how to convert a list into a pandas dataframe code example

Example 1: from list of lists to dataframe

import pandas as pd

data = [['New York Yankees', 'Acevedo Juan', 900000, 'Pitcher'], 
        ['New York Yankees', 'Anderson Jason', 300000, 'Pitcher'], 
        ['New York Yankees', 'Clemens Roger', 10100000, 'Pitcher'], 
        ['New York Yankees', 'Contreras Jose', 5500000, 'Pitcher']]

df = pd.DataFrame.from_records(data)

Example 2: how to convert a list into a dataframe in python

from pandas import DataFrame

People_List = ['Jon','Mark','Maria','Jill','Jack']

df = DataFrame (People_List,columns=['First_Name'])
print (df)