Editing Mail carrier (section)

==Famous carriers==
[[File:Estatua El Cartero.jpg|thumb|upright|Postmen homage in [[Rosario]], [[Argentina]]; opus by [[Erminio Blotta]], Palace General Post Office]]
Famous real-life letter carriers include:

* [[Berry van Aerle]], Dutch football player (35 caps){{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
* [[Raymond van Barneveld]], who worked as a postman before becoming a professional darts player{{cn|date=January 2024}}
* [[Olivier Besancenot]], candidate for the French presidential elections in 2002 and 2007
* [[Peter Bonetti]], [[England|English]] [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] who played for [[Chelsea F.C.]]
* [[Charles Bukowski]], novelist and poet
* [[Allan B. Calhamer]], the inventor of board game ''[[Diplomacy (game)|Diplomacy]]''
* [[Jean Cameron]], Scottish World War 2 postwoman who changed the uniform to allow trousers.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2017-03-07|title=Wearing the Trousers|url=https://www.postalmuseum.org/blog/wearing-the-trousers/|access-date=2021-12-09|website=The Postal Museum|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Steve Carell]], American actor<ref>Interview: Steve Carell (March 20, 2006). ''InFANity: The Office'', [[TV Guide]] Channel.</ref> 
* [[Ferdinand Cheval]], who spent 33 years building an "ideal castle"
* [[Ace Frehley]], original guitarist for the rock band [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], worked as a mailman before he became the "Spaceman"
* [[Domingo French]], mailman of the [[Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata]], turned into revolutionary and soldier during the [[May Revolution]]
* [[Vic Godard]], English punk musician, founder of the [[Subway Sect]], became a postman midway through his music career
* [[Terry Griffiths]], a former postman who became a world-champion snooker player
* [[David Harvey (footballer)|David Harvey]], a goalkeeper who became a postman after leaving football
* [[Rudolph Hass]], developer of the [[Hass avocado]]
* [[Gladys' Leap|Gladys Hillier]], [[England|English]] postwoman, inspiration for the title of an album by [[Fairport Convention]]
* [[Brad Hogg]], an Australian cricketer who is a former Perth postman
* [[Elsie Johansson]], Swedish poet and author who worked at the postal office for around 30 years before she'd her literary debut at the age of 48.
* [[Alan Johnson]], the former UK [[Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer]]<ref name="AlanJohnson">{{cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=7909132 |title=The charming Mr Johnson|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|author= Bagehot|date= 14 September 2006|access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref>
* [[Kimeru]], a famous Japanese pop singer, worked as a mailman before he pursued his singing career
* [[Keith Knox]], a Scottish footballer who also worked as a postman throughout his 25-year career
* [[Tom Kruse (mailman)|Tom Kruse]], MBE was a mailman on the Birdsville Track in the border area between South Australia and Queensland
* [[Stephen Law]], philosopher. Expelled from school and worked as a postman until being accepted to [[Trinity College, Oxford]] to study philosophy
* [[Jan Nyssen]] was a mailman from 1977 to 1997 in [[Liège]] (Belgium) and became a [[Professor]] of [[Geography]].
* [[John Prine]], Grammy winning folk singer
* [[Bon Scott]], former lead singer of [[AC/DC]] was once a 'postie' in Australia
* [[Allan Smethurst]], English singer known as "The Singing Postman"
* [[Snowshoe Thompson]], mail delivery on skis
* [[Neil Webb]], English footballer who became a postman after leaving professional football