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Biography: Websites about the life and work of notable individuals from all walks of life.

• Biographical Dictionary - More than 25,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world.
• Biography Center - Multi-lingual biographical directory.
• The Biography Channel - Features 25,000 very brief biographical notes.
• Byzant Encyclopedia of Biography and Quotations - Biographical information about significant mystics, poets and philosophers.
• FemBio - Institute for Women's Biography Research - Luise F. Pusch's FemBio database contains biographical information on over 30,000 notable women worldwide. Accumulated since 1982; entries added continually. Also: Woman of the Day/Week, etc.
• Great Men and Women of the World - Provides biographies of great men and women of the world. Organized into sections on leaders and activists, heroes and humanitarians and scientists. Profiles available in English and French.
• MyHero.com - Tells the stories of ordinary people who have accomplished extraordinary things.
• New Dictionary of National Biography - 50,000 specially written biographies of the men and women who have shaped British history, scheduled for print and electronic publication in 2004.
• Their Stamp on History - Explores the lives of important historical people whose pictures have appeared on U.S. postage stamps.
• Time 100 - Profiles the 100 most influential people of the 20th century (as selected by TIME Magazine) in five fields of endeavor.