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This is an extensive list of 20,000 biographies I believe are vital to the global Wikipedia community. This list is designed to represent the articles on the most notable persons in different walks of human life. As it is difficult to compare the notability of persons in different fields of work, the list is intended to be based on quotas for each field. This list requires extensive refinement and prioritization on the basis of topic-by-topic analysis.
| Article Count (edit) | |||
| Section | Quota | Article Count | Percent Done |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entertainers | 500 | 0 | 0% |
| Visual artists | 800 | 0 | 0% |
| Writers | 1,200 | 0 | 0% |
| Musicians and composers | 750 | 0 | 0% |
| Criminals and their victims | 25 | 0 | 0% |
| Directors, producers, and screenwriters | 300 | 0 | 0% |
| Businesspeople | 200 | 0 | 0% |
| Explorers | 150 | 0 | 0% |
| Philosophers, historians, political and social scientists | 1,575 | 0 | 0% |
| Religious figures | 650 | 0 | 0% |
| Politicians and leaders | 1,500 | 0 | 0% |
| Rebels, revolutionaries, and activists | 150 | 0 | 0% |
| Scientists, inventors, and mathematicians | 1,500 | 0 | 0% |
| Journalists | 150 | 0 | 0% |
| Sports figures | 400 | 0 | 0% |
| Mythical and legendary people | 75 | 0 | 0% |
| Fictional characters | 75 | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 10,000 | 0 | 0% |
| Count checked: Not yet | |||
Please note: In addition to actual biographies of real-world persons, this list also includes child articles of select major biographies, as well as articles about mythical, legendary, and fictional persons. The above quotas may need to be fine-tuned once I have this list filled.
Entertainers, 500
Actors and actresses, 350
Before 20th century, 12
Silent film, 23
Americas, 12
- Roscoe Arbuckle
- Douglas Fairbanks
- William Gillette
- John Gilbert
- Lillian Gish
- William S. Hart
- Thomas H. Ince
- Buster Keaton
- Harold Lloyd
- Mary Pickford
- Mack Sennett
- Rudolph Valentino
Europe, 11
Modern cinema, 258
AFI's "100 Years... 100 Stars" legends, 48
- Fred Astaire
- Lauren Bacall
- Ingrid Bergman
- Humphrey Bogart
- Marlon Brando
- James Cagney
- Charlie Chaplin
- Claudette Colbert
- Gary Cooper
- Joan Crawford
- Bette Davis
- James Dean
- Marlene Dietrich
- Kirk Douglas
- Henry Fonda
- Clark Gable
- Greta Garbo
- Ava Gardner
- Judy Garland
- Lillian Gish
- Cary Grant
- Jean Harlow
- Rita Hayworth
- Audrey Hepburn
- Katharine Hepburn
- William Holden
- Buster Keaton
- Gene Kelly
- Grace Kelly
- Burt Lancaster
- Vivien Leigh
- Carole Lombard
- Sophia Loren
- Robert Mitchum
- Marilyn Monroe
- Laurence Olivier
- Gregory Peck
- Mary Pickford
- Sidney Poitier
- Edward G. Robinson
- Ginger Rogers
- Barbara Stanwyck
- James Stewart
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Shirley Temple
- Spencer Tracy
- John Wayne
- Mae West
Africa, 7
Americas, 77
- United States, 60
- Post-Golden Age cinema, 37
- Anne Bancroft
- Warren Beatty
- Candice Bergen
- Jeff Bridges
- Keith Carradine
- Robert De Niro
- Danny DeVito
- Richard Dreyfuss
- Robert Duvall
- Clint Eastwood
- Mia Farrow
- Peter Finch
- Louise Fletcher
- Jane Fonda
- Harrison Ford
- Jodie Foster
- Gene Hackman
- Mark Hamill
- Dustin Hoffman
- Harvey Keitel
- Jack Lemmon
- Liza Minnelli
- Paul Newman
- Jack Nicholson
- Tatum O'Neal
- Al Pacino
- Sidney Poitier
- Robert Redford
- Christopher Reeve
- Burt Reynolds
- Susan Sarandon
- Martin Sheen
- Sylvester Stallone
- Meryl Streep
- John Travolta
- Christopher Walken
- Gene Wilder
- Contemporary cinema, 23
- Leonardo DiCaprio
- Jackie Chan
- Tom Cruise
- Johnny Depp
- Morgan Freeman
- Jeff Goldblum
- Cuba Gooding, Jr.
