| American Presidents: Life Portraits - This web site, created by C-Span, contains a video archive, biographical facts, key events of each presidency, presidential places, and lists of reference materials. Just pick a president from the pull-down menu at the top to begin exploring.
|
| Biographical Dictionary - Get brief biographies of over 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day. Searchable by name, keyword, or date.
|
| Biography.com - Search over 25,000 of the greatest lives, past and present by name, keyword, or category.
|
| Classical Composers Archive - A wealth of information on composers is available by searching this database by name, nationality, or birth date. (Pop-up blockers must be disabled in order to view this page)
|
| Discoverers’ Web Biographies - A great collection of biographies of famous and not so famous explorers (listed alphabetically) is available here.
|
| Famous People by State - Use the state links to find a list of famous people who were born in those states.
|
| Mathematician Biographies - This database has an amazing amount of biographical information. Browse by name, decade, birth place, prize winners, or by keyword.
|
| National Inventors Hall of Fame - Find biographical sketches of inventors inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Also included is information on the impact of the inventions.
|
| Time Magazine’s Most Important People of the 20th Century - Get biographical sketches of 100 remarkable people who –for better or for worse- most influenced the 20th century. There are five different categories: leaders and revolutionaries, artists and entertainers, builders and titans, scientists and thinkers, and heroes and icons. |
