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biographical dictionaries A biographical dictionary is a type of encyclopedic dictionary limited to biographical information. Many attempt to cover the major personalities of a country (with limitations, such as living persons only, in ''Who's Who'', or deceased people onl ...

International

* '' A Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers'' * ''

Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890 The ''Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890'' is a reference book by Philip Rees, on leading people in the various far right movements since 1890. It contains entries for what the author regards as "the 500 major figures on the r ...

'' * Akyeampong, Emmanuel and Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., eds. '' Dictionary of African Biography'' (Oxford, 2012) * Amit, Vered, ''Biographical Dictionary of Social and Cultural Anthropology''. * Anderson, Gerald with Robert Coote, eds, ''Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions'', Grand Rapids, Michigan:

William B. Eerdmans William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of ...

, 1999. . . * Anderson, Roger, ''Psychics, Sensitives, and Somnambules: A Biographical Dictionary with Bibliographies'', Jefferson / London: McFarland, 2006. . * Arestis & Sawyer, ''A Biographical Dictionary of Dissenting Economists''. * Baker, Theodore & Alfred Remy, ''Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians''. * ''Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals''. * ''Biographical Dictionary of Organists, Composers for Organ and Organ Builders'' * ''Biographical Dictionary 17th, 18th, and 19th century European Mennonite church leaders'', The Mennonite Quarterly Review, * Brown, Stuart, ''Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Philosophers'', edited by Robert Wilkinson and Diane Collinson. *Browning, D. C. ''Everyman's Dictionary of Literary Biography: English & American''. Compiled after John W Cousin. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc. First published 1958. Revised edition. 1960. * Carey, Patrick & Joseph Lienhard, ''Biographical Dictionary of Christian Theologians''. * ''

Chambers Biographical Dictionary ''Chambers Biographical Dictionary'' provides concise descriptions of over 18,000 notable figures from Britain and the rest of the world. It was first published in 1897. The publishers, Chambers Harrap, who were formerly based in Edinburgh, clai ...

'', . * Claghorn, Charles Eugene, ''Women Composers and Songwriters: a concise biographical dictionary''. * Cohn-Sherbok, Daniel, ''Dictionary of Jewish Biography''. * Cousin, John William, 1910, '' A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature'', London:

J. M. Dent Joseph Malaby Dent (30 August 1849 – 9 May 1926) was a British book publisher who produced the Everyman's Library series. Early life Dent was born in Darlington in what is now part of the Grade II listed Britannia Inn. After a short and ...

& Sons; New York: E. P. Dutton. * Crystal, David, ed, ''The Cambridge Biographical Dictionary''. * De Haan, Deskalova, Loutfi, De Haan, ''A Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms: Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe, 19th and 20th Centuries''.
''Dictionary of Art Historians: A Biographical Dictionary of Historic Scholars, Museum Professionals and Academic Historians of Art''
* ''

Dictionary of Scientific Biography The ''Dictionary of Scientific Biography'' is a scholarly reference work that was published from 1970 through 1980 by publisher Charles Scribner's Sons, with main editor the science historian Charles Gillispie, from Princeton University. It consi ...

'' * '' Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Throughout the Ages'', published 2006 bu Yorkin * Drees, Clayton, ''The Late Medieval Age of Crisis and Renewal, 1300–1500: A Biographical Dictionary''. * ''Encyclopedia of World Biography'', 17 volumes, Gale, 1997. . . * Frank, Jane, ''Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary''. * Fredriksen, John, ''Biographical Dictionary of Modern World Leaders''. * Freeland, David, ''Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990''. * ''

General Dictionary, Historical and Critical The ''General Dictionary, Historical and Critical'' was a biographical dictionary published from 1734 to 1741 in London in 10 volumes. It derived from the '' Dictionnaire historique et critique'' of Pierre Bayle, already translated into English in ...

