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American National Biography

The American National Biography is a 24 volume set containing approximately 17,400 entries and 20 million words. It was published in 1999 (a Supplement 1 has appeared in 2002) as, according to its preface in Volume 1, the successor to the Dictionary of American Biography which was first published between 1926 and 1937. It is commonly available in the reference sections of United States libraries.

Australian Biography

Australian Biography Online is a web-based biographical resource profiling some of the most extraordinary Australians of our time.

The website draws from valuable material collected for Film Australia’s Australian Biography TV series, which features remarkable individuals who have had a major impact on our cultural, political and social life. Through revealing in-depth interviews, they share their experiences and insights.

Each interview is conducted over three days and, from this raw material, a half-hour program is made for television and video. Now, with Australian Biography Online, the full interviews are available on the web as transcripts linked to video—to view online or download.

Australian Dictionary of Biography

The Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB or AuDB) is a multi-volume project published by Melbourne University Press.

The ADB project has been operating since 1957 with staff located at the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University. Since its inception, 4000 authors have contributed to the ADB and its published volumes contain 9,800 scholarly articles on 10,700 individuals.

Biography Base

Biography Base offers wide selection of biographies and related resources. To find a biography you need use our search form or browse biographies in our alphabetical index. Our collection currently contains 5485 biographies.

Biographical Dictionary - S9.com

The Biographical Dictionary contains information on 33,000 notable people from ancient times to the present day. The Dictionary is searchable by names, keywords, and dates.

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is a biographical dictionary of all present and former members of the United States Congress as well as its predecessor, the Continental Congress. Also included are Delegates from territories and the District of Columbia and Resident Commissioners from the Philippines and Puerto Rico.

Biography-Center.com

Biography-Center.com is a directory of other biographies on the web. We allow comments on the links we supply, as well as an opportunity for you to rate these bio's. When you suggest a biography, you have the option of using our web based editor to enter a biography of your own. We receive numerous requests every day to add links Needless to say, most of the links have nothing to do with biographies and are generally discarded. If we miss your suggestion, please feel free to submit your biographies again for review.

Biography Channel

The Biography Channel (or simply bio.) is an American digital cable television channel owned by A&E and based on the television series of the same name. A version of the channel also airs on ONO and Telefónica in Spain and on Sky Digital and cable television in the United Kingdom, a version of the channel also broadcasts in Canada owned by Rogers Media. It is a digital cable, category 1 television channel in Canada. It also has a version in Australia which soon will change its name to simply Bio. In 2007 a German and a Latinamerican version of the Biography Channel were launched. Biography Channel began programming in 1999. In addition to biographical shows, the network has been airing fictional, non-biographical programming previously seen on A&E, including Murder, She Wrote and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, though this practice ended in 2007.

Dictionary of Canadian Biography

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography (DCB) is a dictionary of biographical entries for individuals who have contributed to the History of Canada. The DCB, which was initiated in 1959, is a collaboration between the University of Toronto and Université Laval. Fifteen volumes have so far been published with more than 8,400 biographies of individuals who died or whose last known activity fell between the years 1000 and 1930. A small number of additional biographies to the year 2000 appear in the on-line edition.

Dictionary of National Biography

The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published from 1885. The updated Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB) was published on 23 September 2004 in 60 volumes and online.

International Who's Who

The International Who's Who is a guidebook to notable people worldwide. It has been published annually since 1941 by Europa Publications, an imprint of Taylor and Francis.

It has been repeatedly voted by The Times of London as the most authoritative text on the 20,000 most accomplished people at that particular time in the world and is to be found in almost every public library.

Omnibiography.com

OmniBiography.com is the largest directory of biographies available on the Web containing information on more than 110,000 important people from antiquity to the present time.

This dictionary can be searched by name, by country and alphabetically. It includes biographies from the most important sites on the web in all languages.

The Generations Network

The Generations Network is an Internet company based in Provo, Utah and the largest for-profit genealogy company in the world. They run a growing network of genealogy and family-related websites.

In addition to their main sites, The Generations Network operates FamilyHistory.com, which contains basic information for free, but mostly serves as a portal to Ancestry.com. They also publish Ancestry Magazine and formerly published Genealogical Computing before the magazine ceased publication in 2006. They have a presence in the United Kingdom under the name The Generations Network Ltd., whose offices are located in Hammersmith, London, England and Munich, Germany.

The My Hero Project

The MY HERO Project is a United States based non-profit organization that hosts stories on heroes and heroism. People all over the world write, produce and post written and video stories and works of art about their personal heroes on the MY HERO web site (http://www.myhero.com). The MY HERO Project provides a curriculum for teachers and afterschool instructors to bring the study of heroes into the classroom and offers educational media workshops in the U.S. and other countries to help teachers, students and adults to share the stories of the people who have helped shape their lives. A Cultural Arts Exchange Grant from the U.S. State Department helped MY HERO send teaching teams to conduct media and video workshops in the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. Additional workshops are beginning in Senegal and Jordan. The MY HERO Short Film Festival, held once a year, showcases the films submitted from children and adults and recognizes commercial media that calls attention to real life heroes.

Time 100

The Time 100 is an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, as assembled by Time. Developed as a result of a debate among several academics, the list has developed into an annual event.