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Famous people

Biography.com - information on over 20,000 famous people, dead and alive, from popstars to famous explorers.

Spartacus Educational
This is really a history site, but with an enormous amount of biographies of the key players (and less well-known ones too) involved in many topics.

Need more?
You can find loads more links on famous people in the Biography section of the Westminster Gateway to websites.