- Will Rogers (1948) Humorist
- Antoniazzo Romano (1991) Painter
Franklin D. Roosevelt on a 1945 stamp
- Eleanor Roosevelt (1963) First Lady
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1945) 32nd President
- Theodore Roosevelt (1922) 26th President
- Betsy Ross (1952) American flag creator
- George Ross (1952) Relative of Betsy Ross
- Mark Rothko (1998) Painter
- Edward Rutledge (1976) Painter
- Wilma Rudolph (2004) Track & field athlete
- Benjamin Rush (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- Jimmy Rushing (1994) Blues singer
Theodore Roosevelt on a 1922 stamp
- Charles M. Russell (1961) Painter
- Richard Russell, Jr. (1984) Statesman
- George Herman "Babe" Ruth (1983) Baseball player
- Eero Saarinen (1982) Architect
- Albert Sabin (2006) Virologist
- Sacagawea (1994) Shoshone guide
- Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1940) Sculptor
- Rubén Salazar (2008) Journalist
- Peter Salem (1968) Revolutionary War soldier
- Jonas Salk (2006) Medical scientist
- Haym Salomon (1975) Revolutionary War financier
Haym Salomon on a 1975 stamp
- William T. Sampson (1937) Navy Admiral
- José de San Martín (1959) South American liberator
- Carl Sandburg (1978) Poet
- Henry Sandham (1925) Painter
- Winthrop Sargent (1948) Mississippi Territory Governor
- William Saroyan (1991) Author
- Winfield S. Schley (1937) Navy Admiral
- Albert Schoenhut (1997) Doll designer
- Carl Schurz (1983) Journalist
- Blanche Stuart Scott (1980) Aviator
- Winfield Scott (1870) Army General
- Selena (2011) Singer
- David O. Selznick (2003) Motion picture producer
- Raphael Semmes (1995) Naval officer
- Sequoyah (1980) Cherokee linguist
- Rod Serling (2009) Writer
- Junipero Serra (1985) Franciscan mission founder
- John Sevier (1946) Tennessee Governor
- William H. Seward (1873) Secretary of State
- Eric Sevareid (2008) Journalist
- Chief Shadoo (1930) Kiowa Chief
William Shakespeare on a 1938 stamp
- William Shakespeare (1964) Playwright
- Charles Sheeler (1998) Painter
- Alan Shepard (2011) Astronaut
- Philip Henry Sheridan (1937) Civil War General
William Tecumseh Sherman on an 1893 stamp
- Roger Sherman (1976) Declaration of Independence signatory
- William Tecumseh Sherman (1893) Civil War General
- Dinah Shore (2009) Singer
- Igor Sikorsky (1988) Aircraft engineer
- Phil Silvers (2009) Comedian
- William S. Sims (2010) Admiral
- Frank Sinatra (2008) Singer/actor
- Elisabetta Sirani (1994) Painter
- George Sisler (2000) Baseball player
- Sitting Bull (1989) Hunkpapa Sioux warrior
- Red Skelton (2009) Comedian
John French Sloan on a 1971 stamp
- John French Sloan (1971) Painter
- Alfred E. Smith (1945) New York Governor
- Bessie Smith (1994) Blues singer
- Jessie Willcox Smith (2001) Illustrator
- John Smith (1907) Jamestown settler
- Kate Smith (2010) Singer
- Margaret Chase Smith (2007) U.S. senator
- W. Eugene Smith (2002) Photographer
- John Philip Sousa (1940) Composer
- Franklin Sousley (1945) Iwo Jima
- Albert Southworth (2002) Photographer
Edwin M. Stanton on an 1871 stamp
- Tris Speaker (2000) Baseball player
- Elmer Sperry (1985) Aviation pioneer Note: the wrong photograph was used as the basis for the stamp, which actually pictures Elmer Sperry's father.
