• Biography.com   
  
  A database of over 20,000 of the greatest lives, past and present. From A&E Television Network.
  http://www.biography.com/search/
  
   Enter a person's name:
   

• African-American Biographies
  
  Biographies of famous African-American men, women and groups.
  http://www.toptags.com/aama/bio/bio.htm
• Anthropology Biography Web
  
  Biographies on those people who have influenced anthropology in some way.
  http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/
• Biographies of Women Mathematicians
  
  Biographies of women in the field of mathematics and their numerous achievements.
  http://www.scottlan.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm
• Biogs
  
  Hundreds of biographies of a variety of famous and not so famous people. Browse by subject or surname.
  http://www.biogs.com/
• Classical Composer Biographies
  
  Short biographies of famous classical musical composers.
  http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/mn200/music/composers.html
• Invention Dimension
  
  Biographies of some of the greatest inventors in history. From MIT.
  http://web.mit.edu/invent/i-archive.html
• Biographies of Hindu Saints
  
  http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8107/
• Filmbug: Guide to Movie Stars
  
  Biographies of over 8,000 actors, directors, screenwriters and other celebrities.
  http://www.filmbug.com/
• Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court
  
  Short bios on the Supreme Court Justices.
  http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/justices/fullcourt.html
• NASA Astronaut Biographies
  
  http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/astrobio.html
• Presidential Biographies
  
  Biographies of the past Presidents of the United States. From the White House.
  http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/
• Psyography: Biographies on Psychologists
  
  Biographical information on individuals who had an impact on the field of Psychology.
  http://faculty.frostburg.edu/mbradley/psyography.html
• USA Gymnastics Biographies
  
  Biographies from those participating in USA gymnastics.
  http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/athletes/

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