Web Resources
- Biography.com
- A growing collection of brief sketches covering over 25,000 diverse personalities, including historical figures, politicians, sports, entertainers, and more.
- Biographical Dictionary
- This dictionary includes more than 27,000 notable men and women from ancient times to the present day. Please note: This site may not be viewable if you are using a web browser other than Microsoft Internet Explorer.
- Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress
- Search by name, state, party and position from 1784 to the present. Includes the Continental Congress.
- Biographies of Women Mathematicians
- Biography in Context
- Accessible to current ANSER Library cardholders. A comprehensive database of biographical information on more than one million people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. Scroll down and click on 'Proceed' button.
- Biography Resources
- This is a meta site of general and specific sources for locating information on the famous, infamous, and obscure.
- Dead People Server
- An occasionally humorous but current source of concise biographies and obituaries.
- Encyclopedia of World Biography
- "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." From Thrall's Virtual Reference Library. Available to members of Thrall.
- Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography
- Biographical information on scientists and mathematicians.
- The HistoryMakers
- The archive contains over 500 oral history interviews of African Americans. They are grouped thematically by occupations. Each brief biography also includes a photograph of the subject. A timeline of events goes back to the 1800s.
- The Political Graveyard
- "The Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 217,078 politicians, living and dead." Compiled by Lawrence Kestenbaum.
- Portrait Gallery
- "A selection of portraits of historical figures from the Perry-Castaneda Library, University of Texas at Austin."
