Famous Hoosiers:
Indiana Department of Education: Famous People with Links to Indiana
http://ideanet.doe.state.in.us/olr/library/persons.html
Indiana Virtual Library: Famous Hoosiers
http://www.inspire.net/indbiog.html

Faces of Science: African Americans in Science
http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/faces.html
African American men and women who have contributed to the advancement of science and engineering are profiled here.
World of Scientific Biography
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography
Arranged by branch of science, gender, nationality, historical period and science prizes.
Famous Hispanics in the World and History
http://coloquio.com/famosos/alpha.htm
Comprehensive list of a wide variety of important Hispanic people.

Comprehensive Biographical Lists:

Biographies of the Renaissance
http://42explore.com/revolt3.htm
Biographies of People of the Old West
http://42explore.com/oldwest2.htm
Biographies of the Revolutionary War
http://42explore.com/revolt3.htm
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention
http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/constitution_founding_fathers.html
Biographies of the Industrial Revolution
http://42explore.com/industrial2.htm
Biographies of the Harlem Renaissance
http://42explore.com/harlem2.htm
Biographies of World War I
http://42explore.com/ww1bios.htm
Biographies of World War II
http://42explore.com/ww2bios.htm
Biographies of the Nuclear Age
http://42explore.com/nuclear3.htm
Biographies of Civil War to Present
http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/bios/bios.html
Biographies of North American Athletes
http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/athletes.html
Biography Resource Center
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC;jsessionid=E468DA3C46117B831C2DBDD1F2C10A02?locID=inspire
From the Inspire database located on the Library homepage.
Biographical Dictionary
http://www.s9.com/biography/
This dictionary contains information about over 28,000 people from past and present. The
dictionary can be searched by birth years, death years, positions held, professions, literary and artistic works, achievements, and other keywords.
Homework Central: Biographies
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/biohc.html
This site provides links to common student project topics related to famous people.
A & E: Biography
http://www.biography.com/
Has a searchable online database containing 15,000 international names, past and present. This is a commercial site for the Biography television show.
Who’s Alive and Who’s Dead
http://www.whosaliveandwhosdead.com/
Helps you keep track of which famous people have died and which are still alive.
The Biography Maker
http://www.bham.wednet.edu/bio/biomaker.htm
Help your students convert a dull essay into an exciting biography. They will follow the steps in the biography maker machine, learning first how to create inspiring questions, how to conduct useful research, how to synthesize information, and how to relate a captivating story.
 

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