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Biography Resource Center

Biographies on over 320,000 people

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General | Art | Entertainment | Historic Figures | International

Literature | Oregon | Religion

Science & Technology | Sports | US Government

 General

• A&E's Biography 

• Search for portraits of famous and historic figures - National Portrait Gallery (UK)

 Art

• Clara Database of Women Artists - from the National Museum of Women in the Arts

• The Getty's Union List of Artist Names Online 

 Entertainment

• Inductee List from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 

• Internet Movie Database 

 Historic Figures

• The BBC's Historic Figures site

• Biographies of historic figures from PBS

• Who's who in American history, from the Civil War to the present

• Biographies of the Founding Fathers, from the National Archives

 International

• Dictionary of Canadian Biography

• Monthly magazine from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (United Kingdom)

 Literature

• Biographies of the Nobel Laureates in literature

• Biographies from the Academy of American Poets

 Oregon

• The Oregon Biographies Project

• Biographies from the Oregon History Project

• Notable Oregonians Guide, from the State of Oregon

• African-American Pioneers and Settlers of the Pacific Northwest

• Oregon's Governors

• Oregon Pioneer Biographies

 Religion

• Papal biographies from the Catholic Encyclopedia

 Science and Technology

• African-Americans in the Sciences 

• 4000 Years of Women in Science

• Biographies of women mathematicians

• Biographies from the National Inventors Hall of Fame

• Mathematician biographies from the University of St. Andrews

• Profiles in Science, National Library of Medicine -  biographies of leaders in biomedical research and public health

• World of Scientific Biography

• Astronaut biographies from NASA

• Biographies of Canadian scientists

 Sports

• Biographies of Olympic athletes

• 100 Greatest Female Athletes - Sports Illustrated

 US Government

• Biographies of the Presidents of the United States and their First Ladies

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - 1774 to Present

• Women in Congress

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