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Wikipedia has thousands of topic lists; some are even lists of other lists. Lists of topics is a non-comprehensive list of article lists, arranged by topic.

General reference

General reference lists • Abbreviations • Collective nouns • Common misspellings • Etymologies • Library and information science • Pairs • Postal codes • Topics by country • Unusual articles

Reference organizations 

Libraries • Types of libraries • Digital library projects • National libraries

Reference works • Almanacs • Dictionaries • Encyclopedias • Free online journals • How-tos (Wikibook how-tos) • Newsgroups • Newspapers • Web directories

Research tools and resources • Free software programs • IRC clients • News clients • Periodic table • Search engines

Standards • Numbering schemes

International Standards • List of ISO standards • ISO 639 language names • ISO 3166 country codes • Time zones • Country calling codes • Internet TLDs • plastic recycling codes

United States Standards • Federal Standard 1037C (Glossary of telecommunication terms) • FIPS country codes • U.S. postal abbreviations

Size, measurement and conversions

SI • SI base units • SI derived units • SI prefix

Unit conversions

Orders of magnitude • Length • Area • Volume • Mass • Time

Specific measures • Cooking • Ancient • Medieval • Paper sizes

Culture and the arts

Artists • Painters • Sculptors • Contemporary artists • Architects • Graphic designers

Ceremonies and festivals • World's fairs • Worldcons

Cooking and Cuisine • Cocktails • Beer • Foods named after people • French cheeses • Grapes • Recipes • Restaurant chains

Dance (alphabetical, structured) • Dances • Dance styles

Entertainment • Entertainment industry • Theatre

Actors and characters • Celebrities on The Simpsons • Characters from The Simpsons • Characters from The Sopranos • Characters in 24 • Game show hosts • Guest stars on Friends • Guest stars on Will & Grace • Homer Simpson's jobs • Sesame Street Characters • Sesame Street Monster characters • Star Trek races

Music • Famous concerts • Musical events • Music genres • Musical instruments • Opera houses

Electronic music • Electronic music genres • Electronic music record labels

Musicians and musical groups

Composers • Classical music composers • National Academy of Popular Music/Songwriters Hall of Fame

Bands • Hardcore punk bands

Musicians • Alternative music artists • Ambient artists • Disco artists • Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients • Hip hop artists • R&B musicians • Soul musicians

Record labels

Songs and compositions • Albums • Best selling singles by year (UK) • Christmas carols • Christmas number one singles • Compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach • Famous operas • Operettas • Pieces

Video game music • Video game musicians

Sports • Nicknames for sports clubs and stadiums • List of shared franchise names in North American professional sports • Judo techniques • Gay athletes • Sports leagues, Defunct sports leagues • Ski areas • Surfing

Baseball • Highest paid baseball players • Major league baseball players • Lifetime home run leaders • Triple crown

AL Gold Glove Winners at: Pitcher | Catcher | 1st Base | 2nd Base | Shortstop | 3rd Base | Outfield

NL Gold Glove Winners at: Pitcher | Catcher | 1st Base | 2nd Base | Shortstop | 3rd Base | Outfield

Climbing • Climbing areas

Football (soccer) • Football teams • 100 Greatest Living Football Players • Football clubs in France

Olympics • IOC(International Olympic Committee) country codes • Olympic medalists

Video

Film • Actors • Directors • Film festivals • Film institutes • Film source material • Movie awards

Films • Computer-animated films • Preserved films • Highest-grossing • Most expensive • Rated NC-17 • Series • Trilogies • Greatest • Worst

By title • # • 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

By year • 1920s • 1930s • 1940s • 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s

By genre • Cult • Fantasy • Noir • Horror • Musicals • Science fiction • War • Westerns

Television • by year • TV channels • Television networks • Television stations • TV stations in North America

Television channels

by country: Australia • Canada • Denmark • Ireland • Great Britain • USA

by language: Spanish • French • German • Greek • Italian

Television programs • Animated series • UK television series • British TV shows remade for the American market • Children's television series • Comedies • Cult television shows • Dramadies • Most-watched television episodes • Sci-fi TV programs • Spin-off shows • Soap operas • TV shows by city setting •

