American Presidents: Life Portraits
http://www.americanpresidents.org/presidents/gwashington.asp
"Pick A President" from the drop-down menu for brief information about each of our 41 Presidents and their families. Also has links to locations (e.g. home, gravesite, etc.) associated with each of the Presidents and to further information about them.

Biographical Dictionary
http://www.s9.com/biography/
This handy biographical dictionary can be searched by name, birth/death dates, or keyword for information on more than 28,000 famous people, both living and dead.

Biography
http://www.biography.com/
A&E Television provides biographical sketches of 25,000 notables.

Contemporary Authors
Biographical information about approximately 100,000 authors. Access to this database, by authenticated Minnesota library users,  is made possible by MnLINK through funding from the Minnesota Legislature.

Famous People
http://www.50states.com/bio/
Lists famous people from each state and tells what they are - or were - noted for.

Hispanos Famosos - Famous Hispanics in the World and History
http://coloquio.com/famosos.html
Brief biographical sketches of over 200 famous Hispanic historical figures, musicians, Nobel Prize winners, painters, scientists, sports players, military leaders, and writers from Spain and the Americas. Also has a section on famous Hispanic women.

IPL POTUS - Presidents of the United States
http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/
Biographical information about each of our Presidents, highlights of their terms in office, election results, and links to historical documents by and about the Presidents from the Internet Public Library.

Lives, the Biography Resource
http://amillionlives.com/
Links to biographical information about thousands of individuals and to collections of biographical information, including general sources, listings by professions/occupations and geographic region, listings by eras, and by specific groups. African-Americans, Women, Civil War figures, Holocaust survivors, and Canadians are the specific groups covered.

"Mankato Memories": Oral Histories of Mankato Residents From World War II
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/schools/dakota/war/worldwar.html
Interviews, done by Dakota Meadows 8th grade students, with Mankato area residents about their experiences at home and overseas during World War II.