List of people on banknotes

This article is about Banknotes. For Coins, see List of people on coins.

See also: List of people on banknotes that are no longer in circulation

This is a list of people on the banknotes of different countries. The customary design of banknotes in most countries is a portrait of a notable citizen (living and/or deceased) on the front (or obverse) or on the back (or reverse) of the banknotes, unless the subject is featured on both sides.

Albania

Currency: Lek (pl. Lekë) (since 1926)
Symbol: L

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Fan Noli	1882–1965	Priest and politician	100 Lekë	Obverse	1996
Naim Frashëri	1846–1900	Poet and writer	200 Lekë
Ismail Qemali	1844–1921	1st Head of State of Albania (1912); 1st Prime Minister of Albania (1912–1914); 1st Minister of Foreign Affairs (1912–1913)	500 Lekë
Pjetër Bogdani	1630–1689	Writer and poet	1,000 Lekë
King Gent (Gentius)	?-167 BC	Last Illyrian king of the Ardiaean State	2,000 Lekë		2007
George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg)	1405–1468	Prince of Kastrioti (1443–1468)	5,000 Lekë		1996
Aleksandër Stavre Drenova (Asdreni)	1872–1947	Poet; known for writing the National Anthem of Albania Himni i Flamurit	10,000 Lekë		2018

Angola

Currency: Kwanza (since 1999)
Symbol: Kz

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Agostinho Neto and José Eduardo dos Santos	1922–1979 (Agostinho Neto); 1942–2022 (José Eduardo dos Santos)	President of Angola (1975–1979) (Agostinho Neto); President of Angola (1979–2017) (José Eduardo dos Santos)	All (1–2,000 kwanzas)	Obverse	1999
			All (5-5,000 kwanzas)		2012 and 2017
Agostinho Neto	1922–1979	President of Angola (1975–1979)	All (200-10,000 kwanzas)		2020

Argentina

See also Argentina in banknotes that are no longer in circulation.

Currency: Peso (since 1992)
Symbol: $

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Manuel Belgrano	1770–1820	Economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader; took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina	$10	Obverse (1999 and 2016); Reverse (2016)	1999 and 2016
Juana Azurduy de Padilla	1780 or 1781–1862	Guerrilla military leader		Reverse	2016
Juan Manuel de Rosas	1793–1877	Politician and army officer who ruled Buenos Aires Province and briefly the Argentine Confederation	$20	Obverse	2000
Domingo Sarmiento	1811–1888	7th President of Argentina (1868–1874)	$50		1999
Antonio Rivero	1808–?	Leading an unsuccessful resistance against the British in 1833	$50	Reverse	2015
Julio Argentino Roca	1843–1914	14th President of Argentina (2 Terms: October 12, 1880 – October 12, 1886; October 12, 1898 – October 12, 1904)	$100	Obverse	1999
María Eva Duarte de Perón	1919–1952	First Lady of Argentina (1946–1952)	$100		2012

Armenia

Currency: Dram (since 1993)
Symbol:

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Aram Khachaturian	1903–1978	Composer	50	Obverse	1998
Victor Ambartsumian	1908–1996	Scientist and one of the founders of theoretical astrophysics	100
Alexander Tamanian	1878–1936	Architect	500		1999
Yeghishe Charents	1897–1937	Poet, writer and public activist	1,000
Paruyr Sevak	1924–1971	Poet, translator and literary critic		Both	2018
Tigran Petrosian	1929–1984	Grandmaster and World Chess Champion (1963–1969)	2,000
Hovhannes Tumanyan	1869–1923	Writer and public activist	5,000	Obverse	1999
William Saroyan	1908–1981	Armenian-American novelist, playwright and short story writer; awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940 and won an Academy Award for Best Story for the film adaptation of his novel The Human Comedy in 1943		Both	2018
Avetik Isahakyan	1875–1957	Lyric writer, poet and public activist	10,000	Obverse	2003
Soghomon Soghomonian (Komitas)	1869–1935	Priest, musicologist, composer, arranger, singer, and choirmaster; founder of Armenian national school of music; Recognized as one of the pioneers of ethnomusicology		Both	2018
Martiros Saryan	1880–1972	Painter	20,000	Obverse	2007
Ivan Aivazovsky	1817–1900			Both	2018
Gregory the Illuminator and Tiridates III the Great	c.257-c.331 (Gregory the Illuminator); 250–300 (Tiridates III the Great)	Patron saint of Armenia and the first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church (Gregory the Illuminator); King of Arsacid Armenia (287–330)	50,000	Reverse	2001 (commemorative)
Gregory the Illuminator	c.257-c.331	Patron saint of Armenia and the first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church		Both	2018
King Abgar V of Edessa	4 BC-7 AD and 13–50 AD	King of Osroene	100,000		2009

Australia

Main article: List of people who have appeared on Australian currency

See also: Banknotes of the Australian dollar

See also Australia in banknotes that are no longer in circulation.

Currency: Dollar (since 1966)
Symbol: A$

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Edith Cowan	1861–1932	Suffragette; the first woman elected to the Parliament of Australia (1920–1924)	$50	reverse	1995
Elizabeth II*	1926–2022	Queen of Australia (1952–2022)	$5	obverse	1992
John Flynn	1880–1951	Founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (1928)	$20	reverse	1994
Mary Gilmore	1865–1962	poet and journalist	$10		1993
Nellie Melba	1861–1931	International opera soprano (1886–1926)	$100	obverse	1996
John Monash	1865–1931	General during World War I		reverse
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson	1864–1941	Poet; author of "Waltzing Matilda" (1895) and "The Man from Snowy River" (1890)	$10	obverse	1993
Mary Reibey	1777–1855	Businesswoman	$20		1994
David Unaipon	1872–1967	Inventor and writer	$50		1995

The Bahamas

Currency: Dollar (since 1966)
Symbol: B$

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Elizabeth II	1926–2022	Queen of the United Kingdom (1952–2022) and Queen of the Bahamas (1973–2022)	B$1/2 (50 cents)	Obverse	1965
Lynden Oscar Pindling	1930–2000	1st Prime Minister of the Bahamas (1973–1992)	B$1		2001
Elizabeth II	1926–2022	Queen of the United Kingdom (1952–2022) and Queen of the Bahamas (1973–2022)	B$3		1984
Cecil Wallace-Whitfield	1930–1990		B$5		1995
Elizabeth II	1926–2022	Queen of the United Kingdom (1952–2022) and Queen of the Bahamas (1973–2022)	B$10		1984
Stafford Lofthouse Sands	1913–1972	Minister of Finance of the Bahamas; "Father of Tourism" of the Bahamas			2001
Milo Boughton Butler	1906–1979	Governor-General of the Bahamas (1973–1979)	B$20		1993
Roland Theodore Symonette	1898–1980	1st Premier of the Bahamas (1964–1967)	B$50		2000
Elizabeth II	1926–2022	Queen of the United Kingdom (1952–2022) and Queen of the Bahamas (1973–2022)	B$100		1974
Arthur Dion Hanna	1928–2021	7th Governor-General of the Bahamas (2006–2012)			2021

Bahrain

Currency: Dinar (since 1965)
Symbol: BD

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifa	1950–	King of Bahrain (2002–)	10 dinars	Obverse	2006
			20 dinars		2001

Bangladesh

Currency: Taka (since 1972)
Symbol: ৳

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	1920–1975	1st President of Bangladesh (1971–1972); 2nd Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1972–1975); 4th President of Bangladesh (January 25, 1975 – August 15, 1975)	৳2	Obverse	2011
			৳5
			৳10
			৳20
			৳50
			৳100		1972
			৳200	Both	2020
			৳500	Obverse	2011
			৳1,000

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Sheikh Hasina Wazed	1947–	Prime Minister of Bangladesh (2009–2024)	৳70	Reverse	2018 (commemorative)

Barbados

Currency: Dollar (since 1935)
Symbol: $/Bds$

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
John Redman Bovell	1855–1928	Scientist and agronomist credited with saving the sugar industry in Barbados	$2	Obverse	1980
Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell	1924–1967	Cricket player and senator of Jamaica	$5		1973
Charles Duncan O'Neal	1879–1936	Physician and founder of the Democratic League	$10
Samuel Jackman Prescod	1806–1871	Journalist, Politician, Judge; National Hero of Barbados	$20
Errol Walton Barrow	1920–1987	1st Prime Minister of Barbados (1966–1976; 1986–1987)	$50		1989
Grantley Herbert Adams	1898–1971	1st Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation (1958–1962); 1st Premier of Barbados (1953–1958)	$100		1973

Bhutan

Currency: Ngultrum (since 1974)
Symbol: Nu

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Jigme Singye Wangchuck	1955–	King of Bhutan (1972–2006)	10 ngultrum	Obverse	2006
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck	1980–	King of Bhutan (2006–)	20 ngultrum
			50 ngultrum		2008
Jigme Singye Wangchuck	1955–	King of Bhutan (1972–2006)	100 ngultrum		2006
Jetsun Pema	1990–	Queen consort of Bhutan (2011)			2011 (commemorative)
Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck	2016–	Crown Prince of Bhutan (2016–)			2017 (commemorative)
Ugyen Wangchuck	1862–1926	King of Bhutan (1907–1926)	500 ngultrum		2006
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck	1980–	King of Bhutan (2006–)	1,000 ngultrum		2008

Bolivia

Currency: Boliviano (since 1987)
Symbol: Bs

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Cecilio Guzmán de Rojas	1899–1950	Painter	10 bolivianos	Obverse	1986
José Santos Vargas					2018
Apiaguaiki Tumpa	1863–1892	Messianic leader of the Eastern Bolivian Guarani (Chiriguanos) people
Eustaquio Méndez
Pantaleón Dalence Jiménez			20 bolivianos		1986
Genoveva Ríos	1865	Defending the Flag of Bolivia during an invasion by Chile in 1879			2018
Tomás Katari	died in 1781	Quechua chief who, in claiming indigenous rights, led a popular uprising in Upper Peru (present-day Bolivia) in the 18th century
Pedro Ignacio Muiba
Melchor Pérez de Holguín			50 bolivianos		1986
José Manuel Baca ("Cañoto")					2018
Bruno Racua
Pablo Zárate ("Willka")	died in 1905	Officer of the Bolivian Army; led one of the largest Indian rebellions in the history of Bolivia
Gabriel René Moreno			100 bolivianos		1986
Franz Tamayo	1878–1956	Intellectual, writer, and politician	200 bolivianos
Bartolina Sisa	c.1750s–1782	Aymara woman, an indigenous heroine and the wife of Túpac Katari			2019
Túpac Katari	c.1750s–1781	Aymara leader of a major insurrection in colonial-era Upper Peru (now Bolivia), laying siege to La Paz for six months

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Currency: Convertible mark (since 1998)
Symbol: KM

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Mak Dizdar	1917–1971	Poet	10 convertible marka	Obverse	1998 (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina issue)
Aleksa Šantić	1868–1924				1998 (Republika Srpska issue)
Antun Branko Šimić	1898–1925		20 convertible marka		1998 (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina issue)
Filip Višnjić	1767–1834	Poet and guslar (gulse player)			1998 (Republika Srpska issue)
Musa Ćazim Ćatić	1878–1915	Poet	50 convertible marka		1998 (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina issue)
Jovan Dučić	1871–1943				1998 (Republika Srpska issue)
Nikola Šop	1904–1982		100 convertible marka		1998 (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina issue)
Petar Kočić	1877–1916				1998 (Republika Srpska issue)
Ivo Andrić	1892–1975	Novelist, short story writer and winner of the 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature	200 convertible marka		2002

Botswana

Currency: Pula (since 1976)
Symbol: P

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Seretse Khama Ian Khama	1953–	4th President of Botswana (2008–2018)	10 pula	Obverse	2009
Mokgweetsi Masisi	1962–	5th President of Botswana (2018–2024)			2020
Kgalemang Tumedisco Motsete		Writer and composer of Botswana's national anthem	20 pula		1999
Seretse Goitsebeng Maphiri Khama	1921–1980	1st President of Botswana (1966–1980)	50 pula		2000
Sebele I, Bathoen I, and Khama III	1892–1911 (Sebele I); 1845–1910 (Bathoen I); ca. 1837–1923 (Khama III)	Kgosi (Chief) of the Kwena tribe (1892–1911) (Sebele I); Kgosi (Chief) of the Bamangwato people of Bechuanaland; responsible for making Bechuanaland a protectorate of Great Britain	100 pula

