These are the titles of all of the articles that the Wikipedia to consider to be "vital". Of the ones I've checked at random, most seem to be pretty well covered here.
- === Artists ===
- Paul Cézanne
- Salvador Dalí
- Albrecht Dürer
- Vincent van Gogh
- Francisco Goya
- Hokusai
- Henri Matisse
- Michelangelo
- Claude Monet
- Pablo Picasso
- Jackson Pollock
- Raphael
- Rembrandt
- Diego Velázquez
- Andy Warhol
- === Authors ===
- Dante Alighieri
- William Blake
- Miguel de Cervantes
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Johann Wolfgang Goethe
- Brothers Grimm
- Homer
- Victor Hugo
- James Joyce
- Franz Kafka
- Li Bai
- Molière
- Pablo Neruda
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Jean-Paul Sartre
- William Shakespeare
- George Bernard Shaw
- Sophocles
- Mark Twain
- Virgil
- === Composers and musicians ===
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- The Beatles
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Frédéric Chopin
- Madonna (entertainer)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Elvis Presley
- Richard Wagner
- === Entrepreneurs ===
- Andrew Carnegie
- Henry Ford
- Bill Gates
- Steve Jobs
- === Explorers ===
- Roald Amundsen
- Jacques Cartier
- Christopher Columbus
- Hernán Cortés
- Francis Drake
- Vasco da Gama
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Marco Polo
- Zheng He
- === Inventors and scientists ===
- Avicenna
- Tim Berners-Lee
- Nicolaus Copernicus
- Charles Darwin
- Thomas Edison
- Albert Einstein
- Galileo Galilei
- Johannes Gutenberg
- Edward Jenner
- Carolus Linnaeus
- Isaac Newton
- Louis Pasteur
- Nikola Tesla
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Wright brothers
- === Mathematicians ===
- Archimedes
- Euclid
- Leonhard Euler
- Carl Friedrich Gauss
- Kurt Gödel
- David Hilbert
- Gottfried Leibniz
- Blaise Pascal
- Henri Poincaré
- Pythagoras
- Alan Turing
- === Philosophers and social scientists ===
- Thomas Aquinas
- Aristotle
- Augustine of Hippo
- Averroes
- Francis Bacon
- Jacques Derrida
- René Descartes
- Émile Durkheim
- Sigmund Freud
- Milton Friedman
- Herodotus
- Hippocrates
- David Hume
- John Locke
- Immanuel Kant
- Ibn Khaldun
- John Maynard Keynes
- Søren Kierkegaard
- Martin Luther
- Antonio Gramsci
- Niccolò Machiavelli
- Karl Marx
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Plato
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Bertrand Russell
- Adam Smith
- Socrates
- Sun Tzu
- Thales
- Voltaire
- Max Weber
- === Politicians and leaders ===
- Akbar
- Alexander the Great
- Kofi Annan
- Attila the Hun
- Augustus
- Pope Benedict XVI
- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- Otto von Bismarck
- Tony Blair
- Simón Bolívar
- George W. Bush
- Julius Caesar
- Charlemagne
- Winston Churchill
- Cleopatra VII
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
- Charles de Gaulle
- Hammurabi
- Hannibal
- Indira Gandhi
- Hirohito
- Adolf Hitler
- Pope John Paul II
- Genghis Khan
- Vladimir Lenin
- Abraham Lincoln
- Nelson Mandela
- Mao Zedong
- Benito Mussolini
- Napoleon I of France
- Kwame Nkrumah
- Peter I of Russia
- Vladimir Putin
- Qin Shi Huang
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Saladin
- Shaka
- Sitting Bull
- Joseph Stalin
- Margaret Thatcher
- Timur
- Leon Trotsky
- Harry S. Truman
- Victoria of the United Kingdom
- George Washington
- Wilhelm II of Germany
- === Revolutionaries and activists ===
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Che Guevara
- Joan of Arc