'' London, J. Bettenham, 1735-41 * Harvey, Joy, and

Marilyn Ogilvie Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie (born 1936) is an American historian of science known especially for her work on the history of women in science. She taught at Oklahoma Baptist University before becoming curator of the History of Science Collections and ...

, eds., ''The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science''. . . * Highfill, Burnim, Langhans, ''A Biographical Dictionary of Actors''. * Hinnells, John, ''Who's Who of World Religions'', Macmillan. . *

Ibn Khallikān Aḥmad bin Muḥammad bin Ibrāhīm bin Abū Bakr ibn Khallikān) ( ar, أحمد بن محمد بن إبراهيم بن أبي بكر ابن خلكان; 1211 – 1282), better known as Ibn Khallikān, was a 13th century Shafi'i Islamic scholar w ...

. M. de Slane trans. Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1843. *Ingamells, John (compiler). ''A Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy 1701 - 1800''. Compiled from the

Brinsley Ford Sir Richard Brinsley Ford (10 June 1908 – 4 May 1999) was a British art historian, scholar, and collector. He inherited a large collection of art from his family and was himself an avid collector. A drawing that he purchased in 1936 was sold ...

Archive. Published for the

Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art is a scholarly centre in London devoted to supporting original research into the history of British Art. It was founded in 1970 and endowed by a gift from Paul Mellon. Since 1996, it has been s ...

Yale University Press Yale University Press is the university press of Yale University. It was founded in 1908 by George Parmly Day, and became an official department of Yale University in 1961, but it remains financially and operationally autonomous. , Yale Univers ...

. New Haven and London. 1997. .
International Biographical Centre
''Dictionary of International Biography''. *

International Biographical Centre The International Biographical Centre is a publisher owned by Melrose Press Ltd that specializes in producing biographical publications, such as the ''Dictionary of International Biography'', ''Great Men and Women of Science'' and other vanity awa ...

, ''2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century''. * International Biographical Centre, ''Who's Who of Women''. * Keene, Henry George, '' An oriental biographical dictionary: founded on materials collected by the late Thomas William Beale'', W.H. Allen & Co., 1894 * ''

International Encyclopedia of Women Composers The ''International Encyclopedia of Women Composers'' is a 1981 reference book by Aaron I. Cohen which contains biographies of over 5,000 women composers from nearly 70 countries. It was put together when Cohen was retired in order to help fill a g ...

'', Aaron I Cohen, 1981. * Kiernan, T, ''Who's Who in the History of Philosophy'', New York, 1965. * Lentz, Harris, ''Biographical Dictionary of Professional Wrestling''. * Lewis, James, ''Peculiar Prophets: A Biographical Dictionary of New Religions'', Paragon. . * McCabe, Joseph, ''A Biographical Dictionary of Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Freethinkers''. * McCabe, Joseph, ''A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Rationalists'', London: Watts, 1920. * McNeil, Ian, ''Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology'', edited by Lance Day and Ian McNeil. . . * Mitchell, Sarah, Elizabeth Tootill, Derek Gjertsen, and John Daintith, ''Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists'', Taylor & Francis, 1994. . . * Pleasants, Helene et al., eds, ''The Biographical Dictionary of Parapsychology,'' New York: Helix, Garrett, 1964. * Porter, Roy, ''The Biographical Dictionary of Scientists'', 1994. , . * Powell, John, ''Biographical Dictionary of Literary Influences: The Nineteenth Century, 1800–1914''. * E. J. Pyke, ''A Biographical Dictionary of Wax Modellers'', Clarendon Press, 1973. * Randel, Don Michael, ed, ''The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music'', Harvard University Press. * Rappaport, Helen, ''Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers''. * Ratcliffe, Susan, ''People on People: The Oxford Dictionary of Biographical Quotations''. * Roszkowski % Kofman, ''Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century''. * Saunders, J.W.W., ''A Biographical Dictionary of Renaissance Poets and Dramatists, 1520–1650''. * Saur, K.G., ''International Biographical Dictionary of Central European Emigres 1933–1945''. * Sheehy, Chapman, Conroy, eds, ''Biographical Dictionary of Psychology'' * Simpson, A. W. B., ed., '' Biographical Dictionary of the Common Law'', London: Butterworths, 1984. * Slonimsky, Nicolas, ''Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians''. * Slonimsky, Nicolas, ''Baker's Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century Classical Musicians'', edited by Laura Kuhn. * Smith, Bonnie G., ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History'', Oxford University Press, 2008. * Sterling, Keir Brooks, Richard Harmond, George Cevasco, Lorne Hammond, eds, 1997, ''Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists'', Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood, 1997. * Taitz, Emily, ''Holocaust Survivors: A Biographical Dictionary'', Greenwood, 2007. . * Thomas, H, ''Biographical Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', New York, 1965. * Thomson, David, ''The New Biographical Dictionary of Film''. . *

