Search over 25,000 biographies of famous people, past and present.
From the Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley, this collection of videos and interviews offers conversations with men and women influencing world political, economic, military, legal, cultural, and social issues.
Links to thousands of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, letters, narratives, oral histories, and more. For the most part, this site does not contain biographies of living people.
Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography
Biographies of scientists searchable by branch of science, historical periods, nationality, gender, and prizes.
Invention Dimension: Inventor of the Week Archive
A site from MIT's School of Engineering dedicated to honoring the acclaimed and unsung heroes who have helped improve our lives through invention.