92's/920's
BiographyBiography Sites | African Americans | Inventors | Hispanics | Native Americans | Oklahomans
92's/920's
Biography
Biography
Sites | African Americans | Inventors
| Hispanics | Native Americans
| Oklahomans
Biographies
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/
Historical people related to American History.
Biographical
Dictionary
http://www.s9.com/biography/
Formerly named Notable Citizens of Planet Earth, this updated version is a biographical dictionary with over 19,000 people indexed.
Biography
http://www.infoplease.com/people.html
More than 30,000 biographies from Infoplease.com.
Biography.com
http://www.biography.com/
A database of 25,000 people - past and present
Dead
People Server
http://www.deadpeople.info
"The Dead People Server is simply a list of interesting celebrities who are long dead, newly dead or might plausibly be dead."
Eric's
Treasure Trove of Scientific Biography
http://www.treasure-troves.com/bios/
Biographies of noteworthy people in physics, astronomy, chemistry, and math.
Find
a Grave
http://www.findagrave.com/
View the graves of thousands of famous and not-so-famous people from around the world.
The
Founding Fathers: Delegates to the Constitutional Convention
http://www.nara.gov/exhall/charters/constitution/confath.html
Biographies of each the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
Gallery
of Achievers
http://www.achievement.org/galleryachieve.html
Biographies of achievers of all fields from around the world
Meet
Amazing Americans
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa
"Discover the inventors, politicians, performers, activists and other everyday people who made this country what it is today."
Mr.
Showbiz Celebrities
http://mrshowbiz.go.com/celebrities/index.html
Information about hundreds of actors, actresses, comedians, directors, models, musicians, producers, TV personalities, and writers. Each profile includes a timeline, photo, list of credits and recent news articles.
PBS
Biographies
http://www.pbs.org/neighborhoods/history/#bio
Biographies prepared by the Public Broadcasting System (PBS).
People
Index
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/people.html
Very short biographies of people in world history. Especially useful is the clickable timeline.
Who's
Alive and Who's Dead
http://www.whosaliveandwhosdead.com/
"Welcome to Who's Alive and Who's Dead - the site that helps you keep track of which famous people have died and which are still alive!" You can search by career or alphabetically.
Who's
Who in American History: Civil War to the Present
http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/bios/bios.html
Search for famous Americans by name, era, or occupation. There is also a photo gallery.
African
Americans in History
http://www.uga.edu/~iaas/History.html
"Find brief biographical sketches of several key figures in African American history."
Biographical
Profiles of Some Important 19th Century African Americans
http://www.brightmoments.com/blackhistory/
Learn about these people and then take a quiz to test your knowledge.
African
American Inventors Database
http://www.detroit.lib.mi.us/glptc/aaid/index.asp
List of some famous African American inventors.
The
Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/faces.html
This site is broken down by scientific field and also maintains an index for African American women scientists.
Profiles
for Black History Month
http://courant.ctnow.com/projects/bhistory/barchive.htm
Famous African American people from Connecticut, their lives and speeches.
Westward
Expansion: Black Cowboys and Pioneers
http://www.mmsd.org/elib/elib.cgi?cat=178
From the Madison Metropolitan School District, this site provides biographies of individual black cowboys and pioneers and directs one to other resources.
Celebrating
Hispanic Heritage: Biographies
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/chh/
This site provides detailed biographies of accomplished, successful and famous Hispanic people.
Famous
Hispanics in the World and History
http://coloquio.com/famosos/alpha.htm
Alphabetical list of biographies of Hispanic achievers of all fields from around the world.
The
Life of Simon Bolivar
http://www.crystalbeach.com/history.htm
A biography from the site of the Bolivar Peninsula Chamber of Commerce in Texas.
Simon
Bolivar: El Libertador
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/7609/eng/bio.html
A biography of Bolivar.
César
E. Chávez
http://www.sfsu.edu/%7Ececipp/cesar_chavez/chavezhome.htm
Sound clips of Chavez's speeches, pictures and documents.
Si
Se Puede! Cesar E. Chavez and His Legacy
http://clnet.ucr.edu/research/chavez/
Produced by UCLA for an exhibit on Chavez, this site includes a biography, quotes, and a chronology of his life.
African
American Inventors
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/inventors/index.htm
Profiles of some famous African American inventors.
Forgotten
Inventors
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/telephone/sfeature/index.html
This site from PBS' American Experience series reflects on forgotten inventors and their well-known inventions. Discover more about who invented the can opener, blue jeans, the frisbee, the feather duster, the blood bank, the gas mask, and more.
Greatest
Inventions: Inventors
http://library.thinkquest.org/C002942/inventors/index.shtml?tqskip=1
Biographies of 18 famous inventors. Type a name into the search box or use the alphabetical index.
Innovative
Lives
http://www.si.edu/lemelson/centerpieces/ilives/index.html
Who invented windsurfing? robot ants? solar shingles? Find out here.
Inventors
http://inventors.about.com
A group of inventions and their inventors. Click on the invention and find out more details. Includes modern computers, air conditioning, peanut butter, the yo yo, the zipper and more.
Inventors
Museum
http://www.inventorsmuseum.com/
Discover African-American and women inventors, colonial inventors, women inventors, medical inventions, and more here.
Inventure
Place: National Inventors Hall of Fame
http://www.invent.org/book/index.html
Learn about famous and not so famous inventors.
The
Revolutionaries
http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/revolution/
"Revolutionaries takes a new look at the inspiration behind more than 18 of Silicon Valley's top technology and science pioneers - the innovators' early interests in science, guidance for young people excited by technology today, and thoughts on the future.
Links
to North American Indian Biography Sites
http://members.tripod.com/~PHILKON/links11.html
Links to hundreds of biographies of Native Americans.
Powerful
People
http://www.powersource.com/gallery/people/default.html
Biographies of both historical figures (like Chief Joseph, Tecumseh, and Sequoyah) and contemporary Native Americans (like Wilma Mankiller and Ben Nighthorse Campbell).
Biographies
of Prominent Men in Oklahoma History
http://www.rootsweb.com/~oknowata/Bios.htm
Links to biographies of men prominent in Oklahoma history.
Famous
Oklahoma People
http://www.50states.com/bio/okla.htm
Biographies of famous Oklahomans.
Oklahoma
Astronauts
http://www.omniplex.org/html/oklahoma_astronauts.html
Biographies of Oklahoma astronauts.
Oklahoma
Celebrities
http://www.shopoklahoma.com/famous.htm
Biographies of Oklahoma artists, athletes, authors, musicians, performing arts, and politicians.
Oklahoma
Women
http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/features/97_Women_1of4.pdf
Article about some of the notable women of Oklahoma.