This is a list of philatelists, persons notable for their contributions to philately.

B

David Beech MBE FRPSL, "Former President of the Royal Philatelic Society London, Head Curator of the Philatelic Collection of the British Library" Oscar Berger-Levrault Kasimir Bileski Ferdinand of Bulgaria

C

Gustave Caillebotte Samuel Chapman, Mexico Daniel Cooper, founder and first president of Philatelic Society of London Jal Cooper J. Howard Crocker, life member of the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada

D

Paul Darke, founder of the largest recorded collection of disability themed stamps in the world Gerald Davis C.D. Desai Emilio Diena, ancient Italian state specialist

E

Robert Brisco Earée, Album Weeds Edward B. Evans, "Major Evans"

F

David Feldman Adelaide Lucy Fenton, early female philatelist Philipp von Ferrary

G

Cheryl Ganz, Former National Postal Museum curator and Zeppelin mail collector Edward Stanley Gibbons, British dealer Arthur William Sinclair GrayThe Arthur Gray KGV Collection was an Australian known for his collection of "Kangaroo and Map" stampsRed-hot 'roo stamps. James Cockington, The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 January 2013. John Edward Gray Colonel Green Bill Gross, third person to form a complete 19th-century US collection

H

Abraham Hatfield, signer of Roll of Distinguished PhilatelistsBackground notes on The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists September 2011, Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Trust, London, 2011. Archived here. and plater of the New York Postmaster's Provisional George Higlett Heinrich Himmler Arthur Hind

K

Hiroyuki Kanai, Mauritius collection Anatoly Karpov George V of the United Kingdom, royal collector Adolph Koeppel

L

Pierre Langlois Henry G. Lapham, Grand Award at the 1936 Third International Philatelic Exhibition H. Dormer Legge Alfred Lichtenstein James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford, formed massive philatelic library George Ward Linn, founder of Linn's Weekly Stamp News Robson Lowe, "father of postal history" John Luff

M

James A. Mackay Fred Melville Foil A. Miller Jean-Baptiste Moens, "father of philately" Hedley Adams Mobbs Walter Morley Edwin Müller Douglas Myall

O

Frank F. Olney (1851–1903), Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island and president of the American Philatelic Association for three terms

P

Alfred Potiquet, first stamp catalogue

R

Włodzimierz Rachmanow, Polish philatelist Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman, collector of medical stamps Ayn Rand Franklin D. Roosevelt, presidential collector L.T. Rose-Hutchinson Stuart Rossiter Gary Ryan

S

Lawrence L Shenfield, Confederate postal history Sir Ernest de Silva, Sri Lanka's greatest philatelist Paul Skinner, Head Curator of the Philatelic Collection of the British Library Evelyn Arthur Smythies William Carlos Stone, revenues and philatelic literature

T

Thomas Tapling Charlotte Tebay, early female philatelist

W

Leon Norman Williams

Z

Robert Zoellner, one of two people to form a complete U.S. collection

See also Topical stamp collecting

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