Time 100
- Profiles the 100 most influential people of the 20th century (as selected by TIME Magazine) in five fields of endeavor.
- http://www.time.com/time/2006/time100/

Biographical Dictionary
- More than 25,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world.
- http://s9.com/

World Biographical Index - K. G. Saur Publishing
- Free access to a large biographical database containing over 2 million references to persons. Search by name (or part of name) in combination with occupation, year of birth or death, year cited, and biographical archive.
- http://www.saur-wbi.de/

Heroes of History
- Selection of noteworthy persons, their accomplishments and failures.
- http://www.heroesofhistory.com/

About Famous People
- A collection of the biographies of various historical personages.
- http://www.aboutfamouspeople.com/

Their Stamp on History
- Explores the lives of important historical people whose pictures have appeared on U.S. postage stamps.
- http://www.stamponhistory.com/

MyHero.com
- Tells the stories of ordinary people who have accomplished extraordinary things.
- http://myhero.com/

International Biographical Centre
- List of dictionaries in the fields of Music, Literature and Poetry. General and specific biographical titles of today's leading personalities.
- http://www.melrosepress.co.uk/

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.
- http://homepage.oanet.com/jaywhy/

Dictionary of Labour Biography
- Tool for all those interested in nineteenth and twentieth century British history.
- http://www.york.ac.uk/res/dlb/

Buscabiografias
- Database of thousands of short biographies. In English and Spanish.
- http://buscabiografias.com/ingles.htm

The Biography Channel
- Features 25,000 very brief biographical notes.
- http://www.biography.com

Biography Center
- Multi-lingual biographical directory.
- http://www.biography-center.com/

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.
- http://www.fembio.org/default.shtml