title: List of philatelists
text: # List of philatelists
  
  This is a list of philatelists, persons notable for their contributions to philately.
  
  * A
  * B
  * C
  * D
  * E
  * F
  * G
  * H
  * I
  * J
  * K
  * L
  * M
  * N
  * O
  * P
  * Q
  * R
  * S
  * T
  * U
  * V
  * W
  * X
  * Y
  * Z
  
  ## 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
  
  * Edward Stanley Gibbons, British dealer
  * Arthur William Sinclair Gray was an Australian known for his collection of "Kangaroo and Map" stamps
  * 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 Philatelists 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
  
  * 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
  