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Osama bin Laden
- Mother Teresa
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- ==History==
- History
- Civilization
- History of the world
- ===Prehistory to Middle Ages===
- Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Greece
- Ancient Rome
- Archaeology
- Aztec
- Black Death
- Bronze Age
- Byzantine Empire
- Crusades
- East-West Schism
- Holy Roman Empire
- Indus Valley Civilization
- Iron Age
- Maya civilization
- Macedon
- Middle Ages
- Ottoman Empire
- Prehistory
- Spanish Inquisition
- Stone Age
- Sumer
- Viking
- ===Renaissance to Industrial Age===
- Age of Enlightenment
- American Civil War
- American Revolutionary War
- British Empire
- Cold War
- English Civil War
- European colonization of the Americas
- French Revolution
- Great Depression
- History of South Africa in the apartheid era
- The Holocaust
- Industrial Revolution
- Napoleonic Wars
- Protestant Reformation
- Renaissance
- Russian Civil War
- Russian Revolution of 1917
- Scientific Revolution
- Scramble for Africa
- Space exploration
- Spanish Civil War
- Vietnam War
- World War I
- World War II
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- ==Geography==
- Geography
- Cave
- City
- Continent
- Country
- Desert
- Glacier
- Mountain
- Ocean
- River
- ===Continents and regions===
- Africa
- Antarctica
- Arctic
- Asia
- Europe
- Latin America
- Middle East
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
- ===Countries===
- Afghanistan
- Austria
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Brazil
- Canada
- Cuba
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Libya
- Mexico
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- Pakistan
- People's Republic of China
- Poland
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Vatican City
- Vietnam
- ===Cities===
- Athens
- Beijing
- Brussels
- Berlin
- Chicago
- Frankfurt
- Hong Kong
- Jerusalem
- London
- Los Angeles
- Mecca
- Mexico City
- Milan
- Moscow
- Mumbai
- New Delhi
- New York
- Paris
- Rome
- Saint Petersburg
- São Paulo
- Seoul
- Shanghai
- Singapore
- Sydney
- Tokyo
- Washington, D.C.
- ===Bodies of water===
- Amazon River
- Arctic Ocean
- Atlantic Ocean
- Baltic Sea
- Black Sea
- Caspian Sea
- Dead Sea
- Great Barrier Reef
- Great Lakes
- Indian Ocean
- Lake Baikal
- Lake Tanganyika
- Lake Titicaca
- Lake Victoria
- Mediterranean Sea
- Mississippi River
- Niagara Falls
- Nile
- North Sea
- Pacific Ocean
- Panama Canal
- Southern Ocean
- ===Mountains, valleys and deserts===
- Alps
- Andes
- Gobi Desert
- Grand Canyon
- Himalayas
- Mount Everest
- Rocky Mountains
- Sahara
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- ==Arts==
- Art
- History of art
- Aesthetics
- ===Architecture===
- Architecture
- Specific buildings
- Aswan Dam
- Buckingham Palace
- Colosseum
- Eiffel Tower
- Empire State Building
- Great Pyramid of Giza
- Great Wall of China
- Parthenon
- Sears Tower
- Stonehenge
- Taj Mahal
- ===Literature===
- Literature
- Book
- Novel
- The Book of One Thousand and One Nights
- Don Quixote
- Republic (Plato)
- Poetry
- Epic of Gilgamesh
- Iliad
- Mahabharata
- Odyssey
- ===Music===
- Music
- Baroque music
- European classical music
- Folk music
- Jazz
- Pop music
- Rhythm and blues
- Rock music
- ===Performing arts===
- Performing arts
- Acrobatics
- Comedy
- Dance
- Film
- Magic
- Opera
- Theatre
- ===Visual arts===
- Visual arts
- Comics
- Painting
- Mona Lisa
- Sculpture
