page_title: List of people on the postage stamps of the United States
section_title: H
hierarchical_section_title: List of people on the postage stamps of the United States / H
caption_attribution_description: English: US commemorative stamp honoring Herbert Hoover
context_page_description: Since the United States Post Office issued its first stamp in 1847, over 4,000 stamps have been issued and over 800 people featured. Many of these people have been featured on multiple stamps. Every one was deceased at the time their face appeared on a stamp.
  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 the United States Postal Service as being the subject of a stamp.
context_section_description: Philip Habib (2006) Diplomat
  George Halas (1997) Football coach
  Nathan Hale (1925) Revolutionary War officer
  Bill Haley (1993) Rock and roll singer, musician, and songwriter
  Fannie Lou Hamer (2009) Civil rights leader
  Alexander Hamilton (1870) Statesman
  Alice Hamilton (1995) Physician
  Dag Hammarskjöld (1962) United Nations Secretary General
  Oscar Hammerstein II (1999) Musical theater writer
  John Hancock (1976) Declaration of Independence signatory
  Winfield Hancock (1995) Civil War General
  William Christopher Handy (1969) Blues musician and composer
  John Hanson (1981) President of Continental Congress
  Yip Harburg (2005) Lyricist
  Warren G. Harding (1923) 29th President
  Oliver Hardy (1991) Comedian
  William Harnett (1969) Painter
  Joel Chandler Harris (1948) Journalist
  Patricia Roberts Harris (2000) Presidential Cabinet member, ambassador
  Benjamin Harrison (1902) 23rd President
  Benjamin Harrison V (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  William Henry Harrison (1938) 9th President
  Ray Harroun (2011) Racecar driver
  Lorenz Hart (1999) Lyricist
  Moss Hart (2004) Playwright
  William S. Hart (2010) Actor
  Bret Harte (1987) Author
  David Hartley (1983) Treaty of Paris signatory
  Marsden Hartley (2013) Modern artist
  John Harvard (1986) Harvard College benefactor
  Josiah Johnson Hawes (2002) Photographer
  Coleman Hawkins (1995) Jazz musician
  Nathaniel Hawthorne (1983) Author
  Robert Hayden (2012) Poet
  Helen Hayes (2011) Actress
  Ira Hayes (1945) Iwo Jima
  Mary Ludwig Hays (Molly Pitcher) (1928) Battlefield volunteer
  Rutherford B. Hayes (1922) 19th President
  Edith Head (2003) Costume designer
  Martin Johnson Heade (2004) Painter
  John Held, Jr. (2001) Illustrator
  Ernest Hemingway (1989) Author
  Jimi Hendrix (2014) Musician
  O. Henry (2012) Author
  Patrick Henry (1955) American Revolution orator
  Jim Henson (2005) Muppets creator
  Matthew Alexander Henson (1986) Arctic explorer
  Audrey Hepburn (2003) Actress
  Katharine Hepburn (2010) Actress
  Victor Herbert (1940) Composer
  Nicholas Herkimer (1977) Revolutionary War General
  Bernard Herrmann (1999) Composer
  John Hersey (2008) Journalist
  Milton S. Hershey (1995) Confectioner
  Charlton Heston (2014) Actor
  Joseph Hewes (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  Thomas Heyward, Jr. (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  Wild Bill Hickok (1994) Gunfighter
  Marguerite Higgins (2002) Journalist
  Morgan Hill (2000) Child stamp design contest winner
  Lewis Hine (2002) Photographer
  Gregory Hines (2019) Dancer, actor, singer, and choreographer
  John L. Hines (2000) World War I General
  Alfred Hitchcock (1998) Motion picture director
  James Hoban (1981) White House architect
  Oveta Culp Hobby (2011) Women's Army Corps officer
  Hans Hofmann (2010) Abstract expressionist painter
  Katsushika Hokusai (1974) Painter
  Billie Holiday (1994) Jazz singer
  Hollow Horn Bear (1923) Brulé Sioux leader
  Buddy Holly (1993) Rock and roll singer, musician, and songwriter
  Oliver Wendell Holmes (1968) Supreme Court Justice
  Winslow Homer (1962) Painter
  William Hooper (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  Herbert Hoover (1965) 31st President
  Bob Hope (2009) Comedian
  Johns Hopkins (1989) Philanthropist
  Mark Hopkins (1940) Educator
  Stephen Hopkins (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  Francis Hopkinson (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
  Edward Hopper (1970) Painter
  Rogers Hornsby (2000) Baseball player
  Harry Houdini (2002) Magician
  Charles Hamilton Houston (2009) Civil rights leader
  Sam Houston (1963) Texas Governor
  Elias Howe (1940) Inventor
  Julia Ward Howe (1987) Abolitionist
  Chester "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett (1994) Blues singer, musician, and songwriter
  Edwin Hubble (2000) Astronomer
  Henry Hudson (1909) Explorer
  Charles Evans Hughes (1962) Chief Justice
  Langston Hughes (2002) Author
  Cordell Hull (1963) Secretary of State
  Hubert Humphrey (1991) Vice President
  Richard Morris Hunt (1981) Architect
  Samuel Huntington (1976) Declaration of Independence signatory
  Ruby Hurley (2009) Civil rights leader
  Zora Neale Hurston (2003) Author
  John Huston (2012) Motion picture director
caption: Herbert Hoover, on a 1965 stamp
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