Arias (1958)
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- Robert Baden-Powell (1957) - Scouting founder
- Edward G. Barry (1958)
- LeRoy Bartlett, Jr. (1961 airmail) - educator
- Franz BeckenbauerFranz BeckenbauerFranz Anton Beckenbauer is a German football coach, manager, and former player, nicknamed Der Kaiser because of his elegant style, his leadership, his first name "Franz" , and his dominance on the football pitch...
(1970) - Soccer player - Andres BelloAndrés BelloAndrés de Jesús María y José Bello López was a Venezuelan humanist, poet, lawmaker, philosopher, educator and philologist, whose political and literary works constitute an important part of Spanish American culture...
(1965 airmail) - Venezuelan writer - Eugene BlackEugene BlackEugene Black was an American lawyer, teacher, and grocer who was the Democratic United States Representative from the First District of Texas from 1915 to 1929. In 1929 he was appointed by President Hoover to serve on the United States Board of Tax Appeals, on which he served until 1966.-External...
(1964 airmail) - Francisco BozaFrancisco BozaFrancisco Boza is a Peruvian sports shooter and Olympic medalist. He won a silver medal in trap shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and came fourth four years later....
(1961 airmail) - educator - James BradleyJames BradleyJames Bradley FRS was an English astronomer and served as Astronomer Royal from 1742, succeeding Edmund Halley. He is best known for two fundamental discoveries in astronomy, the aberration of light , and the nutation of the Earth's axis...
(1994) - English Astronomer Royal
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- Rigoberto Cabezas (1961 airmail)
- Evaristo CarazoEvaristo CarazoEvaristo Carazo Aranda was the President of Nicaragua from 1 March 1887 until his death in 1 August 1889. He was a member of the Conservative Party of Nicaragua. He reached the ranks of Coronel in 1856 in the war against William Walker.He was a son of Lorenzo Carazo Alvarado and María del Rosario...
(1953 airmail) - President - Adán CárdenasAdán CárdenasAdán Cárdenas del Castillo was a Nicaraguan politician and doctor. He also served as the President of Nicaragua between 1 March 1883 and 1 March 1887. He was a member of the Conservative Party of Nicaragua....
(1953 airmail) - President - Brother Carios (1958)
- Winston ChurchillWinston ChurchillSir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...
(1946, 1974) - British prime minister - Diego Manuel Chamorro BolañosDiego Manuel Chamorro BolañosDiego Manuel Chamorro Bolaños was the President of Nicaragua between 1 January 1921 and 12 October 1923. He belonged to the Conservative Party of Nicaragua and was a member of the politically powerful Chamorro family...
(1953) - President, 1921-1923 - Emiliano Chamorro VargasEmiliano Chamorro VargasEmiliano Chamorro Vargas was the President of Nicaragua from 1 January 1917 to 1 January 1921 and again from 14 March 1926 to 11 November 1926....
(1953) - President, 1917–1921, 1926 - Fernando Chamorro AlfaroFernando Chamorro AlfaroFernando Chamorro Alfaro was a General and member of the governing junta of Nicaragua .Fernando Chamorro was a firm supporter of the Conservative Party, which was dominated during his youth by his half-brother and guardian, Fruto Chamorro...
(1921, 1956) - General and member of the governing junta, 1860–1863 - Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Alfaro (1921, 1953) - President, 1875-1879
- 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...
(1892, 1945) - explorer - Francisco Hernández de CórdobaFrancisco Hernández de CórdobaFrancisco Hernández de Córdoba may refer to:* Francisco Hernández de Córdoba * Francisco Hernández de Córdoba...
(1924) - conquistador - Fred T. Cruse (1961 airmail) - educator
- Vicente CuadraJosé Vicente Cuadra- VICENTE CUADRA 1812 - 1894 :He served as President of the Republic of Nicaragua in Central America during that country's late 19th century reconstruction...
(1953 airmail) - President
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- Rubén DaríoRubén 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...
(1921, 1941, airmail 1967) - Poet - Adolfo DíazAdolfo DíazAdolfo Díaz Recinos was the President of Nicaragua between 9 May 1911 and 1 January 1917 and between 14 November 1926 and 1 January 1929...
(1953) - President - DiriangenDiriangenDiriangen was the legendary tribal leader of the Chorotegas who can rightfully be called the first resistance fighter of the Nicaragua. He fought against the Spanish in the 1520s, keeping them at bay for a time...
(1937 airmail) - Cacique - Mariano Dubon (1957) - Priest
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- Albert EinsteinAlbert EinsteinAlbert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history...
