Quick Reference Sources

The Academy of Achievement brings students face-to-face with the extraordinary leaders, the visionaries and the pioneers who have helped shape our world.

A searchable biographical directory of famous/infamous people. You can browse by category, alphabetical order, highest rated or by most popular.

Offical site of A&E's Biography television series. Includes the searchble text of 15,000 entries from The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia.

Biographical and professional information (awards, filmographies, etc.) about clients of this agent for many sports figures and entertainers.

Part of the large Infoplease.com site, this boasts over 30,000 biographies of historical and contemporary figures. Search by name or one of the categories.

A five part series, which covers 100 of this century's most influential people. Profiles of Leaders & Revolutionaries ; Artists & Entertainers ; Builders & Titans ; Scientists & Thinkers ; and Heroes & Icons.

Brief biographies about more than 300 "movers and shakers of history." From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

Part biography and part travelogue, this site profiles the personal and public lives of each of the U. S. presidents.

Covers background information, election results, cabinet members, presidency highlights, and some odd facts on each of the presidents.

Learn about the presidents of the United States of America.

ECHO (Exploring and Collecting History Online) is a directory to 5,000+ websites concerning the history of science, technology, and industry.

An electronic encyclopedia of biographies from the world of science. Includes all the major figures in science with references for further reading.

Profiled here are African American men and women who have contributed to the advancement of science and engineering.

This site has biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways.

Learn about the First Ladies, from the White House website.

Hundreds of biographies of pioneering women lawyers practicing in the late 1800s through the end of the 20th century.

Contains full text biographies of individuals covering all nationalities & time periods from reference sources and periodicals. (Off Campus access: login with your OWL Link username and password)