Nellie Brimberry

female
Nellie Brimberry of Albany, Georgia, became the first Postmistress of a major United States Post Office in 1910. In 1911 she inaugurated the first...
Hans Erni

Hans Erni

male, 100 years old
Hans Erni (born February 21, 1909 in Lucerne) is an important Swiss painter and sculptor. He is known in particular for illustrating postage...
S. L. Kirloskar

S. L. Kirloskar

male, deceased (1994)
Shantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskar (28 May, 1903-24 April, 1994) was an Indian businessman of Maharashtrian Karade Brahmin family. He was instrumental...
Pierre Gandon

Pierre Gandon

male, deceased (1990)
Pierre Gandon was an French illustrator and engraver of postage stamps. He was born January 20 1899 in L'Haÿ-les-Roses (Val-de-Marne) and died J...
Jacques-Jean Barre

Jacques-Jean Barre

male, deceased (1855)
Jean-Jacques Barre (3 August 1793 in Paris-10 June 1855 in Paris) was the general engraver at the Monnaie de Paris between 1842 and 1855. In this...
C. F. Payne

C. F. Payne

male
Chris Fox Payne, most commonly known as C.F. Payne, is a famous American caricaturist and illustrator. He graduated with BFA from Miami University...
Anker Eli Petersen

Anker Eli Petersen

male, 50 years old
Anker Eli Petersen is a Faroese writer and artist. He signed under the name Anker Eli many postage stamps issued in the Faroe Islands. He usually...
Henry Ries

Henry Ries

male, deceased (2004)
Henry Ries (September 22, 1917 - May 24, 2004) was a photographer who worked for the New York Times. His most famous photo was of "The Berlin Air...

Jonas Alströmer

male, deceased (1761)
Jonas Alströmer was a pioneer of agriculture and industry in Sweden. Born Jonas Alström in the town of Alingsås in Västergötland, in 1707 he becam...

Bart Forbes

male
Bart Forbes is an American painter and illustrator. He has worked for a number of magazines, amongst them TIME and Sports Illustrated, and a broad...