- Tom Hanks
- Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Tommy Lee Jones
- Heath Ledger
- Dolph Lundgren
- Edward Norton
- Sean Penn
- Brad Pitt
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Steven Seagal
- Wesley Snipes
- Kevin Spacey
- Jean-Claude Van Damme
- Denzel Washington
- Bruce Willis
- Canada, 8
- Dan Aykroyd
- Jim Carrey
- Michael J. Fox
- Ryan Gosling
- Margot Kidder
- Mike Myers
- Norma Shearer
- Donald Sutherland
- Mexico and Latin America, 9
- Pedro Armendáriz
- Demian Bichir
- Gael García Bernal
- Salma Hayek
- Fernanda Montenegro
- Carmen Miranda
- Ricardo Montalbán
- Ramón Novarro
- Anthony Quinn
Asia, 20
- China, 4
- India, 8
- Japan, 6
- Korea, 2
Europe, 100
- France, 20
- Classic, 12
- Brigitte Bardot
- Jean-Paul Belmondo
- Louis de Funès
- Alain Delon
- Catherine Deneuve
- Fernandel
- Jean Gabin
- Yves Montand
- Jeanne Moreau
- Gérard Philipe
- Romy Schneider
- Simone Signoret
- Contemporary, 8
- Stéphane Audran
- Jean-Pierre Cassel
- Gérard Depardieu
- Annie Girardot
- Isabelle Huppert
- Jean-Pierre Léaud
- Philippe Noiret
- Michel Piccoli
- Germany, 4
- Italy, 15
- Monica Bellucci
- Claudia Cardinale
- Adriano Celentano
- Antonio de Curtis
- Vittorio Gassman
- Giancarlo Giannini
- Gina Lollobrigida
- Sophia Loren
- Anna Magnani
- Nino Manfredi
- Marcelo Mastroianni
- Isabella Rossellini
- Alberto Sordi
- Ugo Tognazzi
- Alvaro Vitali
- Russia, 9
- Soviet cinema, 6
- Inna Churikova
- Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
- Yevgeny Leonov
- Innokenty Smoktunovsky
- Mikhail Ulyanov
- Oleg Yankovsky
- New Russian cinema, 3
- Scandinavia, 6
- Spain, 7
- Javier Bardem
- Antonio Banderas
- Penélope Cruz
- Fernando Fernán Gómez
- Francisco Rabal
- Fernando Rey
- Maribel Verdú
- United Kingdom, 33
- Early sound period, 2
- World War II, 2
- Early post-war era, 11
- Richard Burton
- Michael Caine
- Sean Connery
- Peter Cushing
- Judi Dench
- Deborah Kerr
- Christopher Lee
- Helen Mirren
- David Niven
- Peter Sellers
- Maggie Smith
- 1970s to present, 18
- Richard Attenborough
- Christian Bale
- Benedict Cumberbatch
- Daniel Day-Lewis
- Rupert Everett
- Ralph Fiennes
- Colin Firth
- Hugh Grant
- Alec Guinness
- Anthony Hopkins
- Glenda Jackson
- Keira Knightley
- Ian McKellen
- Liam Neeson
- Gary Oldman
- Alan Rickman
- Tim Roth
- Kate Winslet
- Other countries, 6
Oceania, 6
Musical theater, 12
Television, 24
- Jennifer Aniston
- Lucille Ball
- Steve Buscemi
- Bryan Cranston
- Patrick Dempsey
- Peter Falk
- Sally Field
- James Gandolfini
- Jackie Gleason
- Kelsey Grammer
- Andy Griffith
- Neil Patrick Harris
- Hugh Laurie
- Mary Tyler Moore
- Leonard Nimoy
- Jerry Seinfeld
- Tom Selleck
- William Shatner
- James Spader
- Patrick Stewart
- Dick Van Dyke
- Betty White
- Henry Winkler
- Robin Wright
Dancers
Comedians, 45
United States, 33
- Abbott and Costello
- Woody Allen
- Lucille Ball
- John Belushi
- Jack Benny
- Milton Berle
- Mel Brooks
- Lenny Bruce
- Carol Burnett
- George Burns
- George Carlin
- Jim Carrey
- Peter Cook
- Bill Cosby
- Jackie Gleason
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Bob Hope
- Laurel and Hardy
- Jerry Lewis
- Steve Martin
- Marx Brothers
- Eddie Murphy
- Bob Newhart
- Richard Pryor
- Carl Reiner
- Will Rogers
- Jerry Seinfeld
- Red Skelton
- The Three Stooges
- Robin Williams
Other countries, 12
Other performers, 28
Announcers, 2
Hosts, 16
- Steve Allen
- Bob Barker
- Johnny Carson
- Dick Clark
- Stephen Colbert
- Don Cornelius
- Phil Donahue
- Mary Hart
- Jay Leno
- David Letterman
- Regis Philbin
- Jeff Probst
- Fred Rogers
- Ryan Seacrest
- Rod Serling
- Ed Sullivan
Magicians, 3
Mimes, 1
Puppeteers, 3
Voice actors, 1
Western performers, 3
Visual artists
Western painters and illustrators
Ancient era
- Greece
- Rome
Medieval era
- Early Netherlandish
