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1. Virgil
2. Akbar the Great
3. Zeami Motokiyo

Musicians

1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2. Johann Sebastian Bach

Explorers

1. Jacques Cartier
2. Christopher Columbus
3. Marco Polo
4. Hernán Cortés
5. Vasco da Gama
6. Ferdinand Magellan
7. Francis Drake
8. Roald Amundsen
9. Edmund Hillary
10. Sir Walter Ralegh

Inventors and scientists

1. Albert Einstein
2. Henry Ford
3. Johann Gutenberg
4. the Wright Brothers
5. Leonardo Da Vinci
6. Charles Darwin
7. Isaac Newton
8. Galileo Galilei
9. Thomas Alva Edison

Writers and thinkers

1. Plato
2. Aristotle
3. Martin Luther
4. Adam Smith
5. Karl Marx
6. William Shakespeare
7. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
8. Socrates
9. Pythagoras
10. Dante Alighieri
11. Mary Wollstonecraft
12. Rosa Luxemburg
13. George Orwell
14. J. R. R. Tolkien
15. Immanuel Kant
16. Lao Zi
17. Homer
18. Socrates
19. Herodotus
20. Hippocrates
21. Confucius
22. Voltaire
23. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
24. Molière
25. Victor Hugo

Political persons

1. Leon Trotsky
2. Timur (Tamerlane)
3. Genghis Khan
4. Julius Caesar
5. Caesar Augustus
6. Gandhi
7. Sitting Bull
8. Kwame Nkrumah
9. Charles de Gaulle
10. Otto von Bismarck
11. Peter the Great (of Russia)
12. Simón Bolívar
13. VI Lenin
14. Napoléon Bonaparte
15. Alexander the Great
16. Saladin
17. Josef Stalin
18. Adolf Hitler
19. Benito Mussolini
20. Winston Churchill
21. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
22. Harry Truman
23. Mao Tse-tung
24. Shaka Zulu
25. Pol Pot
26. Hirohito
27. Franz Ferdinand
28. Charlemange
29. Victoria of the United Kingdom
30. Wilhelm II (Germany)
31. Cleopatra

Modern international politicians & leaders

1. George W. Bush
2. Gerhard Schröder
3. Jacques Chirac
4. Silvio Berlusconi
5. Kofi Annan
6. Nelson Mandela
7. Tony Blair
8. Manmohan Singh

Others

1. Bill Gates
2. Steve Jobs
3. Richard Stallman
4. Martin Luther King
5. Gavrilo Princip

1. Thousand and One Nights
2. Qur'an
3. Bible
4. Don Quixote
5. Odyssey/Iliad
6. Plato's The Republic
7. Machiavelli's The Prince
8. Dante's Divine Comedy

• Everything in List of countries
  • Currently featured country articles are: Cambodia, India, People's Republic of China, South Africa, Australia

1. Bread
2. Coffee
3. Maize
4. Cotton
5. Soya bean
6. Sorghum
7. Wheat
8. Barley
9. Oats
10. Fruit
11. Vegetable
12. Tobacco
13. Cheese
14. Alcohol
15. Tea
16. Rice

Beverage

1. Water
2. Beer
3. Wine
4. Coca Cola

1. Africa
2. Antarctica
3. Asia
4. Oceania
5. Europe
6. North America
7. South America

Other regions

1. Middle East
2. Latin Merika

Other

1. Sahara
2. Andes
3. Amazon River
4. Nile River
5. Atlantic Ocean
6. Indian Ocean
7. Pacific Ocean
8. Southern Ocean
9. Arctic Ocean
10. Mediterranean Sea
11. Black Sea
12. North Sea
13. Baltic Sea
14. Volcano
15. Himalaya
16. Great Barrier Reef
17. Mississippi River
18. Niagara falls
19. Lake Tanganyika
20. Lake Titicaca
21. Lake Baikal
22. Great Lakes

Cities

1. London
2. Paris
3. Berlin
4. Constantinople
5. St. Petersburg
6. Moscow
7. New Delhi
8. Jerusalem
9. Mecca
10. Tokyo
11. Shanghai
12. Beijing
13. New York
14. Washington
15. Tenochtitlán
16. Chicago
17. Mumbai

1. Dinosaur
2. Stone Age
3. Bronze Age
4. Sumer
5. Ancient Egypt
6. Iron Age
7. Classical Greece
8. Roman Empire
9. Dark Age
10. Vikings
11. Crusades
12. The Great Schism
13. Black Death
14. Renaissance
15. Discovery of the Americas -- there is actually no WP article on this, most of the story is in the article on Columbus.
16. Spanish Inquisition
17. Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
18. English Civil War
19. Slavery
20. the Enlightenment
21. French Revolution
22. Industrial Revolution
23. American Civil War
24. The Scramble for Africa
25. World War I
26. Russian Revolution
27. Russian Civil War
28. Spanish Civil War
29. World War II
30. The Holocaust
31. Cold War
32. Space Race
33. Vietnam War
34. Apartheid

