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/
- Absolute Elsewhere: The Spirit of John Lennon
Articles, features, photo albums, memories of John Lennon.
http://www.absoluteelsewhere.net
- 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/
- 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