Brunei

Currency: Dollar (since 1967)
Symbol: B$

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Hassanal Bolkiah	1946–	Sultan of Brunei (1967–)	1 ringgit/dollar	Obverse	1996
			5 ringgit/dollars
			10 ringgit/dollars
			50 ringgit/dollars		1996 (paper); 2004 (polymer)
			100 ringgit/dollars
			500 ringgit/dollars		2000
Omar Ali Saifuddien III	1914–1986	Sultan of Brunei (1950–1967)	500 ringgit/dollars		2006
Hassanal Bolkiah	1946–	Sultan of Brunei (1967–)	1000 ringgit/dollars
Hassanal Bolkiah	1946–		10,000 ringgit/dollars

Bulgaria

Currency: Lev (pl. Leva) (since 1881)
Symbol: лв

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In Circulation since
Ivan Rilski	876–946	Patron saint of Bulgaria	1 lev	Obverse	1999
Pasiy Hilendàrski	1722–1773	Saint of Bulgaria	2 leva
Ivan Milev	1897–1927	Bulgarian painter and scenographer, founder of Bulgarian Secession	5 leva
Petar Beron	1799–1871	Educator	10 leva
Stefan Stambolov	1854–1895	9th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1887–1894)	20 leva
Pencho Slaveykov	1866–1912	Poet	50 leva
Aleko Konstantinov	1863–1897	Writer	100 leva	Both	2003

Burundi

Currency: Franc (since 1916)
Symbol: FBu

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In Circulation since
Prince Louis Rwagasore	1932–1961	Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Burundi (September 28, 1961 – October 13, 1961), Burundian nationalist and national hero	100 francs	Obverse	1964
Prince Louis Rwagasore and Melchior Ndadaye	1932–1961 (Prince Louis Rwagasore); 1953–1993 (Melchior Ndadaye)	Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Burundi (September 28, 1961 – October 13, 1961), Burundian nationalist and national hero (Prince Louis Rwagasore); President of Burundi (July 10, 1993 – October 21, 1993) (Melchior Ndadaye)	10,000 francs		2004

Cambodia

Currency: Riel (since 1980)
Symbol: ៛

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In Circulation since
Norodom Sihanouk	1922–2012	King of Cambodia (1941–1955; 1993–2005)	100 ៛	Obverse	2014
Norodom Sihamoni	1953–	King of Cambodia (2004–)	500 ៛
Norodom Sihanouk	1922–2012	King of Cambodia (1941–1955; 1993–2005)	1,000 ៛		2012 (commemorative)
			2,000 ៛		2013 (commemorative)
			5,000 ៛		2001
			10,000 ៛
Norodom Sihamoni	1953–	King of Cambodia (2004–)			2015
			20,000 ៛		2008
Norodom Sihanouk	1922–2012	King of Cambodia (1941–1955; 1993–2005)	30,000 ៛	Both	2021 (commemorative)
Hun Sen	1952–	Prime Minister of Cambodia (1984–)		Reverse
Norodom Sihanouk	1922–2012	King of Cambodia (1941–1955; 1993–2005)	50,000 ៛	Obverse	2001
					2013
Norodom Sihanouk, Norodom Monineath and Norodom Sihamoni	1922–2012 (Norodom Sihanouk); 1936– (Norodom Monineath); 1953– (Norodom Sihamoni)	King of Cambodia (1941–1955; 1993–2005 (Norodom Sihanouk)); Queen-consort of Cambodia (1993–2004 (Norodom Monineath)); King of Cambodia (2004– (Norodom Sihamoni))	100,000 ៛	Both	2012 (commemorative)

Canada

See also: Banknotes of the Canadian dollar and Commemorative banknotes of the Canadian dollar

See also Canada in banknotes that are no longer in circulation.

Currency: Dollar (since 1867)
Symbol: $

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In Circulation since
Wilfrid Laurier*	1841–1919	7th Prime Minister of Canada (1896–1911)	$5	Obverse	2013
John A. Macdonald*	1815–1891	1st Prime Minister of Canada (1867–1873 and 1878–1891)	$10
George-Étienne Cartier	1814–1873	Premier of Canada East (1858–1862)			2017 (commemorative)
Agnes Macphail	1890–1954	Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament (1948–1951)
James Gladstone	1887–1971	Senator for Lethbridge, Alberta (1958–1971)
Viola Desmond	1914–1965	Challenging racial segregation at a cinema in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia in 1946			2018
Elizabeth II*§	1926–2022	Queen of Canada (1952–2022)	$20		2012
William Lyon Mackenzie King*	1874–1950	10th Prime Minister of Canada (1921–1926, 1926–1930 and 1935–1948)	$50
Robert Borden*	1854–1937	8th Prime Minister of Canada (1911–1920)	$100		2011

Cape Verde

Currency: Escudo (since 1914)
Symbol:

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Henrique Teixeira de Sousa	1919–2006	Doctor and author	20000	Obverse	2014
Baltasar Lopes da Silva	1907–1989	Writer, poet and linguist	50000		1992
Roberto Duarte Silva	1837–1889	Chemist			2007
Jorge Barbosa	1902–1971	Poet			2015
António Aurélio Gonçalves	1901–1984	Writer, critic, historian and professor	1,00000		2007
Codé di Dona	1940–2010	Musician and composer			2014
Eugénio Tavares	1867–1930	Poet	2,00000		1999
Cesária Évora	1941–2011	Singer			2014
Aristides Maria Pereira	1923–2011	1st President of Cape Verde (1975–1991)	5,00000		2015

Chile

Currency: Peso (since 1975)
Symbol: $

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Ignacio Carrera Pinto	1848–1882	Hero of the War of the Pacific	1,000 pesos	Obverse	1978
Manuel Xavier Rodríguez Erdoíza	1785–1818	Lawyer and guerrilla fighter; founder of Chile	2,000 pesos		1997
Gabriela Mistral	1889–1957	Poet-diplomat, educator and feminist; received the Nobel Prize in Literature	5,000 pesos		1981
Arturo Prat	1848–1879	Lawyer and Navy officer	10,000 pesos		1989
Andrés Bello	1781–1865	Humanist, diplomat, poet, legislator, philosopher, educator and philologist	20,000 pesos		1998

China

See also: Fifth series of the renminbi

See also China in banknotes that are no longer in circulation.

Currency: Renminbi (since 1948)
Symbol: ¥

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Mao Zedong*	1893–1976	1st Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (1945–1976); 1st Chairman of the Central Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (1943–1969); Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Military Commission (August 23, 1945 – 1949; September 8, 1954 – September 9, 1976); 1st Chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC (1949–1954); Honorary Chairman (1954–1976); 1st Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1954–1959); Member of the National People's Congress (1954–1959; 1964–1976)	¥1	obverse	2004
			¥5		2002
			¥10		2001
			¥20		2000
			¥50		2001
			¥100		1999

Colombia

Currency: Peso (since 1837)
Symbol: $

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán	1903–1948	5th Minister of Labour, Health and Social Welfare of Colombia (1943–1944); Minister of National Education of Colombia (1940–1941); Mayor of Bogotá (1936–1937)	1,000 pesos	Both	2001
Francisco José de Paula Santander y Omaña	1792–1840	4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (1832–1837); 2nd Vice President of the Republic of Colombia (1821–1827)	2,000 pesos	Obverse	1996
Débora Arango Pérez	1907–2005	Artist			2016
José Asunción Silva	1865–1896	Poet	5,000 pesos		1997 and 2015
Policarpa Salavarrieta	1795–1817	Seamstress and spy	10,000 pesos		1995
Virginia Gutiérrez de Pineda	1921–1999	Anthropologist			2016
Julio Garavito Armero	1865–1920	Astronomer	20,000 pesos		1996
Alfonso López Michelsen	1913–2007	24th President of Colombia (1974–1978)			2015
Jorge Isaacs Ferrer	1837–1895	Writer, politician and soldier	50,000 pesos		2000
Gabriel García Márquez	1927–2014	Novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist			2015
Carlos Lleras Restrepo	1908–1994	22nd President of Colombia (1966–1970)	100,000 pesos

Comoros

Currency: Franc (since 1920)
Symbol: CF

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Saïd Mohamed Ben Chech Abdallah Cheikh	1904–1970	Head of the Government of Comoros (1962–1970)	5,000 francs	Obverse	1976
Al-Habib Seyyid Omar Bin Sumeit			10,000 francs		1997

Congo, Democratic Republic (Congo-Kinshasa)

Currency: Franc (since 1997)
Symbol: FC

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Patrice Lumumba	1925–1961	Prime Minister of Congo-Léopoldville (June 24 – September 14, 1960)	1 franc	Reverse	1997

Costa Rica

Currency: Colón (since 1896)
Symbol: ₡

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Braulio Carrillo Colina	1800–1845	Head of State (1st term: 1835–1837; 2nd term: 1838–1842)	₡1000	obverse	2009
Mauro Fernández Acuña	1843–1905	Politician and lawyer	₡2000
Alfredo González Flores	1877–1962	President of Costa Rica (1914–1917)	₡5000
José Figueres Ferrer	1906–1990	President of Costa Rica (1st term (32nd President of Costa Rica): 1948–1949; 2nd term (34th President of Costa Rica): 1953–1958; 3rd term (38th President of Costa Rica): 1970–1974	₡10,000
Carmen Lyra (born Maria Isabel Carvajal)	1887–1949	Costa Rican writer and member of the Communist Party of Costa Rica	₡20,000
Romualdo Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno	1859–1945	President of Costa Rica (1st term: 1910–1914; 2nd term: 1924–1928; 3rd term: 1932–1936)	₡50,000

Cuba

Currency: Cuban peso (since 1857)
Symbol: $

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
José Martí and Fidel Castro	1853–1895 (José Martí); 1926–2016 (Fidel Castro)	National hero of Cuba, poet, an essayist, a journalist, a revolutionary philosopher, a translator, a professor, a publisher, and a political theorist (José Martí); Prime Minister (1959–1976), President of Cuba (1976–2008) (Fidel Castro)	1 peso	both	2001
Ernesto "Che" Guevara	1928–1967	Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist	3 pesos		2004
Antonio Maceo Grajales	1845–1895	Lt. General	5 pesos		1997
Máximo Gómez y Báez	1836–1905	Major General in the Ten Years' War (1868–1878) and Commander in Cuba's War of Independence (1895–1898)	10 pesos	obverse
Camilo Cienfuegos	1932–1959	Cuban revolutionary	20 pesos		1998
Calixto García Iñiguez	1839–1898	General in three uprisings: part of the Cuban War of Independence, the Ten Years' War, the Little War and the War of 1895	50 pesos
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes	1819–1874	Cuban planter who freed his slaves and made the declaration of Cuban independence	100 pesos		2001
Frank País	1934–1957	Cuban revolutionary who campaigned for the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista's government in Cuba	200 pesos		2010 (2015)
Ignacio Agramonte	1841–1873	Cuban revolutionary	500 pesos
Julio Antonio Mella McPartland	1903–1929	Founder of the "internationalized" Cuban Communist Party	1,000 pesos

Czech Republic

See also Czech Republic in banknotes that are no longer in circulation.

