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Academy of Achievement
This site brings you face to face with the extraordinary individuals who have shaped our times. It is an amazing collection, not of mere artifacts, but of people and ideas that fill you with inspiration, encouragement, and the will to achieve
http://www.achievement.org/
American Authors on the Web
This site covers nearly 800 authors and is arranged chronologically. It was created by Mitsuharu Matsouka, a professor at Japan's Nagoya University. It includes general information about each author as well as literary criticism, full texts, and more.
http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/AmeLit.html
American Presidency
This site has biographical information about American presidents, vice presidents, first ladies and candidates. Also included are pictures, video, and audio clips.
http://ap.grolier.com/
Biographical Dictionary
This site has short biographies of over 19,000 people from ancient times to the present.
http://www.s9.com/
Biographies
This is a site for researching famous people in American history.
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/
Biographies of Women Mathematicians
Created by students at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia, this site presents biographies of women mathematicians.
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm
Biography.Com
Biographies of over 25,000 personalities including many current celebrities featured in the magazine.
http://www.biography.com/search/index.html
Classical Composers Database
This database includes more than 1,000 entries with biographical information. There are also links to Web resources for sheet music, sound files, and more.
http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/jsmeets/index.html
Distinguished Women of the Past and Present
This a site for research on biographies of famous women. It is searchable by letter.
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/alphabet/alphabet.html
Famous People
This site has biographies of famous people such as actors, athletes, composers, chefs, musicians, scientists, and much more.
http://www.famouspeople.co.uk/athletes/
Famous Women's Biographies
http://womenshistory.about.com/
Poets.org
Hosted by the Academy of American Poets, this site offers an overview of the world's greatest poets. It has biographies of more than 450 poets, the text of 1,250 poems, and audio clips of 100 poems read by their authors or other poets.
http://www.poets.org