Astronaut Biographies
Nasa's biographies of the astronauts includes Cosmonauts.
Biographies of the Presidents of the United States and their A href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/index.html" target="_blank">First Ladies
Biography.com
Short biographies on a wide variety of people from the people at the Biography Channel.
De Imperatoribus Romanis
The site is an on-line encyclopedia of Roman Emperors.
Distinguished Women of Past and Present
"This site has biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways."
Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography
Internet Public Library's Biographies of the American Presidents
Very comprehensive site relating to the Presidents of the United States.
Monarchs of England and Great Britain: Brief biographies of British Royalty
The National Inventors Hall of Fame
This site honors the women and men responsible for the great technological advances that make human, social and economic progress possible.
National Portrait Gallery:
Brief biographies, and portraits, of course, of famous Americans.
Nobel Laureates
The official Nobel Foundation website provides biographies on the winners of the dynamite manufacture's prize.
The Political Graveyard
Billed as the internet's most comprehensive source of U.S. political biography.
Women in Science
Biographies spanning over 4000 years of women in the sciences.
Women International Center (WIC)
Biographies to meet the goals of the WIC: "To celebrate women and their positive, enduring contributions to humanity."
Who2
Who2 is a listing of the famous including the fictional famous such as Darth Tyranus (Chistopher Lee).
Need more information? The Reference Area of the Katy Geissert Civic Center Library contains many biographical resources to help you with your research. Below are list just a few of the most popular reference books. Don't forget that the library holds hundreds of biographies of specific people. Go to our catalog (http://www.library.torrnet.com), type the person you are looking for, last name first, and "click" search.
R 920.073 A512 American National Biography
American National Biography is one of the best sources for information on famous and not so famous Americans. R 920.02 D554 Dictionary of World Biography An updated version of a standby in biography.
R 920 C976 Current Biography
Comprehensive, if not in-depth, biographies on famous athletes, politicians, celebrities, and others going back to 1940
R 509.22 D554 Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Good source for ancient mathematicians, current physicists and other scientists.
Contemporary Authors
Short Biographies and list of author's works. The source highlights the creative output, writing style and literary merit of the authors. Contemporary Authors is available on-line!
R 920.07 G152 Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
An index to other biographical resources. The BGMI will lead you to articles in other books about even the most obscure persons. If you can't find it anywhere else, try here. The BGMI is available on-line!