Broadcast by: BBC • ABC • CBS • Fox • MTV • NBC • UPN • Cartoon Network • ANT1 • ERT • MEGA Channel

Gaming • Games • Games, by year (non-video) • Board game publishers • Japanese board games • Mancala variants • Miniature wargames

Chess • Games • Terms • Openings • World records • Players • World championship matches • Tournaments • Books

Video games • History of video games

Literature • Publishers • Scientific journals • Western canon • Plot devices

Books (By genre • By title • List of banned books • Fictional books) • Writers • Literary awards • Years in literature

Fiction • Fairy tales • Fictional characters • Fictional companies • Fictional computers • Fictional robots and androids

Comics • Manga • Comic strips

Comic books

DC Comics • DC characters • Elseworlds • Justice League members • Legion of Super-Heroes members • List of locations of the DC Universe

Marvel Comics • Marvel characters • X-Men

Fictional places • Fictional countries • Fictional planets • Imaginary universes • Middle-earth

Major themes • Adultery • Family life • Heroes / Heroines in literature • School • Smuggling • Tourism • Science fiction themes • Sadomasochism

Mythology • Celtic mythological beings • Demigods • Greek mythological characters • Nordic Gods

Other • Artworks known in English by a foreign title • Calendars • Gardening • Goethe-Institut locations • Hats and headgear • Holidays • Knots • Mascots • Museums and galleries • Painting • Paintings (most expensive) • Recordings • Recipients of Kennedy Center Honors • Sculpture • Visual arts

See also Recreation

Geography and places

Countries • Country-related topics

Lists by country – Economies • Flags • Geographies • Histories • Politics • Transport

Country subdivisions – Cities • Counties • Neighborhoods • Places

Geographical features

Land features • Deserts • Highest points • Islands • Mountains • Mountain passes • Mountain ranges • Volcanoes

Bodies of water • Canals • Lakes • Oceans • Reservoirs and dams • Rivers • Straits • Waterways

Health and fitness

Health • Health science • Exercise • Life extension • List of sex positions

Medicine • Acronyms in healthcare • Abbreviations (for medical organizations and personnel) • Alternative medicine • Anatomy • Clinical research • Drugs • Medicinal properties • Neuroscience • Obstetrics • Psychiatric drugs (by condition treated) • Psychotherapies • Reference ranges for common blood tests • Sexology • Surgical procedures • Symptoms

Diseases • AIDS • Diabetes • Disabilities • Genetic disorders • infectious diseases • Mental illnesses  • Notifiable diseases • Neurological disorders

Nutrition • Antioxidants in food • B vitamins • Diets • Food additives (Codex Alimentarius) • Fruit • Herbs • List of macronutrients • Meat • Micronutrients • Nootropics (smart drugs) • Poor nutrition • Seafood • Seeds • Spices • Vegetables

History and events

History

By country

General – Archeological sites (By country, By continent and age) • Civil wars • Cyclones • Extinct states • Famous deaths by cause • List of guerrilla movements • Historians (by subfield) • Historical anniversaries • Historical firsts • Historical sites • Roman sites (UK) • World records in chess

Time periods – On this day (July 13) • Months • This Year (2009) • By decade • By century

Topic lists – American Civil War

Timelines of events

By chronology – Big Bang • Ancient Mesopotamia • Ancient Greece • Rome • Roman Empire • Roman Republic • French Revolution • World War I • World War II (Evacuations)  • Space Race • Cold War

By event type – Battles • Coups d'état • Disasters (By death toll) • Earthquakes • Epidemics • Famous speeches • Fires • Foreign policy doctrines • Inventions • Industrial disasters • Kidnappings • Massacres • Military disasters • Musical events • Military operations • Natural disasters • Nobel Prizes • Nuclear accidents • Power outages • Recessions • Revolutions and rebellions • Riots • Roman Governorships of Britain • Scientific discoveries • Space Shuttle missions • Strikes • Tariffs • Terrorism • Ticker-tape parades in New York City • Treaties • United States Supreme Court cases • UN peacekeeping missions • Wars

