List of people on the postage stamps of Hungary explained

This is a list of people on stamps of Hungary.

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The year given is the year of issue of the first stamp depicting that person.

Data has been entered up to the end of 1960.

A

• Endre Ady (1947)
• Roald Amundsen (1948)
• János Apáczai Csere (in Hungarian), (1954)
• János Arany (1932)
• Prince Árpád (1943)
• Saint Astrik (1938)

B

• Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky (1945)
• Donát Bánki (1960)
• Béla Bartók, composer (1953)
• János Batsányi (1947)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1960)
• Béla IV of Hungary (1942)
• Józef Bem (1950)
• Gábor Bethlen (1939)
• János Bihari (1953)
• Louis Blériot (1948)
• János Bolyai (1932)
• János Bottyán (1952)
• Antal Budai Nagy (1947)
• Lord Byron (1948)

C

• Frédéric Chopin, composer (1956)
• Christopher Columbus (1948)
• Prince Csaba (1940)
• Mihály Csokonai Vitéz (1955)

D

• János Damjanich (1952)
• Leonardo da Vinci (1952)
• Ferenc Deák (1932)
• György Dózsa (1919)

E

• Ilona Edelsheim-Gyulai (in Hungarian), widow of István Horthy (1942)
• Thomas Edison (1948)
• George Enescu, composer (2006)
• Friedrich Engels (1919)
• Loránd Eötvös (1932)
• Ferenc Erkel, composer (1953) ^[1]
• Saint Erzsébet (1932)
• Tamás Esze (in Hungarian), 18th century leader (1947)

F

• Ferenc Rákóczi II (1935)
• Janos Ferencsik, artist (2008)
• Ferenc József I of Hungary (1871)
• Leó Frankel (1951)
• Robert Fulton (1948)
• Sándor Fürst (in Hungarian), Communist leader executed in 1932 (1945)

G

• Giuseppe Garibaldi (1960)
• Gerard Sagredo (1930)
• Gisela of Hungary (1938)
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1948)
• Károly Goldmark (1953)
• Artúr Görgey (1943)
• Maxim Gorky (1948)
• Johannes Gutenberg (1948)

H

• András Hadik (1943)
• Kató Hámán (in Hungarian) (1960)
• István Hatvani, mathematician (1938)
• Joseph Haydn (1959)
• Ottó Herman (in Hungarian), ornithologist (1954)
• Ottó Hoffmann, "anti-Fascist martyr" (1945)
• Endre Hőgyes (in Hungarian), physician (1954)
• István Horthy (1942)
• Miklós Horthy (1930)
• Victor Hugo (1948)

I

• Saint Imre (1930)
• János Irinyi (1954)
• István I of Hungary (1928)

J

• Michael Jackson, musician (2009)
• János Hunyadi (1943)
• Ányos Jedlik (1954)
• Mór Jókai (1925)
• Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1960)
• Attila József (1947)

K

• Lajos Kabók, "anti-Fascist martyr" (1945)
• Kálmán Kandó (1948)
• Dorottya Kanizsai (in Hungarian), historical figure from the Battle of Mohács (1944)
• Gáspár Károli (1939)
• Károly IV of Hungary (1916)
• Pál Kinizsi (1943)
• János Kiss (in Hungarian), "anti-Fascist martyr" (1945)
• Pálné Knurr, "anti-Fascist martyr" (1945)
• Zoltán Kodály (1953)
• Ferenc Kölcsey (1937)
• Anna Koltói (in Hungarian), "anti-Fascist martyr" (1945)
• Frigyes Korányi (in Hungarian), physician (1954)
• Sándor Kőrösi Csoma (1932)
• Lajos Kossuth (1932)
• Róbert Kreutz (1974) ^[2]

L

• Ladislaus I of Hungary (1938)
• Lajos I of Hungary (1942)
• Franz Lehár (1970) composer ^[3]
• Vladimir Lenin (1947)
• Ferenc Liszt (1932)
• Zsuzsanna Lorántffy (1939)