Union of International Associations The Union of International Associations (UIA) is a non-profit non-governmental research institute and documentation center based in Brussels, Belgium, and operating under United Nations mandate. It was founded in 1907 under the name Central Offi ...

, ed, ''International Biographical Dictionary of Religion'', Munich: KG Saur Verlag, 1994. . * ''Universal Biographical Dictionary'', Hartford: S. Andrus & Son, 1850. * ''Webster's New Biographical Dictionary'', Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Inc. * Weinberg, Robert, ''Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists''. * Wheeler, Joseph Mazzini, ''A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations''. *

Who's Who in the World Marquis Who's Who ( or ) is an American publisher of a number of directories containing short biographies. The books usually are entitled ''Who's Who in...'' followed by some subject, such as ''Who's Who in America'', ''Who's Who of American Wome ...

* Wigoder, Geoffrey, ''Dictionary of Jewish Biography''. * Williams, Trevor I (editor). ''A Biographical Dictionary of Scientists''. Adam & Charles Black. London. First Edition. 1969. Second Edition. 1974. . *

World Biographical Information System Online The ''World Biographical Information System Online'' (or ''WBIS Online'') is an online database that contains biographical articles from international lexica and encyclopedias in various languages. Claiming to be "the most comprehensive biographic ...

* ''World Military Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary''. *
World War I Biographical Dictionary
' * Wright, Jonathan, ''Shapers of the Great Debate on the Freedom of Religion: A Biographical Dictionary'', Greenwood, 2005. .

Australia

* ''

Australian Dictionary of Biography The ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'' (ADB or AuDB) is a national co-operative enterprise founded and maintained by the Australian National University (ANU) to produce authoritative biographical articles on eminent people in Australia's ...

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* ''

Dictionary of Australian Biography The ''Dictionary of Australian Biography'', published in 1949, is a reference work by Percival Serle containing information on notable people associated with Australian history. With approximately a thousand entries, the book took more than ...

'' * '' Dictionary of Western Australians'' * '' Dictionary of Australian Artists Online''

Belgium

* ''

Biographie Nationale de Belgique The ''Biographie nationale de Belgique'' (French; "National Biography of Belgium") is a biographical dictionary of Belgium. It was published by the Royal Academy of Belgium in 44 volumes between 1866 and 1986. A continuation series, entitled the ' ...

'' (1866–1986) * ''

Nouvelle Biographie Nationale Nouvelle is a French word, the feminine form of "new". It may refer to: ;Places * Nouvelle, Quebec, a municipality in Quebec, Canada * Nouvelle-Église, a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department, France * Port-la-Nouvelle, a commune in the Aude depa ...