Currency: Czech koruna (since 1993)
Symbol: Kč

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Charles IV	1316–1378	King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor	100 Kč	obverse	1993
Alois Rašín	1867–1923	Economist and politician			2018 (commemorative)
John Amos Comenius	1592–1670	Bishop of Unity of the Brethren	200 Kč		1993
Božena Němcová	1820–1862	Author	500 Kč
František Palacký	1798–1876	Historian and politician	1000 Kč
Emmy Destinn	1878–1930	Czech operatic soprano	2000 Kč
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk	1850–1937	1st President of Czechoslovakia (1918–1935)	5000 Kč

Denmark

Currency: Krone (since 1873)
Symbol: kr

Person	Years of birth/death	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Anna Ancher	1859–1935	Painter	1,000 kr	obverse	1998–2011
Michael Ancher	1849–1927
Karen Blixen	1885–1962	author	50 kr		1999–2009
Niels Bohr	1885–1962	Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1922)	500 kr		1997–2011
Johanne Luise Heiberg	1812–1890	Actress (1827–1864)	200 kr		1997–2010
Carl Nielsen	1865–1931	Composer, conductor and violinist	100 kr		1999–2010

Djibouti

Currency: Franc (since 1948)
Symbol: Fdj

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Ali Ahmed Oudoum	1913–1988		1,000 francs	Obverse	2005
Mahmoud Harbi	1921–1960	Vice President of the Government Council of French Somaliland (1957–1958)	5,000 francs		2002
Hassan Gouled Aptidon	1916–2006	1st President of Djibouti (1977–1999)	10,000 francs		1999

Dominican Republic

Currency: Peso (since 1844)
Symbol: $/RD$

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Gregorio Luperón	1839–1897	20th President of the Dominican Republic (1879–1880)	20 pesos oro	obverse	2010
Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, Juan Pablo Duarte and Matías Ramón Mella	1817–1861 (Francisco del Rosario Sánchez); 1813–1876 (Juan Pablo Duarte); 1816–1864 (Matías Ramón Mella)	Founding fathers of the Dominican Republic	100 pesos oro/pesos dominicanos		2000 (pesos oro) and 2011 (pesos dominicanos)
Mirabal sisters (Patria Mercedes Mirabal Reyes, María Argentina Minerva Mirabal Reyes and Antonia María Teresa Mirabal Reyes)	1924–1960 (Patria Mercedes Mirabal Reyes), 1926–1960 (María Argentina Minerva Mirabal Reyes), 1935–1960 (Antonia María Teresa Mirabal Reyes)	Three sisters that opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo	200 pesos oro/pesos dominicanos		2007 (pesos oro) and 2013 (pesos dominicanos)
Salomé Ureña de Henríquez and Pedro Henríquez Ureña	1850–1897 (Salomé Ureña de Henríquez); 1884–1946 (Pedro Henríquez Ureña)	Poet and pedagogist (Salomé Ureña de Henríquez); Essayist, philosopher, humanist, philologist and literary critic (Pedro Henríquez Ureña)	500 pesos oro/pesos dominicanos		2000 (pesos oro) and 2011 (pesos dominicanos)
Emilio Prud’Homme and José Rufino Reyes y Siancas	1856–1932 (Emilio Prud’Homme); 1835–1905 (José Rufino Reyes y Siancas)	Composers of the National Anthem of the Dominican Republic	2000 pesos oro/pesos dominicanos

Eastern Caribbean States

Currency: Dollar (since 1965)
Symbol: $

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Elizabeth II	1926–2022	Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms (1952–2022) and Head of the Commonwealth of Nations (1952–2022)	All ($5–100)	Obverse	1993
William Arthur Lewis	1915–1991	Economist	$100	Reverse
Kenneth Dwight Venner	c. 1946–2016	Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (1989–2015)	$50		2019

Egypt

See also Egypt in banknotes that are no longer in circulation.

Currency: Pound (since 1836)
Symbol: £E

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Ramesses II*	1302–1213 BC	Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty (1279–1213 BC)	50 PT.	reverse	1996
			E£1		1979
Khafre*	unknown	Pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty (2558–2532 BC)	E£10		2003

Eswatini

Currency: Lilangeni/Emalangeni (since 1974)
Symbol: L or E (pl.)

Person	Years of Birth–Death	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In Circulation since
Mswati III	1968–	King of Eswatini (1986–)	10 emalangeni	Obverse	1974
			20 emalangeni
			50 emalangeni
			100 emalangeni
			200 emalangeni

Fiji

Currency: Dollar (since 1969)
Symbol: $

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Ben Ryan	1971–	Rugby union coach; known for coaching the Fiji sevens	$7	Obverse	2017 (commemorative)
Osea Kolinisau	1985–	Captain of the Fiji sevens
Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama (Frank Bainimarama)	1954–	Prime Minister of Fiji (2007–2022)		Reverse

The Gambia

Currency: Dalasi (since 1971)
Symbol: D

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh	1965–	2nd President of the Gambia (1994–2016)	All (5–200 Dalasis)	Obverse	2015

Georgia

Currency: Lari (1995– Present)
Symbol: GEL/

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Niko Pirosmani	1862–1918	Primitivist painter	1	obverse	1995
Zakaria Paliashvili	1871–1933	Composer	2
Ivane Javakhishvili	1876–1940	Academician	5
Akaki Tsereteli	1840–1915	Poet and Public Figure	10
Ilia Chavchavadze	1837–1907	Public Figure, Publicist, Writer	20
Queen Tamar	c. 1160–1213	The Queen Regnant of Georgia	50
Shota Rustaveli	1172–1216	Poet	100
Kakutsa Cholokashvili	1888–1930	Military Commander	200		2006
David IV of Georgia	1073–1125	King of Georgia	500		1995

Ghana

Currency: Cedi (since 2007)
Symbol: GH₵

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Ebenezer Ako-Adjei, Edward Akufo-Addo, Joseph Boakye Danquah, Francis Nwia Kofie Kwame Nkrumah, Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey and William Ofori Atta	1916–2002 (Ebenezer Ako-Adjei); 1906–1979 (Edward Akufo-Addo); 1895–1965 (Joseph Boakye Danquah); 1909–1972 (Francis Nwia Kofie Kwame Nkrumah); 1902–1963 (Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey); 1910–1988 (William Ofori Atta)	Leaders of the United Gold Coast Convention (known as "The Big Six")	GH₵1	Obverse	2007
Francis Nwia Kofie Kwame Nkrumah	1909–1972	1st Prime Minister of Ghana (1957–1960); 1st President of Ghana (1960–1966)	GH₵2		2010
Ebenezer Ako-Adjei, Edward Akufo-Addo, Joseph Boakye Danquah, Francis Nwia Kofie Kwame Nkrumah, Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey and William Ofori Atta	1916–2002 (Ebenezer Ako-Adjei); 1906–1979 (Edward Akufo-Addo); 1895–1965 (Joseph Boakye Danquah); 1909–1972 (Francis Nwia Kofie Kwame Nkrumah); 1902–1963 (Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey); 1910–1988 (William Ofori Atta)	Leaders of the United Gold Coast Convention (known as "The Big Six")	GH₵5		2007
James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey	1875–1927	Intellectual, missionary, and teacher	GH₵5		2017 (commemorative) 2018 (regular issue)
Ebenezer Ako-Adjei, Edward Akufo-Addo, Joseph Boakye Danquah, Francis Nwia Kofie Kwame Nkrumah, Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey and William Ofori Atta	1916–2002 (Ebenezer Ako-Adjei); 1906–1979 (Edward Akufo-Addo); 1895–1965 (Joseph Boakye Danquah); 1909–1972 (Francis Nwia Kofie Kwame Nkrumah); 1902–1963 (Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey); 1910–1988 (William Ofori Atta)	Leaders of the United Gold Coast Convention (known as "The Big Six")	GH₵10		2007
			GH₵20
			GH₵50
			GH₵100		2019
			GH₵200

Gibraltar

Currency: Pound (since 1927)
Symbol: £

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Elizabeth II	1926–2022	Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1952–2022) and Head of the Commonwealth (1952–2022)	All	Obverse	1995
Tariq ibn Ziyad	670–720	General and Governor of Al-Andalus (711–712)	£5
George Augustus Eliott	1717–1790	Governor of Londonderry (1774–1775); Governor of Gibraltar (1777–1790); Officer of the British Army during the Great Siege of Gibraltar	£10
Horatio Nelson	1758–1805	Flag Officer of the Royal Navy	£20
Winston Churchill	1874–1965	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940–1945; 1951–1955)	£50
Joshua Hassan	1915–1997	1st and 3rd Chief Minister of Gibraltar (1st: 1964–1969; 3rd: 1972–1987); 1st Mayor of Gibraltar (1955–1969)	£100		2017 (commemorative)

Guatemala

Currency: Quetzal (since 1925)
Symbol: Q

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Tecun Uman	1500–1524	Prince and Commander-and-Chief of the Quiche Realm during the Spanish Conquest	50 centavos	Obverse	1972
José María Orellana	1872–1926	President of the Republic of Guatemala (1921–1926); responsible for the introduction of the quetzal as Guatemala's national currency	1 quetzal		1972 (paper), 2006 (polymer)
Justo Rufino Barrios	1835–1885	President of Guatemala (1873–1885)	5 quetzales		1969 (paper), 2011 (polymer)
Miguel García Granados	1809–1878	President of Guatemala (1871–1873)	10 quetzales		1971
Mariano Gálvez	c. 1794–1862	Governor of Guatemala (1831–1838)	20 quetzales		1972
Carlos Zachrisson		Minister of Finance (1923–1926)	50 quetzales		1974
Francisco Marroquín	1499–1563	Bishop of the Realm of Goathemala; Founder of San Carlos de Borromeo University	100 quetzales		1972
Sebastián Hurtado, Mariano Valverde and Germán Alcántara		Composers of the marimba	200 quetzales		2009

Guernsey

Currency: Pound (since 1921)
Symbol: £

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Queen Elizabeth II	1926–2022	Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms (1952–2022)	All (£5–50)	Obverse	1994
Daniel de Lisle Brock	1762–1842	Bailiff of Guernsey (1821–1842)	£1	Reverse	1991
Thomas de la Rue	1793–1866	Printer; Founder of the De La Rue printing company	£1 and £5		2013 (commemorative £1); 1991 (£5)
Isaac Brock	1769–1812	Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (Acting) (1811–1812); Hero of Upper Canada	£10		1991
Lord de Saumarez	1757–1836	Admiral of the British Royal Navy, 1st Baron de Saumarez	£20

Haiti

Currency: Gourde (since 1872)
Symbol: G

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Catherine Flon Arcahaie	fl.1803	Responsible for the creation of the Flag of Haiti	10 Gourdes	Obverse	1988
Sanité Bélair	1781–1805	Freedom fighter and revolutionary; lieutenant in the army of Toussaint Louverture			2004
François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture	1743–1803	Leader of the Haitian Revolution	20 Gourdes		2001
Fabre Geffrard	1806–1878	8th President of Haiti (1859–1867)	25 Gourdes		2004
Louis Étienne Félicité Lysius Salomon	1815–1888	13th President of Haiti (1879–1888)	50 Gourdes		1979
François Capois	1766–1806	Rebel slave and officer in the Haitian Revolution			2004
Henri Christophe	1767–1820	President of the State of Haiti (1807–1811); King of Haiti (1811–1820)	100 Gourdes		1979
Jean-Jacques Dessalines	1758–1806	Leader of the Haitian Revolution and Emperor of Haiti (1804–1806)	250 Gourdes
Alexandre Sabès Pétion	1770–1818	1st President of Haiti (1806–1818)	500 Gourdes		1888
Florvil Hyppolite	1828–1896	16th President of Haiti (1889–1896)	1,000 Gourdes		1999

Honduras

Currency: Lempira (since 1931)
Symbol: L

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Lempira	?-1537	War chieftain of the Lencas	L1	Obverse	1951
Marco Aurelio Soto	1846–1908	President of Honduras (1876–1883)	L2		1976
José Francisco Morazán Quezada	1792–1842	President of the Federal Republic of Central America (1830–1839)	L5		1950
José Trinidad Cabañas	1805–1871	Head of State of Honduras (1852–1855)	L10		1951
José Dionisio de la Trinidad de Herrera y Díaz del Valle	1781–1850	Head of State of Honduras (1824–1827)	L20		1951 (paper) 2008 (polymer)
Juan Manuel Gálvez Durón	1887–1972	39th President of Honduras (1949–1954)	L50		1976
José Cecilio del Valle	1780–1834	3rd President-elect of the Federal Republic of Central America	L100		1951
Ramón Rosa Soto	1848–1893	Lieutenant Secretary of Finance of Guatemala (1871–1873); Secretary of Education of Guatemala and Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala (1873–1876); Secretary General of Honduras (1876–1883)	L500		1995

Hungary

See also: Banknotes of the Hungarian forint

See also Hungary in banknotes that are no longer in circulation.

