Biography

General (7) Artists, Entertainers, Writers, etc. (5) Politicians & Rulers (7)

Scientists (1) Women (2) Living or Not? (3)

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General

	Biographical Dictionary  - http://www.s9.com/ More than 27,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day.
	Biography-Center  - http://www.biography-center.com/ A searchable, multi-lingual biographical directory to over 10,600 biographies which also indexes and provides links to biographies available from other Web sites.
	Biography - http://www.biography.com/ Entries for over 20,000 of the greatest lives, past and present.
	Biography Reference Bank - AVL resource - if you are Off Campus, click here. You will be prompted to enter your username (student ID or employee ID number) and password (last name) to access this resource Biographical information on approximately half a million people, from antiquity to the present, along with thousands of images.
	Nobel Prize Winners  - http://nobelprize.org/search/all_laureates_c.html Links to the presentation speeches, biographies, and other resources for each of the Nobel prize winners since 1901. You can browse by year, category, or first/last name.
	Portrait Gallery -  http://www.lib.utexas.edu/exhibits/portraits/ From the Perry-Castañeda Library, University of Texas at Austin, public domain portraits of famous people that may be used freely in any project.

 

	Artists, Entertainers, Writers
	AllMusic.com -  http://www.allmusic.com Use the search box at the top of the page to find biography, discography, songs, and more for musicians from many genres.
	Find a Poet -  http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/58 The Academy of American Poets collection of biographies on more than 450 poets.
	Contemporary Authors - AVL resource - if you are Off Campus, click here. You will be prompted to enter your username (student ID or employee ID number) and password (last name) to access this resource Select the Contemporary Authors file from the list of Gale databases to search for biographies on more than 120,000 American and international authors.
	Internet Movie Database -  http://us.imdb.com/ Use the search box on the left side of the screen and change the search mode to people. Most actor entries will include a brief bio, a filmography, and lots of links to interesting facts. Several biographies include excerpts or reprints from reputable print biographical sources.
	North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century : A Biographical Dictionary  - NetLibrary resource requiring on campus use or prior registration for off campus use Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, Vol. 1219, by Jules Heller, made available by NetLibrary. (You must register first as a NetLibrary user on an IP authenticated computer anywhere at Brewer Library, the Huntsville Campus Library, or anywhere else on Calhoun's campus).

 

	Politicians & Rulers
	Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: 1774 to the Present -  http://bioguide.congress.gov/ Search by name, position, state, party or year. In addition to the bios, you'll find links to the House and Senate history Web sites with more details on people who have served in Congress.
	Political Graveyard -  http://politicalgraveyard.com/ An incomplete but unusual database of politicians and government officials. The coverage of the site includes "certain federal officials, state officeholders and candidates in all 50 states, state and national political party officials, federal and state judges, and mayors (including candidates at election for mayor) of qualifying cities.
	POTUS: Presidents of the United States -  http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/ Named after the Secret Service code for "Presidents of the United States", POTUS, part of the Internet Public Libary, provides information on all 43 presidents, listed in chronological order.
	The Presidents of the United States -  http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ The White House web site includes bios for all Presidents and their wives "from from the book The Presidents of the United States of America written by Frank Freidel and Hugh S. Sidey (contributing author), published by the White House Historical Association with the cooperation of the National Geographic Society."
	Judges of the United States Courts -  http://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/judges_frm "The Federal Judges Biographical Database contains the service record and biographical information for all judges who have served on the U.S. District Courts, U.S. Circuit Courts, U.S. Courts of Appeals, and the Supreme Court since 1789."
	United Nations Secretaries General -  http://www.un.org/News/ossg/sg/pages/formersgs.html Biographies of past and present Secretaries General of the United Nations.
	U.S. State Department Biographies -  http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/ Biographies of senior officials and Chiefs of Mission representing the State Department.

 

	Scientists
	National Inventors Hall of Fame - http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_0_0_hall_of_fame.asp Browsable or searchable by invention or inventors name and includes a time-line of inventions.

 

	Women
	Distinguished Women of Past and Present -  http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/ Biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways, including writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers, and others.
	North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century : A Biographical Dictionary  - NetLibrary resource requiring on campus use or prior registration for off campus use Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, Vol. 1219, by Jules Heller, made available by NetLibrary. (You must register first as a NetLibrary user on an IP authenticated computer anywhere at Brewer Library, the Huntsville Campus Library, or anywhere else on Calhoun's campus).

 

	Living or Not?
	Dead or Alive? -  http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/ Browse or search the database for famous people to confirm whether they are dead or alive. Database also includes brief biographical information.
	Who's Alive and Who is Dead -  http://www.whosaliveandwhosdead.com/ Another resource that helps in keeping track of which famous people have died and which are still alive.
	Social Security Death Index -  http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ Generated from the U. S. Social Security Administration's Death Master File, this database includes birth date, death date, last residence, and social security number.