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List of people from Bihar
The list of people from Bihar covers notable people from the eastern Indian state, from ancient figures like Aryabhata and Ashoka to independence leaders, writers, and athletes.
List of people from Birmingham
List of people from Birmingham covering both Birmingham, England (Ozzy Osbourne, Neville Chamberlain, Matthew Boulton) and Birmingham, Alabama (Gallery of Distinguished Citizens, Leroy Stover, Salaam Green), with notable natives and civic honorees.
List of people from Connecticut
List of people from Connecticut: notable people born, raised, or resident in the Constitution State, including Roger Sherman, Noah Webster, Ella Grasso, George W. Bush, Sue Bird, and Michael Bolton.
List of people from Goa
Notable people from Goa, India, including Dayanand Bandodkar, Shashikala Kakodkar, Jack de Sequeira, Francisco Luis Gomes, Shenoi Goembab, and Anil Kakodkar, spanning politics, liberation, medicine, Konkani literature, and the diaspora.
List of people from Haryana
List of people from Haryana: notable individuals from the Indian state, including first chief minister Bhagwat Dayal Sharma, astronaut Kalpana Chawla of Karnal, 1857 leader Rao Tula Ram, and cricketer Kapil Dev, the 'Haryana Hurricane'.
List of people from Hawaii
List of people from Hawaii: notable people born in or long resident in Hawaii, including monarchs Kamehameha I and Liliʻuokalani, Senator Daniel Inouye, President Barack Obama, Duke Kahanamoku, and Israel Kamakawiwoʻole.
List of people from Maine
List of people from Maine: notable Mainers born in or connected to Maine, including Stephen King, Anna Kendrick, Hannibal Hamlin, Margaret Chase Smith, Joshua Chamberlain, L.L. Bean, and the Wyeth painters.
List of people from New York City
The list of people from New York City covers notable Americans born there or drawn to it, including Eleanor Roosevelt, Bernie Sanders, and Robert Moses.
List of people from Ohio
Notable people from Ohio: eight U.S. presidents (seven born in-state), nine Supreme Court justices, Neil Armstrong, 24 astronauts, LeBron James, Halle Berry, Thomas Edison, and nine Heisman winners.
List of people from Pennsylvania
List of people from Pennsylvania: notable Pennsylvanians born, achieving fame, or dying in the state, from founders like Benjamin Rush and Richard Allen to Margaret Mead, Fred Waring, and Christian Pulisic.
List of people from Philadelphia
List of people from Philadelphia covers notable people born in or associated with Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Key figures include Mayor Cherelle Parker (first woman, 100th mayor), Quinta Brunson, Pearl Bailey, and Marian Anderson.
List of people from Virginia
People from Virginia include eight U.S. presidents (Washington through Wilson), colonial and Revolutionary leaders, first Black officeholders like Douglas Wilder and Maggie Walker, and entertainers such as Missy Elliott, Ella Fitzgerald, Pharrell, and Arthur Ashe.
List of people killed for being transgender
Lists of people killed for being transgender: memorial and tracking projects (Remembering Our Dead, TGEU's Trans Murder Monitoring, HRC tallies) documenting victims such as Rita Hester and Chanelle Pickett, their counts, and the data gaps that make all such lists undercounts.
List of people who died in traffic collisions
List of people who died in traffic collisions: notable individuals whose cause of death was a road traffic crash, including Grace Kelly, Jackson Pollock, T. E. Lawrence, George S. Patton, Jim Clark, Cliff Burton, and Anne Heche, against the 30-day statistical definition and a global toll of about 1.19 million road deaths a year.
List of people who disappeared mysteriously (1970s)
A list of 1970s disappearance cases spanning individual unsolved vanishings like Etan Patz, the secret burials of Northern Ireland's Disappeared, and mass state disappearances in Latin America.
List of people with the most children
People with the most children: the first Mrs Vassilyev (Shuya, Russia) holds the Guinness record with 69 children in 27 confinements; Geraldine Brodrick and Halima Cissé share the single-birth record of nine.
List of Phi Mu members
List of Phi Mu members: founders Mary Ann DuPont Lines, Mary Elizabeth Myrick Daniel, and Martha Bibb Hardaway Redding, plus notable alumnae such as Jerrie Mock, Jackie Ronne, and Mary Ellen Weber of the 1852 sorority.
List of philanthropists
List of philanthropists: ranked rosters such as the Chronicle's Philanthropy 50 and the Giving Pledge, covering top givers like Bloomberg, MacKenzie Scott, and Buffett, compilation methods, and criticisms.
List of prostitutes and courtesans
Prostitutes and courtesans across history: named figures such as Rhodopis, Veronica Franco, and Valtesse de la Bigne, plus categories like hetaira, cortigiana onesta, mingji, and tawa'if, with sources.
List of psychic abilities
List of psychic abilities: parapsychology's claimed psi capacities, grouped as ESP (telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition), psychokinesis, DMILS, remote viewing, psychometry, and mediumship, with their test protocols and contested scientific evidence.
List of psychological research methods
Psychological research methods: experimental, correlational, survey, case study, naturalistic observation, archival, longitudinal, cross-sectional, qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods designs, with strengths and limitations.
List of Puerto Ricans
Notable Puerto Ricans from the island and its 6-million-strong U.S. diaspora: Rita Moreno, Roberto Clemente, Bad Bunny, Luis Muñoz Marín, Antonia Coello Novello, Joseph Acaba, Schomburg, and others across politics, science, sports, and the arts.
List of Rajputs
The list of Rajputs covers the Rajput community of India, a community historically granted Kshatriya rank, with their clans and ruling states.
List of religious populations
List of religious populations: worldwide sizes and shares of Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, other religions and the religiously unaffiliated, per Pew Research Center estimates for 2010 and 2020 based on 2,700 censuses and surveys.
List of reportedly LGBTQ state leaders throughout history
Reportedly LGBTQ state leaders across history: Han emperors including Ai, William Rufus, Edward II, Richard I, James I, Frederick the Great, and James Buchanan, with historiographical cautions about applying modern identity labels to premodern rulers.
List of Romani people
List of Romani people: notable Roma, Sinti, Kale, Manouche, and Romanichal figures across politics, activism, literature, music, and art, including Lívia Járóka, Florin Cioaba, Nicolae Gheorghe, Carmen Amaya, and Petre-Florin Manole, drawn from documented sources with self-identification caveats.
List of Scheduled Castes in Odisha
List of Scheduled Castes in Odisha: 95-entry official list under the Constitution (SC) Order, 1950, Part XIII, amended in 1956, 1976, 2002, 2016 and 2024; published by Odisha's ST & SC Development Department.
List of Scheduled Castes in West Bengal
List of Scheduled Castes in West Bengal: the 60-entry state SC list under the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950, Part XIX, from Bagdi, Duley to Chain, administered by the Backward Classes Welfare Department with certification under the 1994 Identification Act.
List of Scottish clans
List of Scottish clans: recognized Highland clans and Lowland families whose chiefs, recognized by the Lord Lyon King of Arms, belong to the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs, founded 1951, with about 150 member chiefs.
List of Scroll and Key members
Scroll and Key, Yale's second-oldest senior secret society (founded 1841), with documented members including Cole Porter, Harvey Cushing, Maynard Mack, A. Bartlett Giamatti, and honorary member Mark Twain.