Currency: Forint (since 1946)
Symbol: Ft

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Gabriel Bethlen	1580–1629	Prince of Transylvania (1613–1629); led an uprising against the Hungarian monarchy	2,000 Ft	both	1998
Matthias Corvinus	1443–1490	King of Hungary (1458–1490)	1,000 Ft	obverse
Ferenc Deák	1803–1876	Statesman and reformer	20,000 Ft		2001
Francis II Rákóczi*	1676–1735	Prince of Transylvania; led the uprising against the Hungarian monarchy (1703–1711)	500 Ft		1998
Stephen I	975–1038	1st King of Hungary (1006–1038)	10,000 Ft		1997
István Széchenyi*	1791–1860	Statesman and political theorist	5,000 Ft		1999

Iceland

Currency: Króna (since 1874)
Symbol: kr

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Ingibjörg Benediktsdóttir	1640–1673	2nd wife of Gísli Þorláksson	5,000 kr	obverse	1986
Jónas Hallgrímsson	1807–1845	Poet, author and naturalist	10,000 kr		2013
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir	1646–1715	developer of embroidery; 3rd wife of Gísli Þorláksson	5,000 kr	both	1986
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval	1885–1972	painter	2,000 kr	obverse	1995
Jón Sigurðsson	1811–1879	leader of the 19th century independence movement	500 kr	both	1981
Brynjólfur Sveinsson	1605–1675	Lutheran bishop; collected Old Norse literature	1,000 kr	obverse	1984
Gísli Þorláksson	1631–1684	Lutheran bishop of Hólar (1657–1684); husband of Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir	5,000 kr		1986
Gróa Þorleifsdóttir	1640–1660	1st wife of Gísli Þorláksson

India

See also: Mahatma Gandhi Series and Mahatma Gandhi New Series

Currency: Rupee (since 1947)
Symbol: ₹

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Victoria	1819 - 1901	Queen of the United Kingdom	5	Reverse	1858 (discontinue)
-	-	French Indian Rupee	1		1938 (discontinue)
George V	1865 - 1936	King of the United Kingdom and India	1, 5, 10, 15, 50	Obverse	1937 (discontinue)
George VI	1895 - 1952		1, 2, 5, 10, 100,1000		1943 (discontinue)
Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi)	1869–1948	Leader of the Indian independence movement	₹5		2002
			₹10		1996, 2018
			₹20		2002, 2019
			₹50		1997, 2017
			₹100		1996, 2018
			₹200		2017
			₹500		1987, 2016
			₹1000		2000 - 2016
			₹2000		2016 - 2017

Indonesia

See also: Banknotes of the rupiah

See also Indonesia in banknotes that are no longer in circulation.

Currency: Rupiah (since 1946)
Symbol: Rp

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Pattimura	1783–1817	Moluccan soldier; national hero	1000 Rp	obverse	2000
Tjut Meutiah	1870–1910	Aceh fighter; national heroine			2016
Antasari	1809–1862	Sultan of Banjar; national hero	2000 Rp		2009
Mohammad Husni Thamrin	1894–1941	Dutch era politician; national hero			2016
Tuanku Imam Bonjol	1772–1864	Leader of the Padri Movement in West Sumatra; national hero	5000 Rp		2001
Idham Chalid	1921–2010	3rd Chairman of the MPR (1972–1977); national hero			2016
Mahmud Badaruddin II	1767–1862	8th Sultan of the Palembang Sultanate; national hero	10,000 Rp		2005
Frans Kaisiepo	1921–1979	4th Governor of Papua (1964–1973); national hero			2016
Oto Iskandar di Nata	1897–1945	Fighter for independence; national hero	20,000 Rp		2004
Sam Ratulangi	1890–1949	Politician, journalist, and national hero			2016
I Gusti Ngurah Rai	1917–1946	Commander of the Indonesian forces in Bali against the Dutch during the Indonesian War of Independence; national hero	50,000 Rp		2005
Djuanda Kartawidjaja	1911–1963	10th Prime Minister of Indonesia (1957–1959); national hero			2016
Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta	1901–1970 (Sukarno); 1902–1980 (Hatta)	1st President of Indonesia (1945–1967; Sukarno); 1st vice-president of Indonesia (1945–1956; Hatta); independence declaration signers, national heroes (both)	100,000 Rp		1999

Iran

Currency: rial (since 1932)
Symbol:

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Hassan Modarres	1870–1937	notable supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution	100 ریال	obverse	1985
Ruhollah Khomeini	1900–1989	leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution and 1st Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran	1000 ریال		1992
			2000 ریال		2005
			5000 ریال		1993
			10,000 ریال		1992
			20,000 ریال		2003
			50,000 ریال		2005
			100,000 ریال		2010

Iraq

Currency: Dinar (since 1932)
Symbol: ع.د

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Hasan Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen)	c. 965-c. 1040	Scientist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher	10,000 dinars	Obverse	2003

Israel

See also Israel in banknotes that are no longer in circulation.

Currency: New Sheqel/Shekel (since 1985)
Symbol: ₪

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Shmuel Yosef Agnon*	1888–1970	Nobel Prize winner in Literature (1966)	₪50	obverse	1998
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi*	1884–1963	2nd President of Israel (1952–1963)	₪100
Moshe Sharett*	1894–1965	2nd Prime Minister of Israel (1954–1955)	₪20
Zalman Shazar*	1889–1974	3rd President of Israel (1963–1973)	₪200

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Rachel Bluwstein	1890–1931	Poet	₪20	obverse	2017
Shaul Tchernichovsky	1875–1943		₪50		2014
Leah Goldberg	1911–1970		₪100		2017
Nathan Alterman	1910–1970		₪200		2015

Jamaica

Currency: Dollar (since 1969)
Symbol: J$

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Samuel Sharpe	1801–1832	Leader of the Jamaican Baptist War slave rebellion of 1831; National hero of Jamaica	J$50	Obverse	1988
			J$500		2022
George William Gordon	1820–1865	Businessman, magistrate and politician, one of two representatives to the Assembly from St. Thomas-in-the-East parish; National hero of Jamaica	J$50
Paul Bogle	1822–1865	Baptist deacon and activist; leader of the 1865 Morant Bay protesters, who marched for justice and fair treatment for all the people in Jamaica; National hero of Jamaica
Marcus Garvey	1887–1940	Political activist; founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL); National hero of Jamaica	J$100
Donald Burns Sangster	1911–1967	2nd Prime Minister of Jamaica (February 23 – April 11, 1967)			1986
			J$5,000		2022
Nanny of the Maroons	c.1685-c.1755	Leader of the Jamaican Maroons; National Heroine of Jamaica	J$500		1994
Alexander Bustamante	1884–1977	1st Prime Minister of Jamaica (1962–1967)	J$1,000		2022
Norman Manley	1893–1969	1st Premier of Jamaica (1959–1962)
Michael Norman Manley	1924–1997	4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (1972–1980; 1989–1992)			2001
			J$2,000		2022
Edward Seaga	1930–2019	5th Prime Minister of Jamaica (1980–1989)
Hugh Lawson Shearer	1923–2004	3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica (1967–1972)	J$5,000		2009

Japan

See also: Banknotes of the Japanese yen

See also Japan in banknotes that are no longer in circulation.

Currency: Yen (since 1870)
Symbol: ¥/円

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Hideyo Noguchi	1876–1928	Bacteriologist	¥1,000	obverse	2004
Kitasato Shibasaburō	1853–1931	Co-discoverer of the bubonic plague in Hong Kong in 1894, together with Alexandre Yersin			2024
Murasaki Shikibu	973 or 978 – 1014 or 1031	Author	¥2,000		2000
Higuchi Ichiyō	1872–1896		¥5,000		2004
Tsuda Umeko	1864–1929	Educator; pioneer in education for women in Meiji period Japan			2024
Fukuzawa Yukichi*	1835–1901	Political theorist, entrepreneur, teacher, translator and author	¥10,000		2004
Shibusawa Eiichi	1840–1931	Industrialist; "father of Japanese capitalism"			2024

Jersey

Currency: Pound (since 1837)
Symbol: £

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Elizabeth II*	1926–2022	Queen of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth (1952–2022)	£1	obverse	1971
			£5
			£10
			£20
			£50
Francis Peirson	1757–1781	Major in the British Army, killed in the Battle of Jersey	£10

Jordan

Currency: Dinar (since 1950)
Symbol: دينار

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Sharif Hussein bin Ali	1854–1931	Sharif and Emir of Mecca (1908–1924); King of the Kingdom of Hejaz (1916–1924)	1 dinar	Obverse	2002
Abdullah I bin al-Hussein	1882–1951	Emir of Transjordan (1921–1946); King of Jordan (1946–1951)	5 dinars
Talal bin Abdullah	1909–1972	King of Jordan (1951–1952)	10 dinars
Hussein bin Talal	1935–1999	King of Jordan (1952–1999)	20 dinars
Abdullah II ibn al-Hussein	1962–	King of Jordan (1999–)	50 dinars

Kazakhstan

Currency: Tenge (since 1993)
Symbol:

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Al-Farabi	c.872-c.950	Scholar	1	Obverse	1993
Suinbai Aronuly	1815–1898	Poet	3
Kurmangazy Sagyrbayuly	1823–1896	Composer	5
Shoqan Walikhanov	1835–1865	Scholar, ethnographer, historian and participant of The Great Game; the father of modern Kazakh historiography and ethnography	10
Abai Qunanbaiuli	1845–1904	Poet, composer and philosopher	20
Abul Khair Khan	1693–1748	Khan	50
Ablai Khan	1711–1781		100
Al-Farabi	c.872-c.950	Scholar	All (200 to 10,000)		1994 (200, 500, and 1,000); 1996 (2,000); 1998 (5,000); 2003 (10,000)
Nursultan Äbishuly Nazarbayev	1940–	1st President of Kazakhstan (1991–2019)	10,000		2016 (commemorative)
			20,000	Reverse	2021 (commemorative)

Kenya

Currency: Shilling (since 1966)
Symbol: KSh

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Mzee Jomo Kenyatta	1889–1978	Prime Minister of Kenya (1963–1964); 1st President of Kenya (1964–1978); Founding father of Kenya	50 shillings/shilingi	Obverse	1966
			100 shillings/shilingi
			200 shillings/shilingi		2004
			500 shillings/shilingi		2003
			1,000 shillings/shilingi

North Korea

Currency: Won (since 1947)
Symbol: ₩

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Kim Il Sung	1912–1994	Founder of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea); Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army (1950–1991); Chairman of the National Defence Commission (1972–1993); Chairman of the North Korea Bureau of the Communist Party of Korea (1945–1946); Deputy Chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of North Korea (1946–1949); Chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (1949–1966); General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (1966–1994); Deputy to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Supreme People's Assembly (1948–1994); Premier of North Korea (1948–1972); President of North Korea (1972–1994); Eternal President of the Republic/Eternal leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1998–)	₩5000	obverse	2009

South Korea

See also South Korea in banknotes that are no longer in circulation.

Currency: Won (since 1962)
Symbol: ₩

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Yi Hwang	1501–1570	Confucian scholar	₩1,000	obverse	1983
Yi I	1536–1584		₩5,000
King Sejong the Great	1397–1450	4th King of the Kingdom of Joseon (1418–1450)	₩10,000
Shin Saimdang	1504–1551	Artist, calligraphist, poet and writer	₩50,000		2009

Kyrgyzstan

Currency: Som (since 1993)
Symbol: сом/

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Abdylas Maldybaev	1906–1978	Composer, actor, and operatic tenor singer; one of the composers of the state anthem of the Kirghiz SSR	1 som	Obverse	1994
Bubusara Beyshenalieva	1926–1973	Kyrgyz ballerina	5 som
Kasym Tynystanov	1901–1938	Scientist, politician and poet	10 som
Togolok Moldo	1860–1942	Poet, Manaschi and folk songwriter	20 som
Kurmanjan Datka	1811–1907	Stateswoman of Kyrgyzstan, who initiated annexation of that region to Russia	50 som
Toktogul Satylganov	1864–1933	Kyrgyz Akyns – improvising poets and singers	100 som		1995
Alykul Osmonov	1915–1950	Poet	200 som		2000
Sayakbay Karalaev	1894–1971	Manaschi – reciter of the epic Kyrgyz poem Manas	500 som	Both
Yusuf Khass Hajib	?-1085	Chancellor of the Kara-Khanid Khanate, poet	1,000 som	Obverse
Suimenkul Chokmorov	1939–1992	Actor	5,000 som		2009

Laos

Currency: Kip (since 1952)
Symbol: ₭ or ₭N

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Kaysone Phomvihane	1920–1992	1st Chairman of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (1955–1992); President of Laos (1991–1992)	₭2,000	Obverse	1997
			₭5,000
			₭10,000		2002
			₭20,000
			₭50,000		2004
			₭100,000		2011

Lesotho

Currency: Loti/Maloti (since 1979)
Symbol: L or M (pl.)

