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Biographies

General

Biography Center

Contains over 25,000 entries, and over 10,000 entries are in English.

Biography.com

Searchable database of biographical information on over 20,000 individuals.

Biographical dictionary

This dictionary covers more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day.

Dead People Server

A database of interesting celebrities who are long dead or newly dead.

Indiana University: Biography Links

Links to a number of biographical databases.

Lives, the Biography Resource

Links to English language biographical resources available on the Web, mostly for individuals who are no longer living or whose public life and career are well behind them.

Noble citizens of planet Earth

Contains biographical information on over 18,000 people from ancient times to the present day. These are the notable men and women who have shaped our world.

Who's Alive - Who's Dead

This page lists famous people both alive and no longer living.

Who's who online

Professional and biographical data about individuals of accomplishment who are part of the worldwide Internet community. Profiles are provided by the individuals themselves.

Who2: Find Famous People Fast

Who2 provides information on famous people. For each famous figure, Who2 gives facts such as birth and death dates, famous works, notorious trivia. In addition, links are provided for four web sites for additional detail.

Specialised

Australian War Memorial biographical database

This site provides access to biographical databases that have been produced from names and associated information based on records in the collections of the Australian War Memorial.

Biographies of women from Women's International Centre

Over 100 Living Legacy Award recipients and other exceptional humanitarians.

Biographies of Women mathematicians

Contains more that 100 biographies of women mathematicians.

Biography from A&E Television Networks

A searchable and browsable collection of more than 25,000 short biographies

Bright Sparcs - Explorers & Scientists

Bright Sparcs is a biographical and bibliographical database of Australian scientists with links to related articles and images. Includes scientists who were Australian by birth and those who undertook significant scientific work in Australia.

British Monarchy

Official web site of the British Monarchy.

Contributions of women to physics

Biographical data and summary of contributions made to the field by women active in the first 75 years of the 20th century. From the American Physical Society

Find a Grave

Is a resource for finding the final resting places of famous folks, friends and family members.

First families

First Families 2001 is a 'read only' searchable database. It provides access to genealogical information on Australian families. New information cannot be added and existing entries including contact information, cannot be modified.

Historians and Philosophers

A collated web index of significant Historians and Philosophers.

Internet Movie Database

Covers over 140,000 movies; includes filmographies, plot summaries; character names; movie ratings; year of release; genres; reviews; links to official studio pages, Academy Awards info. Also covers some television programs.

The Nobel Prize Internet Archive

Comprehensive information on winners and discoveries.

Ozlife: Australian Biography and Book Review Index

Provides access to the citations of articles, either biographical or book reviews, in major Australian newspapers and journals.

POTUS : Presidents of the United States

Lists biographical information, highlights of their administration, speeches, writings and more for US presidents.

Science and technology biographical sites

From ECHO - Exploring & collecting history online. Links to biographies of noted persons in these field.

Women's biographies: Distinguished Women of Past and Present

This site has biographies of women who contributed to the culture in many different ways.

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