KeyFriends.com provides general information including arts, humanities, business, economy, advertising, real estate, fashions, home, family, recreation, sports, entertainment, shopping, health, medicine & much more.
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. http://www.fembio.org/
Great Men and Women of the Worl 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/
MyHero.com Tells the stories of ordinary people who have accomplished extraordinary things. http://myhero.com/
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. http://www.oup.com/
The Biography Channel Features 25,000 very brief biographical notes. http://www.biography.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/
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/