Biographies

Websites

• American President
  
• American Presidents: Life Portraits
  Basic biographical information and interesting facts about the nations presidents.
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present
  Bibliographical information on more than 13,000 persons who have served in the U.S. Congress.
• Biography.com
  25,000 biographies for people past and present.
• Eric Weissteins World of Science
  Biographies and explanations of topics in mathematics, physics, astronomy, and chemistry.
• Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia
• Lives, the Biography Resource
  Biographies of individuals and groups of people.
• The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project
  Collaborative effort to provide access to documents of Dr. King and historical information on the social movements in which he participated.
• Nobel Prize.org
  Awards prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace.
• The Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century
• Who's Alive and Who's Dead
  Helps you keep track of which famous people have died and which are still alive.