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
• Jean-François Brun

• Caspary
• Carroll Chase
• Michèle Chauvet

• Yves Maxime Danan
• Percy Doane

• Clarence Eagle

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

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

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

• Henri Janton
• Max Johl

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

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

• Alfred Lichtenstein
• Robson Lowe
• John Luff

• Arthur Maury
• 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