Lives, the Biography Source
http://www.time.com/time/time100/index.html
Comprehensive gateway to online biographies, annotated directories
and specialized sites.
Biography.com
http://www.biography.com/
Provided by A&E Television Network,
this site has a searchable database of more than 25,000 biographies.
Biographical Dictionary
http://www.s9.com/biography/
Identify more than 28,000 individuals, although information on
each is brief.
PBS Biographies
http://www.pbs.org/history/history_biographies.html
PBS profiles of famous people, a lot of interesting reads.
Who2? Find Famous People Fast
http://www.who2.com/
Searchable collection of both individual and group biographies,
also provides recommended links for further details.
Time 100: Most Important People of the Twentieth Century
http://www.time.com/time/time100/index.html
Profiles of the 100 most important people of the twentieth century
by Time Magazine.