Persons

This page lists persons that have in one way or another a connection with the UN system. Also listed are non-UN organizations that have such connections, e.g. received awards or prizes.

Persons depicted on stamps that do not have a direct link to the UN system can be found on a special page.

Ali, Muhammad 1942- United States of America boxer

Amnesty International 1961- - organization

ASECNA 1959- Africa organization

Baers, Maria 1883-1959 Belgium feminist/senator

Baláž, Jozef 1923-2006 Czechoslovakia/Slovakia artist/designer

Beatrix 1938- Netherlands queen

Berger, André 1942- Belgium meteorologist

Bernhard 1911-2004 Netherlands prince

Binder, Joseph 1898-1972 Austria/United States of America designer

Boeykens, Lily 1930-2005 Belgium feminist

Brunfaut, Emilienne 1908-1986 Belgium feminist

Brunovský, Albín 1935-1997 Czechoslovakia/Slovakia illustrator

Cousteau, Jacques-Yves 1910-1997 France explorer/filmmaker

Debrot, Nicolaas 1902-1981 Netherlands Antilles writer/politician

Einstein, Albert 1879-1955 Germany physicist

El Mekki, Hatem 1916-2003 Tunisia artist/designer

Fabiola 1928- Belgium queen

Foss, Joe 1915-2003 United States of America soldier Korean War

Gandhi, Indira 1917-1984 India prime minister

Hammarskjöld, Dag 1905-1961 Sweden secretary-general

Helmer, Oskar 1887-1963 Austria interior minister

Hemerijckx, Frans 1902-1969 Belgium medical doctor

Heymans, Corneille 1892-1968 Belgium scientist

Hundertwasser, Friedensreich 1928-2000 Austria painter/architect

Huysmans, Camille 1871-1968 Belgium politician/minister

ICDDR,B 1978- Bangladesh organization

Institute of Tropical Medicine 1906- Belgium research institute

John Paul II 1920-2005 Poland/Vatican City pope

Juliana 1909-2004 Netherlands queen

Karajan, Herbert von 1908-1989 Austria conductor

Kelsen, Hans 1881-1973 Austria jurist

Khrushchev, Nikita 1894-1971 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics first secretary

Klestil, Thomas 1932-2004 Austria president

Krains, Hubert 1862-1934 Belgium secretary UPU

Lumumba, Patrice 1925-1961 Republic of the Congo prime minister

Mandela, Nelson 1918- South Africa lawyer/president

Nehru, Jawaharlal 1889-1964 India prime minister

Nkrumah, Kwame 1909-1972 Ghana president

Paige, Mitchell 1918-2003 United States of America soldier Korean War

Palme, Olof 1927-1986 Sweden prime minister

Pasteur Institute 1887- France research institute

Pasteur Institute of Tunis 1893- Tunisia research institute

Peterson, Oscar 1925-2007 Canada pianist/composer

Picasso, Pablo 1881-1973 Spain painter

Piot, Peter 1949- Belgium head of UNAIDS

Plesman, Albert 1889-1953 Netherlands aviation pioneer

Robeson, Paul 1896-1983 United States of America actor/activist

Roosevelt, Eleanor 1884-1962 United States of America political activist

Schumacher, Michael 1969- Germany formula 1 racer

Schuster, Rudolf 1934- Slovakia mayor/president

Shostakovich, Dmitri 1906-1975 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics composer

Spaak, Paul-Henri 1899-1972 Belgium pres. Gen. Assembly

Stephan, Heinrich von 1831-1897 Prussia/Germany post minister

Struyf, Edmond 1912-1996 Belgium post official

Teresa, Mother 1910-1997 India catholic nun

Tinbergen, Jan 1903-1995 Netherlands economist

Van Cauwelaert, Frans 1880-1961 Belgium politician/minister

Van Den Wyngaert, Christine 1952- Belgium judge

Van Noten, Jean 1903-1982 Belgium artist/designer

Vienna Symphony Orchestra 1900- Austria orchestra

Vuchetich, Yevgeny 1904-1974 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics sculptor

Waldheim, Kurt 1918-2007 Austria secretary-general

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last revised: 28 March 2010