'' (1988-) * ''Nationaal Biografisch Woordenboek'' (1964-) * ''Biographie Coloniale Belge'', later ''Biographie Belge d'Outre-Mer'' (1948–2015) * ''Encyclopédie du Mouvement wallon'' (2000–2010) * ''Encyclopedie van de Vlaamse Beweging'' (1975) * ''Nieuwe Encyclopedie van de Vlaamse Beweging'' (1998) * ''De Belgische Beeldende Kunstenaars uit de 19de en 20ste eeuw'' (1999)

Brazil

* Sacramento Blake, Augusto Vitorino Alves, ''Dicionário Bibliográfico Brasileiro.'' Rio de Janeiro: Typographia Nacional, 1883. * Ermakoff, George. ''Dicionário Biográfico Ilustrado de Personalidades da História do Brasil.'' Rio de Janeiro: G. Ermakoff, 2012. *''Dicionário Mulheres do Brasil'' - org. by Schuma Schumaher and Érico Vital Brasil, Jorge Zahar Editor, 2000. * Flávio Gomes, Jaime Lauriano and Lilia Moritz Schwarcz, ''Enciclopédia negra: biografias afro-brasileiras'', São Paulo, Companhia das Letras, 2021.

Canada

* ''Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800–1950'' * ''

Dictionary of Canadian Biography The ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography'' (''DCB''; french: Dictionnaire biographique du Canada) is a dictionary of biographical entries for individuals who have contributed to the history of Canada. The ''DCB'', which was initiated in 1959, is ...

'' * ''

Canadian Who's Who ''Canadian Who's Who'' is a publication containing biographical information about 13,000 notable Canadians. Because of the absence of biographical fact-checking by the publishers (e.g. candidates send in their own biographical details without an ...

'', published by

University of Toronto Press The University of Toronto Press is a Canadian university press founded in 1901. Although it was founded in 1901, the press did not actually publish any books until 1911. The press originally printed only examination books and the university cale ...

* ''A Cyclopaedia of Canadian Biography'' (Vol. 1, 1886; Vol. 2, 1888; Vol. 3, 1919.)

China and Chinese

* ''Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity'' * Howard L. Boorman, Richard C. Howard and Joseph K. H. Cheng, eds. '' Biographical Dictionary of Republican China.'' (New York: Columbia University Press, 4 Vols. 1967- ). (v. 3) 0231089589 (v. 4). * Brown, Kerry et al., eds, ''Berkshire Dictionary of Chinese Biography'', 4 volumes, Great Barrington, Massachusetts: Berkshire, 2012. . * De Crespigny, Rafe, ''A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD)'', Brill. . . *

Herbert Allen Giles Herbert Allen Giles (, 8 December 184513 February 1935) was a British diplomat and sinologist who was the professor of Chinese at the University of Cambridge for 35 years. Giles was educated at Charterhouse School before becoming a British dip ...

. '' A Chinese Biographical Dictionary.'' (London, Shanghai,: B. Quaritch; Kelly & Walsh, 1898) rpr. Taipei: Chʻeng-Wen Publishing Company. * Goodrich L. Carrington, Fang Zhaoying, eds. ''Dictionary of Ming Biography, 1368–1644.'' (New York: Columbia University Press, 2 vols. 1976).
Vol I
Vol II . * Arthur W. Hummel, Sr., '' Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period''. Washington, D.C. 1943. * Donald W. Klein and Anne B. Clark, eds. ''Biographic Dictionary of Chinese Communism 1921–1965''. (Cambridge, Mass., 2 vols. 1971). * Leung & Leung, ''Political Leaders of Modern China: A Biographical Dictionary''. * Loewe, Michael, ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Qin, Former Han and Xin Periods (221 BC - AD 24)'', Leiden: Brill, 2000, * Lee Xiao Hong & A.D. Stefanowska, ''Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women''. * Zhang, Wenxian & Ilan Alon, eds, ''Biographical Dictionary of New Chinese Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders'', 2009. . . * Zhongguo renming dacidian. 1921–present

Czech Republic

*''Československý biografický slovník'' (1 volume, 1992; contains ca 10,000 biographical articles) *''Biografický slovník českých zemí'' (BSČZ, 19 fascicles (A–Gn), 2004– ; complete dictionary will have ca 25,000 biographical articles)

Denmark

* Engelstoft, Povl; Dahl, Svend, ed. (1979–84): '' Dansk biografisk leksikon'' (Danish Biographical Dictionary), 3rd edition in 16 volumes, Copenhagen, Gyldendal,
Online access
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'' website. * Larsen, Jytte (ed) (2001), ''

Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon ''Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon'' ("Biographical Encyclopedia of Danish Women") is a collection of over 1,900 biographies of Danish women from the Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approxi ...

