Biographies - Finding Information about Someone's Life: Biographies by Type

Site for the TV show, Biography. Has short biographical entries on thousands of persons

Info for famous people who died before 2017. Has dates of birth and death, and sometimes links to other biographical material.

Offers biographies of many women throughout history, along with links to biographies on other Web sites. This site has been archived by the Library of Congress.

Getty Research Institute listing; may point to possible source of information

A guide to music in a wide variety of genres, with historical background, outlines of important composers or performers, definitions of terms, biographies, discographies, links to Internet sites, etc.

Offers biographies of many women throughout history, along with links to biographies on other Web sites. This site has been archived by the Library of Congress.