By field – Agriculture • Anthropology • Archaeology • Architecture • Art • Aviation • Biology • Chemistry • Communication • Computing • Evolution • Film • Geography • Human evolution • Invention • Literature • Mathematics • Medicine • Meteorology • Photography • Physics • Poetry • Psychology • Science • Scientific discoveries • Scientific experiments • Scientific method • Sociology • Sports • Transport

Sports History records - standings - all time leaders

Mathematics and logic

Mathematics lists • Statistics • Logic • Mathematical logic • Probability

List of mathematics articles (index) ((0-9), (A-C), (D-F), (G-I), (J-L), (M-O), (P-R), (S-U), (V-Z))

Natural and physical sciences

List of sciences 

Biology  • Anatomy  • Biochemistry  • Biological journals  • Causes of death • Evolution • Externally visible plant parts • Feeding behaviours • Human anatomy • Muscles • Protective human features • Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names

Ecology • Conservation

Health science – (see Health and fitness section above)

Species and specimens - Domesticated animals • Gene families • Genera in Caesalpinioideae • Genera in Faboideae • Genera in Mimosoideae • Quercus species (oak) • Smilax species • Birds by region • Mammals by region • Utricularia species

Insects • Insects recorded in Britain • Myrmecology (the study of ants)

Plants • Arecaceae Genera (palm tree family) • Acer species (maple) • Sequoia groves • Domesticated plants • Edible seeds • Flowers • Fruits • Garden plants • Herbs • Vegetables

Physical science

Astronomy • Constellations • Constellations by area • Lunar craters • Meteor showers • Montes on Venus • Telescope types • Largest optical refracting telescopes • Largest optical reflecting telescopes • Spaceflights by year

Astronomical objects • Constellations • Extrasolar planets • Galaxies • Moons of the solar system

Asteroids • List of noteworthy asteroids • Aten asteroids • Apollo asteroids • Amor asteroids • Asteroids with moons • Centaurs • Scattered-disk objects • Asteroids named after important people

Solar system objects • Solar system objects by mass • Solar system objects by radius

Stars • Brightest stars • Most luminous stars • Most massive stars • Largest stars • Least massive stars • Nearest stars • Traditional star names • Semiregular variable stars

Astronomy-related timelines • Astronomical maps, catalogs, and surveys • Big Bang • Cosmic microwave background astronomy • Cosmology • Knowledge about the interstellar and intergalactic medium • Knowledge about galaxies, clusters of galaxies, and large-scale structure • Planetary exploration • Solar astronomy • Solar system astronomy • Stellar astronomy • Telescopes, observatories, and observing technology • White dwarfs, neutron stars, and supernovae

Chemistry  • Alphabetical index, Basic topics • Biochemistry • Biomolecules • Compounds • Enthalpy change of formation • Functional groups • Isotope table (divided) • Isotope table (complete) • Organic chemistry • Stable isotopes • Standard electrode potentials

Elements • by number • by symbol • Periodic table

Earth sciences

Geology  • Timeline of geology • Geologic timescale • Birthstones • Earthquakes • Landforms • Minerals • Oil fields • Uranium mines • Plate tectonics • Rocks • Tectonic plates • Volcanoes • Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points

Meteorology • Tropical cyclone names

Physics  • Artificial Radiation Belts • Colors • Cycles • Equations in classical mechanics • Laws in science • Letters used in mathematics and science • Noise • Optics • Particles • Relativistic equations • Satellites which have provided data on the magnetosphere • Resistivities

People and self

People – By belief – By nationality – By occupation – By office held – By prize won

Philosophy and thinking

Philosophy • Philosophical theories • Ethics • Logic • Epistemology • Metaphysics • Aesthetics • Philosophies • Philosophers • Thinking •

Philosophy list templates – Philosophy topics • History of Western Philosophy

Philosophical Timelines  – Philosophers → Eastern & Western

Religion and belief systems

Religion • Major religious groups • Religions and spiritual traditions •

Spirituality • Ninety-nine names of Allah • Angels • Ayyavazhi • Bible stories • Biblical names • Buddhism • Buddhist terms and concepts • Cathedrals • Christian denominations • Deities • Demons • Indigetes (Roman gods & goddesses)  • Founders • Greek mythological characters • Hinduism • Islamic terms in Arabic • Jesus • Dramatic portrayals of Jesus Christ • Languages by year of first Bible translation • Messianic Religious Practices • Monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England • Mormonism • Muslims • Biblical nameless • Patriarchs of Antioch • Patriarchs of Constantinople • Popes • Saints • 613 Mitzvot

