//Default delimiter is ,
var split = new StringConverter().ConvertTo<List<string>>(names);
//You can also have your custom delimiter for e.g. ;
var split = new StringConverter().ConvertTo<List<string>>(names, new ConverterOptions { Delimiter = ';' });
string given="Welcome To Programming";
List<string> listItem= given.Split(' ').ToList();//Split according to space in the string and added into the list