The come in all shapes and sizes, don't they? Here's a list I've used before. It is arranged along a not-too-subtle principle, which you are free to guess. Sometimes it's good to know how exclusive the club is. Those in the know are free to add the usual responsorials.
Holy Mary, Mother of God
Mary Clopas, sister of Our Lady
Mary Magdalen
Peter, the Rock, first bishop of Rome
James the Younger, first bishop of Jerusalem
John, the Beloved Disciple
Aquila and Prisca, who sheltered Paul
Priscilla of the Catacombs, who sheltered Peter
Phoebe and Claudia
Philip the Deacon
Paul of Tarsus, Apostle to the Gentiles
Pope Linus, disciple of Peter
Pope Clement, disciple of Paul
Polycarp of Smyrna, disciple of John
John Mark, evangelist, and first bishop of Alexandria
Evodius, one of the Seventy-two and first bishop of Antioch
Onesimus, bishop of Ephesus, who collected the letters of Paul
Joseph of Palestine
Pope Zozimus
Romanus the Melodist
Daniel of Padua
Julian of Toledo
Edith Stein of Dachau
Habib the Martyr
John of Damascus
Pope John V
Rafka al Rayes
Sharbel Maklouf
Nicholas, beloved of children
Gregory Nazianzen
Macrina the Younger
Irene
Athanasia of Aegina
Pope Sixtus II
Alexander Akimetes
Agnes
Cecilia
Pope Cornelius
Augustine of Hippo
Perpetua and Felicity
Cyprian of Carthage
Anthony the Hermit
Mary of Egypt
John the Merciful
Catherine of Alexandria
Moses the Arab, Apostle to the Arabs
Cosmas and Damian
Mary Baouardy, the Little Sister to Everyone
Thaddeus and Maris, Apostles to Iraq and Persia
Maruthas of Maiferkat
Ephraem, the Harp of the Holy Ghost
Anastasius Majundat
Abdon and Sennen
Frumentius, Apostle of Ethiopia
Iphegenia of Ethiopia
Moses the Black
Sheikh Aretas of the Banu Harith and the Martyrs of Najran
St. Thaddeus, one of the Seventy-two, and Apostle to Armenia
Isaac the Great
Gomidas Keumerigian
Nino Christiana, Apostle-Mother of Georgia
Euthymius the Enlightener
George Mtasmindeli
Thomas Aquinas, the “Dumb Ox”
Francis of Assisi, founder of the Order of Friars Minor
Clare of Assisi, founder of the Order of Poor Clares
Maria Goretti
John Bosco
Pope John XXIII
Nathalia and Aurelius
Theresa of Avila
Dominic, founder of the Order of Preachers
Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus
Anthony of Padua
Isabella
John Baptist de la Salle, founder of the Brothers of Christian Schools
Margaret Mary Alacoque of the Sacred Heart
Theresa of Lisieux, the Little Flower
Alan de Solminihac
Mary of Oignies
Patrick, Apostle to Ireland
Brigit of Kildare
Columba
Colmcille of Iona, Apostle to Scotland
David, King of Scots
Margaret of Scotland
Augustine of Canterbury, Apostle to the English
Edith of Wilton
Thomas More
Winefride of Holywell
Cadoc of Llancarfan
Boniface, Apostle to Germany
Gertrude of Helfta
Herman the Cripple
Hildegard of Bingen, the Sybil of the Rhine
Adolf Kolping
Nicholas von Flue
Jakob Gapp
Ansgar, Apostle to Scandinavia
Gorman of Schleswig
Hallvard of Oslo
Bridget of Sweden
Thorlac of Iceland
George Matulaitis
King Istvan the Great
Elizabeth of Hungary
Cyril and Methodius, Apostles to the Slavs
Good King Wenceslaus
Agnes of Bohemia
Hyacinth Ronzki
Stanislaus Szczepanowski
Mother Mary Theresa Ledochowska
Pope John Paul the Great
All you brothers and sisters of Poland
Mother Theresa of Calcutta
Sava of Serbia
Mark Korosy of Croatia
Ieremia Stoica of Romania
Bishop Eugene Bossilkov of Bulgaria
Sergius of Radonezh
Euphrosyne of Polotsk
Isaac Jogues, Apostle to North America
Kateri Tekakwitha, the Lily of the Mohawks
Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin of Guadeloupe
Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Santiago
Bartholomew Laurel
Miguel Pio
Peter Betancur of Guatemala
Bishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador
Rose of Lima
Ana de los Angeles Monteagudo
Mercedes of Jesus
Mariana de Paredes, the Lily of Quito
Paulina of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus
Antonio de Santa Ana Galvao
Roque Gonzalez de Santa Cruz
Ceferino Namuncurá
Teresa of the Andes
John Nepomucene Neumann
Katherine Drexel
Mother Frances Cabrini
Marguerite D’Youville
Mary Rose Durocher
Francis Xavier, Apostle to the East
Alphonsa Mattahupadathus
Kuriakose Chavara
Mother Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan
Mary of the Cross
Lorenzo Ruiz
Thaddeus Lieu
Agnes Sao Kuy
Father Thomas Hioji Rokuzayemon Nishi
Magdalene of Nagasaki
Agatha Kim
Paul Chong Hasang
Philip Siphong
Sister Lucy Khambong
Agnes De
Father John Dat
Benedict the Moor
Martin de Pores
Charles Lwanga of Uganda
Mother Josephine Bakhita of the Sudan
Anwarite Nengapeta of the Congo
Victoria Rasoamanarivo
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