This is a list of standard backgrounds that you may choose from when creating your character. If nothing here strikes your fancy, you may create your own background using the template in the Character Creation Guide, subject to DM approval. You may check the PHB for further details on these backgrounds, including tables to roll on if you wish.
Ability Score Increase: +1 Wisdom
Skill proficiencies: Insight, Religion
Miscellaneous proficiencies: any language (conversational), any language (conversational)
Feat: Healer or Inspiring Leader
Equipment: a holy symbol, a tool used for worship or prayer (such as a prayer book or prayer wheel), 5 sticks of incense, vestments, a set of common clothes, a pouch containing 15 gp
Ability Score Increase: +1 Charisma
Skill proficiencies: Deception, Sleight of Hand
Miscellaneous proficiencies: Disguise kit, Forgery kit
Feat: Actor or Skill Expert
Equipment: A set of fine clothes, a disguise kit, a forgery kit, tools for the con of your choice (such as weighted dice, deck of marked cards, or signet ring of an imaginary duke), and a pouch containing 15 gp
Ability Score Increase: +1 Dexterity
Skill proficiencies: Deception, Stealth
Miscellaneous proficiencies: Thieves tools, gaming set (one type)
Feat: Grappler or Poisoner
Equipment: A crowbar, a set of dark common clothes including a hood, thieves tools, a gaming set (your choice), a pouch containing 15 gp
Ability Score Increase: +1 Charisma
Skill proficiencies: Acrobatics, Performance
Miscellaneous proficiencies: Disguise kit, musical instrument (one type)
Feat: Actor or Inspiring Leader
Equipment: A musical instrument (your choice), a disguise kit, the favor of an admirer (such as a love letter, lock of hair, or trinket), a costume, and a pouch containing 15 gp
Ability Score Increase: +1 Constitution
Skill proficiencies: Animal Handling, Survival
Miscellaneous proficiencies: Artisan's tools (one type), Vehicles (land)
Feat: Chef or Tavern Brawler
Equipment: A set of artisan's tools (your choice), a shovel, an iron pot, a set of common clothes, a pouch containing 10 gp
Ability Score Increase: +1 Intelligence
Skill proficiencies: Insight, Persuasion
Miscellaneous proficiencies: Artisan's tools (one type), any language (conversational)
Feat: Observant or Skilled
Equipment: A set of artisan's tools (your choice), a letter of introduction from your guild, a set of traveler's clothes, a pouch containing 15 gp
Ability Score Increase: +1 Wisdom
Skill proficiencies: Medicine, Religion
Miscellaneous proficiencies: Herbalism Kit, any language (conversational)
Feat: Observant or Resilient
Equipment: A scroll case stuffed full of notes from your studies or prayers, a winter blanket, a set of common clothes, an herbalism kit, 5 gp
Ability Score Increase: +1 Charisma
Skill proficiencies: History, Persuasion
Miscellaneous proficiencies: Gaming set (one type), any language (conversational)
Feat: Skilled or Inspiring Leader
Equipment: A set of fine clothes, a signet ring or symbol of your station, a scroll of pedigree, a purse containing 25 gp
Ability Score Increase: +1 Constitution
Skill proficiencies: Athletics, Survival
Miscellaneous proficiencies: Musical instrument (any), any language (conversational)
Feat: Alert or Mobile
Equipment: A staff, a hunting trap, a trophy from an animal you killed, a set of traveler's clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp
Ability Score Increase: +1 Intelligence
Skill proficiencies: Arcana, History
Miscellaneous proficiencies: any language (conversational), any language (conversational)
Feat: Keen Mind or Linguist
Equipment: A bottle of ink, a quill, a small knife, a letter from a colleague, a set of common clothes, a pouch containing 10 gp
Ability Score Increase: +1 Strength
Skill proficiencies: Athletics, Perception
Miscellaneous proficiencies: Navigator's tools, vehicles (water)
Feat: Tavern Brawler or Tough
Equipment: A belaying pin (club), 50 feet of silk rope, a lucky charm (such as a rabbit's foot or a stone with a hole in the center), a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp
Ability Score Increase: +1 Strength
Skill proficiencies: Athletics, Intimidation
Miscellaneous proficiencies: Gaming set (any), Vehicles (land)
Feat: Athlete or Tough
Equipment: An insignia of rank, a trophy taken from a fallen enemy (such as a dagger, broken blade, or piece of a banner), a gaming set, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp
Ability Score Increase: +1 Dexterity
Skill proficiencies: Sleight of Hand, Stealth
Miscellaneous proficiencies: Disguise kit, thieves' tools
Feat: Lucky or Skill Expert
Equipment: A small knife, a disguise kit, thieves' tools, a map of the city you grew up in, a token to remember your parents by, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp