LibGuides: Biographical Resources: General

General Online Biographical Resources

BBC-History: Historical Figures
A to Z list of selective concise biographies on famous and notable historical figures.
Biography.com
A & E's Biography television series includes a searchable text of of entries from The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia.
Infoplease.com
Access to over 30,000 biographies in politics and government, people in the news, and recent deaths.
Legacy.com
Online obituaries.
Nobel Prize Winners
All winners in all categories back to 1995.
PBS.org
Historical biographies and profiles from PBS programs, documentaries, feature films, and interviews about famous and historical figures.
Pulitzer Prizes
Online archive of information 1917 to Present.
TIME 100: The Most Influential People 2014
Annual TIME list of the 100 most influential people .
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Archive available as well.
TIME 100: The Most Influential People Archive
Archive of TIME's most influential people in the world 2004-2013.

American National Biography by John A. Garraty (Editor); Mark C. Carnes (Editor)
Call Number: E176 .A68 1999
ISBN: 0195206355
Publication Date: 1999-01-21
American National Biography is the first new comprehensive biographical dicionary focused on American history to be published in seventy years.