Biographical Dictionary - http://s9.com/ More than 25,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world.
Time 100 - http://www.time.com/time/2006/time100/ Profiles the 100 most influential people of the 20th century (as selected by TIME Magazine) in five fields of endeavor.
The Biography Channel - http://www.biography.com Features 25,000 very brief biographical notes.
Dictionary of Labour Biography - http://www.york.ac.uk/res/dlb/ Tool for all those interested in nineteenth and twentieth century British history.
MyHero.com - http://myhero.com/ Tells the stories of ordinary people who have accomplished extraordinary things.
About Famous People - http://www.aboutfamouspeople.com/ A collection of the biographies of various historical personages.
Heroes of History - http://www.heroesofhistory.com/ Selection of noteworthy persons, their accomplishments and failures.
Biography Center - http://www.biography-center.com/ Multi-lingual biographical directory.
FemBio - Institute for Women's Biography Research - http://www.fembio.org/ Luise F. Pusch's FemBio database contains biographical information on over 30,000 notable women worldwide. Accumulated since 1982; entries added continually. Also: Woman of the Day/Week. [German, English]
World Biographical Index - K. G. Saur Publishing - http://www.saur-wbi.de/ Free access to a large biographical database containing over 2 million references to persons. Search by name (or part of name) in combination with occupation, year of birth or death, year cited, and biographical archive.
International Biographical Centre - http://www.melrosepress.co.uk/ List of dictionaries in the fields of Music, Literature and Poetry. General and specific biographical titles of today's leading personalities.
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