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Choose a general biography website just below, or go to these other categories:


A&E's Biography

Dictionary containing over 20,000 short biographies of important people, including birth and death dates and why they were important.

Biographical Dictionary

Dictionary containing over 25,000 very short biographies of important men and women from the past up to the present. One line entries.

Information Please - Biography Search

Basic information on lots of people with links to short online articles.

Lives, The Biography Resource

Thousands of biographies on famous people who have died.

Who 2 Homepage

Click on the letter for your subject's last name.

About Famous People

Loads slowly, but good information on many people.

Google Directory - Kids and Teens

Biography search engine.

Hispanic and Spanish Famous People

Hispanic Heritage Biographies

Black History Month Biographies

Mul tnomah County Library's Homework Center : Biographies

One of MCL's great HOM EWORK CENTER lists of links!

Special Biography Sites


PRESIDENTS:

The American President

Resources from the PBS series.

Internet Public Library's POTUS (Presidents of the United States)

IPL's Quick facts, trivia and lots of other presidential information.

The Presidents of the United States

From the official White House website.

New Book of Knowledge - The American Presidency

Articles from the New Book of Knowledge, 3-8th grade level.

Grolier Encyclopedia - The American Presidency

Articles from the Grolier Encyclopedia, similar to the information in New Book of Knowledge but aimed at a 5th - 12th grade audience.

Portrai ts of Presidents & First Ladies

Library of Congress "American Memory" collection of photos, paintings and engravings of the presidents.

National Portrait Gallery - Hall of Presidents

The Smithsonian Institution's presidential portraits included with short biographies.

U. S. HISTORY:

Famous People - Portraits from the Library of Congress

Links to their complete list of biographies.

PBS - The West

Famous people from western history - from Custer to Sitting Bull and many more.

PBS - Lewis and Clark

Short biographies of all the people in the Corps of Discovery.

Biographies of famous people who profiled in American Experience, NOVA, American Masters, etc.

FAMOUS WOMEN

National Women's Hall of Fame Biographies

4000 Years of Women in Science - Biographies

Female Mathematicians

MATH & SCIENCE:

The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive Biographies

Biographies on mathematicians from ancient times to the present.

Famous People Who Watched the Skies

Highlights several scienctists of the past, from Aristotle to Newton.

African Americans in the Sciences

Profiles historical biochemists like George Washington Carver to physicists, computer scientists, zoologists and other branches of science.

Women Mathematicians

Researched and written by students at Agnes Scott College.

4000 Years of Women in Science - Biographies

Female Mathematicians

OTHER INTERESTING SITES

Famous People of the Twentieth Century (About.com)

TIME Magazine Top 100 People of the 20th Century

World History Timelines of Famous People

Cyndi's List of Famous People

(**Use the Categories Index or Related Categories, NOT a last name search)

Crossword Solvers - Famous People

Actors, actresses, musicians- Gives birthdate & place of birth.

Coins from Famous People in History

...like Roman emperors and such.

Famous People Quotations Search Engine

...nice search engine, but you will get pop-up adds a lot. For more quotations from famous people see
Good Quotations by Famous People
Quotes by Famous People

Famous Persons Files at the FBI

...Just who has the FBI kept a file on...

BBC's Famous People

Biographies of Florence Nightingale, George Stephenson, Christopher Columbus and Pocahontas.

Famous Dogs & Famous People's Dogs

Includes fictional dogs & people also......they have a link to their site for CATS too.

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