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Sub-Categories in Biography

Actors and Actresses@ (129)
African-American (46)
Artists (48)
Astronauts (35)
Astronomers (17)
Athletes (5)
Authors (393)
British Monarchs (42)

Civil Rights Leaders (129)
Explorers (193)
Inventors (139)
Mathematicians@ (32)
Native Americans (102)
Scientists@ (170)
U.S. Presidents@ (616)

Web Sites in Category Biography

4to40: Heros Forever - Provides short profiles of modern day leaders.

Academy of Achievement Home Page - Introduces the men and women who shaped the 20th century. Includes profiles, biographies, and interviews.

Biographical Dictionary - Contains information on more than 28,000 notable people from ancient times to the present day. Searchable by names, keywords, and dates.

Biographies for Kids - Famous leaders page offers short biographies political leaders, scientists, inventors, athletes, and others who made a great impact on their world. Stories are written for elementary school students, and each page includes links and a dictionary of terms.

Biography.com - Short biographies of famous people, ranging from actors and actresses to political leaders and historical figures.

Canadian Heroes in Fact and Fiction - Short illustrated profiled of personalities, both historical and fictional, who have inspired and enriched the nation.

Children's Encyclopedia of Women - Biographies of famous women written by third and fourth grade students.

Distinguished Women of Past and Present - Tells the stories of hundreds of women who have helped to shape the course of history. Searchable by name or topic.

Famous People with Disabilities - Short biographies of about a dozen famous people.

Great Men and Women of the World - 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.

Heroes of History - Selection of noteworthy persons, their accomplishments and failures.

Images of Greatness - Fourth and fifth graders write about the lives and characters of twelve famous individuals.

John Dillinger - Describes the man known as a desperado, bank robber, and someone that no jail could hold.

Liberty's Kids - Web home of the animated series that introduces children to the exciting stories and people behind the birth of a nation. From PBS.

MyHero.com - Tells the stories of ordinary people who have accomplished extraordinary things.

PBS - History - Contains biographies of dozens of men and women whose lives have shaped the course of history.

Their Stamp on History - Explores the lives of important historical people whose pictures have appeared on U.S. postage stamps.

Time 100 - Profiles the 100 most influential people of the 20th century as selected by TIME Magazine in five fields -- leaders and revolutionaries, artists and entertainers, builders and titans, scientists and thinkers, and heroes and icons.

Women in History - Fifth graders share short biographies of 10 women who helped shape the 20th century.

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