Christmas Island 1958-
- Admiral Pelham Aldrich (1978)
- Charles Andrews, naturalist (1978)
- Andrew Clunies Ross, first settler (1977)
- George Clunies Ross, phosphate miner (1977)
- William Dampier, explorer (1977)
- Fam Choo Beng, educator (1977)
- Edmond Halley, astronomer (1986)
- Richard Hanitsch, biologist (1978)
- Sir Rowland Hill, postage stamp pioneer (1979)
- J. J. Lister, naturalist - with Arenga listeri (1978)
- Vice-Admiral John MacLear, (1978) HMS Challenger (1858)
- Sir William May, admiral (1978, 1988)
- Sir John Murray, oceanographer (1978, 1989)
- Victor Purcell, Sinologist (1978)
- Henry Ridley, botanist (1977, 1990)
- Captain Joshua Slocum, yachtsman (1978)
- Sir Harold Spencer Jones, astronomer (1978)
- Queen Victoria (1958)
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