List or Liste is a European surname hailing from German meaning "Border", "Edge", or "Strip of Land" ^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Benjamin List (born 1968), German chemist who won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with David MacMillan
• Friedrich List (1789–1846), German economist
• George Harold List (1911–2008), American ethnomusicologist, musician and educator
• Garrett List (1943–2019), American trombonist
• Guido von List (1848–1919), Austrian/German writer and occultist
• Helmut List (born 1941), Austrian engineer and philanthropist
• Herbert List (1903–1975), German photographer
• John List (1925–2008), American murderer
• Liesbeth List (1941–2020), Dutch singer
• Luke List, multiple people
• Maximilian List (1910–c.1980), German SS concentration camp commandant
• Paul List (1887–1954), British-based Russian Jewish chess player
• Peyton List, multiple people
• Spencer List (born 2006), American actor and twin of Peyton List
• Wilhelm List (1880–1971), German WW2 field marshal

• Betty Liste (born 1958), American jazz pianist

• Enrique Enríquez de Mendoza, 1st count of Alba de Liste, title granted by Henry IV of Castile in 1459
• Diego Enríquez de Guzmán (~1530–1604), 5th count of Alba de Liste
• Luis Enríquez de Guzmán, 9th Count of Alba de Liste (~1605–1661)
• Diego Pacheco Téllez-Girón Gómez de Sandoval (1754–1811), 18th count of Alba de Liste

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