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
King Moshoeshoe II (Constantine Bereng Seeiso)	1938–1996	King of Lesotho (1966–1996)	10 maloti	Obverse	1979
King Moshoeshoe I	1786–1870	King of Lesotho (1822–1870)			2000
King Letsie III, King Moshoeshoe I and King Moshoeshoe II (Constantine Bereng Seeiso)	1963– (King Letsie III); 1786–1870 (King Moshoeshoe I); 1938–1996 (King Moshoeshoe II)	King of Lesotho (1996–) (King Letsie III); King of Lesotho (1822–1870) (King Moshoeshoe I); King of Lesotho (1966–1996) (King Moshoeshoe II)			2009
King Moshoeshoe II (Constantine Bereng Seeiso)	1938–1996	King of Lesotho (1966–1996)	20 maloti		1981
King Moshoeshoe I	1786–1870	King of Lesotho (1822–1870)			1994
King Letsie III, King Moshoeshoe I and King Moshoeshoe II (Constantine Bereng Seeiso)	1963– (King Letsie III); 1786–1870 (King Moshoeshoe I); 1938–1996 (King Moshoeshoe II)	King of Lesotho (1996–) (King Letsie III); King of Lesotho (1822–1870) (King Moshoeshoe I); King of Lesotho (1966–1996) (King Moshoeshoe II)			2009
King Moshoeshoe II (Constantine Bereng Seeiso)	1938–1996	King of Lesotho (1966–1996)	50 maloti		1981
King Moshoeshoe I	1786–1870	King of Lesotho (1822–1870)			1992
King Letsie III, King Moshoeshoe I and King Moshoeshoe II (Constantine Bereng Seeiso)	1963– (King Letsie III); 1786–1870 (King Moshoeshoe I); 1938–1996 (King Moshoeshoe II)	King of Lesotho (1996–) (King Letsie III); King of Lesotho (1822–1870) (King Moshoeshoe I); King of Lesotho (1966–1996) (King Moshoeshoe II)			2009
King Moshoeshoe I	1786–1870	King of Lesotho (1822–1870)	100 maloti		1994
King Letsie III, King Moshoeshoe I and King Moshoeshoe II (Constantine Bereng Seeiso)	1963– (King Letsie III); 1786–1870 (King Moshoeshoe I); 1938–1996 (King Moshoeshoe II)	King of Lesotho (1996–) (King Letsie III); King of Lesotho (1822–1870) (King Moshoeshoe I); King of Lesotho (1966–1996) (King Moshoeshoe II)			2009
King Moshoeshoe I	1786–1870	King of Lesotho (1822–1870)	200 maloti		1994
King Letsie III, King Moshoeshoe I and King Moshoeshoe II (Constantine Bereng Seeiso)	1963– (King Letsie III); 1786–1870 (King Moshoeshoe I); 1938–1996 (King Moshoeshoe II)	King of Lesotho (1996–) (King Letsie III); King of Lesotho (1822–1870) (King Moshoeshoe I); King of Lesotho (1966–1996) (King Moshoeshoe II)			2016

Liberia

Currency: Dollar (since 1943)
Symbol: L$

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Edward James Roye	1815–1872	5th President of Liberia (1870–1871)	5 Liberian dollars	Obverse	1999
Joseph Jenkins Roberts	1809–1876	1st President of Liberia (1848–1856); 7th President of Liberia (1872–1876)	10 Liberian dollars
William V. S. Tubman	1895–1971	19th President of Liberia (1944–1971)	20 Liberian dollars
Samuel Kanyon Doe	1951–1990	21st President of Liberia (1980–1990)	50 Liberian dollars
William Richard Tolbert, Jr.	1913–1980	20th President of Liberia (1971–1980)	100 Liberian dollars

Libya

Currency: Dinar (since 1971)
Symbol: LD/ل.د

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Omar Al-Mukhtār	1858–1931	Leading the native resistance to the Italian colonization of Libya	10 dinars	Obverse	1971

Malawi

Currency: Kwacha (since 1971)
Symbol: MK

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
M’mbelwa II		Inkosi ya Makhosi (Paramount Chief)	20 kwacha	Obverse	2012
Gomani II	?-1954		50 kwacha
James Frederick Sangala	1900–?	Founding member of the Nyasaland African Congress	100 kwacha
Rose Lomathinda Chibambo	1928–2016	Leader of the Nyasaland African Congress	200 kwacha
John Chilembwe	1871–1915	Baptist pastor and educator; figure to the resistance to colonialism	500 kwacha
Hastings Kamuzu Banda	1898–1997	1st President of Malawi (1966–1994); 1st Prime Minister of Malawi (1964–1966)	1,000 kwacha

Malaysia

Currency: Malaysian ringgit (since 1967)
Symbol: RM

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan	1895–1960	1st Yang di-Pertuan Agong (Supreme Head of State) of the Federation of Malaya	RM 1	obverse	1967
			RM 2		1996–2005
			RM 5		1967 (polymer in 1996)
			RM 10		1967
			RM 20		1982
			RM 50		1967
			RM 100
			RM 500		1982–1999
			RM 1,000		1967–1999

Mauritius

Currency: Rupee (since 1876)
Symbol: ₨

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Moilin Jean Ah-Chuen	1911–1991	Politician	25 rupees	Obverse	1998
Joseph Maurice Paturau	1916–1996	Industrialist, pioneer of sugar industry, aviation and tourism, cabinet minister, hero of World War II	50 rupees
Renganaden Seeneevassen	1910-1958	First Mauritanian Minister of Education	100 rupees
Abdool Razack Mohamed	1906–1978	Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius (1967–1978)	200 rupees
Sookdeo Bissoondoyal	1908–1977	Mauritian politician; one of the leading figures of the independence movement	500 rupees
Charles Gaëtan Duval	1930–1996	Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius (1983–1988)	1,000 rupees
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam	1900–1985	1st Chief Minister of Mauritius (1963–1968); Prime Minister of Mauritius (1976–1982); Chairman of the Organisation of African Unity (1976–1977); Governor-General of Mauritius (1983–1985)	2,000 rupees

Mexico

Currency: Peso (since 1821)
Symbol: $

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz	1648/51-1695	Nun, scholar and poet	$200	obverse	1994
			$100		2020
Miguel Hidalgo	1753–1811	Catholic priest; leader of Mexico's struggle for independence	$1,000		2004
			$200		2018
Benito Juárez	1806–1872	26th President of Mexico (1858–1872)	$20	both (1996 paper and 2002 polymer issue); obverse (Series F)	1996 (polymer in 2002)
			$500	both	2018
José María Morelos	1765–1815	leader for Mexican independence	$50	obverse	1996 (polymer in 2006)
			$200		2018
Nezahualcoyotl	1402–1472	Texcocan king	$100		1994
Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo	1886–1957; 1907-1954	Artists and Communist Party militants	$500		2010
Venustiano Carranza	1859–1920	37th President of Mexico (1917–1920)	$100		2017 (commemorative)
Luis Manuel Rojas	1871–1949	Journalist and politician, President of the Mexican Constituent Congress (1916–1917)
Francisco I. Madero	1873–1913	37th President of Mexico (1911–1913)	$1000		2019
Hermila Galindo	1886–1954	Journalist and activist
Carmen Serdán	1875–1948	Revolutionary

Moldova

Currency: Leu (pl. Lei) (since 1992)
Symbol: L

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Stephen III (the Great)	1433–1504	Prince of the Principality of Moldavia (1457–1504) and Saint of the Romanian Orthodox Church	All (1-1,000 lei)	Obverse	1992

Mongolia

Currency: Tögrög/Tugrik (since 1925)
Symbol: ₮

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Damdin Sükhbaatar	1893–1923	Founding member of the Mongolian People's Party, leader of the Mongolian partisan army, Father of the Mongolian Revolution	₮5	Obverse	1939
			₮10
			₮20		1981
			₮50		1939
			₮100
Genghis Khan	1162–1227	Founder and Great Khan (emperor) of the Mongol Empire (1206–1227)	₮500		1993
			₮1,000
			₮5,000		1994
			₮10,000		1995
			₮20,000		2006

Morocco

Currency: Dirham (since 1960)
Symbol: د.م.

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Mohammed VI	1963–	King of Morocco (1999–)	20 dirhams	Obverse	2002
					2013
			50 dirhams		2002
					2013
Mohammed VI, Mohammed V and Hassan II	1963– (Mohammed VI); 1909–1961 (Mohammed V); 1929–1999 (Hassan II)	King of Morocco (1927–1961) (Mohammed V); King of Morocco (1961–1999) (Hassan II); King of Morocco (1999–) (Mohammed VI)	100 dirhams		2002
Mohammed VI	1963–	King of Morocco (1999–)			2012
Mohammed VI and Hassan II	1963– (Mohammed VI); 1929–1999 (Hassan II)	King of Morocco (1999–) (Mohammed VI); King of Morocco (1961–1999) (Hassan II)	200 dirhams		2002
Mohammed VI	1963–	King of Morocco (1999–)			2012

Mozambique

Currency: Metical (since 1980)
Symbol: MT

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Samora Moisés Machel	1933–1986	Military commander, revolutionary, socialist leader and President of Mozambique (1975–1986)	20 meticais	Obverse	2006
			50 meticais
			100 meticais
			200 meticais
			500 meticais
			1,000 meticais

Namibia

Currency: Dollar (since 1993)
Symbol: N$

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Hendrik Witbooi	1830–1905	Leader of the Nama people during the Herero and Nama genocide; National hero of Namibia	All (10 to 200 Namibian dollars)	Obverse	1993 and 2012
Sam Nujoma	1929–2025	1st President of Namibia (1990–2005)	10 and 20 Namibian dollars		2012
Hendrik Witbooi	1830–1905	Leader of the Nama people during the Herero and Nama genocide; National hero of Namibia	50-, 100 and 200 Namibian dollars
Sam Nujoma	1929–2025	1st President of Namibia (1990–2005)	30 Namibian dollars		2020 (commemorative)
Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamb	1936–	2nd President of Namibia (2005–2015)
Hage Gottfried Geingob	1941–2024	3rd President of Namibia (2015–)

New Zealand

See also: Banknotes of the New Zealand dollar

Currency: Dollar (since 1967)
Symbol: $

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Elizabeth II	1926–2022	Queen and Head of State of New Zealand since 1952, and leader of the Commonwealth of Nations.	$20	Obverse	1967
Sir Edmund Hillary	1919–2008	Mountaineer and explorer. First person to reach the summit of Mount Everest (1953), and first person to drive overland to the South Pole (1958). Later known for his community work in Nepal.	$5		1990
Āpirana Ngata	1874–1950	Played a significant role in the revival of Māori people and culture during the early 20th century. First Māori graduate for a New Zealand University, and Member of Parliament for 38 years.	$50
Lord Rutherford of Nelson	1871–1937	New Zealand physicist and 'father of the atom'; explaining the perplexing problem of naturally occurring radioactivity, determining the structure of the atom, and changing one element into another. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908.	$100
Kate Sheppard	1848–1934	Prominent suffragette, who led the campaign for woman's right to vote. This determination led to New Zealand being the first sovereign state to allow woman to vote, in 1893.	$10