M

• Imre Madách (1932)
• Saint Margaret of Hungary (1938)
• György Maróthi, mathematician (1938)
• Ignác Martinovics (1919)
• Karl Marx (1919)
• Mátyás Hunyadi (1940)
• Maurice, Roman Catholic bishop of Pécs (1938)
• Vladimir Mayakovsky (1959)
• Illés Mónus (in Hungarian), "anti-Fascist martyr" (1945)
• Ferenc Móra (1960)
• Mihály Mosonyi (1953)
• Mihály Munkácsy (1932)

N

• Imre Nagy (in Hungarian), poet and "anti-Fascist martyr" (1945)
• Jenő Nagy (in Hungarian), "anti-Fascist martyr" (1945)
• József Nagysándor (1952)

P

• Géza Pattantyús-Ábrahám (in Hungarian), engineer (1960)
• Péter Pázmány (1935)
• Sándor Petőfi (1919)
• Edgar Allan Poe (1948)
• Alexander Popov (1948)
• Magdolna Purgly (1942)
• Alexander Pushkin (1949)
• Ferenc Puskás (in Hungarian), telephone pioneer and brother of Tivadar Puskás, in whose place his portrait was depicted in error (1954)

R

• Mátyás Rákosi (1952)
• Ferenc Rózsa (in Hungarian), member of the Communist Party who died in prison in unclear circumstances (1945)

S

• Endre Ságvári (in Hungarian), "anti-Fascist martyr" (1945)
• Imre Sallai (in Hungarian), Communist leader executed in 1932 (1945)
• György Sárközi (in Hungarian), "anti-Fascist martyr" (1945)
• Friedrich Schiller (1959)
• Zoltán Schönherz (in Hungarian), "anti-Fascist martyr" (1945)
• David Schwarz (1948)
• Ignác Semmelweis (1932)
• William Shakespeare (1948)
• Joseph Stalin (1947)
• George Stephenson (1948)
• Aurél Stromfeld (1952)
• Pope Sylvester II (1938)
• Tibor Szamuely (1959)
• István Széchenyi (1932)
• Albert Szenczi Molnár, Bible translator (1939)
• Erzsébet Szilágyi (1944)

T

• Mihály Táncsics (1947)
• Vilmos Tartsay (in Hungarian), "anti-Fascist martyr" (1945)
• Károly Than (1954)
• István Tisza (1932)
• Miklós Toldi (1943)
• Leo Tolstoy (1948)
• Bucsoki István Tóth (1960)
• Lajos Tüköry (in Hungarian) (1960)
• István Türr (1960)
• Mark Twain (1948)

U

None.

V

• Ármin Vámbéry (1954)
• Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (2013)
• Voltaire (1948)
• Mihály Vörösmarty (1937)

W

• Wilhelm Richard Wagner (2013)

X

None.

Y

None.

Z

• Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof (1957)
• Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1948)
• Clara Zetkin (1960)
• Zita of Bourbon-Parma (1916)
• Ilona Zrínyi (1944)
• Miklós Zrínyi (1943)

See also

• Postage stamps and postal history of Hungary

References

• Book: . Stanley Gibbons Limited . Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue, Part 2: Austria and Hungary, 7th edition . Stanley Gibbons Limited . 2009 . London and Ringwood . 978-0-85259-741-5.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bicentenary of Ferenc Erkel's Birth . 2011-01-24 . hunstamps.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20110712231522/http://hunstamps.com/en/stamps/1134 . 2011-07-12 . dead .
2. Web site: Stamp: Róbert Kreutz (Hungary) (People) Mi:HU 3006A,Sn:HU 2321,Yt:HU 2402,AFA:HU 2935,Un:HU 3006A . Colnect . 5 January 2018.
3. Web site: Franz Lehár . 2019-06-25. catawiki.