General/International Biography
Biography.com
Historical and contemporary biographical sketches that include birth and death dates, photographs as available, and links to other biographies from the web site and internet sources. Search by name or browse the entire list alphabetically.

Conversations with History
Over 200 interviews with contemporary diplomats, statesmen, and soldiers; economists and political analysts; scientists and historians; writers and foreign correspondents; activists and artists, created for television by UC Berkeley. Organized by name, profession, chronology, and subject.

Distinguished Women of Past and Present
Search by name or subject for biographies from internet sources; international in scope.

Find A Grave
Search this site by name of person, profession, or by place. The geographic index is international in scope, but is detailed enough to provide entries in the US by state.

Information Please Almanac Online Biographies
Online almanac biographical source: search by name or subject category to find biographies included in this database of over 30,000 names. Several biographies are featured each day in the "Today's Birthday" section, plus you can look up people born on your birthday or another day of the year.

Forbes.com: The World's Richest People
Annual ranking from Forbes Magazine of the 500 most wealthy individuals in the world, ranked in order of approximate net worth.

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American Biography and Oral History
Academy of American Poets: Biography
Biographies, photographs, and other information on more than 450 American poets, with internet links to full poems, audio files, and interviews.

African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
Biographies of 19th-century black women writers, produced by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Selected works by these authors may be read online from this web site.

American History 102: Who's Who in American History; Civil War to the Present
Search for biographies of Americans by name, era, or occupation. Short biographical excerpts from standard refrence works. Includes photographs and other images such as cartoons, etc. for each entry.

American Life Histories-WPA Life Histories from Washington
First-person accounts of life in Washington collected during the Great Depression. Subjects include: folklore, occupations, agriculture, local history and genealogy, transportation, recreation, and ethnic groups.

Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project 1936-1938
This web site provides an opportunity to read a sample of narratives collected by Works Progress Administration from 1936 to 1938, and to see some of the photographs taken at the time of the interviews.

First Person Narratives of the American South
Accounts of the Nineteenth-century American South from the viewpoint of Southerners: diaries, autobiographies, memoirs, travel accounts, and ex-slave narratives of not only prominent individuals, but also of relatively inaccessible populations: women, African Americans, enlisted men, laborers, and Native Americans.

National Women's Hall of Fame
Short biographies with photographs of prominent American women, historic and contemporary.

Oral History Online
UC Berkeley online collections of first-hand accounts and personal perspectives on historical events relating to social and political issues in the United States. Along with the transcripts themselves, photographs and other materials are included, so that the distant reader has full access to the complete volumes of the oral histories..

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Political Biography
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present
Search by name, state, or position for biographical information and photographs for past and present members of Congress. Includes bibliographies for additional information in standard reference works.

World Leaders
Frequently updated information for foreign government officials. Ambassadors to the United States and Permanent Representatives to the United Nations have also been included.

Congressional Directory Online
Up-to-date biographical information and political affiliation for members of Congress. Includes email, address, phone and fax numbers, web site address, plus counties, cities, and zip codes they represent.

Current Justices of the Supreme Court
Biographical information, party affiliation, appointment, and legal history for each of the current Justices, with a photograph or portrait. This site provides similar information for all Justices since 1789, listed chronologically and alphabetically.

The Political Graveyard: A Database of Historic Cemeteries
A biographical website for American political history and cemeteries. Locate American politicians, judges, and diplomats by name, place, election and offices held or sought. Additionally, search for names of politicians by category: gender, ethnic background, organizational affililiations, cause of death, and many other subjects. Includes an index of cemeteries by state, linking to web sites.

Presidents of the United States
Official White House site for biographical information about each of the US Presidents and First Ladies. A version in Spanish covers recent events.

Rulers
Lists of heads of state and heads of government of all countries and territories, from 1700 to the present time. Short political histories of each country followed by names and dates of all leaders.

Women in Congress
Search alphabetically, chronologically, or by state for biographies and photographs of Congresswomen from 1917 to the present.

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Science and Technology Biography
Astronaut Biographies
Biographical information regarding those who participate or have participated in NASA’s space flight programs as candidates for, or members of, space flight crews

The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
African American men and women who have contributed to the advancement of science and engineering. Search by name or subject area within the realm of science for biographies with photographs.

Famous Astronomers and Astrophysicists
Organized both alphabetically and chronologically, this site lists astronomers from the classical era to the present time. Includes brief summaries that link to more extensive biographies with photographs.

Famous Physicists
Related site to "Famous Astronomers and Astrophysicists" above, and similar in organization. Biographies of physicists from 1544 to the present time.

Mathematicians' anniversaries throughout the year
International in scope, search for mathematicians by nationality, alphabetically, by date of birth or death. Includes country maps for birthplaces of mathematicians, an index of women mathematicians, plus an historical timeline from 800 BC to the present.

National Library of Medicine: Profiles in Science
Prominent twentieth-century biomedical scientists, containing published and unpublished materials donated to the National Library of Medicine.

World of Science Biography
Search by name, nationality, branch of science, historical period, and other criteria for short biographies, many with photographs.

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