List of people - Definition and Overview

These are lists of people mentioned in articles. The biographies don't include fictional characters, e.g., people like Arthur the Knight are included but King Arthur is not.

People by name

By name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

• List of personal naming conventions

• Family name (surname, last name, patronym/matronym)
  • List of family name derivations
  • List of most popular family names
• First name (given name)
  • List of given name derivations
  • List of first names of notable people
• List of people known as The Great
• List of people known by initials
• List of people known as the father or mother of something
• List of people known by one name
• List of famous people who have changed their name
• List of eponyms or names derived from people
  • List of cartoon characters named after people
  • List of companies named after people
  • List of human anatomical parts named after people
  • List of diseases named after people
  • List of political entities named after people
  • List of foods named after people
  • List of inventions named after people
  • List of chemical elements named after people
  • List of scientific constants named after people
  • List of scientific laws named after people
  • List of scientific phenomena named after people
  • List of scientific units named after people
  • List of prizes named after people
• List of pseudonyms and stage names
• List of Biblical names
• List of songs whose title includes personal names
• Wikipedia:non-unique personal names (homonymous or namesakes)

People by date/age

• Date of birth or date of death
  • by day of the month, e.g. today (November 25).
  • by year, e.g. 1911.
  • List of twins
  • List of people who died on their birthdays
  • List of recent deaths
• Age
  • List of youngsters in history
  • List of people who nearly lived to the age of 100
  • List of people who lived to the age of 100
  • List of people who lived to the age of 110
• Periods
  • List of ancient Egyptians
  • List of ancient Greeks
  • List of ancient Romans
  • List of people from the Dutch Golden Age
  • List of people associated with the French Revolution
  • List of people associated with the American Civil War
  • List of people associated with World War I
  • List of people associated with World War II

People by associated physical condition/characteristic

• Lists of people by nationality, ethnicity, location, etc

• List of women in history

• List of famous left-handed people
• List of cancer patients
• List of tuberculosis victims
• List of people believed to have been affected by bipolar disorder
• Lists of people by cause of death
  • List of artists who died of drug-related causes
  • List of assassinated persons
  • List of suicides
  • List of people who died in aviation-related incidents
  • List of professional cyclists who died during a race
  • List of people who died in road accidents
  • List of murdered people
  • List of people who were executed
  • List of people who died of starvation
• List of people who have disappeared
• List of people with diabetes
• List of people with disabilities
  • List of people with visual disabilities
  • List of people with dyslexia
  • List of paraplegic people
• List of polydactyl people
• List of HIV-positive individuals

People by lifestyle (in certain cases with a possibly biological role)

• List of people widely considered eccentric
• List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people
• List of transgendered people
• List of vegetarians
• List of teetotalers

People by belief

• Lists of people by belief, religious belief or philosophy
• List of atheists
• List of Buddhists
• List of Christians
• List of Democrat celebrities
• List of Latter-day Saints
• List of Lutherans
• List of neo-conservatives
• List of pacifists
• List of Republican celebrities
• List of Roman Catholics
• List of transhumanists

People by achievements (possibly in some cases by circumstance)

• List of prizes, medals, and awards
• List of people with two or more professions
• List of people known as war heroes
• List of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of 2004
• Michael H. Hart's list of the 100 most influential people in history
• List of eponymous laws - List of people with laws and adages named after them
• List of Disney Legends

People by occupation

• Lists of people by occupation, profession, vocation
• List of political theorists
• Lists of office-holders: kings, popes and presidents
• List of exorcists
• List of show business families
• People who have worked in pairs
  • List of entertainer pairs
  • List of scientist pairs
  • List of pairs of colleagues

People by studies

• List of former pupils of Westminster
• List of polymaths

People by circumstance

• List of Disney people
• List of famous families
• List of famous pairs (people, places and things)
  • List of couples
  • List of Hollywood celebrity couples
• List of famous people who died young
• List of people on stamps
• List of people predominantly seen wearing dark glasses
• List of people who became famous only in death
• List of people who have acted as their own attorney
• List of people with mugshots collected by The Smoking Gun

Real people appearing in fiction

• List of real people appearing in fictional context
  • List of celebrities on The Simpsons
  • Historical figures who figure as villains in fiction
  • Scrooge McDuck's Encounters with real people

See also

• List of reference tables