Nigeria

Currency: Naira (since 1973)
Symbol: ₦

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa	1912–1966	Prime Minister of Nigeria (1960–1966)	₦5	Obverse	2006
Alvan Ikoku	1900–1971	Educator, statesman, activist and politician	₦10
Murtala Mohammed	1938–1976	4th Head of State of Nigeria (1975–1976)	₦20
Ladi Kwali	1925–1984	Potter
Obafemi Awolowo	1909–1987	Premier of Western Nigeria (1954–1960)	₦100		1999
Ahmadu Bello	1910–1966	Premier of Northern Nigeria (1954–1966)	₦200		2000
Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe	1904–1966	1st President of Nigeria (1963–1966)	₦500		2001
Aliyu Mai-Bornu and Clement Nyong Isong	1919–1970 (Aliyu Mai-Bornu); 1920–2000 (Clement Nyong Isong)	Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (1963–1967; Aliyu Mai-Bornu); Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (1967–1975; Clement Nyong Isong)	₦1,000		2005

Nicaragua

Currency: Córdoba (since 1991)
Symbol: C$

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Miguel Larreynaga	1772–1842	Philosopher, humanist, lawyer and poet	C$10	Obverse	2002
José Santos Zelaya López	1853–1919	President of Nicaragua (1893–1909)	C$20
Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal	1924–1978	Journalist and publisher	C$50
Félix Rubén García Sarmiento	1867–1916	Poet, journalist, diplomat, and writer	C$100
José Dolores Estrada Vado	1792–1869	National hero of Nicaragua	C$500
Félix Rubén García Sarmiento	1867–1916	Poet, journalist, diplomat and writer	C$1,000		2016 (commemorative)

Norway

See also: Banknotes of the Norwegian krone

Currency: Krone (since 1875)
Symbol: kr

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen	1812–1885	Writer and scholar; collector of Norwegian folklore	50 kr	obverse	1997
Kirsten Flagstad	1895–1962	opera singer	100 kr
Kristian Birkeland	1867–1917	scientist	200 kr		1994
Sigrid Undset	1882–1949	Nobel Prize winner for Literature (1928)	500 kr		1999
Edvard Munch	1863–1944	Expressionist painter	1,000 kr		2001

Oman

Currency: Rial (since 1970)
Symbol: ريال

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In Circulation since
Qaboos bin Said al Said	1940–2020	Sultan of Oman (1970–2020)	100 baisa	Obverse	1995
			200 baisa
			1/2 Rial
			1 Rial
			5 Rials
			10 Rials
			20 Rials
			50 Rials

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Haitham bin Tariq	1955–	Sultan of Oman (2020–present)	5 Rials	Obverse	2020
			10 Rials
			20 Rials

Papua New Guinea

Currency: Kina (since 1975)
Symbol: K

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In Circulation since
Michael Somare	1936–2021	Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (1975–2011)	50 kina	Reverse	1999

Pakistan

Currency: Rupee (since 1947)
Symbol: Rs. (singular Re. 1)

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Muhammad Ali Jinnah	1876–1948	1st Governor-General of Pakistan (1947–1948); "Father of the Nation"	Rs. 10	obverse	2006
			Rs. 20		2005
			Rs. 50		1977
			Rs. 100		2006
			Rs. 500
			Rs. 1,000		2007
			Rs. 5,000		2006

Paraguay

Currency: Guaraní (since 1943)
Symbol:

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In Circulation since
Adela and Celsa Speratti	1865–1902 and 1868–1938	Founded the first Normal Schools in the country	2,000	Obverse	2008
Carlos Antonio López	1792–1862	Consul of Paraguay (1841–1844); 1st President of Paraguay (1844–1862)	5,000		1962
José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia	1766–1840	Consul of Paraguay (1813–1814; 1814–1840)	10,000
Agustín Pío Barrios	1885–1944	Classical guitarist and composer	50,000		1981
Roque González de Santa Cruz	1576–1628	Patron saint of Paraguay	100,000		1998

Peru

Currency: Nuevo sol/Sol (since 1991)
Symbol: S/.

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Currency	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
José Quiñones Gonzales	1914–1941	National aviation hero	Nuevo sol/sol	S/. 10	obverse	1991–
María Isabel Granda Larco (Chabuca Granda)	1920–1983	Singer and composer				2021–
Raúl Porras Barrenechea	1897–1960	Minister of Foreign Affairs, Historian and Senator		S/. 20		1991–
José María Arguedas Altamirano	1911–1969	Novelist, poet, and anthropologist				2021–
Abraham Valdelomar	1888–1919	Poet		S/. 50		1991–
María Rostworowski	1915–2016	Historian and social researcher				2021–
Jorge Basadre	1903–1980	Minister of education; Historian		S/. 100		1991–
Pedro Paulet	1874–1945	Diplomat and scientist				2021–
Rose of Lima	1586–1617	Saint Rose of Lima, First catholic saint of the Americas		S/. 200		1995–
Tilsa Tsuchiya	1928–1984	Printmaker and painter		S/. 200		2021–

Philippines

See also: Banknotes of the Philippine peso

See also Philippines in banknotes that are no longer in circulation.

Currency: Peso (piso) (since 1903)
Symbol: ₱

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Manuel L. Quezon	1878–1944	2nd President of the Philippines (1935–1944)	₱20	obverse	1986
Sergio Osmeña	1878–1961	4th President of the Philippines (1944–1946)	₱50
Manuel Roxas	1892–1948	5th President of the Philippines (1946–1948)	₱100
Diosdado Macapagal	1910–1997	9th President of the Philippines (1961–1965)	₱200		2002
Hilario Davide, Jr.	1935–	20th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1998–2005); swore in President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo		reverse
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo	1947–	Daughter of President Diosdado Macapagal; 14th President of the Philippines (2001–2009)
Corazon Aquino	1933–2009	11th President of the Philippines (1986–1992)	₱500	obverse	2010
Benigno Aquino Jr.	1932–1983	Leader of the opposition to the autocracy and dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos		both	1987
José Abad Santos	1886–1942	5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; executed by Japanese forces during World War II	₱1,000	obverse	2002
Josefa Llanes Escoda	1898–1945	Founder of the Girl Scouts in the Philippines; executed by Japanese forces during World War II			1991
Vicente Lim	1889–1945	Brigadier General of the Philippine Army; executed by Japanese forces during World War II
Lapu-Lapu		Datu of Mactan in the Visayas; the first native Filipino to resist imperial Spanish colonization and for killing Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in the Battle of Mactan	₱5,000		2021 (commemorative)

Poland

See also: Polish coins and banknotes

Currency: Zloty (since 1924)
Symbol: zł

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Boleslaw I	966/7-1025	King of Poland (992–1025)	zl 20	obverse	1995, 2012, 2015 and 2017
Casimir III	1310–1370	King of Poland (1333–1370)	zl 50
Jogaila	1351–1434	King of Poland (1386–1434)	zl 100
Mieszko I	935–992	Duke of Poland (960–992)	zl 10
Sigismund I the Old	1520–1572	King of Poland (1530–1572)	zl 200
John III Sobieski	1629–1696	King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuiania (1674–1696)	zl 500

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Józef Klemens Piłsudski	1867–1935	Chief of State of the Second Republic of Poland (1918–1922); First Marshal of Poland (1920); Dictator of the Second Polish Republic (1926–1935); Minister of Military Affairs (1926–1935)	zl 10 and zl 20	Obverse	2008 (commemorative) 2014 (commemorative)
Juliusz Słowacki	1809–1849	Romantic Poet	zl 20		2009 (commemorative)
Frédéric Chopin	1810–1849	Composer and Virtuoso pianist			2010 (commemorative)
Marie Curie	1867–1934	Physicist and chemist; winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1903) and Chemistry (1911)			2011 (commemorative)
Jan Długosz	1415–1480	Priest, chronicler, diplomat, soldier, and secretary to Bishop Zbigniew Oleśnicki of Kraków			2015 (commemorative)
Doubravka of Bohemia	ca. 940/45-977	Bohemian princess of the Přemyslid dynasty and by marriage Duchess of the Polans			2016 (commemorative)
Lech Kaczyński	1949–2010	President of Poland (2005–2010)			2021 (commemorative)
Pope John Paul II and Stefan Wyszyński	1920–2005 (John Paul II); 1901–1981 (Stefan Wyszyński)	Pope of the Roman Catholic Church (1978–2005); Saint of the Roman Catholic Church (John Paul II); Cardinal, Archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw (1948–1981) (Stefan Wyszyński)	zl 50	Both (John Paul II); Reverse (Stefan Wyszyński)	2006 (commemorative)

Romania

See also: Banknotes of the Romanian leu

Currency: Leu (plural Lei) (since 1867)
Symbol: L

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Lucian Blaga	1895–1961	Poet, playwright and philosopher	200 L	obverse	2006
Ion I. C. Brătianu	1864–1927	Prime minister of Romania (five times, 1909–1927)	100 L		2019 (commemorative)
Ion Luca Caragiale	1852–1912	Playwright and short story writer			2005
Mihai Eminescu	1850–1889	Romantic poet	500 L
George Enescu	1881–1955	Composer, violinist and pianist	5 L
Ferdinand I	1865–1927	King of Romania (1914–1927)	100 L		2018 (commemorative)
Nicolae Grigorescu	1838–1907	Painter; a founder of modern Romanian painting	10 L		2005
					2008
Nicolae Iorga	1871–1940	Prime Minister of Romania (1931–1932) and historian	1 L		2005
Queen Marie	1875–1938	Queen consort of Romania (1914–1927)	100 L		2018 (commemorative)
Ecaterina Teodoroiu	1894–1917	World War I Second Lieutenant	20 L		2021
Aurel Vlaicu	1882–1913	Engineer, inventor and early pilot	50 L		2005

Russia

Currency: Ruble (since 1710)
Symbol: руб/₽

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky	1809–1881	Governor General of Irkutsk and Yeniseysk (1847–1861)	5,000 ₽	obverse	2006
Peter I	1672–1725	Tsar of Russia and first Russian Emperor (1682–1725)	500 ₽		1995
Yaroslav I	978–1054	Prince of Kiev and Novgorod (1019–1054)	1,000 ₽		2001
Lev Ivanovich Yashin	1929–1990	Goalkeeper for Dynamo Moscow (1950–1970) and the Soviet Union national football team (1954–1967)	100 ₽		2018 (commemorative)

Samoa

Currency: Tālā (since 1967)
Symbol: WS$

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Malietoa Tanumafili II	1913–2007	O le Ao o le Malo (Head of State) of Samoa (1962–2007)	100 tālā	Obverse	2008

São Tomé and Príncipe

Currency: Dobra (since 1977)
Symbol: Db

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Rei Amador	?-1596	King of the Angolars	200 dobras	Obverse	2020

Saudi Arabia

Currency: Riyal (since 1953)
Symbol: ر.س

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud	1924–2015	King of Saudi Arabia and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques (2005–2015)	1–100 riyals	Obverse	2007
Abdulaziz ibn Abdul Rahman ibn Faisal ibn Turki ibn Abdullah ibn Muhammad Al Saud	1876–1953	King of Nejd and Hejaz (1926–1932); King of Saudi Arabia (1932–1953); Founder of Saudi Arabia	500 riyals
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud	1935–	King of Saudi Arabia and the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques (2015–)	5–100 riyals		2016

South Africa

Currency: Rand (since 1961)
Symbol: R

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela	1918–2013	President of South Africa (1994–1999)	10 rand	Obverse (2012 issue); Reverse (2018 commemorative issue)	2012 (original issue); 2018 (commemorative issue)
			20 rand
			50 rand
			100 rand
			200 rand

South Sudan

Currency: Pound (since 2011) and Piaster (since 2011)
Symbol: £

Person	Years of Birth–Death	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In Circulation since
John Garang de Mabior	1945–2005	President of the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region (July 9–30, 2005); Leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Army during the Second Sudanese Civil War	All (5 to 25 South Sudanese piasters)	Obverse	2011
			All (1 to 1,000 South Sudanese pounds)		2011 (1 to 100 South Sudanese pounds); 2016 (20 South Sudanese pounds); 2018 (500 South Sudanese pounds); 2021 (1,000 South Sudanese pounds)

Serbia

Currency: Dinar (since 2003)
Symbol: din.

