Biography

About Famous People - A collection of the biographies of various historical personages.
www.aboutfamouspeople.com/

Biographical Dictionary - More than 25,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world.
s9.com/

Biography Center - Multi-lingual biographical directory.
www.biography-center.com/

The Biography Channel - Features 25,000 very brief biographical notes.
www.biography.com

Buscabiografias - Database of thousands of short biographies. In English and Spanish.
buscabiografias.com/ingles.htm

Dictionary of Labour Biography - Tool for all those interested in nineteenth and twentieth century British history.
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.
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.
homepage.oanet.com/jaywhy/

Heroes of History - Selection of noteworthy persons, their accomplishments and failures.
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.
www.melrosepress.co.uk/

MyHero.com - Tells the stories of ordinary people who have accomplished extraordinary things.
myhero.com/

Their Stamp on History - Explores the lives of important historical people whose pictures have appeared on U.S. postage stamps.
www.stamponhistory.com/

Time 100 - Profiles the 100 most influential people of the 20th century (as selected by TIME Magazine) in five fields of endeavor.
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.
www.saur-wbi.de/