Biography

» About Famous People
   A collection of the biographies of various historical personages.

   
   http://www.aboutfamouspeople.com/

» Biographical Dictionary
   More than 25,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world.

   
   http://s9.com/

» Biography Center
   Multi-lingual biographical directory.

   
   http://www.biography-center.com/

» Buscabiografias
   Database of thousands of short biographies. In English and Spanish.

   
   http://buscabiografias.com/ingles.htm

» Dictionary of Labour Biography
   Tool for all those interested in nineteenth and twentieth century British history.

   
   http://www.york.ac.uk/res/dlb/

» FemBio - Institute for Women's Biography Research
   Luise F. Pusch's FemBio database contains biographical information on over 30,000 notable women worldwide. Accumulated since 1982; entries added continually. Also: Woman of the Day/Week.

   
   http://www.fembio.org/default.shtml

» Great Men and Women of the World
   Provides biographies of great men and women of the world. Organized into sections on leaders and activists, heroes and humanitarians and scientists. Profiles available in English and French.

   
   http://homepage.oanet.com/jaywhy/

» Heroes of History
   Selection of noteworthy persons, their accomplishments and failures.

   
   http://www.heroesofhistory.com/

» International Biographical Centre
   List of dictionaries in the fields of Music, Literature and Poetry. General and specific biographical titles of today's leading personalities.

   
   http://www.melrosepress.co.uk/

» MyHero.com
   Tells the stories of ordinary people who have accomplished extraordinary things.

   
   http://myhero.com/

» The Biography Channel
   Features 25,000 very brief biographical notes.

   
   http://www.biography.com

» Time 100
   Profiles the 100 most influential people of the 20th century (as selected by TIME Magazine) in five fields of endeavor.

   
   http://www.time.com/time/2006/time100/

» World Biographical Index - K. G. Saur Publishing
   Free access to a large biographical database containing over 2 million references to persons. Search by name (or part of name) in combination with occupation, year of birth or death, year cited, and biographical archive.

   
   http://www.saur-wbi.de/