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African Americans in History: Brief biographical sketches of several key figures in African-American history.
Afro-American Almanac: Over 30 short biographies of Afro-American men, women, and groups.
American Presidents: Life Portraits: Pick a president. Find a picture and basic facts on the life and career of each president.
Americans of Asian or Pacific Island Heritage: Links to websites profiling famous Americans of Asian ancestry.
Biographical Dictionary: Very short profiles of more than 28,000 notable men and women from ancient times to the present.
Biography.com: They're all in here... just waiting to be found! Search the Biography.com database for over 25,000 of the greatest lives, past and present.
Biographies Celebrating Women's History Month: From Princess Diana to Mother Teresa-- over 80 women from all eras who have made a difference.
Black History Month: Biographies: Lives of 50 famous African Americans, from Muhammad Ali to Ophrah Winfrey.
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage: Biographies: Biographies of 50 famous Americans of Hispanic ancestry.
Classical Music All-stars: Who's who in classical music? CultureFinder's "All-Stars" provide information on important figures in classical music in a baseball card-like format. Get all the vital "stats," career highlights and unusual facts about these great musicians.
Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove of Scientific Biography: Biographies of noteworthy people in physics, astronomy, chemistry, and math.
Famous Hispanics in the World and History: Short biographies of over 200 famous Hispanics, arranged alphabetically by name, from Abderraman III to Emiliano Zapata.
Information Please Almanac: Biographies: Short encyclopedia biographies of 30,000 famous people.
Lives, the Biography Resource: The largest guide to biography sites on the Web, with 3945 listings representing almost 3500 biographical pages and sites.
Meet Amazing Americans: Discover the inventors, politicians, performers, activists and other everyday people who made this country what it is today. From the Library of Congress.
National Women's Hall of Fame: Mini-biographies of 125 great American women from the past and present. Enter and click on "Women of the Hall" for an alphabetical list of names.
People from Hyperhistory: Very short biographies of people in world history. With an alphabetical index of people and a useful clickable timeline.
The Presidents of the United States: Brief biographies of American presidents and First Ladies. Look down the left side for links to lists of the presidents.
Women's History Month: Biographies: Lives of 50 famous women, from Abigail Adams to Babe Didrikson Zaharias.