- Lawrence Sperry (1985) Aviation pioneer
- Joel Elias Spingarn (2009) Civil rights leader
- Edwin M. Stanton (1871) Secretary of War
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1948) Suffragist, feminist, and abolitionist
- Willie Stargell (2012) Baseball player
- Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1986) Arctic explorer
- Edward Steichen (2002) Photographer
- John Steinbeck (1979) Author
- Max Steiner (1999) Composer
- Charles Steinmetz (1983) Electrical inventor
Adlai Stevenson on a 1965 stamp
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1930) Revolutionary War general
- Wallace Stevens (2012) Poet
- Adlai Stevenson (1965) UN Ambassador and presidential candidate
- James Stewart (2007) Actor
- Walter Stewart (1976) Revolutionary War soldier
- Alfred Stieglitz (2002) Photographer
- Clyfford Still (2010) Abstract expressionist artist
- Joseph W. Stilwell (2000) Army General
- Richard Stockton (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- Leopold Stokowski (1997) Conductor
- Harlan Fiske Stone (1948) Chief Justice
Lucy Stone on a 1968 stamp
- Lucy Stone (1965) Suffragist and feminist
- Joseph Story (2009) Supreme Court justice
- Harriet Beecher Stowe (2007) Author
- Paul Strand (2002) Photographer
- Michael Strank (1945) Iwo Jima
- Igor Stravinsky (1982) Composer
- William Strickland (1979) Architect
- Gilbert Charles Stuart (1940) Painter
- Harry Stuhldreher (1998) Football player
- Peter Stuyvesant (1948) New Amsterdam Governor
- Dr. Seuss (1999) Author & illustrator
- Anne Sullivan (1980) Educator
- Ed Sullivan (2009) TV variety show host
- John Sullivan (1929) Revolutionary War general
- Louis Sullivan (1981) Architect
- George Szell (1997) Conductor, composer
TRobert A. Taft on a 1960 stamp
- Robert A. Taft (1960) Senator
- William Howard Taft (1930) 27th President
- William Talman (2009) Actor
- Henry Ossawa Tanner (1973) Painter
Henry Ossawa Tanner on a 1973 stamp
- Ida Tarbell (2002) Author, journalist
- Zachary Taylor (1875) 12th President
- Walter Dorwin Teague (2011) Industrial designer
- Mother Teresa (2010) Humanitarian
- Gerard Terborch (1974) Painter
- Mary Church Terrell (2009) Civil rights leader
- Sonny Terry (1998) Blues musician
Henry David Thoreau on a 1967 stamp
- Nikola Tesla (1983) Induction motor inventor
- Rosetta Tharpe (1998) Gospel singer, musician, and songwriter
- Sylvanus Thayer (1985) Educator
- Danny Thomas (2012) Entertainer
- Charles Thomson (1976) Continental Congress Secretary
- Henry David Thoreau (1967) Author
- Jim Thorpe (1984) Football player
- James Thurber (1994) Author, illustrator, humorist
- Lawrence Tibbett (1997) Opera singer
- Giambattista Tiepolo (1982) Painter
- Lewis Comfort Tiffany (2007) Designer
- Bill Tilghman (1994) Southwest lawman
- Dimitri Tiomkin (1999) Composer
- Arturo Toscanini (1989) Conductor
- Pie Traynor (2000) Baseball player
- William B. T. Trego (1976) Painter
- Edward Trudeau (2008) Phthisiologist
- Harry S. Truman (1973) 33rd President
- John Trumbull (1927) Painter
- Sojourner Truth (1986) Abolitionist
- Harriet Tubman (1978) Abolitionist
- Richard Tucker (1997) Tenor
- Mark Twain (1940) Author
- John Tyler (1938) 10th President
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V- Ritchie Valens (1993) Rock and roll musician
- Rudolph Valentino (1994) Actor
- Martin Van Buren (1938) 8th President
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1982) Architect
- James Van Der Zee (2002) Photographer
- Vivian Vance (2009) Actress
- Félix Varela (1997) Social reformer
- Alfred V. Verville (1985) Aviation pioneer
- Oswald Garrison Villard (2009) Civil rights leader
- Bartolomeo Vivarini (1999) Painter
- Greta von Nessen (2011) Industrial designer
- John von Neumann (2005) Mathematician
W- Honus Wagner (2000) Baseball player
- Izannah Walker (1997) Doll designer
- Madam C.J. Walker (1998) Philanthropist
- Mary Edwards Walker (1982) Army surgeon
Booker T. Washington on a 1940 stamp
- DeWitt Wallace (1998) Publisher
- Lila Wallace (1998) Publisher
- Raoul Wallenberg (1997) Humanitarian
