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General Biography Resources

• The Biographical Dictionary
• The Biography Channel
• Biography Who's Who (refdesk.com)
• Cyndi's List - Biographies
• Infoplease: Biography
• The Internet Public Library: Biographies
• Omnibiography.com
• Who2
• Yahoo! - Society and Culture: People

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Specialty Sites

• American Life Histories
  Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936 - 1940
• Biographies of Famous Freemasons
• Civil War Biography Page
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
• The First Ladies
• Gallery of Achievers
• The Jewish Virtual Library - Biographies
• The Nobel Prize Internet Archive
• The TIME 100 (important people of the 20th century)

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African-Americans

• African American Women Writers the 19th Century
• African-American Almanac
• Biography.com - Black History
• Gale Free Resources - Black History Month Biographies
• Notable African-Americans

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Athletes

• Golf Stars Online
• JockBio.com: The Internet's Best Sports Biographies
• NBA - Player Profiles
• Sports Biographies - Professional Biographies of Coaches and Players
• USA Gymnastics Online - Athlete Bios

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Authors, Artists & Musicians

• The Academy of American Poets
• African American Women Writers the 19th Century
• Author Web Sites
• Major Modern & Contemporary Visual Artists
• PBS Jazz
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee List
• Women Composers Database
• Women in the Arts

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Celebrities

• Celebhoo.com
• Filmbug: Guide to Movie Stars

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Historical Figures

• American Presidents: Life Portraits
• Civil War Biography Page
• Colonial Hall: Biographies of America's Founding Fathers
• The First Ladies
• From Revolution to Reconstruction: Biographies

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Ohioans

• The Governors of Ohio, 1803-1971
• Ohio Astronaut Biographies
• Ohio Biographical Sketches, 1876
• Ohio Biographies Project
• Ohio Biography
• Ohio Masters of Mathematics

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Politicians

• American Presidents: Life Portraits
• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress (1774 - present)
• Distinguished Women in Government and Politics
• The Political Graveyard
• Rulers
• Senators of the 110th Congress
• The U.S. House of Representatives
• Vice Presidents Magazine

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Religious Figures

• Biographical Sketches of Memorable Christians of the Past
• Christian Biography Resources
• The Popes of the Catholic Church
• Saints & Angels

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Scientists & Inventors

• 4000 Years of Women in Science
• Anthropology Biography Web
• ASU Libraries: Noble Library - Scientific Biography
• Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography
• Invent Now - Hall of Fame
• NASA Astronaut Biographies
• Ohio Astronaut Biographies
• Science Biography Resources

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Women

• 4000 Years of Women in Science
• African American Women Writers the 19th Century
• Distinguished Women of Past and Present
• The First Ladies
• National Women's Hall of Fame
• Notable Women of Computing and Mathematics
• Women Composers Database
• Women in the Arts
• Women's International Center Biography Index
• The Women's Legal History Biography Project

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Resources for Writing Biographies

• Autobiography, Biography, Personal Narratives, and Memoir Writing
• The Biography Maker
• Genealogy.com: Biography Assistant
• How to Write a Biography

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