Famous People
- 100 Great Black Britons
Naomi Campbell, Benjamin Zephaniah, Linford Christie, Ms Dynamite, Mary Seacole, Lenny Henry and many more. A great resource.
http://www.100greatblackbritons.com/
- Anne Frank
Photographs of Anne and her family and the annexe. Click on Anne Frank for information on her life, her hiding place and her diary.
http://www.annefrank.org/en/
- Barack Obama
Facts and figures about Barack Obama's life, plus information about his political rise to power.
http://www.biography.com/people/barack-obama-12782369
- Beatles
Lots of information about John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr - real name Richard Starkey. Takes you through all the years of Beatlemania, details of their albums and films. Great site!
http://www.beatles.com/
- Beatles Story
Lots of information about The Beatles Story attraction in Liverpool. The site has an interactive timeline of the Beatles' history.
http://www.beatlesstory.com/
- Bill Gates
Brief details of his life and work.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/exec/billg/
- Biography Online
Lists of famous people - from actors, royalty, sporting personalities and musicians to spiritual and humanitarians. Click on the name in the list to see more information.
http://www.biographyonline.net/people/index.html
- Biography.com
Search this database of over 25,000 biographies.
http://www.biography.com
- Bunyan
John Bunyan - where he was born and what he wrote. Also information on Elstow Abbey and otherplaces in Bedfordshire connected with him.
http://www.bedford.gov.uk/bedford/
- Classics for Kids
Lots of good info on composers, their biographies, timelines and the different musical periods.
http://www.classicsforkids.com/[composers_timeline].asp
- Composers
Lots of info about classical composers and timelines of when they lived.
http://www.classical.net/music/composer/
- Explorers
Historic explorers from 1400-1800s. Site includes quiz to test your knowledge too.
http://allaboutexplorers.com/explorers/
- Explorers
From Marco Polo to Neil Armstrong.
http://www.ducksters.com/biography/explorers/
- Explorers
An A-Z of explorer biographies, including Neil Armstrong and Ernest Shackleton.
http://www.biography.com/people/groups/famous-explorers
- Explorers
Great site with an A-Z of explorers, or why not look at countries and discover who discovered them? There is also a timeline. Includes Ernest Shackleton, Robert F Scott and Neil Armstrong.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/
- Famous People
This is a great, easy to read site. It includes the lives of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Christopher Columbus, Elizabeth Fry, Henry VIII, Edward Jenner, Florence Nightingale, Samuel Pepys, Pocahontas, Mary Seacole and George Stephenson.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/famouspeople/standard/index.shtml#focus
- Florence Nightingale
Click on 'The Collection' at the top of the page for her biography.
http://www.florence-nightingale.co.uk
- Helen Keller
Lots of info and photographs.
http://www.afb.org/helenkeller.asp
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel
The life and engineering works of Brunel.
http://www.brunel200.com/isambard_kingdom.htm
- John Lennon
Biography, history, discography, videos and photos of John Lennon.
http://www.johnlennon.com/site.html
- Nelson Mandela
This site offers lots of information about Nelson Mandela - including timelines from his trial and time in prison.
http://www.nelsonmandela.org/content/page/biography
- Olympic Athletes
This site lists the both winter and summer Olympic athletes - click on their names to see the medals they won and biographical information.
http://www.olympic.org/athletes
- Samuel Pepys' Diaries
This is a wonderful website which started in 2003. Pepys' Diaries are presented here as an ongoing project. Starting with 1st Jan 1660, new entries are being added on a daily basis.
http://www.pepysdiary.com
- Sporting Personalities
Biographyonline.net lists the top 100 personalities, many of them have links to more information about the sporting hero.
http://www.biographyonline.net/sport/
- Time.com
Biographies of some of the most important people of the 20th century. Leaders, artists, entertainers, scientists, heros. Quizzes.
http://www.time.com/time/time100
- Wright Brothers
Lots of information about the Wright Brothers and the history of aviation.
http://www.wright-brothers.org/default.htm