Famous People - Sunday Stamps II

In view of the tragic events in Paris I tried to find a French connection. 

All I could find was two Frenchmen who shared the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1912.

Sweden - Nobel Prize winners

Victor Grignard and Paul Sabatier shared the 2012 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for different work that greatly advanced the progress of organic chemistry.

In 1917 Karl Adolph Gjellerup and Henrik Pontoppidan from Denmark shared the Literature Prize, Gjellerup for his poetry and Pontoppidan for his descriptions of everyday life in Denmark.

One of the Founding Fathers of the United States was commemorated in 2006 on a set of stamps which show his versatility.

USA - Benjamin Franklin

To me he will always be the man who invented the lightning conductor (rod).

For other famous people you should cross over to Sunday-Stamps-II-48.

Famous People - Sunday Stamps II

It wasn't until 1964 that someone other than the monarch appeared on stamps of Great Britain. That first person was commemorated on a set issued on his birthday - 23rd April.

Great Britain - Shakespeare Festival, Eve of Agincourt
(Henry V)

But the first person to appear who had been alive in my lifetime was - 

Sir Winston Churchill (8 July 1965)

Also in 1965 the pioneer of antiseptic surgery was honoured on the centenary of his discovery.

Great Britain - Joseph Lister.

It was 1967 before a living person appeared on a GB stamp and then you have to look hard to see him.

Sir Francis Chichester's Round the World Voyage.

Two years later it was the centenary year of one of the first foreign men that I was aware of as a boy, other than Hitler of course.

Gandhi Centenary Year.

Rather than show a Hitler stamp I'll show a German stamp.

West Germany

Our host has chosen a German stamp as well, to see this and follow the other participants please cross over to Violet at Sunday-stamps-ii-4.