Biographies

While all external links provided throughout the Virtual Reference Desk are selected by Library staff as possible sources of information, the Library is not responsible for maintaining these external sites nor for their continued availability.

Biography-centre
An international site featuring more than 10,000 biographies — more than half in English.

Biography.com
Over 20,000 personalities are featured on this A & E site inspired by its award-winning TV show.

Biographical Dictionary
Brief entries on 27,000 notable people.  Enter your search in the order "FirstName LastName."  Sources of info. not provided.  Very good page of links to other sites.

Canadian Who's Who (1997 edition)
Search the biographies of more than 15,000 prominent Canadians by name, birthdate, city, or full text.

Great Canadian Scientists
A web site first published in 1995 which has evolved into a book! Twenty essays and 150 brief entries with bibliographic references.

Nobel Laureates
Press releases, from the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, cover the life and works of the prize recipients. Search for prizes or laureates back to 1901.

Sources in the Library's collection

A large collection obituaries and biographical articles from the Winnipeg daily papers dating back to 1885 are kept in scrapbooks and file folders at the Legislative Library. A card index provides access to these biographical clippings. The Library's card and online catalogues should also be consulted, with the help of reference staff if needed.

Well Known People Who Happen to be Canadian
Emphasis on people in the arts and the entertainment industry but includes a few journalists and entrepreneurs.