Biographical essays on anyone who died before 1996 and "whose significant actions occurred during his or her residence within what is now the United States or whose life or career directly influenced the course of American history...

Comprehensive index to current and retrospective biographical dictionaries and "Who's Who" books...

A comprehensive full-text database of biographical information of more than one million people throughout history, around the world and across all disciplines and subject areas...

"An illustrated collection of 50,000 specially written biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2000...

Biographies of thousands of African Americans, which have been compiled from biographical dictionaries and other sources...

Biographies of 26,300 prominent Germans from the earliest to the end of the 19th century...

The ADB Online contains articles about people who were important in Australian history or who represent aspects of the Australian experience...

A collection of about 20 sources of biographical information, mostly of Americans but including some non-Americans, also...

Brief biographical sketches on more than 25,000 individuals, both past and present...

An "online biographical database that provides more than 2500 biographies of current Chinese political, military, economic, business, and academic leaders...

"Provides informative biographical profiles of the important and influential persons of Latino heritage who form the international Hispanic community...

Biographical articles about living leaders in all fields 'the world over,' organized alphabetically with an index by profession...

Biographical articles about living leaders in all fields 'the world over,' organized alphabetically with an index by profession...

"A multicultural biographical source that covers notable individuals from every part of the world and from all time periods who have made significant contributions to human culture...

Brief biographical sketches of all the women who have served as First Ladies of the United States...

Large collection of hundreds of online encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographical compilations, and other reference tools...

Provides information on inventors and inventions, as well as an Inventor's Handbook about patenting and commercializing inventions...

Provides information on literary figures from all time periods writing in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism and more...

Thumbnail biographies of every person, active, retired, or deceased, who has appeared in the latest edition of 20 Marquis Who's Who titles (part of Biography Resource Center)...

Directory of links to recent death notices and obituaries in newspapers throughout the United States...

The South-East Asia Biographical Archive has roughly 85,000 entries on approximatley 55,000 people...

Basic facts about famous people, both living and dead, along with links to websites about them...

Lists dates of birth and death (if applicable) and cause of death (if known) for actors, athletes, political figures, musicians, and artists...

Contains 2000 "biographies of men and women from different countries and cultures who have contributed to the thought as well as the action of the twentieth century...

WhoWhatWhen, a database of people and events from 1000 A...

Oral history transcripts of comprehensive interviews with women journalists who have made important contributions to the field of journalism since the 1920s...