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- ==Philosophy and religion==
- ===Philosophy===
- Philosophy
- Beauty
- Ethics
- Epistemology
- Belief
- Knowledge
- Truth
- Dialectic
- Logic
- Metaphysics
- Existence
- Ontology
- Reality
- ===Philisophical schools and traditions===
- Epistemological philosophies
- Empiricism
- Naturalism
- Rationalism
- Reductionism
- Metaphysical philosophies
- Determinism
- Dualism
- Idealism
- Materialism
- Monism
- Moral philosophies
- Nihilism
- Pragmatism
- Relativism
- Utilitarianism
- Philosophical movements
- Existentialism
- Humanism
- Logical positivism
- Modernism
- Objectivism
- Positivism
- Postmodernism
- Platonic realism
- Romanticism
- Skepticism
- Stoicism
- Theistic philosophies
- Theism
- Agnosticism
- Atheism
- Deism
- Fundamentalism
- Gnosticism
- Panentheism
- Pantheism
- ===Religion===
- Religion
- Deity
- God
- Goddess
- Mythology
- Mysticism
- Soul
- Spiritual practice
- Meditation
- Prayer
- Yoga
- Spirituality
- ===Specific religions===
- Bahá'í Faith
- Báb
- Bahá'u'lláh
- Buddhism
- Gautama Buddha
- Mahayana
- Theravada
- Vajrayana
- Christianity
- Bible
- Catholicism
- Church
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- Jesus
- Protestantism
- Pope
- Trinity
- Confucianism
- Confucius
- Hinduism
- Bhagavad Gita
- Krishna
- Upanishad
- Veda
- Islam
- Mosque
- Muhammad
- Shi'a Islam
- Sunni Islam
- Qur'an
- Jainism
- Judaism
- Shinto
- Sikhism
- Guru Nanak Dev
- Guru Gobind Singh
- Guru Granth Sahib
- Taoism
- Laozi
- Voodoo
- Zoroastrianism
- Zoroaster
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- ==Everyday life==
- Color
- Blue
- Green
- Red
- Yellow
- Emotion
- Anger
- Fear
- Love
- Happiness
- Family
- Adult
- Child
- Infant
- Marriage
- Human sexuality
- Man
- Woman
- Mind
- Consciousness
- Thought
- Sleep
- Dream
- ===Food and drink===
- Food
- Barley
- Bread
- Cheese
- Cotton
- Fruit
- Maize
- Oat
- Rice
- Sorghum
- Soybean
- Tobacco
- Vegetable
- Wheat
- Alcohol
- Beer
- Coffee
- Drinking water
- Milk
- Tea
- Wine
- ===Language===
- Language
- Alphabet
- Letter (alphabet)
- Grammar
- Word
- Writing
- Specific languages
- Arabic language
- Chinese language
- English language
- Esperanto
- French language
- German language
- Hindi
- Japanese language
- Latin
- Portuguese language
- Russian language
- Sanskrit
- Spanish language
- Punjabi language
- === Recreation ===
- Recreation
- Athletics (track and field)
- Game
- Backgammon
- Chess
- Dice
- Draughts
- Go (board game)
- Mancala
- Gambling
- Sport
- American football
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Boxing
- Cricket
- Football (soccer)
- Olympic Games
- Rugby football
- Tennis
- Toy
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- ==Society and social sciences ==
- Society
- Culture
- Law
- === Social issues ===
- Abortion
- Abuse
- Birth control
- Capital punishment
- Civil rights
- Crime
- Discrimination
- Racism
- Sexism
- Euthanasia
- Freedom
- Justice
- Peace
- Poverty
- Sustainable development
- Slavery
- War
- ===Education===
- Education
- College
- School
- University
- Specific educational institutions
- Harvard
- Princeton
- Yale
- === Business and economics ===
- Business
- Economics
- Good (economics and accounting)
- Service
- Supply and demand
- Company (law)
- Corporation
- Currency
- Euro
- Japanese yen
- Pound sterling
- Renminbi
- Rupee
- United States dollar
- Finance
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Manufacturing
- Mining
- Market
- Money
- ===Media===
- Advertising
- Broadcasting