- France
- Italy
- Sweden
Renaissance and early modern era
- Austria
- Belgium
- Dutch
- England
- Flemish
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Spain
Modern-era painters
- Americas
- United States
- Canada
- Mexico
- Latin America
- Europe
- Belgium
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Russia
- Scandinavia
- Spain
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
Cartoonists, comics artists, and illustrators
Sculptors
Americas
Asia
Europe
Architects
Africa
- Egypt
Americas
- United States
- Canada
- Mexico
- Latin America
- Brazil
Asia
- China
- India
- Japan
Europe
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Russia
- Scandinavia
- Spain
- United Kingdom
Designers
Photographers
Instrument makers
Non-Western traditions
China
India
Japan
Writers
Ancient history
Asia
Europe
Post-classical history
Asia
Europe
Early modern period
Asia
Europe
Modern history
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Australia
Journalists
United States
- Print journalists
- Broadcast journalists
Other countries
Musicians and composers
Western art music
Composers
- Medieval and Renaissance
- Baroque period
- Early baroque period (1580–1630)
- Middle baroque period (1630–1680)
- Late baroque period (1680–1750)
- Classical period
- 1750–1775
- 1775–1790
- 1790–1820
- Romantic period
- 1815–1850
- 1851–1900
- 20th century
- Neoclassicist
- Modernist
- Expressionist
- Avant-garde and postmodernist
Pedagogues
Performers
- Conductors
- Americas
- Europe
- Singers
- Americas
- Europe
- Instrumentalists
- Cellists
- Pianists
- Violinists
Non-Western art music
- Carnatic classical
- Hindustani classical
- Qawwali
- Persian traditional
Popular music
Composers and songwriters
Non-English language singers
- Asian languages
- European languages
Afrobeat
Blues and soul
- Blues
- Soul
- R&B
Country music
Film music
Flamenco
Folk music
- Traditional folk music
- Contemporary folk music
Funk
- 1960s and 1970s
- 1980s to present
Guitarists
- Rock and jazz
- Other genres
Hip-hop and rap
- Proto-rap
- Old-school era
- Golden Age
- Contemporary
Jazz
- 1890s to 1910s
- 1920s and 1930s
- 1940s and 1950s
- 1960s and 1970s
- 1980s to present
Latin
Musical comedy and lyricists
Rock
- Early rock
- Golden Age
- Progressive rock
- Punk rock
- Alternative rock
- Contemporary
Multiple genres
Directors, producers, and screenwriters
American cinema
Asian cinema
European cinema
Television
Businesspeople
Ancient history
Post-classical history
Industrial Revolution
- United States
- Finance and investment
- Transport
- Asia
- Europe
Modern history
- United States
- Finance and investment
- Retail
- Asia
- Europe
Contemporary history
- United States
- Media and communication
- Asia
- Europe
Explorers
Ancient history
- Asia
- Europe
Age of Discovery
- Asia
- Europe
Early modern history
- Asia
- Europe
Modern history
- Americas
- Asia
- Europe
Philosophers, historians, political and social scientists
Philosophers
Ancient history
- Asia
- Europe
Post-classical history
- Asia
- Europe
Early modern history
- Asia
- Europe
Modern history
- Americas
- Asia
- Europe
Historians
Ancient history
- Asia
- Europe
Post-classical history
- Asia
- Europe
Early modern history
- Asia
- Europe
Modern history
- Americas
- Asia
- Europe
Economists
Early modern period
- Asia
- Europe
Modern history
- Americas
- Asia
- Europe
Linguists
Ancient
Modern
Sociologists
- Asia
- Europe
Political writers
Ancient history
- Asia
- Europe
Post-classical history
- Asia
- Europe
Early modern history
- Asia
- Europe
Modern history
- Americas
- Asia
- Europe
Psychologists
Early modern period
Modern history
Anthropologists and cultural scientists
Archaeologists
Cultural historians and critics
Art
Literature
Music
Film
Educators
Lawyers
Religious figures
Abrahamic religions
General
