General Biographical Resources
Academy of Achievement «biographical profiles for people that have excelled in many different fields
Biographies PolySearch Engine «choose up to 15 different biographical sources to search from
Biography.com «from A&E Television Networks
Biography Center «provides links to biographical information on the Internet for famous people
Chambers Biographical Dictionary «select Chambers Biographical Dictionary from the drop down menu
Columbia Encyclopedia Index to Biographical Entries «from Bartleby.com
Conversations with History «videos of interviews with individuals from many walks of life
Distinguished Women of Past and Present «biographies of women who have in some way contributed to culture
Historic Figures «from the BBC
Information Please Biography «over 30,000 biographies
OmniBiography «over 100,000 biographies
People Index «timeline of people that have impacted the world
Biographical Resources by Subject
Arts
Classical Composers Database «over 3,000 composers from around the world
Master Composer Index «from Classical Net
WebMuseum Paris Artist Index «short bios of painters
Women Composers «from The Kapralova Society
Government
Biographical Directory of the US Congress
Biographies of the Founding Fathers «from ColonialHall.com
Governors «bios of US governors dating back to several hundred years ago
Supreme Court Justices (PDF) «short bios of the justices
The American President «scholar-reviewed information on US presidents
The First Ladies of the United States of America «from the White House
Who's Who in the Federal Government «from the University of Memphis Libraries
Inventors
Inventors Hall of Fame «short bios of inductees
Greatest Inventors «from ThinkQuest
Math
Biographies of Women Mathematicians «from Agnes Scott College
Biographies of Women Mathematicians «from the Canadian Mathematical Society
History of Mathematics «from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland
Mathematicians of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries «adapted from A Short Account of the History of Mathematics by W. W. Rouse Ball (4th Edition, 1908)
Science
Anthropology Biography Web «from Minnesota State University Mankato
Astronaut Biographies «from NASA
Biographies of Major Contributors to Cognitive Science «from UC-San Diego
Biographies of Most of the Key Players of the Atomic Age «from AtomicArchive.com
Catalog of the Scientific Community in the 16th and 17th Centuries «The Galileo Project, Rice University
Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics «from UCLA
Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography «from Wolfram Research
History of Astronomy: Persons «biographical information for selected people in astronomy
History of Biology «from the University of California Museum of Paleontology
PBS: People and Discoveries «a databank of 120 twentieth century scientists and their stories
Physics Nobel Prize Winners «from Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Library
StarHeads «directory of about 6,000 personal web pages of professional astronomers and related space scientists
Strange Science «bios of selected scientists
The National Academies Biographical Memoirs «memoirs of National Academy members
Sports
Baseball Hall of Fame «biographical information for Hall of Fame inductees
Football Hall of Fame «biographical information for Hall of Fame inductees
HW Wilson Biography Excerpts «excerpts from HW Wilson sports biographies