Biography & People

General

• American National Biography
  Contains full-text biographies of more than 17,400 American men and women -- from all eras and walks of life -- whose lives have shaped the nation.  Available off-campus to valid Marquette Card holders only.
• Biographical Dictionary
  Contains brief information on over 24,000 people from all fields from antiquity to the present.  Can be searched by names or keywords.
• Biography and Genealogy Master Index
  Does not include biographical information, but refers the user to biographical information in other sources.  Includes over four million contemporary and historical figures from around the world.  Available off-campus to valid Marquette Card holders only.
• Biography Resource Center
  Contains full-text biographical information on more than 250,000 people from throughout history, around the world and across all disciplines and subject areas.  Available off-campus to valid Marquette Card holders only.
• Biography
  Searchable text of 15,000 entries from the Cambridge Biographical Encylopedia.  Official site of the A&E Biography Television series.
• Dead People Server
  Interesting site which notes if celebrities from all areas are dead or alive.  Gives birth dates and if dead, provides date of death and cause.
• Find-A-Grave
  Provides location of graves of notable persons; is searchable by name or geographical area.  Some entries include actual photos of graves.
• Lives, The Biography Resource
  Links to thousands of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, letters, narratives, oral histories and more.  Searchable by name, profession, historical era, or geography.  Includes special collections of persons.
• Namebase Index
  Contains over 200,000 listings.
• Social Security Death Index
  Available free through Ancestry.com, this site contains records of over 60,000 million names of deceased persons in the U.S. Usable for genealogists and other researchers.  Records are from the Master Death File of the U.S. Social Security Administration.
• Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated
  Contains more than 46,000 biographies and obituaries and more than 20,000 photographs of famous persons (including historical and contemporary figures.)  Available off-campus to valid Marquette Card holders only.
• Who's Who (Marquis)
  More than 900,000 thumbnail biographies from 20 Marquis sources including Who’s Who in America, Who Was Who in America, Who’s Who in the World, etc.  (Note: these sources are included in the Biography Resource Center listed above.)  Available off-campus to valid Marquette Card holders only.
• Yahoo - Society and Culture: People
  Yahoo's links to sites containing biographical information from various disciplines: journalism, entertainment, government, history, etc.

Music

• Composer Biographies
• Rock + Roll Hall of Fame
  

Political/Legal

• American Presidency
  Articles from Grolier's Online providing information about U. S. Presidents.
• Justices of the Supreme Court
• Political Graveyard
  Directory of over 12,000 U.S. Presidents and Congressional representatives listing the locations of their graves.  Searchable by name, birth or death date, state and office.
• Royal Genealogies
  Genealogies for the members of the royal families of the British Isles.
• World Rulers
  Heads of state and government.

Religious

• Catholic Saints and Angels
• Complete List of Popes
  Chronological listing of Roman Catholic Popes; provides links to biographies.
• Saints' Biographies

Scientific

• Biographical Memoirs
  Brief biographies of deceased National Academy of Sciences members.
• History of Mathematics Archive (MacTutor)
  Contains over 1000 biographies of mathematicians.
• Inventors' Hall of Fame
  Mostly contains American inventors; is searchable by inventor's name or by invention.

Women

• Biographies of Notable Women
• Distinguished Women of Past & Present
• Women Mathematicians Biographies
• Women's History Month Biographies by Category

Miscellaneous

• Afro-American Almanac Biographies.
• Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
  Contains over 10,000 scholarly biographies of significant Australians who died before 1980.
• China Vitae
  Provides more than 2500 biographies of current Chinese political, military, economic, business, and academic leaders.
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
  Content includes biographies of those Canadians who died between 1000 and 1930.
• Nobel Prize Internet Archive
  Organized by prize and year, this site provides information and links regarding past Nobel Laureates.
• Online Encyclopedia of Significant People and Places in African American History
  

Search Aids and Bibliographic Tips

• Search the Internet
  Want more? Here you'll find a collection of search engines, indexes and directories.
• Internet Resources Citation Guides
  Learn how to cite information found on the Net in a bibliography.
• Evaluating Information Sources
• Writer's Handbook
  Produced by the Writing Center at UW-Madison.  Contains tips on style, grammar, punctuation, and citing sources.
• Research and Documentation Online
  Information on finding and documenting sources in the humanities, social sciences, history, and the sciences.