That is not correct python syntax.
Dictionaries are created like that:
my_dictionary = {"name":"John", "age":"33"}
So your List shall be like this:
[{"name": "John", "age": "33"}, {"name": "Alice", "age": "40"}]
and you should also take care of that “double”-Quotes.
Sometimes in Excel you do not get "but you get “ or ”. That is something different…