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

  • Stanley B. Ashbrook

  • John David Baker
  • Ralph Barry
  • Julius Bartels
  • Oscar Berger-Levrault
  • Lester Brookman

  • Caspary
  • Carroll Chase

  • Percy Doane

  • Clarence Eagle

  • Adelaide Lucy Fenton
  • Ferdinand of Bulgaria
  • Philipp von Ferrary

  • George V of the United Kingdom - royal collector
  • Stanley Gibbons - British dealer
  • J. A. Legrand
  • John Edward Gray
  • Colonel Green

  • Calvet M. Hahn
  • M. Georges Herpin - coined "philately"
  • John R. Hill, Jr
  • Arthur Hind
  • Clifton Howes

  • Max Johl

  • Beverly King
  • Eugene Klein
  • A. C. Kline - first American catalog
  • Edward Knapp

  • Justin Lallier
  • Ken Lawrence
  • James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford - massive literature library

  • Alfred Lichtenstein
  • Robson Lowe
  • John Luff

  • Edward Mason
  • Charles Mekeel
  • Frederick Melville
  • Otto Carl Alfred Moschkau
  • J.-B. Moens

  • Mel Nathan
  • Mortimer Neinken

  • Charles Pack
  • Elliott Perry
  • Charles Phillips
  • Stanley Phillips
  • Stanley M. Piller
  • Alfred Potiquet - first stamp catalog
  • Dale Pulver

  • Adolpf Reinheimer
  • Charles Richards
  • William R. Ricketts
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt - presidential collector

  • Wade Saadi
  • John Walter Scott - Scott catalog
  • A. J. Sefi
  • Charles Severn
  • Eveleen Severn
  • Robert A. Siegel
  • Hugh Southgate
  • Charles Starnes
  • Major James Starr - Chinese dragons, airmails
  • William Stone

  • Thomas Tapling
  • S. Allan Taylor
  • John K. Tiffany
  • Ferdinand Marie Trifet

  • Jerome Wagshal
  • Weill brothers
  • L.N. Williams
  • Philip Wohlsiefer
  • Willard Wylie

  • Robert Zoellner - only complete US collection