General Resources

Academy of Achievement
Biography.com
Biography Resource Center (database)
Who's Who in American History

Actors, Actresses & Entertainers

America's Best Artists & Entertainers
Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Entertainers
Legendary Entertainers (biography.com)
VH1 Artists Page

African-Americans

African-American Almanac Biographies
Black History Month Biographies (Gale)

Athletes

Baseball Hall of Famers and Honorees
Basketball Hall of Famers
ESPN Top Athletes of the Century
Legends of Hockey
Legends of  Track and Field

Authors & Poets

Academy of American Poets
Authors/Illustrators of Children's and Teen Books
Poet's Corner (Gale)

Criminals

FBI Freedom of Information Reading Room
Serial Killers

Hispanic-Americans

Hispanic Americans in the Humanities
Hispanic Heritage Biographies

Michigan

Famous Michiganians (Michiganders!)
Historic People of Detroit
Michigan's Greatest Artists & Entertainers

Miscellaneous

Multicultural Achievers A-to-Z (brief bios)
Time Magazine Person of the Week

Scientists, Inventors & Inventions

American Inventors & Inventions
America's Best: Science and Medicine (Time)
Astronaut Hall of Fame
The Invention Dimension--a searchable collection of inventors
Inventors Museum--searchable and organized by category
National Inventor's Hall of Fame
Time 100: Scientists and Inventors
Titans of Technology--current leaders

Women

Distinguished Women Past and Present
National Women's Hall of Fame
Women's History Month Biographies (Gale)
Women Who Changed History
4000 Years of Women in Science

Other Biography Link Collections

Bay County Library Biography Page
CPL's Children's Dept. Biography Page
Michigan Electronic Library Biography Page