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Jovan Cvijić	1865–1927	geographer	500 din.	both	2004
Slobodan Jovanović	1869–1958	Prime Minister of the Yugoslav government-in-exile (1942–1943)	5,000 din.		2003
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić	1787–1864	Linguist; reformer of the Serbian language	10 din.		2006
Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac	1856–1914	Composer and music educator	50 din.		2005
Milutin Milanković	1879–1958	Mathematician, astronomer and geophysicist	2,000 din.		2011
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš	1813–1851	Prince-Bishop of Montenegro (1830–1851); Serbian language poet	20 din.		2006
Nadežda Petrović	1873–1915	Painter	200 din.
Nikola Tesla	1856–1943	Serbian-American electrical engineer and inventor	100 din.
Đorđe Vajfert	1850–1937	1st president of the National Bank of Serbia (1912–1926)	1,000 din.

Sierra Leone

Currency: Leone (since 1964)
Symbol: Le

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Bai Bureh	1840–1908	Leader in the Hut Tax War of 1898 in Northern Sierra Leone against British rule and Krio dominance	1,000 Leones	Obverse	2002
Isaac Theophilus Akunna Wallace-Johnson	1894–1965	Trade unionist, journalist, activist, and politician	2,000 Leones		2000
Sengbe Pieh (Joseph Cinqué)	1814–1879	Responsible for leading the revolt of fellow slaves on the Spanish slave ship, Amistad	5,000 Leones		2002

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Bai Bureh	1840–1908	Leader in the Hut Tax War of 1898 in Northern Sierra Leone against British rule and Krio dominance	1 Leone	Obverse	2022
Isaac Theophilus Akunna Wallace-Johnson	1894–1965	Trade unionist, journalist, activist, and politician	2 Leones
Sengbe Pieh (Joseph Cinqué)	1814–1879	Responsible for leading the revolt of fellow slaves on the Spanish slave ship, Amistad	5 Leones
Constance Cummings-John	1918–2000	Educationalist and politician; served as the first female mayor of Freetown in 1966	20 Leones

Singapore

See also: Singapore Portrait Series currency notes

Currency: Dollar (since 1967)
Symbol: S$

Person	Years of Birth–Death	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In Circulation since
Yusof bin Ishak	1910–1970	First President of Singapore (1965–1970)	S$2	obverse	1999
			S$5
			S$10
			S$20
			S$50
			S$100
			S$1000
			S$10,000

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Lee Kuan Yew	1923–2015	1st Prime Minister of Singapore (1959–1990)	S$50	Both	2015 (commemorative)
Munshi Abdullah	1796–1864	Author, translator and teacher	S$20	Reverse	2019 (commemorative)
Henry Nicholas Ridley	1855–1956	Promoting rubber in the Malay Peninsula
Tan Kah Kee	1874–1961	Businessman; Philanthropic work, for setting up schools in China and Southeast Asia and for helping to raise funds to support China in events of the 20th century
P. Govindasamy Pillai	1887–1980	Businessman and philanthropist
Teresa Hsu Chih	1898–2011	Charity worker, yoga teacher and nurse
Alice Pennefather	1903–1983	Badminton and tennis champion
Adnan Saidi	1915–1942	Malayan military officer of the 1st Malaya Infantry Brigade who fought the Japanese in the Battle of Pasir Panjang in Singapore during World War II
Ruth Wong Hie King	1918–1982	Educator

Sri Lanka

Currency: Rupee (since 1872)
Symbol: (රු, Rs, ரூ)

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Percy Mahendra "Mahinda" Rajapaksa	1945	6th President of Sri Lanka (2005–2015)	1,000 rupees	Obverse	2009 (commemorative)

Sweden

Currency: Krona (since 1873)
Symbol: kr

Person	Years of Birth–Death	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In Circulation since
Astrid Lindgren	1907–2002	Writer	20 kr	obverse	2015
Evert Taube	1890–1976	Artist, author, composer and singer	50 kr
Greta Garbo	1905–1990	Actress	100 kr		2016
Ingmar Bergman	1918–2007	Film director, producer and screenwriter	200 kr		2015
Birgit Nilsson	1918–2005	Soprano	500 kr		2016
Dag Hammarskjöld	1905–1961	Secretary-General of the United Nations (1953–1961)	1,000 kr		2015

Switzerland

See also: Banknotes of the Swiss franc

Currency: Franc (since 1850)
Symbol: Fr.

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Jacob Burckhardt	1818–1897	historian of the arts	1,000 Fr.	obverse	1998
Le Corbusier	1887–1965	modernist architect	10 Fr.		1997
Alberto Giacometti	1901–1966	sculptor, painter, draftsman	100 Fr.		1998
Arthur Honegger	1892–1955	composer	20 Fr.		1996
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz	1878–1947	French-speaking Swiss author	200 Fr.		1997
Sophie Taeuber-Arp	1889–1943	artist, painter, sculptor	50 Fr.		1995

Syria

Currency: Pound (£S; since 1919)

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In Circulation
Marcus Julius Philippus (Philip the Arab)	c. 204–249	29th Emperor of the Roman Empire	£S 100	Obverse	1998
Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb (Saladin)	1138–1193	Sultan of Egypt and Syria and Kurdish General	£S 200		1997
Zenobia	240-c. 275	Queen of the Palmyrene Empire (267–271)	£S 500		1998
*Hafez al-Assad	1930–2000	President of Syria (1971–2000)	£S 1,000		1997
*Bashar al-Assad	1965	President of Syria (2000–2024)	£S 2,000		2017

Taiwan (Republic of China)

See also: Fifth series of the new Taiwan dollar banknote

Currency: New Taiwan dollar (since 1949)
Symbol: $

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Sun Yat-sen	1866–1925	Founding father of the Republic of China; Provincial President of the Republic of China (January 1 – March 10, 1912)	$100	obverse	2001
Chiang Kai-shek	1887–1975	President of the Republic of China (1948–1975)	$200		2002

Tanzania

Currency: Shilling (since 1966)
Symbol: TSh

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In Circulation
Julius Kambarage Nyerere	1922–1999	1st President of Tanzania (1964–1985)	1,000 Shillings/Shilingi	Obverse	2003

Tajikistan

Currency: Somoni (since 1999)
Symbol: cомонӣ

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In Circulation
Isma'il ibn Ahmad (Somoni)	849–907	Amir of Transoxiana (892–907) and Khorasan (900–907)	1 dirams	Obverse	1999
			5 dirams
			20 dirams
			50 dirams
Mirzo Tursunzoda	1911–1977	Poet	1 somoni		1999–2000
Shirinsho Shotemur	1899–1937	Politician	3 somoni		2010
Sadriddin Ayni	1878–1954	Poet, writer, novelist, journalist and historian; recipient of the Order of Lenin	5 somoni		1999–2013
Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani	1314–1384	Sūfī of the Kubrāwī order, poet and a prominent Muslim scholar	10 somoni
Avicenna (Ibn Sīnā)	980–1037	Polymath and jurist	20 somoni
Bobojon Ghafurov	1908–1977	Historian, academician, and author	50 somoni
Isma'il ibn Ahmad (Somoni)	849–907	Amir of Transoxiana (892–907) and Khorasan (900–907)	100 somoni
Nusratullo Maksum	1881–1937	Statesman and national hero of Tajikistan	200 somoni		2010
Rudaki (Abuabdulloh Rudaki)	858–941	Founder of Tajik classic literature	500 somoni

Thailand

Currency: Baht (since 1925)
Symbol: ฿

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In Circulation
Vajiralongkorn	1952–	King of Thailand (2016–)	฿20	Obverse	2018
			฿50
			฿100
			฿500
			฿1,000
			฿1,000	Reverse
Rama I	1737–1809	King of Rattanakosin (1782–1809)	฿20
Rama II	1767–1824	King of Rattanakosin (1809–1824)
Rama III	1788–1851	King of Rattanakosin (1824–1851)	฿50
Mongkut	1804–1868	King of Siam (1851–1868)
Chulalongkorn	1853–1910	King of Siam (1868–1910)	฿100
Vajiravudh	1881–1925	King of Siam (1910–1925)
Prajadhipok	1893–1941	King of Siam (1925–1935)	฿500
Ananda Mahidol	1925–1946	King of Siam (1935–1946)
Bhumibol Adulyadej	1927–2016	King of Thailand (1946–2016)	฿1,000

Tonga

Currency: Paʻanga (since 1967)
Symbol: T$

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In Circulation
King Siaosi (George) Tupou V of Tonga	1948–2012	King of Tonga (2006–2012)	All (T$1–100)	Obverse	2008 and 2009
King Tupou VI of Tonga	1959–	King of Tonga (2012–)	All (T$2–100)		2015

Transnistria

Currency: Rubla (since 1994)
Symbol:

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In Circulation
Alexander Suvorov	1730–1800	General of the Imperial Russian Army; founder of the city and capital of Tiraspol	1 ruble	Obverse	2000
			5 rubles
			10 rubles
			25 rubles
Taras Shevchenko	1814–1861	Poet; founder of the modern Ukrainian literature and the modern Ukrainian language	50 rubles
Dimitrie Cantemir	1673–1723	Prince of Moldavia	100 rubles
Pyotr Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky	1725–1796	General of the Russian Empire, Collegium of Little Russia	200 rubles		2004
Catherine II (the Great)	1729–1796	Empress of the Russian Empire	500 rubles

Tunisia

Currency: Dinar (since 1960)
Symbol: DT

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Hannibal	247–183, 182 or 181 BC	General and commander-in-chief of the Carthaginian armies	5 dinars	Obverse	1993
					2013
Ibn Khaldun	1332-1046	Historiographer and historian	10 dinars		1994
Dido		Queen and founder of Carthage			2005
Aboul-Qacem Echebbi	1909–1934	Poet			2013
Tawhida Ben Cheikh	1909–2010	First female doctor of Tunisia			2020
Hayreddin Pasha	1820–1890	Grand Vizier of the Beylik of Tunis (1873–1877); Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1878–1879)	20 dinars		1992
					2011
Farhat Hached	1914–1952	Trades Union leader; leader of the Tunisian Independence Movement			2017
Aboul-Qacem Echebbi	1909–1934	Poet	30 dinars		1997
Ibn El Rachiq Kairouani	c. 1000–1064	Writer and poet	50 dinars		2011

Turkey

See also: Banknotes of Turkey

Currency: Lira (since 2009)
Symbol: TL/

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In Circulation
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk	1881–1938	Founder and 1st President of Turkey (1923–1938)	All (₺5-₺200)	Obverse	2009
Aydın Sayılı	1913–1993	Historian of science	₺5
Cahit Arf	1910–1997	Mathematician; known for the Arf invariant of a quadratic form in characteristic 2 (applied in knot theory and surgery theory) in topology, the Hasse–Arf theorem in ramification theory, Arf semigroups, and Arf rings	₺10
Mimar Kemalettin (Ahmet Kemalettin)	1870–1927	Architect	₺20
Fatma Aliye Topuz	1862–1936	Novelist, columnist, essayist, women's rights activist and humanitarian	₺50
Buhurizade Mustafa Itri	1640–1712	Musician, singer, composer and poet	₺100
Yunus Emre	1238–1320	Poet and mystic	₺200

Turkmenistan

Currency: New manat (since 2009)
Symbol: T

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Togrul Beg	990–1063	Sultan of the Seljuq Empire	1 manat	Obverse	2009
Soltan Sanjar	1085–1157	Governor of Khorasan (1097–1118); Sultan of the Seljuq Empire (1118–1153, 1156–1157)	5 manats
Magtymguly Pyragy	1724–1807	Poet	10 manats
Görogly		National hero	20 manats
Dede Korkut		Legendary bard	50 manats
Oghuz Khagan		Legendary ancestor of Turkmens	100 manats
Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov	1940–2006	First President of Turkmenistan (1990–2006)	500 manats		2009 (not issued)

Ukraine

See also: Banknotes of the Ukrainian hryvnia

Currency: Hryvnia (pl. Hryvni and Hryven) (since 1996)
Symbol: ₴

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Ivan Franko	1856–1916	Poet, writer and journalist	₴20	obverse	2003
Mykhailo Hrushevsky	1866–1934	1st President of the Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–1918)	₴50		2004
Bohdan Khmelnytsky	1595–1657	Hetman of Ukraine (1648–1657)	₴5
Ivan Mazepa	1640–1709	Hetman of Ukraine (1687–1708)	₴10
Taras Shevchenko	1814–1861	Poet; works considered to be the foundation of both the modern Ukrainian language and literature	₴100		2006
Hryhori Skovoroda	1722–1794	Poet, philosopher and composer	₴500
Lesya Ukrainka	1871–1913	Poet and writer	₴200		2001
Vladimir I	958–1015	Prince of Kiev and Novgorod (978–1015)	₴1		2006
Vladimir Vernadsky	1863–1945	Historian, philosopher, naturalist and scientist	₴1,000		2019
Yaroslav I	978–1054	Prince of Kiev and Novgorod	₴2		2004

United Kingdom

See also: Banknotes of the pound sterling

Currency: Pound sterling (England since 1158; Scotland since 1707)
Symbol: £

While the Bank of England is the central bank for the whole of the United Kingdom, a total of eight commercial banks retain the right to issue their own pound sterling notes.