Christianity
- Eastern Christianity
- Orthodox Church
- Church of the East
- Eastern Catholic Churches
- Popes
- Early Christianity
- Nicaea to East-West Schism
- East-West Schism to Reformation
- Reformation to present
- Protestantism
- Anglicanism
- Pietism and Methodism
- Evangelicalism
- Adventism
- Modernism and Liberalism
- Pentecostalism
- Fundamentalism
- Neo-orthodoxy and Paleo-orthodoxy
- Western Christianity
- Catholic Church
- Restorationism
- Anabaptism
- Calvinism
- Nontrinitarian groups
Islam
- Ahl al-Kisa
- Shia Islam
- Emāmī
- Ghulāt
- Ismāʿīlī
- Zaīdī
- Sunni Islam
- Salafi movement
- Modernists
- Barelvi
- Deobandi
Judaism
- Orthodox Judaism
- Conservative Judaism
- Reform Judaism
- Other movements
Others
- Rastafari movement
- Samaritanism
- Druzism
- Mandaeism
- Bábí Faith
Buddhism
- Theravada
- Mahayana
- Navayana
- Vajrayana
Chinese Buddhism
- Dynasty Era
- Modern China
- Taiwanese Buddhism
- Chinese Buddhism outside China
Indian Buddhism
Japanese Buddhism
- Nara Schools
- Esoteric Buddhism
- Kamakura Buddhism
Hinduism
Ancient
- Vedic period
- Second Urbanization
- Classical Hinduism
Post-classical
Modern
Other religions
- Bahá'í Faith
- Jainism
- Sikhism
- Zoroastrianism
- East Asian religions
- New religious movements
Theologians
- Animists
- Esotericists
- Mystics
- Prophets
- Spiritualists
Politicians and leaders
Ancient history
Asia
Central Asia
Eastern Asia
Egypt
Southern Asia
Western Asia
Europe
Ancient Rome
- Roman Kingdom
- Roman Republic
- Roman Empire
Eastern Europe
Hellenistic Kingdom
- Seleucid Empire
Greece
- Archaic Period
- Classical Period
- Hellenistic Period
Western Europe
- Carthage
- Visigoths
Post-classical history
Asia
Byzantine Empire
- Justinian dynasty
- Heraclian and Isaurian dynasties
- Macedonian dynasty
- Comnenos dynasty and Crusades
- Decline and fall
Caliphates
- Rashidun Caliphate
- Umayyad Caliphate
- Abbasid Caliphate and parallels
Central Asia
China
Eastern Asia
- Mongol Empire
Western Asia
- Egypt
- Ottoman Empire
Europe
Eastern Europe
- Austria and Hungary
- Bulgaria
England and Scotland
- Early Middle Ages
- 9th to 11th centuries
- 12th and 13th centuries
- 14th and 15th centuries
France
- Frankish kingdoms
- State building and Kingdom of France
Germany
Holy Roman Empire
- Early Middle Ages
- High Middle Ages
- Hohenstaufen dynasty
- Late Middle Ages
Italy
Papal States
- Early years
- Avignon Papacy
Poland and Lithuania
- Polish dynasties
- Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Russia
- Early Middle Ages
- Grand Duchy of Moscow
Southern Europe
Western Europe
- Portugal
- Scandinavia
Early modern history
Africa
Americas
Aztecs
Inca Empire
Maya civilization
Mesoamerica
United States
- Native America
- Colonial period
- 1776–1815
South America
Asia
Central Asia
- Iran
- Caucasus
Eastern Asia
- Japan
Southern Asia
- Burma
- Indonesia
- Malaysia
Western Asia
- Ottoman Empire
- Persia
Europe
Russia
- 1500–1547
- 1547–1721
- 1721–1815
Poland and Lithuania
Other Eastern Europe
England and Scotland
- 16th century
- 17th century
- 18th century
- 1800–1815
France
- 1500–1789
- 1789–1815
Holy Roman Empire
- 1500–1648
- 1648–1815
Other Western Europe
- Bavaria
- Ireland
- Netherlands
- Portugal
- Prussia
- Spain
Scandinavia
Italia and Papal States
Modern history
Africa
Eastern Africa
- Kenya
- Tanzania
- Uganda
Northern Africa
- Algeria
- Egypt
- Libya
- Morocco
- Sudan
- Tunisia
Southern and Central Africa
- Botswana
- Burundi
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Lesotho
- Namibia
- Rwanda
- South Africa
- Swaziland
Western Africa
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cape Verde
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Ivory Coast
- Liberia
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Saint Helena