'' (Biographical Dictionary of Danish Women), Volumes 1-3, Copenhagen, Rosinante. . The searchabl
online edition
contains over 1,900 biographies from the Middle Ages to the present.

Egypt

* David & David, ''A Biographical Dictionary of Ancient Egypt''. * Goldschmidt, Arthur, ''Biographical Dictionary of Modern Egypt''.

Finland

* Biografiskt lexikon för Finland, Society of Swedish Literature in Finland and Atlantis, 2008–2011. *

Suomen kansallisbiografia ''Suomen kansallisbiografia'' ( en, The National Biography of Finland) is a collection of more than 6,000 biographies A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just the basic facts like e ...

, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 2003–2008.

France

* ''

Nouvelle Biographie Générale The ''Nouvelle Biographie Générale''Its full title was ''Nouvelle Biographie Générale, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'a nos jours, avec les renseignements bibliographiques et l'indication des sources a consulter'' ("New General Biog ...

'' (1853 to 1866), 42 volumes. * '' Dictionnaire de biographie des hommes célèbres de l'Alsace'' (1909–1910). * '' Dictionnaire de biographie française'' (1932). * '' Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne'' (1982).

German-speaking Europe

Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (ADB, german: Universal German Biography) is one of the most important and comprehensive biographical reference works in the German language. It was published by the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Ac ...

(1875) * *Hockerts, Hans Günter; Brantl, Markus; Ebneth, Bernhard; Jordan, Stefan: ''Deutsche Biographie'', providin
online access
to over 21,000 articles from ''

Neue Deutsche Biographie ''Neue Deutsche Biographie'' (''NDB''; literally ''New German Biography'') is a biographical reference work. It is the successor to the ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (ADB, Universal German Biography). The 26 volumes published thus far cove ...

'' (Hockertsand, Hans Günter, ed., Berlin, Duncker & Humblor, 1953-2010, cf Vol 1, ), 26,000 articles from ''

'' (1912) as well as biographies from other sources. Internet access is coordinated by the

Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities The Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (german: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften) is an independent public institution, located in Munich. It appoints scholars whose research has contributed considerably to the increase of knowledg ...

and the

Bavarian State Library The Bavarian State Library (german: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, abbreviated BSB, called ''Bibliotheca Regia Monacensis'' before 1919) in Munich is the central " Landesbibliothek", i. e. the state library of the Free State of Bavaria, the big ...

. *

(1953) * Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (1990) *

Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie The ''Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie'' (''DBE'') is a biographical dictionary published by Walther Killy and Rudolf Vierhaus (from the third to fourth volume), the first edition of which was published from 1995 to 2003 in 13 volumes by K. ...

(1995) *

Kürschners Deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender ''Kürschners Deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender'' (English: "Kürschner's Encyclopedia of German Scholars"), formerly subtitled ''Lexikon der lebenden deutschsprachigen Wissenschaftler'' ("Encyclopedia of Living German-Speaking Scholars"), is a German l ...

(2020)

India

* Buckland, Charles Edward (1906), ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' ** Complete at Wikisource '' Dictionary of Indian Biography'' ** archive.org
Dictionary of Indian Biography
' * Chattopadhyay, Anjana, ''Biographical Dictionary of Indian Scientists'', Rupa, 2002. . * Lethbridge, Roper, ''The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled or Decorated, of the Indian Empire''. * Nagar, Shantilal, ''Biographical Dictionary of Ancient Indian Rsis'' *. **Complete at

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. ** . * Riddick, John, ''Who Was Who in British India''. * Scholberg, Henry, ''Biographical Dictionary of Greater India''. * Sharma, Jagdish Saran, ''The National Biographical Dictionary of India'', New Delhi: Sterling, 1972. *

Kulavruttanta A Kulavruttanta or a Kul-vrttant ( mr, कुलवृत्तांत; IAST: Kula-vr̥ttānta; ), is a genealogical almanac and biographical dictionary, a format of genealogical record keeping predominantly found in the Indian state of Mahar ...