Society and social sciences

Business - Accounting • Career and job titles • Corporate assets • Economics • Economic geography • Enron scandal • Business ethics • Finance • Human resource management • Information technology management • International trade • Business law • Management • Marketing • Philosophy of business • Political economy • Production • Professions • Project management • Product failures • Real estate • Strikes • Stock market indices • Store brands • Theory of Constraints • Traded commodities • U.S. states by unemployment rate

Businesses, business organizations, and companies - Assets owned by Microsoft Corporation • Assets owned by The Coca-Cola Company • British natural gas companies • Cooperatives • Banks • Department stores • Employee-owned companies• Employer associations • Stock exchanges • Supermarkets • Think tanks • Trade unions

Business people - Business theorists • Corporate leaders • Economists

Critical theory -

Education - Academic disciplines • Fields of doctoral studies • Admissions tests • Universities and colleges • Schools by country • School and university in literature

Environment - Environment topics

Law - Case law • Civics • International public law

Linguistics - Languages • English words • Acronyms and initialisms • Consonants (table) • Vowels (table) • Hieroglyphs • Neuro-linguistic programming • Phonetics • Symbols • Writing systems

Organizations - British professional bodies • Civic, fraternal, service, and professional organizations • Employer associations • Environmental organizations • International organizations • Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community centers • Trade unions • United States Mints

Politics • by country • Political parties (Generic names of political parties) • National legislatures • National anthems • Green topics • Intelligence agencies • Secret police organizations • United Nations member states • United States federal agencies • Current members of the United States Congress

Psychology (Lists) - Autism • Clinical Psychologists • Cognitive biases • Cognitive science • Credentials in psychology • DSM-IV Codes • DSM-IV Codes (alphabetical) • Drugs • Emotions • Famous figures in psychiatry • Fictional psychiatrists • Mental illnesses • Memory biases • NLP-related articles • neurological disorders • Psychiatric drugs • Psychiatric drugs by condition treated • Psychology disciplines • Psychological schools • Psychologists • Psychotherapies • Publications in psychology • Scientific journals in psychology • Sexology • Timeline of psychology • Timeline of psychotherapy • Thinking • Web experiments

Social psychology • Social psychologists

Sociology - • Ethnic groups • Feminism • Children's rights • Youth rights • Important publications in sociology • Lifestyles • Sociologists • Subfields of sociology • Timeline of sociology

Society - Guide Dog Schools • Honorary societies • Prizes, medals, and awards

Urban studies - Public utilities

Technology and applied sciences

Technologies • Materials technology • Microscope technology

Agriculture • Herbs and spices • Organic gardening and farming • Sustainable agriculture

Architecture and Construction

Buildings and structures • Irish buildings • Historic civil engineering landmarks

Lighthouses and lightvessels • Belgium • Canada • France • Germany • Sweden • USA

Windmills • UK

Watermills • UK

Tallest buildings and structures in the world • Tall buildings in London

Computing and the Internet • AMD microprocessors • software bugs • computing and IT abbreviations • GNU packages • Graphics file formats • IBM products • Internet slang • Internet topics • Internet top-level domains • Intel chipsets • Intel microprocessors • machines running CP/M • microcomputers • newsgroups • open source software packages • operating systems • screen readers (assistive technology for blind people) • UNIVAC products • Unixes • Unix programs • wikis • Timeline of computing • Timeline of hacker history • digital library projects

World Wide Web • Colors  • HTML editors •

Web technologies • Java • .NET • Web 2.0 • Ajax

Computer science • Algorithms • data structures • information technology management topics • important publications in computer science • open problems in computer science • software engineering topics • terms relating to algorithms and data structures

Character sets and encodings:   ASCII • EBCDIC • ISO 646 • ISO 8859-1 • ISO 8859-2 • ISO 8859-3 • ISO 8859-8 • ISO 8859-11 • ISO 8859-15 • Unicode • UTF-7 • UTF-8 • UTF-16 • UTF-32 • Windows-1252

