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African-Americans

• Black History Month - Biographies of famous African Americans from Biography.com.
• Black History Month - You will find biographies, timelines, articles, and puzzles. All this is from InfoPlease.
• Black History Milestones - There are biographies and information about many events in Black history.
• Black History Month Biographies - Many people are listed here including sports and entertainment personalities. From Who2 biographies.
• Black Past - Biographies, history, digital records, links to museums and lots more.
• NASA's Real "Hidden Figures" - Biographies of the three women in the movie "Hidden Figures".
• The Black Inventor Online Museum - Biographical information about Black inventors, and a timeline of their inventions.
• Afrocentric Voices in Classical Music - Biographies of African Americans in classical music.
• Famous Black Writers - From Biography.com.
• African-American Women Writers of the 19th Century - Short biographies and a selection of their works.
• Notable Civil Rights Leaders - Biographies of Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and many more.
• African-American Astronauts - by NASA.
• Richard Allen - Philadelphian who founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
• Marian Anderson - Biography with illustrations.
• Ketanji Brown Jackson - First Black woman to nominated to be a justice on the Supreme Court.
• Martin Luther King, Jr. - Information and quotes from Infoplease.
• The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project
• Barack Obama - Biographical information.
• William Still - Biographical information about William Still who was the father of the Underground Railroad.
• Ida B. Wells - Civil rights and feminist activist.
• In Motion - The African American Migration Experience. This site traces the movement of African Americans from the days of the slave trade to the twentieth century. There are images, maps, and descriptive writing. Middle and High School teachers will also enjoy the lesson plans.

Artists

• Web Museum - Biographies of European and American artists. Most biographies also have examples of works by the artist.
• Biographies of Famous Artists - From Fact Monster.
• African and African American Artists
• Comic Art - Artist Biographies - Biographies of the creators of comic books and comic strips.

Asian American

• Lists of Asian Americans - There are biographies here. This is from Wikipedia.
• Ten Influential Asian Pacific Americans in US Politics - From the Asia Society.
• Kamala Harris - The Asian American Vice President of the United States.
• Noted Asian Pacific Americans - Biographies by InfoPlease
• Famous Chinese Americans - From Facts and Details.
• The 120 Most Inspiring Asian Americans of all time - This site has a biography for each one.
• Asian Americans in the People's History of the United States
• Famous Firsts by Asian Americans - From InfoPlease.

Authors

• American Authors - From the American History web site.
• Notable Writers - Biographies from InfoPlease.
• List of Children's Literature Writers - a list with biographies from Wikipedia.

General Biographies

• WolframAlpha People - this is a great site where you can find all sorts of information about people. Type the name of the person that you are looking for to replace the sample name that they have put into the search box.
• InfoPlease - Short biographies of many people in many different occupations.
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography
• Who2 - Brief biographies of famous people. Here is where you will find movie, television, and music stars. Each biography has a link to 4 other web sites for the person.

Government and History

• The Presidents of the United States - Biographies, and inagural addresses. From the White House.
• First Ladies - Biographies of the president's wives.
• Justices of the Supreme Court
• Biographies of People in Politics and Government - From InfoPlease.
• Colonial Hall- Biographies of the founding fathers such as the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
• Biographies of Governors - Find the biography of the governor of any of the states of the United States. Select Current Governors from the menu.
• Biographies of Famous Americans
• Explorers - Biographies of a large number of explorers.

Hispanics

• Notable Hispanic Americans A - Z - From InfoPlease.
• Notable Hispanic Women - From Biography.com.
• Roberto Clemente - Biography and pictures.
• Sonya Sotomayor - First Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court.

Mathematicians

• MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biographies of over 1100 mathematicians which you can search by name or by date.
• Biographies of Women Mathematicians

Miscellaneous

• Film Bug - Biographies of movie stars.
• Biographies of People in Arts and Entertainment - From InfoPlease.
• Religious Figures - Famous people from all religions. From Biography.com.
• The List of Popes - Biographies of almost all the Popes.

Musicians and Composers

• Classical Net- The composer master index has many biographies of classical composers.
• Women Composers -Biographies and lists of their works.
• Musician Biographies - This is a good place to find biographies of popular musicians and bands.

Muslim-Americans

• List of American Muslims - With links to their biographies. From Wikipedia.
• A List of Arab-Americans - This has their biographies. This is from Wikipedia.
• Paula Abdul - Singer
• Ralph Nader - Consumer advocate, environmentalist, and presidential candidate.
• Tony Shalhoub - Actor

Science and Technology

• Science and Technology Biographies - by InfoPlease.
• Famous Scientists - Many biographies of scientists.
• People and Discoveries - 120 biographies of 20th century scientists.
• Canadian Scientists - with biographies. From Science.ca.
• Inventors and Inventions - Arranged by name of inventor or invention, and also arranged by date and by type of invention.
• The Inventor of Week Archive - Biographies of many inventors.

Sports

• Sports Biographies - Biographies for many different sports from InfoPlease.

Women

• The National Women's Hall of Fame - Biographies of outstanding American women.
• Women's History Month - Information, links to related web sites and lots of short biographies of famous women. From InfoPlease.
• Famous Firsts by American Women - Outstanding achievements by American women.
• Female Literary Figures - Biographies of women writers from InfoPlease.
• Women Nobel Prize Laureates - Links to web sites and biographies.
• Ten Trailblazen Women in Health Care
• Notable Female Scientists - Biographies from InfoPlease.
• Biographies of Women Mathematicians
• Women of Valor - The stories of Jewish women who made remarkable contributions to their communities and to the world.
• Biographies of Notable Women in History - Biographies for notable women, African American women, and women in science.

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