List of people on the postage stamps of Belgium

This article lists people who have been featured on the postage stamps of Belgium. Note that many of these people have been featured on multiple stamps. The following entries list the name of the person, a short description of their notability, and the first year they were first featured on a stamp.

This list is complete up to 2021.

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B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K
  • nl:Jacob Kats, Flemish teacher, writer, stage director and pioneer of socialism in Belgium (1961)
  • Anne Teresa Keersmaeker, choreographer (2000)
  • August Kekulé, chemistry professor (1966)
  • John F. Kennedy, president of the United States (1999)
  • John Maynard Keynes, economist (2001)
  • Marguerite Khnopff, sister of Fernand Khnopff (2004)
  • Martin Luther King, leader of the civil rights movement (1999)
  • Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist (1953)
  • Hubert Krains, Belgian author (1974)
  • Raymond Jean de Kremer, writer (2004)

L

M

N

O

P

Q
  • Adolphe Quetelet, statistician, astronomer and secretary of the Royal Academy of Brussels (1974)

R

S
  • Maurits Sabbe, writer (2005)
  • Marie Sasse, soprano (1997)
  • Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone (1973)
  • Victor Scheppers, prison reformer and founder of the Brothers of Mechlin (1969)
  • Tony Schrauwen, international billiards champion from Belgium (2006)
  • Robert Schuman, French statesman (1967)
  • Clara Schumann, composer (2009)
  • Leon Scieur, Belgian winner of Tour de France in 1921 (2017)
  • Jack Sels, jazz musician, saxophonist (2004)
  • Piet Sels, international billiards champion from Belgium (2007)
  • Marie Sèthe, wife of Henry Van de Velde (2003)
  • Fernand Severin, poet (1981)
  • Georges Simenon, writer (1994)
  • Philips van Marnix van Sint-Aldegonde, author (1998)
  • Abbot General Smets, Abbot General of the Trappists (1939)
  • Joel Smets, motocross rider (2004)
  • Ferdinand Augustin Snellaert, physician and Flemish patriot (1975)
  • Frans Snyder, Flemish painter (1965)
  • fr:Béatrice Soetkens, apparition of the Virgin Mary (1979)
  • Constant Spinoy, stamp engraver (1997)
  • Ernest Solvay, Belgian scientist (1955)
  • Baron de Stassart, Dutch-Belgian politician (1981)
  • Heinrich von Stephan, founder of the UPU (1974)
  • Simon Stevinus, Flemish mathematician, physicist and military engineer (1942)
  • Raymond Steylaerts, international billiards champion from Belgium (2006)
  • Jacques Stibbe, philatelist (2004)
  • Stijn Streuvels, novelist (1971)
  • Paul Stroobants, international billiards champion from Belgium (2006)
  • Edmund Struyf, founder of Pro-Post, association for promotion of philately (1998)

T

U

There are no persons in this category whose last names start with “U”

V
  • Gustaaf Van Belle, international billiards champion from Belgium (2007)
  • José Van Dam, musician (2008)
  • Ivo Van Damme, track and field runner (2006)
  • Henry Van de Velde, architect (1963)
  • Piet J. Van Duppen, international billiards champion from Belgium (2007)
  • Anthony van Dyck, Flemish Baroque artist (1926)
  • Clément Van Hassel, international billiards champion from Belgium (2006)
  • Lucien Van Impe, Belgian winner of Tour de France in 1976 (2017)
  • Marc Van Montagu, molecular genetics (2007)
  • Philippe Van Parijs, social philosophy (2007)
  • Chris Van den Wyngaert, international criminal law (2007)
  • Gella Vandecaveye, Belgian International Judo champion (2005)
  • Emile Vandervelde, Belgian socialist politician (1946)
  • Alfons Vandoninck, developer of mosquito repellent (2017)
  • Cornelia Vekemans, daughter of Joris Vekemans, a prominent Antwerp merchant (1975)
  • Jan Vekemans, subject of portrait by Cornelis de Vos (1974)
  • Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit missionary in China (1988)
  • Catherine Verfaille, medical researcher (2004)
  • Emile Verhaeren, Belgian poet and art critic (1952)
  • Paul Verlaine, author (2010)
  • Auguste Vermeylen, Flemish writer and educator (1972)
  • Jos Vervest, international billiards champion from Belgium (2006)
  • Andreas Vesalius, anatomist (1964)
  • Emile Verhaeren, poet (1955)
  • Henri Vernes, writer (2009)
  • Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer and violinist (1960)
  • Rene Vingerhoedt, international billiards champion from Belgium (2007)
  • Emiel Vlieburgh, economist (1957)
  • Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian field marshal (2015)
  • Jean Francois Vonck, rebel leader (1992)

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X

There are no persons in this category whose last names start with “X”

Y

Z

There are no persons in this category whose last names start with “Z”

Sources
  • 2021 Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue, Vol. 1B, ©2021, Amos Media Co., Sidney, OH
  • Michel Europa Katalog Band 6 Westeuropa 2006/2007, ©2006, Schwaneberger Verlag GMBH, Munich, Germany
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