England and Wales

See also: Bank of England note issues

In England and Wales the Bank of England is the only bank with the right to issue pound sterling banknotes

Bank of England
Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Elizabeth II	1926–2022	Queen of the United Kingdom (1952–2022)	£5	obverse	2002
			£10		2000
			£20		1999
					2007
			£50		1994–2014
					2011
Charles III	1948-	King of the United Kingdom (2022-)	£5		2024
			£10
			£20
			£50
Winston Churchill	1874–1965	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940–1945; 1951–1955)	£5	reverse	2016
Jane Austen	1775–1817	Novelist	£10		2017
Adam Smith	1723–1790	Economist	£20		2007
J. M. W. Turner	1775–1851	Landscape painter			2020
Alan Turing	1912–1954	Mathematician and computer scientist	£50		2021
James Watt	1736–1819	Inventor			2011
Matthew Boulton	1728–1809	Manufacturer

Scotland

See also: Banknotes of Scotland

Three commercial banks in Scotland are authorised to issue their own sterling banknotes: Bank of Scotland, Royal Bank of Scotland and Clydesdale Bank.

Bank of Scotland[1]
Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Sir Walter Scott	1771–1832	Historical novelist and poet; campaigner for the continuation of Scottish banknotes	£5	obverse	2007
			£10
			£20		1999
			£50		2007
			£100
The Royal Bank of Scotland[2]
Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Lord Ilay	1682–1761	Founder and first governor of the Royal Bank of Scotland	£1	obverse	1987
			£5
			£10
			£20
			£50
			£100
Robert Louis Stevenson	1850–1894	Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer (special commemorative issue)[3]	£1	reverse	1994
Alexander Graham Bell	1847–1922	Inventor of the telephone (special commemorative issue)[3]			1997
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother	1900–2002	To mark the 100th birthday of The Queen Mother (special commemorative issue)[3]	£20		2000
Queen Elizabeth II	1926–2022	To mark the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II (special commemorative issue)[3]	£5		2002
Old Tom Morris	1821–1908	250th anniversary of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (special commemorative issue)[3]			2004
Jack Nicklaus	1940–	Notable American golfer (special commemorative issue)[3]			2005
Queen Elizabeth II	1926–2022	To mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II (special commemorative issue)[3][4]	£10		2012
Nan Shepherd	1893–1981	Novelist and poet	£5	obverse	2016
Mary Somerville	1780–1872	Scientist	£10		2017
Catherine Cranston	1849–1934	Entrepreneur	£20		2020
Flora Stevenson	1839–1905	Social reformer with a special interest in education for poor or neglected children, and in education for girls; the first Scottish woman to be elected to a School Board	£50		2021
Clydesdale Bank[5]
Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Robert Burns	1759–1796	Notable Scottish poet	£5	obverse	1998
Mary Slessor	1848–1915	Scottish missionary to Nigeria and campaigner for women's rights	£10	both
Robert the Bruce	1274–1329	King of the Scots (1306–1329)	£20	obverse
Adam Smith	1723–1790	Economist and key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment	£50	both
Lord Kelvin	1824–1907	Mathematical physicist and engineer	£100
Alexander Fleming	1881–1955	Discoverer of penicillin	£5	obverse	2009
William Arrol	1839–1913	Civil engineer, bridge builder, and Liberal Unionist Party politician	£5		2015 (commemorative)
Robert Burns	1759–1796	Notable Scottish poet	£10		2009
Robert the Bruce	1274–1329	King of the Scots (1306–1329)	£20
Elsie Inglis	1864–1917	Doctor and suffragist	£50
Charles Rennie Mackintosh	1868–1928	Architect and designer	£100

Northern Ireland

See also: Banknotes of Northern Ireland

In Northern Ireland, four commercial banks are authorised to issue their own sterling banknotes: Ulster Bank, Danske Bank (formerly Northern Bank), First Trust Bank and Bank of Ireland. Of these, only banknotes issued by Danske Bank and Ulster Bank feature portraits of real people, with First Trust's notes depicting generic "Irish citizens" and Bank of Ireland notes showing buildings.

Danske Bank
Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
John Boyd Dunlop	1840–1921	Founder of the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company	£10	obverse	2005
Harry Ferguson	1884–1960	Engineer and developer of the modern agricultural tractor, the Ferguson monoplane and the Ferguson P99	£20
Sir Samuel Cleland Davidson	1846–1921	founder of the Belfast Sirocco Works and pioneer of air conditioning	£50
Sir James Martin	1893–1981	Inventor of the aircraft ejector seat	£100
Ulster Bank
Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
George Best	1946–2005	Footballer, Northern Ireland and Manchester United (special commemorative issue)	£5	obverse	2006

United States of America

See also: Federal Reserve Note

Currency: Dollar (since 1792)
Symbol: $

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
John Adams	1735–1826	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776; 2nd President of the United States (1797–1801)	$2	reverse	1976
Samuel Adams	1722–1803	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776
Charles Carroll	1737–1832
Samuel Chase	1741–1811
Abraham Clark	1725–1794
George Clinton	1739–1812	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776; 4th Vice President of the United States (1805–1812)
George Clymer	1739–1813	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776
John Dickinson	1732–1808
William Ellery	1727–1820
William Floyd	1734–1821
Benjamin Franklin	1706–1790
		Founding Father	$100	obverse	1996
Elbridge Gerry	1744–1814	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776; 5th Vice President of the United States (1813–1814)	$2	reverse	1976
Ulysses S. Grant	1822–1885	18th President of the United States (1869–1877)	$50	obverse	2004
Alexander Hamilton	1755/7-1804	1st Secretary of the Treasury (1789–1795)	$10	both	2006
John Hancock	1737–1793	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	$2	reverse	1976
Benjamin Harrison, V	1726–1791
Joseph Hewes	1730–1779
Thomas Heyward, Jr.	1746–1809
William Hooper	1742–1790
Stephen Hopkins	1707–1785
Francis Hopkinson	1737–1791
Samuel Huntington	1731–1796
Andrew Jackson	1767–1845	7th President of the United States (1829–1837)	$20	obverse	2003
Thomas Jefferson	1743–1826	3rd President of the United States (1801–1809); signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	$2	both	1976
Richard Henry Lee	1732–1794	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776		reverse
Francis Lewis	1713–1803
Abraham Lincoln	1809–1865	16th President of the United States (1861–1865)	$5	both	2008
Philip Livingston	1716–1778	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776	$2	reverse	1976
Robert R. Livingston	1746–1813	Founding Father, Worked on writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776
Thomas McKean	1734–1817	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776
Arthur Middleton	1742–1787
Lewis Morris	1726–1798
Robert Morris	1734–1806
William Paca	1740–1799
Robert Treat Paine	1731–1814
George Read	1733–1798
Benjamin Rush	1745–1813
Edward Rutledge	1749–1800
Roger Sherman	1721–1793
Richard Stockton	1730–1781
Charles Thomson	1729–1824
George Walton	1749/50-1804
George Washington	1732–1799	1st President of the United States (1789–1797)
William Williams	1731–1811	signatory, Declaration of Independence, 1776
Thomas Willing	1731–1821
James Wilson	1742–1798
John Witherspoon	1723–1794
Oliver Wolcott	1726–1797

Uruguay

Currency: Peso Uruguayo (since 1993)
Symbol: $U

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Juan Zorrilla de San Martín	1855–1931	Writer, poet and ambassador	20 Pesos Uruguayos	Obverse	1994
José Pedro Varela	1845–1879	Sociologist, journalist, politician, and educator	50 Pesos Uruguayos
Eduardo Fabini	1882–1950	Composer and musician	100 Pesos Uruguayos
Pedro Figari	1861–1938	Painter, lawyer, writer, and politician	200 Pesos Uruguayos		1995
Alfredo Vásquez Acevedo		Rector and politician	500 Pesos Uruguayos		1994
Juana de Ibarbourou	1892–1979	Poet	1,000 Pesos Uruguayos		1995
Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga	1771–1848	Priest, naturalist and botanist	2,000 Pesos Uruguayos		2003

Uzbekistan

Currency: Soum (since 1993)

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Timur (Tamerlane)	late 1320-1330s–1405	Founder of the Timurid Empire and the first ruler of the Timurid dynasty	500 soum	Reverse	1999
Mirzo Ulugbek	1394–1449	Astronomer, mathematician and sultan	100,000 soum	Obverse	2019

Venezuela

Currency: Venezuelan bolívar soberano (sovereign bolívar) (since 2018)
Symbol: Bs.S

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Josefa Camejo	1791–1862	Heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence	2 bolívares soberanos	Obverse	2018
José Félix Ribas	1775–1815	Independence leader and hero of the Venezuelan War of Independence	5 bolívares soberanos
Rafael Urdaneta	1788–1845	9th Venezuelan Minister of Defense (1839–1845); 4th President of Gran Colombia (1830–1831); 5th Colombian Minister of Defense (1828–1829); Venezuelan General and hero of the Spanish American wars of independence	10 bolívares soberanos
Simón Rodríguez	1769–1854	Philosopher and educator	20 bolívares soberanos
Antonio José de Sucre	1795–1830	2nd President of Bolivia (1825–1828); 4th President of Perú (June 23 – July 23, 1823)	50 bolívares soberanos
Ezequiel Zamora	1817–1860	Venezuelan soldier, and leader of the Federalists in the Federal War (Guerra Federal) of 1859–1863	100 bolívares soberanos
Sebastián Francisco de Miranda y Rodríguez de Espinoza	1750–1816	Supreme Chief of Venezuela (1812–1813)	200 bolívares soberanos
Simón Bolívar	1783–1830	Military and political leader during the struggle for independence from Spain	500 bolívares soberanos
			10,000 bolívares soberanos		2019
			20,000 bolívares soberanos
			50,000 bolívares soberanos
			200,000 bolívares soberanos		2020
			500,000 bolívares soberanos
			1,000,000 bolívares soberanos

Vietnam

Currency: Dong (since 1978)
Symbol: ₫

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Ho Chi Minh	1890–1969	Communist revolutionary leader, prime minister (1945–1955) and president (1945–1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam	10,000 ₫	Obverse	2003
			20,000 ₫		2006
			50,000 ₫		2003
			100,000 ₫		2004
			200,000 ₫		2006
			500,000 ₫		2003

Zambia

Currency: Kwacha (since 1968)
Symbol: ZK

Person	Lifespan	Reason for honor	Denomination	Obverse or reverse	In circulation since
Kenneth Kaunda	1924–2021	1st President of Zambia (1964–1991)	50 kwacha	Reverse	2014 (commemorative)
Frederick Chiluba	1943–2011	2nd President of Zambia (1991–2002)
Levy Mwanawasa	1948–2008	3rd President of Zambia (2002–2008)
Rupiah Banda	1937–2022	4th President of Zambia (2008–2011)
Michael Sata	1937–2014	5th President of Zambia (2011–2014)

Notes

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2. "Current issue notes". Royal Bank of Scotland. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
3. "Commemorative notes". Royal Bank of Scotland. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
4. "Scotland new 10-pound commemorative note confirmed". Banknote News. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
5. "Current Banknotes : Clydesdale Bank". The Committee of Scottish Bankers (CSCB). Archived from the original on 3 October 2008. Retrieved 27 November 2013.

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