- Journalism
- Magazine
- Mass media
- News
- Newspaper
- Publishing
- ===Politics and government===
- Politics
- Government
- Capitalism
- Civics
- Anarchism
- Communism
- Democracy
- Dictatorship
- Fascism
- Marxism
- Monarchy
- Socialism
- Theocracy
- Constitution
- Diplomacy
- Globalization
- Imperialism
- Liberalism
- Military
- Nationalism
- Social movement
- State
- Specific political and governmental institutions
- Arab League
- European Union
- International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
- NATO
- Nobel Prize
- Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
- United Nations
- World Bank Group
- World Health Organization
- World Trade Organization
- ===Social sciences===
- Social sciences
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Political science
- Psychology
- Sociology
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- ==Science==
- Science
- History of science
- Nature
- Philosophy of science
- Scientific method
- ===Astronomy===
- Astronomy
- Cosmology
- Asteroid
- Asteroid belt
- Big Bang
- Black hole
- Comet
- Eclipse
- Galaxy
- Milky Way
- Kuiper belt
- Orbit
- Planet
- Solar System
- Sun
- Mercury (planet)
- Venus
- Earth
- Moon
- Mars
- Ceres (dwarf planet)
- Jupiter
- Saturn
- Uranus
- Neptune
- Pluto
- Eris (dwarf planet)
- Star
- Supernova
- Universe
- ===Biology===
- Biology
- Anatomy
- Brain
- Gastrointestinal tract
- Heart
- Lung
- Skeleton
- Biological reproduction
- Botany
- Ecology
- Ecosystem
- Evolution
- Natural selection
- Genetics
- DNA
- Genes
- Heredity
- Medicine
- Blindness
- Disease
- Alzheimer's disease
- Cancer
- Cholera
- Common cold
- Diabetes mellitus
- Dysentery
- Influenza
- Malaria
- Parkinson's disease
- Sexually transmitted disease
- AIDS
- Syphilis
- Smallpox
- Tuberculosis
- Hearing impairment
- Immune system
- Mental illness
- Penicillin
- Pregnancy
- Vaccine
- Organism
- Animal
- Amphibian
- Bird
- Fish
- Insect
- Mammal
- Cattle
- Cat
- Dog
- Horse
- Human
- Reptile
- Dinosaur
- Archaea
- Bacteria
- Fungus
- Plant
- Flower
- Tree
- Protist
- Origin of life
- Species
- Zoology
- === Chemistry ===
- Chemistry
- Biochemistry
- Organic chemistry
- Inorganic chemistry
- Acid
- Alloy
- Brass
- Bronze
- Steel
- Base (chemistry)
- Catalysis
- Chemical bond
- Chemical compound
- Carbon dioxide
- Hydrochloric acid
- Oil
- Salt
- Water
- Chemical element
- Aluminum
- Carbon
- Diamond
- Graphite
- Copper
- Gold
- Helium
- Hydrogen
- Iron
- Lead
- Magnesium
- Mercury
- Neon
- Nitrogen
- Oxygen
- Plutonium
- Silicon
- Silver
- Sulfur
- Tin
- Uranium
- Zinc
- Chemical reaction
- Crystal
- Electrolysis
- Glass
- Ion
- Mineral
- Molecule
- Periodic table
- Silicate
- === Earth science ===
- Earth science
- Geology
- Avalanche
- Crust (geology)
- Earthquake
- Erosion
- Geologic fault
- Igneous rock
- Magma
- Mantle (geology)
- Plate tectonics
- Sedimentary rock
- Volcano
- Meteorology
- Climate
- Cloud
- El Niño-Southern Oscillation
- Flood
- Global warming
- Rain
- Tornado
- Tropical cyclone
- Weather
- Oceanography
- ===Physics===
- Physics
- Atom
- Particle physics
- Standard Model
- Particle accelerator
- Subatomic particle
- Electron
- Neutrino
- Neutron
- Photon
- Proton
- Quark
- Classical mechanics
- Newton's laws of motion
- Energy
- Electromagnetic radiation
- Visible spectrum
- Kinetic energy
- Potential energy
- Force
- Electromagnetism
- Gravitation
- Strong force
- Weak force
- Mass
- Matter
- Quantum mechanics
- Sound
- Space
- Speed
- Speed of light
