This article lists people who have been featured on Malta postage stamps, listed by their name, the year they were first featured on a stamp, and a short description of their notability. Several of these people have been featured on multiple stamps.
For the purpose of this list, "featured" may mean: The likeness of a person, The name of a person, or People who have neither their likeness nor name on a stamp, but are documented by MaltaPost as being the subject of a stamp.
A Veneranda Abela – Maltese baroness (1998) Giovanni Francesco Abela – Maltese historian (2005) Karmenu Abela – Maltese Sette Giugno victim (1985) Agatha of Sicily – Christian saint (1965) Carmela Agius – Maltese laundress (2003) Hans Christian Andersen – Danish author (2005) Andrew the Apostle – Christian saint (2019) Anthony of Antioch – Christian saint (1998) Manwel Attard – Maltese Sette Giugno victim (1985) – Maltese politician (1975) Francesco Azzopardi – Maltese composer (1985) Michael Azzopardi – Maltese philanthropist (2005)
B Robert Baden-Powell – British military officer, founder of scouting (2007) Alexander Ball – British naval officer, Civil Commissioner of Malta (1999) Ġużeppi Bajada – Maltese Sette Giugno victim (1985) Nicolo Baldacchino – Maltese tenor (1985) Giuseppe Barth – Maltese-Austrian ophthalmologist (1974) Bartholomew the Apostle – Christian saint (2021) Franz Beckenbauer – German footballer and coach (2006) Laurie Bellizzi – Maltese entertainer (2019) Benedict XVI – German Pope (2010) Ludwig van Beethoven – German composer and pianist (2020) Diego Bonanno – Maltese priest and philanthropist (1986) Napoleon Bonaparte – French military and political leader (1998) Francis Bonnici – Maltese priest and philanthropist (2007) Joe Borg – Maltese Foreign Minister (2004) – Maltese botanist (1974) George Borg Olivier – Prime Minister of Malta (1989) John Bosco – Italian priest, Christian saint (2004) Rużar Briffa – Maltese poet (1980) David Bruce – Australian-British pathologist and microbiologist (1966) Vincenzo Bugeja – Maltese businessman and philanthropist (1986) George H. W. Bush – President of the United States (1989) Anton Buttigieg – President of Malta (1974) Lord Byron – English poet (1990)
C Giuseppe Calì – Maltese painter (1996) Joseph Calleia – Maltese-American actor and singer (1997) Nazzareno Camilleri – Maltese philosopher (1996) Gregorio Carafa – Hospitaller Grand Master (2014) Girolamo Cassar – Maltese architect and military engineer (1966) Saverio Cassar – Maltese priest, Governor of Gozo (2002) Jean de la Cassière – Hospitaller Grand Master (2014) – Maltese entertainer (2019) Catherine of Alexandria – Christian saint (2005) Catherine of Siena – Christian saint (1967) Caroline Cauchi – Maltese philanthropist (2007) Pietru Caxaro – Maltese philosopher and poet (1985) Bobby Charlton – English footballer (2006) Christopher – Christian saint (1976) Winston Churchill – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1966) Adelaide Cini – Maltese philanthropist (1986) Annet de Clermont-Gessant – Hospitaller Grand Master (2014) Charles Clews – Maltese entertainer (2019) Samuel Taylor Coleridge – English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian (1990) Christopher Columbus – Italian explorer (1992) Nicolas Cotoner – Hospitaller Grand Master (1964) Raphael Cotoner – Hospitaller Grand Master (2014) Jacques Cousteau – French diver (1997) Anastasio Cuschieri – Maltese priest and poet (1988)
D Dante Alighieri – Italian poet (1965) Giuseppe De Piro – Maltese missionary (1983) Ramon Despuig – Hospitaller Grand Master (2014) Carlo Diacono – Maltese composer (2006) Adrian Dingli – Chief Justice of Malta (2002) Dominic – Castilian priest, Christian saint (2018) Henry Dunant – Swiss humanitarian, businessman and activist, founder of the Red Cross (2013) Wenzu Dyer – Maltese Sette Giugno victim (1985)
E Edward VII – British monarch (1903) Dwight D. Eisenhower – American general, President of the United States (2018) Elizabeth – Biblical figure (2021) Elizabeth – British queen consort (1937) Elizabeth II – British monarch (1950)
F Nazju Falzon – Maltese cleric (1988) Eddie Fenech Adami – President of Malta (2004) Sidor Formosa – Maltese priest (1988) Francis – Argentine Pope (2022) Francis of Assisi – Italian priest, Christian saint (1986)
G Gaetano dei Conti di Thiene – Italian priest and reformer, Christian saint (2018) – Maltese writer (1986) Galileo Galilei – Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer (2009) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi – Indian independence leader (1969) Tomás Gargallo – Spanish Bishop of Malta, education pioneer (1997) Martin Garzez – Hospitaller Grand Master (2014) Bob Geldof – Irish singer-songwriter, actor and activist (2006) George – Christian saint (2003) George V – British monarch (1914) George VI – British monarch (1937) Gerard – founder of the Knights Hospitaller (2013) Nosi Ghirlando – Maltese entertainer (2019) Mikhail Gorbachev – Soviet leader (1989) Lord Gort – Governor of Malta (1993) Gregory – Christian saint (1998) Maria Amelia Grognet – Maltese noblewoman (1998) Robert Guiscard – Norman adventurer and warrior (2009)
H Holofernes – Biblical figure (1975) Juan de Homedes y Coscon – Hospitaller Grand Master (2014) Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim – Hospitaller Grand Master (1998)
I Ignatius of Loyola – Spanish priest and theologian, Christian saint (1991) Nicolas Isouard – Maltese-French composer (1971)