, genealogical almanacs and biographical dictionaries, predominantly found in the Indian state of

Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the second-most populous state in India and the second-most populous country subdi ...

Ireland

* McGuire, James and James Quinn, ''

Dictionary of Irish Biography The ''Dictionary of Irish Biography'' (DIB) is a biographical dictionary of notable Irish people and people not born in the country who had notable careers in Ireland, including both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.Atlas of Irish Mathematicians''

* Ryan, Richard
''Biographia Hibernica, a Biographical Dictionary of the Worthies of Ireland, from the earliest periods to the present time''
2 vols, 1819-21.

Islamic world

* Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, ʿAbd al-Ḥayy ibn Aḥmad Ibn al-ʿImād (1623-1679), ''Shadharāt al-dhahab fī akhbār man dhahab''. (Cairo, 1931/32) * Beale, Thomas William &

Henry George Keene Henry George Keene (30 September 1781–29 January 1864) was an English employee of the East India Company, as soldier, civil servant, and orientalist. He was known as a Persian scholar, and also was a churchman and academic. Life Born on 30 Sep ...

, ''An Oriental Biographical Dictionary'', Manohar Reprints, 1971. * Bewley, Aisha, ''Muslim Women: A Biographical Dictionary'', Ta-Ha, 2004. . * Dhabbī (al-), b. Umaira (d.1202/3),
Bughyat al-multamis fī tārīkh rijāl ahl al-Andalus
' (بغية الملتمس فى تاريخ رجال اهل الاندلس ء); 'Biographic Encyclopedia of Arab Spain' (ed. Codera, F.; Ribera, J.; Biblio. Arabico-Hispana, 1884) * Frank, Allen, ''An Islamic Biographical Dictionary of the Eastern Kazakh Steppe 1770–1912'', Brill, 2004. * Iṣbahānī (al-), Abū al-Faraj (897-967), ''Kitāb al-Aghanī'' (); 'Book of Songs' 21 vols. (Cairo, Būlāq Press, 1868). * Jenkins, ''Who's Who in Islam: A Biographical Dictionary of Persons and Groups from the Time of Muhammad to the Present'', McFarland, 2007. . * Kaḥḥālah, ‘Umar Riḍā (1905-87), ''Mu'jam al-Mu'allifin'' (); Damascus, 1961

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4 vol., biographical-bibliographical dictionary. * Kâtip Çelebi (1609-57), ''Kaşf az-Zunūn ‘an 'asāmī ‘l-Kutub wa-l’fanūn'' () ‘Opinion’s Scrutiny of the Names of Books and the Sciences’ (1652). ** ''Lexicon Bibliographicum et Encyclopaedicum'' (''Kashf az-Zunun'' Arabic-Latin parallel text; tr., ed.,

Gustav Flügel Carl Gustav Flügel (2 July 1812 – 15 August 1900) was a German composer. Life and work Ancestors and childhood Flügel was born on 2 July 1812 in Nienburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Nienburg an der Saale as the son of the ducal ferryman Johann Karl ...