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Togo
Americas
Canada
- 1867–1914
- 1814–1945
- 1945–1960
- 1960–1981
- 1982–present
United States
- 1815–1849
- 1849–1865
- 1865–1918
- 1918–1945
- 1945–1964
- 1964–1980
- 1980–1991
- 1991–present
- Modern Native American leaders
Mexico
- 1821–1855
- 1855–1872
- 1876–1928
- 1929–present
Central America and Caribbean
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- Haiti
- Nicaragua
Brazil
- 1815–1822
- 1822–1889
- 1889–1930
- 1930–1946
- 1946–1964
- 1964–1985
- 1985–present
Other South America
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Chile
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- Guyana
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Suriname
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
Asia
China
- 1815–1911
- 1912–1949
- 1949–present
Other Eastern Asia
- Japan
- Korea
- Mongolia
Central Asia
- Iran
- Caucasus
India
- 1815–1857
- 1858–1947
- 1947–present
Southeastern Asia
- Brunei
- Burma/Myanmar
- Cambodia
- Indonesia
- Laos
- Malaysia
- Philippines
- Singapore
- Thailand
- Vietnam
Southern Asia
- Bangladesh
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka
Western Asia
- Iraq
- Saudi Arabia
- Turkey
Europe
Austria and Hungary
- 1815–1867
- Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867–1918)
- 1918–1939
- 1939–1945
- 1945–present
Eastern Europe
- Bulgaria
- Czech lands and Slovakia
- Moldova
- Poland
- Romania
- Former Soviet republics in Eastern Europe
France
- 1815–1914
- 1914–1945
- 1945–present
Germany
- 1815–1871
- 1871–1919
- 1919–1933
- 1933–1945
- 1945–1990
- 1990–present
Italia and Papal States
Russia and USSR
- Later history of Russian Empire (1815–1917)
- Russian Republic and SFSR (1917–1922)
- Soviet Union (1922–1991)
- Russian Federation (1992–present)
United Kingdom
- 1815–1837
- 1837–1901
- 1901–1918
- 1918–1939
- 1939–1945
- 1945–present
Other Western Europe
- Belgium
- Greece
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Portugal
- Scandinavia
- Spain
- Switzerland
- Yugoslavia
Australia
Military leaders and theorists
Ancient history
Post-classical history
Early modern history
Modern history
Rebels, revolutionaries, and activists
Rebels and criminals
- Africa
- Americas
- United States
- Asia
- Europe
Revolutionaries
- Africa
- Americas
- United States
- Asia
- Europe
Activists
- Africa
- Americas
- United States
- Asia
- Europe
Scientists, inventors, and mathematicians
Pre-modern figures
Ancient era
- Asia
- Europe
Post-classical era
- Asia
- Europe
Physics and astronomy
Early modern physicists
- Asia
- Europe
Modern physicists
- Americas
- Asia
- Europe
Astronomers
- Americas
- Asia
- Europe
Chemistry
- Americas
- Asia
- Europe
Biochemistry
Physical chemistry
Natural sciences
Biology
- Americas
- Asia
- Europe
Medicine
- Americas
- Asia
- Europe
Other natural sciences
- Americas
- Asia
- Europe
Inventors
Electronics
Engineering
Media and communication
Navigation and timekeeping
Optical technology
Transportation
Weapons
Mathematicians
Early modern
- Americas
- Asia
- Europe
Modern
- Americas
- Asia
- Europe
Computer scientists
- Americas
- Asia
- Europe
Sports figures
Players
Athletics
- Running
- Track and field
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Chess
Combat sport and martial arts
- Boxing
- Wrestling
- Martial arts
Cricket
Cycle sports
- Mountain biking
- Tour de France
Equestrianism
- Race horses
Football
- American football
- Australian rules football
- Rugby football
Golf
Gymnastics
Hockey
- Field hockey
- Ice hockey
Motorsports
- Auto racing
Skating
- Figure skating
- Speed skating
- Skateboarding
Skiing
- Alpine skiing
- Nordic skiing
Soccer
Tennis
- Table tennis
Volleyball
- Beach volleyball
Water sports
- Diving
- Sailing
- Water polo
Other sports
- Archery
- Cue sports
- Handball
- Lacrosse
- Polo