People

See also Experts, Associations, and Directories

This page:
Biography | Finding People | Names | Genealogy

Biography

• The Biographical Dictionary
• Biographies PolySearch Engine - Péter Jacsó's page for searching multiple biography sites
• Biography.com - An online dictionary of biography
• NNDB - Database of people, living and dead, emphasizing connections from one person to another
• Notable People - Links to biographies of various kinds of people
• Who2 - Famous people past and present
• World Biographical Index (K. G. Saur)
• See also biographical listings under specific subjects
• See also Public Records for sources for investigations
• See also This Day in History for significant birthdays and anniversaries

Dead People:

• Dead People Server - Is that famous person still alive?
• Find a Grave - Famous and not-so-famous people
• Legacy.com - Obituaries and death notices from many newspapers
• Who's Alive and Who's Dead

Web Directory:

• Internet Public Library: Biography - List of useful biographical sites

Finding People

• People Finder Guide on the Virtual Chase - Loads of resources, by law librarian Genie Tyburski
• Pipl - Search deep Web sources, including databases not searchable through the general Web search engines
• Yahoo People Search - Phone numbers, reverse phone numbers, e-mail addresses

More Tools for Finding People:

• E-mail Directories
• Telephone Directories
• Public Records

Names

• Most Common Names in the U.S. - 1990 (U.S. Census Bureau)
• The Name Machine - Track the popularity of names in the U.S. over time
• Popular Baby Names - Get a list of the most popular names or search for a name, for years going back to 1879 (U.S. Social Security Administration)

Genealogy

• Cyndi's List of Genealogical Sites on the Internet - Huge list
• Death Indexes
• Local History & Genealogy Reading Room (Library of Congress)
• Social Security Death Index
• United Kingdom Genealogy
• Where to Write for Vital Records - Birth, marriage, and death records
• See also Public Records