Biography.com

http://www.biography.com/

From A&E Television: lots of info about 25,000 famous people

POTUS: Presidents of the United States

http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/

Find out anything and everything about any president

The Jewish-American Hall of Fame

http://www.amuseum.org/jahf/

Many biographies of famous American Jews

Distinguished Women of Past and Present

http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/

Multi-award winning site

Who's Alive and Who's Dead

http://whosaliveandwhosdead.com/

quick way to find out whether a famous person is still living

PBS Biographies

http://www.pbs.org/history/history_biographies.html