Pandas DataFrame columns are Pandas Series when you pull them out, which you can then call x.tolist() on to turn them into a Python list. Alternatively you cast it with list(x).
import pandas as pd
data_dict = {'one': pd.Series([1, 2, 3], index=['a', 'b', 'c']),
'two': pd.Series([1, 2, 3, 4], index=['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'])}
df = pd.DataFrame(data_dict)
print(f"DataFrame:\n{df}\n")
print(f"column types:\n{df.dtypes}")
col_one_list = df['one'].tolist()
col_one_arr = df['one'].to_numpy()
print(f"\ncol_one_list:\n{col_one_list}\ntype:{type(col_one_list)}")
print(f"\ncol_one_arr:\n{col_one_arr}\ntype:{type(col_one_arr)}")
Output:
DataFrame:
one two
a 1.0 1
b 2.0 2
c 3.0 3
d NaN 4
column types:
one float64
two int64
dtype: object
col_one_list:
[1.0, 2.0, 3.0, nan]
type:<class 'list'>
col_one_arr:
[ 1. 2. 3. nan]
type:<class 'numpy.ndarray'>