- George Walton (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- Clara Ward (1998) Gospel singer and songwriter
- Andy Warhol (2002) Painter
George Washington on 1847 stamp
- "Pop" Warner (1997) Football coach
- Earl Warren (1992) Chief Justice
- Robert Penn Warren (2005) Author and poet
Martha Washington on an 1923 stamp
- Booker T. Washington (1940) Educator
- Dinah Washington (1993) Blues singer
Daniel Webster on an 1890 stamp
- George Washington (1847) 1st President
- John P. Washington (1948) One of the Four Chaplains
- Martha Washington (1902) First Lady
- Ethel Waters (1994) Blues singer and actress
- Muddy Waters (1994) Blues singer, musician, and songwriter
- Stand Watie (1995) Confederate General
- Carleton Watkins (2002) Photographer
- Franz Waxman (1999) Composer
- Anthony Wayne (1929) Revolutionary War General
- John Wayne (1990) Actor
- Jack Webb (2009) Actor
Walt Whitman on a 1940 stamp
- Daniel Webster (1870) Statesman
- Noah Webster (1958) Author
- Orson Welles (1999) Actor/film director
Frank Lloyd Wright, 1966
- Ida B. Wells (1990) Civil Rights advocate, feminist
- Benjamin West (1956) Painter
- Joseph West (1930) Charleston Governor
- Edward Weston (2002) Photographer
- Clifton R. Wharton, Sr. (2006) Diplomat
- Edith Wharton (1980) Author
- Joseph Wharton (1981) Wharton School of Business founder
- William Whipple (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- James McNeill Whistler (1934) Painter
- Jon Whitcomb (2001) Illustrator
- Josh White (1998) Folk singer, musician, songwriter, and actor
- Minor White (2002) Photographer
- Paul Dudley White (1986) Cardiologist
- Walter Francis White (2009) Civil rights leader
- William Allen White (1948) Newspaper editor
- Wabokieshiek (White Cloud) (1998) Iowa Chief
- Walt Whitman (1940) Poet
- Eli Whitney (1940) Cotton gin inventor
- John Greenleaf Whittier (1940) Poet
- Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (1990) Tennis player
- Billy Wilder (2012) Motion picture director
- Thornton Wilder (1997) Playwright
- Harvey W. Wiley (1956) Chemist
- Charles Wilkes (1988) Antarctic explorer
- Roy Wilkins (2001) Civil Rights advocate
- Frances E. Willard (1940) Educator
- Hank Williams (1993) Country singer, musician, and songwriter
- Roger Williams (1936) Rhode Island co-founder
- Ted Williams (2012) Baseball player
- Tennessee Williams (1995) Playwright
- William Williams (Continental Congress) (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- William Carlos Williams (2012) Poet
- Thomas Willing (1976) Continental Congressman
- Frances E. Willis (2006) Diplomat
- Wendell Willkie (1992) Statesman
- Bob Wills (1993) Country musician and songwriter
- Meredith Willson (1999) Composer, playwright
- James Wilson (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- Woodrow Wilson (1925) 28th President
- Garry Winogrand (2002) Photographer
- John Witherspoon (1976) Declaration of Independence signatory
- Oliver Wolcott (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- Thomas Wolfe (2000) Author
- Grant Wood (1996) Painter
- Carter G. Woodson (1984) Historian
- Frank Lloyd Wright (1965) Architect
- Orville Wright (1928) Aviation pioneer
- Richard Wright (2009) Writer
- Russel Wright (2011) Industrial designer
- Wilbur Wright (1928) Aviation pioneer
- Newell Convers Wyeth (2001) Illustrator
- George Wythe (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
X- Malcolm X (1999) Civil rights advocate
YSun Yat-sen on a 1961 stamp
- Sun Yat-sen (1961) Chinese revolutionary leader
- Alvin C. York (2000) World War I soldier, Medal of Honor recipient
- Ashley Young (2000) Child stamp design contest winner
- Cy Young (2000) Baseball player
- Whitney Moore Young (1981) Civil Rights advocate
Z- Babe Zaharias (1981) Track & field athlete
Quotation"We cannot put the face of a person on a stamp unless said person is deceased. My suggestion, therefore, is that you drop dead." -- J. Edward Day, Postmaster General, 1962. Day was replying to a request from an individual to be honored with a stamp. The letter was never maile