"American National Biography offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women -- from all eras and walks of life -- whose lives have shaped the nation." Users can find biographies individually or under groups such as Civil Rights Movement, American Literature, Gilded Age and many more.
This biographical dictionary covers more than 33,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day. The dictionary can be searched by birth and death dates, positions held, professions, literary and artistic works, achievements, and other keywords.
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OmniBiography.com is the largest directory of biographies available on the Web containing information on more than 110,000 important people from antiquity to the present time. It can be searched by name, by country, by state and alphabetically and it includes biographies from the most important sites on the web in all languages.
Who2 is an encyclopedia of famous people. The staff researches and writes profiles of real people, fictional characters, and some figures (like Robin Hood) who may be either. They also profile celebrities who aren't people, like Ham the Chimp and Hal 9000.
