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List of participating nations at the Summer Olympic Games
Participating nations at the Summer Olympic Games, also called Summer Olympics NOCs: 206 IOC-recognized National Olympic Committees, including territories, refugee and neutral teams; 204 NOCs at Paris 2024, up from 14 in 1896.
List of particles
The list of particles covers the known elementary particles of the Standard Model, six quarks, six leptons, force-carrying bosons, and the Higgs boson, plus composites like baryons.
List of parties to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) prohibits nuclear weapon test explosions everywhere. Opened in 1996, 179 of the 196 states in scope have ratified the agreement.
List of parties to the Geneva Conventions
List of parties to the Geneva Conventions: states bound by the four treaties signed at Geneva on 12 August 1949, in force 21 October 1950, depositary Switzerland, with 196 states parties (universal ratification) and 174, 168-169, and 72-79 parties to Additional Protocols I, II, and III.
List of parties to the Paris Agreement
Parties to the Paris Agreement (194 as of January 2026): states and the EU that ratified, accepted, approved, or acceded to the 2015 climate treaty in force 4 November 2016; Iran, Libya, Yemen, and the withdrawn United States stand outside.
List of parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
The 191 parties to the NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty), joined by ratification, accession, or succession since 1968; only South Sudan, India, Israel, and Pakistan remain outside, and North Korea's 2003 withdrawal is legally disputed.
List of parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Parties to UNCLOS, the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea: 157 signatories and 172 parties as of October 2026, entered into force 16 November 1994; the United States remains a notable non-party.
List of passports
List of passports: comparative rankings of world passports by visa-free destination count, led by the Henley Passport Index (199 passports, 227 destinations, IATA data). Covers methodology, why rankings disagree, the October 2025 US drop, ICAO ePassport standards, and the 1920 League of Nations origin.
List of past Lucchese crime family mobsters
Past members of the Lucchese crime family, one of New York's Five Families: bosses Gaetano Reina, Tommy Gagliano, Tommy Lucchese, Carmine Tramunti, Tony Ducks Corallo, Amuso and Casso, informant Al D'Arco, and later soldiers like Anthony Villani.
List of pasta
List of pasta: catalogs of Italian pasta shapes, from spaghetti and rigatoni to tortellini. Over 300 official shapes, 1,300+ recorded names, eight standard families, organized by morphology, region, and sauce pairing.
List of pasta dishes
List of pasta dishes: Italian and international preparations of boiled, baked, or brothed pasta. Covers about 350 shapes, the four Roman sauces, regional dishes from tagliatelle al ragu to pasta alla Norma, filled pasta origins, and 2025 market trends.
List of pastoral trips made by Pope Leo XIV
The list of pastoral trips made by Pope Leo XIV covers his foreign journeys from Türkiye and Lebanon in 2025 through planned Latin America travel in 2026.
List of pastoral visits of Pope Francis
The list of pastoral visits of Pope Francis covers his 47 apostolic journeys abroad, reaching 66 to 68 countries between 2013 and 2025, plus 40 visits in Italy.
List of pastries
List of pastries: survey of pastry doughs, including shortcrust, pâte sucrée, puff, rough puff, choux, filo, croissant dough, and hot water crust, with weight ratios, textures, classic items, and historical origins.
List of pathology mnemonics
Pathology mnemonics are acronyms, acrostics, and visual aids such as PRISH, CLOTS, and food eponyms used in medical education to recall inflammation, thrombosis, necrosis, and other pathology facts, with documented student uptake and known limitations.
List of patrol vessels of the United States Navy
The list of patrol vessels of the United States Navy covers small combatants used for coastal patrol, riverine work, and submarine chasing, from converted yachts to the Cyclone class retired in 2023.
List of patron saints by occupation and activity
A list of patron saints of occupations and activities, saints whom workers invoke as protectors, including Luke for doctors, Apollonia for dentists, and Florian for firefighters.
List of PBS member stations
PBS member stations: the roughly 330 independently licensed noncommercial educational TV stations that own PBS, founded 1969. Includes statewide networks (GPB, Iowa PBS, KET), Texas and Pennsylvania groups, Passport rules, and 2025-2026 defunding and Arkansas disaffiliation changes.
List of PDF software
List of PDF software covering the applications that create, view, edit, sign, convert, and archive PDF files, from free viewers to Adobe Acrobat and commercial editing suites.
List of peace activists
List of peace activists: people who work against war through nonviolent action, advocacy, and organizing, from the 1816 Peace Society to Nobel Peace Prize laureates such as Dunant, Gandhi, King, Karman, Mohammadi, Machado, and Pillay.
List of Peaky Blinders characters
List of Peaky Blinders characters: the Shelby family of the BBC crime drama, led by Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy), with Polly Gray, Arthur, John, Ada, Grace Burgess, Alfie Solomons, plus film and sequel-series characters Duke and Charles Shelby.
List of Peanuts characters
Characters of Peanuts, Charles M. Schulz's comic strip (1950-2000): Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus, Franklin (first Black character, 1968), Marcie, Pig-Pen, and unseen figures like the Little Red-Haired Girl, with debut dates and cast evolution.
List of Peep Show episodes
Episode list for Peep Show, the Channel 4 sitcom (2003–2015): 54 episodes in nine series of six, starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb, with air dates, titles, and ratings.
List of peninsulas
List of peninsulas: major peninsulas of the world, also called almost-islands. Arabian Peninsula is largest at about 3.2 million km², followed by Indian (Deccan), Indochinese, Horn of Africa, and Labrador; includes formation types and ranking caveats.
List of people and organizations sanctioned during the Russo-Ukrainian war
Sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian war: US, EU, UK, Canadian and Australian designations of people and organizations linked to Russia's war effort, covering Putin, oligarchs, Wagner Group, banks, media, shadow fleet, and package counts.
List of people associated with Anne Frank
People associated with Anne Frank: the eight in the Secret Annex (Franks, Van Pels family, Fritz Pfeffer), the six helpers (Miep and Jan Gies, Kleiman, Kugler, Bep and Johan Voskuijl), and friends like Hannah Pick-Goslar and Eva Schloss.
List of people banned from Major League Baseball
People banned from Major League Baseball: the Black Sox eight (1921), Phil Douglas, O'Connell and Dolan, owner William Cox, Pete Rose (1989), and Tucupita Marcano (2024); Manfred's May 2025 ruling ended bans at death.
List of people banned or suspended by the NBA
People banned or suspended by the NBA: Donald Sterling, Jontay Porter, Steve Ballmer, Latrell Sprewell, Gilbert Arenas, Paul George, Draymond Green; penalties for gambling, drugs, violence, and cap circumvention.
List of people claimed to be Jesus
A list of people who have claimed to be Jesus Christ, incarnate, returned, or reincarnated, or whom followers identified as Jesus, alongside Jewish messianic claimants like Sabbatai Zvi.
List of people claimed to possess an eidetic memory
The list of people claimed to possess an eidetic memory covers figures such as Nikola Tesla, Theodore Roosevelt, and Kim Peek, though rigorously tested claims remain unproven.