American National Biography
The authoritative source for biographical information on American men and women, colonial times to the present. (Authorized University of Delaware users only).

Biographical Dictionary
Includes entries for more than 28,000 notable men and women from ancient times to the present day.

Biographical Info
Library “spot” list of Web sites with biographical information.

Biography (Infoplease.com)

Biography-Center
Includes over 10,000 biographies (about half of them in English).

Biography.com
Produced by Biography Channel, A&E Television Networks.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Online version of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Lives, the Biography Resource
Describes itself as “the largest guide to biography sites on the Web.”

Time 100
Time Magazine's pick of the 100 most influential persons of the 20th century.

PBS Biographies
Brief biographies of persons, primarily American, featured on PBS programs.

Virtual American Biographies: Book I: Continental Discovery to 1899
From Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography.

Who’s Alive and Who’s Dead
Keep track of which famous people have died and which are still alive. Heavy emphasis on celebrities.

All Music Guide
A guide to all representative genres of music, artists and composers, with brief biographical sketches of musicians.

The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences

AskART
Extensive information on 25,000 American artists.

Author Guides (LSU Libraries Webliography)
Pointers to individual author guides or other cumulative documents that deal with specific writers.

Authors on the Web

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to the Present
Search for members of Congress past and present.

Congressional Directory
Biographical information on members of Congress from the 104th Congress (1995-1996) to date.

De Imperatoribus Romanis (“On the Roman Emperors”)
An online encyclopedia of Roman Emperors.

POTUS: Presidents of the United States
Background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and some points of interest on each of the presidents. Also links to biographies, historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites.

Chemical Achievers: Human Face of the Chemical Sciences
Images and biographical sketches for 81 significant figures in the history of the chemical and molecular sciences.

Index of Biographies (The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive)

National Inventors Hall of Fame

A Celebration of Women Authors
A comprehensive listing of links to biographical and bibliographical information about women writers, and complete published books written by women.

Distinguished Women of Past and Present
Brief (and in some cases not so brief) biographies of hundreds of women, sorted both by field of activity and by name.

4000 Years of Women in Science

WIC Biography Index (Women’s International Center)
Living Legacy Award recipients and other exceptional humanitarians.