J Jerome – Christian saint (1970) Jesus (1951) John the Baptist – Christian saint (1967) John of the Cross – Spanish priest, Christian saint (1991) John XXIII – Italian Pope, Christian saint (2014) John Paul II – Polish Pope, Christian saint (1990) Elton John – British singer, pianist and composer (2003) Joseph – Christian saint (1964) Judith – Biblical figure (1975) Julian the Hospitaller – Christian saint (2018)
K John F. Kennedy – President of the United States (1966) Athanasius Kircher – German scholar and polymath (2002) Oreste Kirkop – Maltese tenor (2002)
L Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam – Hospitaller Grand Master (1938) Albert Laferla – Maltese education pioneer (1997) Francesco Laparelli – Italian architect and military engineer (1966) Egidio Lapira – Maltese dentist (2005) Giovanni Paolo Lascaris – Hospitaller Grand Master (2014) Lawrence – Christian saint (2019) William D. Leahy – American naval officer (2015)
M The Magi – Biblical figures (1965) Manuel Magri – Maltese ethnographer, archaeologist and writer (2007) Anthony Mamo – President of Malta (1974) Guglielmo Marconi – Italian inventor (1996) Mary (1951) Michael – archangel (1976) Dom Mintoff – Prime Minister of Malta (1974) Giorgio Mitrovich – Maltese activist (1985) Pierre de Monte – Hospitaller Grand Master (2014) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – German composer (2006)
N Paul Nani – Maltese composer (2006) – Maltese entertainer (2019) Nicholas – Christian saint (1976)
O Walter Oxley – British military officer (2018)
P Carmelo Pace – Maltese composer (2006) Arvid Pardo – Maltese-Swedish diplomat and scholar (1987) Louis Pasteur – French chemist and microbiologist (1995) Paul the Apostle – Christian saint (1899) Antoine de Paule – Hospitaller Grand Master (2014) Pelé – Brazilian footballer (2006) Mary Euphrasia Pelletier – French nun, Christian saint (1996) Ramon Perellos y Roccaful – Hospitaller Grand Master (2014) Peter – Christian saint (1967) Philip – British prince, Duke of Edinburgh (2003) Philip of Agira – Christian saint (2019) Manuel Pinto da Fonseca – Hospitaller Grand Master (1969) Padre Pio – Italian friar and mystic, Christian saint (2018) Maria Adeodata Pisani – Maltese nun (1991) Pius V – Italian Pope, Christian saint (1966) Piero de Ponte – Hospitaller Grand Master (2014) George Preca – Maltese priest, Christian saint (1980) Mattia Preti – Italian artist (2013) Luigi Preziosi – Maltese politician and ophthalmologist (1988) Karm Psaila – Maltese priest and poet (1971) Publius – Christian saint (1926) Paolo Pullicino – Maltese priest and education pioneer (1997)
R Raphael – archangel (1998) Martin de Redin – Hospitaller Grand Master (2014) Roger I – Norman Count of Sicily (2009) Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc – Hospitaller Grand Master (2014) Franklin D. Roosevelt – President of the United States (2015)
S Didier de Saint-Jaille – Hospitaller Grand Master (2014) Robert Samut – Maltese doctor and musician (1969) Michelangelo Sapiano – Maltese clockmaker (1995) Pietru Pawl Saydon – Maltese priest, scholar and Bible translator (1988) Antonio Sciortino – Maltese sculptor (1971) Walter Scott – Scottish writer and historian (1990) Claude de la Sengle – Hospitaller Grand Master (2014) Inez Soler – Maltese artist, musician and writer (1996) Joseph Stalin – Soviet leader (2015) Heinrich von Stephan – German postal reformer (1974) Sting – English musician, singer-songwriter and actor (2006) Mabel Strickland – Anglo-Maltese journalist, newspaper proprietor and politician (1996)
T – Italian postal reformer (2020) Arthur Tedder – British military officer (2018) William Makepeace Thackeray – British novelist, author and illustrator (1990) Thomas of Villanova – Spanish friar, Christian saint (1967)
U Armando Urso – Maltese entertainer (2019)
V Jean Parisot de Valette – Hospitaller Grand Master (1962) Luís Mendes de Vasconcellos – Hospitaller Grand Master (2014) Mikiel Anton Vassalli – Maltese writer, philosopher and linguist (1980) Paolino Vassallo – Maltese composer (2006) Claude-Henri Belgrand de Vaubois – French general (1999) Venera – Christian saint (2019) Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle – Hospitaller Grand Master (2014) Emily de Vialar – French nun and education pioneer (1997) Victoria – British monarch (1860) António Manoel de Vilhena – Hospitaller Grand Master (2014) Emmanuele Vitale – Maltese rebel leader, Governor of Gozo (2002)
W Adrien de Wignacourt – Hospitaller Grand Master (2014) Alof de Wignacourt – Hospitaller Grand Master (2014)
X Mikiel Xerri – Maltese patriot (1999) Francisco Ximénez de Tejada – Hospitaller Grand Master (2014)
Z Giuseppe Zammit – Maltese professor (1976) Themistocles Zammit – Maltese doctor and archaeologist (1966) Dino Zoff – Italian goalkeeper (2006) Marc'Antonio Zondadari – Hospitaller Grand Master (2014)
People commemorated but not depicted on Malta stamps Geronimo Abos – Maltese composer (2005) Henry Mayo Bateman – British artist and cartoonist (2012) Giuseppe Callus (2005) Albrecht Dürer – German painter, printmaker, and theorist (1978) Melchiorre Gafà – Maltese sculptor (1967) Edward Lear – English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet (2012) Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius de Soldanis – Maltese historian (1971)
See also Stamp collecting Philately List of philatelic bureaus
References
External links Maltapost plc