Reference - Biography - General
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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, etc.
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Allperson.com
- Visitor-contributed biographies of famous persons.
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Biographical Dictionary
- More than 25,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world.
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Biography Center
- Multi-lingual biographical directory.
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The Biography Channel
- Features 25,000 very brief biographical notes.
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Buscabiografias
- Database of thousands of short biographies. In English and Spanish.
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Byzant Encyclopedia of Biography and Quotations
- Biographical information about significant mystics, poets and philosophers.
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Dictionary of Labour Biography
- Tool for all those interested in nineteenth and twentieth century British history.
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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.
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International Biographical Centre
- List of dictionaries in the fields of Music, Literature and Poetry. General and specific biographical titles of today's leading personalities.
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MyHero.com
- Tells the stories of ordinary people who have accomplished extraordinary things.
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Canadian Heroes in Fact and Fiction
- Short illustrated profiled of personalities, both historical and fictional, who have inspired and enriched the nation.
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Their Stamp on History
- Explores the lives of important historical people whose pictures have appeared on U.S. postage stamps.
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Time 100
- Profiles the 100 most influential people of the 20th century (as selected by TIME Magazine) in five fields of endeavor.
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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.
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About Famous People
- A collection of the biographies of various historical personages.