(1979) - German-born theoretical physicist - José Dolores EstradaJosé Dolores EstradaJosé Dolores Estrada Morales , in the wake of the turmoil following José Santos Zelaya's fall, briefly served as acting President of Nicaragua for a week from 20 to 27 August 1910, before handing power to his brother, Juan José Estrada. He died the following year....
(1956) - General
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- Rev. Rafael Maria Fabretto - Salesian missionary from Venice, Italy
- Giacinto FacchettiGiacinto FacchettiGiacinto Facchetti was an Italian football player. From January 2004 until his death, he was President of Internazionale, the club for which he played for his whole career during the 1960s and 1970s, playing 634 official games and scoring 75 goals. He played for the Internazionale team remembered...
(1970) - Soccer player
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- Charles de GaulleCharles de GaulleCharles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969....
(1946) - French leader - Henri GiraudHenri GiraudHenri Honoré Giraud was a French general who fought in World War I and World War II. Captured in both wars, he escaped each time....
(1946) - general - Archbishop Gonzalez y Robleto (1966 airmail)
- John F. Greco (1961 airmail) - educator
- Fernando Guzmán (1953 airmail) - President
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- Virginia O'Hanlon (1973) - letter writer
- 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) - founder of the Rotary Club - Joseph A. HarrisonJoseph A. HarrisonReverend Joseph Alexander Harrison was a Moravian pastor. He was born in San Juan de Nicaragua to Cornelius and Margaret Harrison.-Personal life:...
(1957) - Rowland HillRowland Hill (postal reformer)Sir Rowland Hill KCB, FRS was an English teacher, inventor and social reformer. He campaigned for a comprehensive reform of the postal system, based on the concept of penny postage and his solution of prepayment, facilitating the safe, speedy and cheap transfer of letters...
(1950) - postal reformer
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- Maximo JerezMáximo JerezMáximo Jerez Tellería was a politician, lawyer and military leader in 19th century Nicaragua.He is considered he the greatest Liberal political thinker in Nicaraguan history...
(1921, 1956) - Pope John XXIIIPope John XXIII-Papal election:Following the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958, Roncalli was elected Pope, to his great surprise. He had even arrived in the Vatican with a return train ticket to Venice. Many had considered Giovanni Battista Montini, Archbishop of Milan, a possible candidate, but, although archbishop...
(1959) - Melvin Jones (1958)
- Brother Julio (1958)
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- Miguel Larreinaga (1921)
- 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"...
(1937 airmail) - Author - Archbishop Lezcano y Ortega (1957)
- 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...
(1960) - U.S. president - Charles LindberghCharles LindberghCharles Augustus Lindbergh was an American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist.Lindbergh, a 25-year-old U.S...
(1977) - U.S. aviator
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- 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...
(1983) - Poet, writer - Tomás MartínezTomás MartínezTomás Martínez Guerrero was the President of Nicaragua between 15 November 1857 and 1 March 1867. From 24 June 1857 to 19 October or 15 November 1857, he acted jointly as the 34th President in a dual Junta with the Liberal Máximo Jerez formed on 23 January.Born in Nagarote, he was put in power by...
(1961) - General, president - Karl MarxKarl MarxKarl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist political movement...
(1982) - Philosopher, economist, revolutionary - Stanley MatthewsStanley MatthewsSir Stanley Matthews, CBE was an English footballer. Often regarded as one of the greatest players of the English game, he is the only player to have been knighted while still playing, as well as being the first winner of both the European Footballer of the Year and the Football Writers'...
(1970) - Soccer player - José Maria MoncadaJosé María Moncada TapiaJosé María Moncada Tapia was the President of Nicaragua from 1 January 1929 to 1 January 1933.- Political career :...
(1953 airmail) - President - Emanuel Mongalo (1956 airmail)
- Elias Monge (1961 airmail) - educator
- Charles L. Mullins (1961 airmail) - educator
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- Pope Paul VIPope Paul VIPaul VI , born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding Pope John XXIII, who had convened the Second Vatican Council, he decided to continue it...
(1966 airmail) - Hiram PauldingHiram PauldingHiram Paulding was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, who served from the War of 1812 until after the Civil War.-Naval career:...
(1956 airmail) - PeléPeléHowever, Pelé has always maintained that those are mistakes, that he was actually named Edson and that he was born on 23 October 1940.), best known by his nickname Pelé , is a retired Brazilian footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time...
