The Distinguished Americans series is a set of definitive stamps issued by the United States Postal Service which was started in 2000 with a 10¢ stamp depicting Joseph Stilwell. The design is less austere than that of earlier stamp series such as the Great Americans.
The first stamps issued in this series were the following (date of issue, denomination, depicted person):
- 2000, August 24. 10¢. General Joseph W. Stilwell.
- 2000, September 7. 33¢. Senator Claude Pepper.
- 2001, February 21. 76¢. Senator Hattie W. Caraway.
- 2002, July 29. 83¢. Author Edna Ferber.
- 2004, July 14. 23¢. Athlete Wilma Rudolph.
- 2006, March 9. 63¢. Medical Scientist Jonas Salk.
- 2006, March 9. 87¢. Virologist Albert Sabin.
- 2007, June 13. 58¢. Senator Margaret Chase Smith.
- 2007, June 13. 75¢. Author Harriet Beecher Stowe.
- 2008, May 12. 59¢. Author James A. Michener.
- 2008, May 12. 76¢. Physician Edward Trudeau.
- 2009, May 15. 78¢. Philanthropist Mary Lasker
- 2011, April 15. 84¢. Stateswoman Oveta Culp Hobby
- 2012, April 26. Forever. Actor José Ferrer
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