Lists of people by occupation explained

This is a list of lists of people by occupation. Each is linked to a list of notable people within that profession.

Lists of lists

• Actors
  • Star Wars actors
• Actresses
• Architects
• Artists
• Astronauts
• Engineers
• Journalists
• Kickboxers
• Mathematicians
• Musicians
• Office Holders
  • Lists of office-holders of the United States
• Painters
• Philosophers
• List of photographers
• Playboy models
• Professional bodybuilders
• Scientists
• Lists of screenwriters
• Sculptors
• Lists of sportspeople
  • Pro Bowl players
  • Oldest cricketers
• List of television reporters
  • List of current BBC newsreaders and reporters
  • List of former BBC newsreaders and reporters

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• Accordionists
• Africanists
• Anthropologists
• Archaeologists
• Archivists
• Astronomers and astrophysicists
• Au pairs
• Aviators
• Biochemists
• Biographers
• Biologists
• Botanists
• Business theorists
• Cardiologists
• Caricaturists
• Cartographers
• Cartoonists
• Censors
• Centenarians
• Child actors
• Chefs
• Chemists
• Chess grandmasters
• Chess players
• Chief executive officers
• Choreographers
• Christian theologians
• Civil rights leaders
• Climbers
• Clinical psychologists
• Clowns
• Club DJs
• Coleopterists
• Comedians
• Comic creators
• Composers
• Computer scientists
• Copywriters
• Cosmologists
• Crime bosses
• Criminal justice academics
• Critical theorists
• Critics
• Dance personalities
• Dancers
• Dentists
• Dermatologists
• Directors
• Economists
• Entomologists
• Entrepreneurs
• Essayists
• Ethicists
• Explorers
• Fashion designers
• Feminist economists
• Feminists
• Footwear designers
• Game designers
• Gardeners
• Geneticists
• Geographers
• Geologists
• Geometers
• Geophysicists
• Graphic designers
• Guerrillas
• Hackers
• Herpetologists
• Historians
• Humorists
• Illustrators
• Internet entrepreneurs
• Inventors
• Jurists
• Landscape architects
• Lexicographers
• Librarians
• Linguists
• Logicians
• Luthiers
• Magicians
• Marine biologists
• Maritime explorers
• Mathematical probabilists
• Media proprietors
• Meteorologists
• Military writers
• Mineralogists
• Musicologists
• Neurochemists
• Neurologists
• Neuroscientists
• News presenters
• Newspaper columnists
• Novelists by nationality
• Nurses
• Oenologists
• Ornithologists
• Paleontologists
• Patent attorneys
• Pathologists
• Pharmacists
• Philanthropists
• Philatelists
• Photochemists
• Photojournalists
• Physicians
• Physicists
• Pirates
• Playwrights
• Poets
• Political scientists
• Political theorists
• Porn stars
• Programmers
• Psephologists
• Psychoanalytical theorists
• Psychologists
• Railroad executives
• Rheologists
• Role-playing game designers
• Runologists
• Russian earth scientists
• Sailors
• School counselors
• Sea captains
• Show business families
• Singer-songwriters
• Soap-makers
• Social psychologists
• Social theorists
• Sociologists
• Soil scientists
• Sports announcers
• Sportsmen
• Stand-up comedians
• Statisticians
• Strippers
• Studio potters
• Syndicated columnists
• Talk show hosts
• Tattoo artists
• Telegraphists
• Televangelists
• Television presenters
• Theatre directors
• Theoretical Physicists
• Translators
• Ufologists
• Undersea explorers
• Urban planners
• Veterinarians
• Vexillologists
• Video game designers
• Woodcarvers
• Woodturners
• Writers
• YouTubers