- Thermodynamics
- Theory of relativity
- Time
- Weight
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- == Technology ==
- Technology
- History of technology
- Engineering
- Artificial intelligence
- Biotechnology
- Genetic Engineering
- Nanotechnology
- Nuclear technology
- Tool
- === Energy ===
- Electricity
- Geothermal power
- Hydropower
- Nuclear power
- Solar power
- Wind power
- === Electronics ===
- Electronics
- Battery
- Capacitor
- Diode
- Incandescent light bulb
- Integrated circuit
- Resistor
- Semiconductor
- Transistor
- === Mechanical and structural engineering ===
- Mechanical engineering
- Engine
- Electric motor
- Internal combustion engine
- Jet engine
- Steam engine
- Inclined plane
- Lever
- Pulley
- Robot
- Wheel
- Arch
- Bridge
- Canal
- Dam
- Dome
- House
- Nail (engineering)
- Pyramid
- Tower
- === Transportation ===
- Transport
- Vehicle
- Aircraft
- Automobile
- Bicycle
- Elevator
- Helicopter
- Fixed-wing aircraft
- Motorcycle
- Rapid transit
- Stirrup
- Train
- === Information technology ===
- Information technology
- Abacus
- Calculator
- Computer
- Cryptography
- Writing
- === Optical ===
- Camera
- Glasses
- Laser
- Lens
- Microscope
- Prism
- Telescope
- === Media and communication ===
- Telecommunication
- Internet
- Microphone
- Mobile phone
- Photography
- Printing press
- Printing
- Radio
- Telephone
- Television
- Typewriter
- Video
- World Wide Web
- === Navigation and timekeeping ===
- Calendar
- Clock
- Compass
- Global Positioning System
- Gyroscope
- Pendulum
- Radar
- Sonar
- Sundial
- === Weapons ===
- Weapon
- Artillery
- Axe
- Bow
- Firearm
- Pistol
- Knife
- Machine gun
- Nuclear weapon
- Rifle
- Spear
- Submarine
- Tank
- === Material and chemical ===
- Fire
- Explosive material
- Dynamite
- Gasoline
- Gunpowder
- Kerosene
- Metallurgy
- Plastic
- Rubber
- === Food and health ===
- Electrocardiogram
- Magnetic resonance imaging
- Pasteurization
- Refrigerator
- Stove
- X-ray
- === Space ===
- Hubble Space Telescope
- International Space Station
- Project Apollo
- Rocket
- Satellite
- Space exploration
- Space Shuttle
- Space station
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- == Mathematics ==
- Mathematics
- Constant
- Pi
- Differential equation
- Digit
- Equation
- Exponentiation
- Function
- Infinity
- Limit
- Logarithm
- Number
- Complex number
- Integer
- Natural number
- Rational number
- Real number
- Series
- Square root
- Variable
- Algebra
- Analysis
- Arithmetic
- Addition
- Division
- Fraction
- Multiplication
- Percentage
- Subtraction
- Calculus
- Derivative
- Integral
- Chaos theory
- Fractal
- Game theory
- Geometry
- Angle
- Coordinates
- Line
- Plane
- Shape
- Circle
- Square
- Triangle
- Linear algebra
- Matrix
- Vector space
- Vector (spatial)
- Logic
- Proof
- Number theory
- Prime number
- Probability theory
- Statistics
- Set theory
- Set
- Topology
- Trigonometry
- Trigonometric function
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- == Measurement ==
- Measurement
- Metric system
- International System of Units
- Imperial unit
- Time
- Second
- Day
- Week
- Month
- Year
- Length
- Ångström
- Foot
- Metre
- Kilometre
- Mile
- Nautical mile
- Astronomical unit
- Light-year
- Parsec
- Angle
- Degree
- Radian
- Area
- Volume
- Gallon
- Litre
- Mass
- Kilogram
- Ton
- Pound
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Fahrenheit
- Kelvin
- Speed
- Acceleration
- Velocity
- Force
- Newton
- Power
- Watt
- Electromagnetism
- Ampere
- Volt
- Ohm
- Hertz