1. Anarchy
2. Capitalism
3. Communism
4. Democracy
5. Dictatorship
6. Fascism
7. Globalisation
8. Imperialism
9. Liberalism
10. Monarchy
11. Nationalism
12. Racism
13. Religious Fundamentalism
14. Socialism

1. Abortion
2. Birth control
3. Capital punishment
4. Feminism
5. Homosexuality
6. Human rights
7. Sexism
8. Racism

1. United Nations
2. Nobel Prize
3. Arab League
4. NATO
5. European Union
6. Olympic Games
7. OPEC
8. Diplomacy
9. Freedom
10. Red Cross/Red Crescent
11. WHO

1. God
2. Gods
3. Spirits

1. Bahá'í Faith
   1. The Báb
   2. Bahá'u'lláh
2. Buddhism
   1. Gautama Buddha
3. Christianity
   1. Jesus
   2. the Pope
   3. Bible
   4. Church
4. Confucianism
   1. Confucius
5. Hinduism
6. Islam
   1. Muhammad
   2. Qur'an
   3. Mosque
7. Jainism
8. Judaism
   1. Synagogue
9. Shinto
10. Sikhism
11. Taoism
12. Zoroastrianism
    1. Zoroaster
13. Voodoo
14. Paganism

With necessary mention of non-religiousness:

1. Atheism
2. Agnosticism
3. Humanism

1. Television
2. Radio
3. Film
4. Gambling
5. Literature
6. Dance
7. Art
8. Music
   1. Pop music
   2. Rock and roll
   3. Traditional
   4. Art (Classical/Jazz)
9. Comics
10. The Beatles
11. Games
    1. Chess
    2. Go (board game)
    3. Mancala
    4. Checkers
    5. Backgammon
    6. Playing cards
    7. Dice
    8. Minecraft

1. Physics
2. Chemistry
3. Biology
   1. Bacterium
   2. Archaea
   3. Protist
   4. Fungus
   5. Plant
      1. Tree
      2. Flower
   6. Animal
      1. Bird
      2. Fish
      3. Horse
      4. Insect
      5. Mammal
      6. Reptile
      7. Snake
      8. Elephant
      9. Camel
      10. Cattle
      11. Sheep
      12. Dog
      13. Cat
      14. Lion
      15. Eagle
      16. Bear
      17. Dragon
      18. Kangaroo
      19. Crab
4. Geology
5. Medicine
   1. AIDS
   2. Smallpox
   3. Malaria
   4. Cholera
   5. Dysentery
6. Ecology
7. Astronomy
   1. Sun
   2. Moon
   3. Earth
   4. Galaxy
   5. Milky Way
   6. Mercury
   7. Venus
   8. Mars
   9. Jupiter
   10. Saturn
   11. Uranus
   12. Neptune
   13. Pluto
8. Inclined plane
9. Wheel
10. Big Bang
11. Mineral
    1. Gold
    2. Silver
    3. Salt
    4. Diamond
    5. Iron
    6. Copper
12. Steel
13. Oil
14. Meteorology
    1. Rain
    2. Cloud
    3. Hurricane
    4. Global warming
    5. El Niño
    6. La Niña
15. Metallurgy
16. Fire
17. Alphabet
18. Writing
19. Pulley
20. Lever
21. Screw
22. Wedge

1. English
2. Mandarin
3. Arabic
4. German
5. Hindi
6. Bahasa Indonesia
7. Italian
8. Japanese
9. Russian
10. Spanish
11. French
12. Esperanto
13. Sanskrit
14. Latin - Vulgar Latin is a feature

1. Arch
2. Dome
3. Bridge
4. Nail
5. Seven Wonders of the World
6. Pyramids
7. Great Wall of China
8. Taj Mahal

1. Geometry
2. Algebra
3. Calculus
4. Trigonometry
5. Calendar

1. Heart
2. Lungs
3. Brain
4. Vagina
5. Penis
6. Liver
7. Intestines
8. Skeleton
9. Pregnancy
10. Blindness
11. Deafness
12. Mental illness
13. Breast

1. Soccer
2. Cricket
3. Baseball
4. American football

1. Computer
   1. Linux
   2. Microsoft Windows
   3. Mac OS
   4. Minecraft
2. Automobile
3. Gun
4. Axe
5. Radio
6. Electricity
7. Electronics
8. Television
9. Explosives
10. Gunpowder
11. Sail
12. Internet
13. Bicycle
14. Train
15. Airplane
16. Weapon

1. Earthquake
2. Volcano
3. Hurricane
4. Flood
5. Avalanche
6. Nuclear meltdown
7. Tornado

1. Black
2. Blue
3. Red
4. Green
5. Yellow
6. White