Programming languages • Alphabetical list • Categorical list • Chronological list • Generational list

Electronics

Engineering • engineering fields

Medical technology: (see Health and fitness above)

Military

Military strategies • Thirty-Six Strategies • List of military tactics

Air forces of the world

Military air bases:  Royal Air Force • Royal Canadian Air Force • United States Air Force • United States Army • United States Coast Guard • United States Marine Corps • United States Navy

Air force commands:  Royal Air Force • USAAF NAF Component Commands

Aircraft groups:   Royal Air Force

Aircraft squadrons:  British Army Air Corps • British Fleet Air Arm • Royal Air Force • United States Air Force • United States Army • United States Marine Corps • United States Navy

Aircraft "wings":  Royal Navy aircraft wings • United States Navy aircraft wings

Armies of the world

General lists of armies (by number) • military corps (by number • by name) • List of military divisions (by number • by name)

United Kingdom:  Regiments of Foot • British Army regiments (1881) • British Army regiments (1962) • British Army regiments (1994) • British Forces in the American Revolutionary War • Regiments of the British Indian Army (1903) • regiments of the British Indian Army (1922)

United States of America:   Armies of the United States Army • corps of the United States Army • divisions of the United States Army • US defense contractors • United States military bases

Navies of the world: • fleets

Military groups in WWI and WWII

Australia:   Australian divisions in WWI • WWII

Britain:   British Army Groups in WWII • British armies in WWI • WWII • British corps in WWI • British divisions in WWI • WWII

Canada:   Canadian divisions in WWII

Germany:   Prisoner of War Camps in WWII

India:   Indian corps in WWII • Indian divisions in WWII

Poland:   Polish divisions in WWII

United States of America:   American Army Groups in WWII

Terrorists of the world:  terrorist groups • terrorist incidents

Military bases:   military bases

Military events:   battles • guerrilla movements • invasions • military missions, operations, and projects • terrorist incidents • wars

Martial arts:   : List of martial arts • : List of martial arts weapons

Weapons and miscellaneous topics

Military technology and equipment • weapons • World War II weapons • missiles • armoured fighting vehicles • NATO reporting names • Swords

List of artillery • List of artillery by country • List of World War II artillery

Military aircraft: Luftwaffe • Soviet Union and CIS • USA • British Army Air Corps • Royal Air Force • Fleet Air Arm • Israeli Air Force • Royal Australian Air Force • Royal Australian Navy • Royal Canadian Air Force • Royal Canadian Navy • Royal New Zealand Air Force and Royal New Zealand Navy • South African Air Force • Irish Air Corps • Armée de l'Air • aircraft weapons • NATO reporting names for miscellaneous aircraft • NATO reporting names for transport aircraft

Naval technology

Ships

By era/war: World War II

By type: Aircraft Carriers • Battleships • Cruisers • Destroyers • LSTs

By operator: Royal Australian Navy • Canadian Forces • Germany • Indian Navy • Japan • Netherlands • Royal Navy (United Kingdom) • Royal Fleet Auxiliary (United Kingdom) • United States Navy • Military Sealift Command (USA) • Soviet Union

Space exploration • Unmanned space missions • Human spaceflight • human spaceflights • space disasters • human spaceflights by program • astronauts by name • Timeline of astronauts by nationality

Transportation • transport museums

List of aviation topics •  • Aircraft • Manufacturers • Engines • Engine manufacturers • Weapons • By date and use

Aviation accidents • By airline • By location • By year

Airports • FR • BE • GR • JP • PL • UK • AU

Land transport

Automobiles • Manufacturers • List of truck types

List of convoy codes

Cycles:  bicycle parts

Rail transport

List of heritage railways

Light-rail transit systems • Melbourne tram routes • metro systems (subways) • London Underground stations • closed London Underground stations • Melbourne railway stations • closed Melbourne railway stations • List of famous trains • List of railway stations - UK

Road systems

Roads and highways' • : US interstates • UK motorways • Highways in Australia • List of U.S. Routes • List of state highways in the United States

Bridges • UK • USA • List of largest suspension bridges

List of tunnels • NL • NZ • UK

Nautical / Shipping technology:  ships • fictional ships • sailboat types • Marinas

Space transport:  spacecraft