(1970) - Soccer player - Bishop Pereira y Castellon (1957)
- Ferenc PuskasFerenc PuskásFerenc Puskás was a Hungarian footballer and manager. He scored 84 goals in 85 international matches for Hungary, and 514 goals in 529 matches in the Hungarian and Spanish leagues. He became Olympic champion in 1952 and was a World Cup finalist in 1954...
(1970) - Soccer player
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- Dean L. RayDean L. RayDean L. Ray was a pilot in the US Army Air Forces.While performing at an airshow in Nicaragua, his airplane malfunctioned. Ray remained in his aircraft and directed it away from spectators, and died in the subsequent crash....
(1954) - U.S. aviator - Will RogersWill RogersWilliam "Will" Penn Adair Rogers was an American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer, film actor, and one of the world's best-known celebrities in the 1920s and 1930s....
(1939 airmail) - U.S. humorist - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1946) - U.S. president
- L. S. Rowe (1940 airmail)
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- Juan Bautista SacasaJuan Bautista SacasaJuan Bautista Sacasa Sacasa was the President of Nicaragua from 1 January 1933 to 9 June 1936. He was the eldest son of Roberto Sacasa, 44th and 46th President of Nicaragua, and wife and cousin Ángela Sacasa Cuadra...
(1953 airmail) - President - Roberto SacasaRoberto SacasaRoberto Sacasa Sarria was the President of Nicaragua from 5 August 1889 to 1 January 1891 and again the 46th from 1 March 1891 to 11 July 1893.-Ancestry:...
(1953 airmail) - President - Jean Baptiste de la Salle (1958)
- Carlos José SolórzanoCarlos José SolórzanoCarlos José Solórzano Gutiérrez was the President of Nicaragua between 1 January 1925 and 14 March 1926.-Biography:...
(1953) - President - Anastasio Somoza DebayleAnastasio Somoza DebayleAnastasio Somoza Debayle was a Nicaraguan leader and officially the 73rd and 76th President of Nicaragua from 1 May 1967 to 1 May 1972 and from 1 December 1974 to 17 July 1979. As head of the National Guard, he was de facto ruler of the country from 1967 to 1979...
(1972 airmail) - President - Anastasio Somoza GarcíaAnastasio Somoza GarcíaAnastasio Somoza García was officially the President of Nicaragua from 1 January 1937 to 1 May 1947 and from 21 May 1950 to 29 September 1956, but ruled effectively as dictator from 1936 until his assassination.-Biography:Somoza was born in San Marcos, Carazo Department in Nicaragua, the son of...
(1953, 1954, 1957) - President - Luis Somoza DebayleLuis Somoza DebayleLuis Anastasio Somoza Debayle was the President of Nicaragua from 29 September 1956 to 1 May 1963, but was effectively dictator of the country from 1956 until his death. He was born in León.Luis was educated at LSU...
(1957, 1961) - President - Cardinal Spellman (1959)
- Joseph StalinJoseph StalinJoseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
(1946) - Soviet leader - Alfredo Di StefanoAlfredo Di StéfanoAlfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé, born into a family of Italian immigrants from Capri, is a former Argentinian footballer and coach, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time...
(1970) - Soccer player - Heinrich von StephanHeinrich von StephanHeinrich von Stephan was a general post director for the German Empire who reorganized the German postal service. He was integral in the founding of the Universal Postal Union in 1874, and in 1877 introduced the telephone to Germany.Stephan was born in Stolp , Pomerania, in the Kingdom of Prussia...
(1950) - founder of the Universal Postal Union
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- José Cecilio del ValleJosé Cecilio del ValleJosé Cecilio Diaz del Valle was a philosopher, politician, lawyer, and journalist and one of the most important figures in Central America during the transition from colonial government to independence, displaying a wide-ranging expertise in public administration management.Valle nicknmed 'The...
(1921) - Jules VerneJules VerneJules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the science fiction genre. He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea , A Journey to the Center of the Earth , and Around the World in Eighty Days...
(1978) - French author and a pioneer of the science-fiction genre - Saint Vincent de Paul (1963 airmail)
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- Joaquín ZavalaJoaquín ZavalaJoaquín Zavala Solís was the President of Nicaragua from 1 March 1879 to 1 March 1883 and from 16 to 25 July 1893...
(1953 airmail) - President - José Santos ZelayaJosé Santos ZelayaJosé Santos Zelaya López was the President of Nicaragua from 25 July 1893 to 21 December 1909.-Early life:He was a son of José María Zelaya Irigoyen, born in Nicaragua, and mistress Juana López Ramírez...
(1903, 1953 airmail) - President