, The Oriental Translation Fund of Gt. Brit. & Irelan
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* Khallikān (ibn) (1211-82), ''Wafayāt al-aʿyān wa-anbāʾ abnāʾ az-zamān'' (وفيات الأعيان وأنباء أبناء الزمان); 'Eminent men and sons of the era' (1256-74). * Khan, Mohammed Ishaq, ''Biographical Dictionary of Sufism'', 2009. . * Leaman, Oliver, ''Biographical Encyclopedia of Islamic Philosophy''. * Nawawī (al-) (1233–1277),
Tahdhib al-Asma wa'l-Lughat
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, 1842–1847) * Salah al-Dīn al-Ṣafadī (1296–1363), **''Kitab al-Wafi bi'l-Wafayat'' () 'Notable people.' **''Nakt al-Humyān fī Nukat al-Umyān'',() 'Blind notable people.' * Suyūṭī (al-) (1455-1505),
Bughyat al-wuʻāh fī ṭabaqāt al-lughawīyīn wa-al-nuḥāh
' (); 'Eminent lexicographers and grammarians'; (

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metr ...

, Maṭbaʻat al-Saʻādah,1908) * Qiftī (al-) (ca. 1172–1248), ''Kitāb Ikhbār al-‘Ulamā’ bi Akhbār al-Ḥukamā'' (abbr., ''Ta’rīkh al-Ḥukamā’''. ed., Julius Lippert,

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as ...

, Theodor Weicher, 1903)

Italy

* ''

Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani The ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani'' ( en, Biographical Dictionary of the Italians) is a biographical dictionary published by the Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, started in 1925 and completed in 2020. It includes about 40,000 biograp ...

'' (1925) * '' Enciclopedia Biografica Universale''

Japan

* Bingenheimer, Marcus, ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Japanese Student-Monks of the Seventh and Early Eighth Centuries'', 2001. . * Hisamatsu, Sen'ichi, ''Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Literature'', Kodansha International Ltd. in collaboration with the International Society for Educational Information, 1976. . * Iwao, Seiichi (supervising editor) & Watson, Burton (trans.), ''Biographical Dictionary of Japanese History'', Kodansha International Ltd. in collaboration with the International Society for Educational Information, 1978. .

Mexico

* ''Biographical Dictionary of Mexican Film Performers''

Native North American

* Bataille, Gretchen & Laurie Lisa, eds, ''Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary''. * Irvine, ''Biographical Dictionary of Indians of the Americas'', 1990. *

Bruce E. Johansen Bruce Elliott Johansen (born January 30, 1950) is an American academic and author. He is the Frederick W. Kayser Professor of Communication at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and is the author or editor of many books and articles, notably on ...

, ''Native Americans Today: A Biographical Dictionary'', Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood. * Waldman, Carl, ''Biographical Dictionary of American Indian History to 1900'', 2001. .

Netherlands

* ''

Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek The ''Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek'' (''NNBW'') is a biographical reference work in the Dutch language. It has been succeeded by the '' Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland''. It was published in ten parts between 1911 and 1937 b ...

'' (1911-37) * ''

Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland The ''Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland'' (BWN) is a Dutch biographical dictionary, in which short biographies of well-known and less well-known but still notable Dutch people are listed. The BWN is the successor to the ''Nieuw Nederlandsch ...

'' (1979-2009) * ''

1001 Vrouwen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis ''1001 Vrouwen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis'' is a compilation of 1001 biographies of famous women of the Netherlands spanning roughly 1700 years. Project The book is the result of a research project called the Digital Women's lexicon of the N ...

'' (2013)

New Zealand

* ''

Dictionary of New Zealand Biography The ''Dictionary of New Zealand Biography'' (DNZB) is an encyclopedia or biographical dictionary containing biographies of over 3,000 deceased New Zealanders. It was first published as a series of print volumes from 1990 to 2000, went onlin ...

Norway

* ''

Hvem er hvem? ''Hvem er hvem?'' ( en, Who is Who?) was a Norwegian book series, presenting facts about notable persons from Norway. The first edition was issued in 1912, and the 14th edition came in 1994. In the 2008 edition, edited by Knut Olav Åmås, one tho ...

'' * Arntzen, Jon Gunnar, ed. (2009). ''

Norsk biografisk leksikon is the largest Norwegian biographical encyclopedia. The first edition (NBL1) was issued between 1921 and 1983, including 19 volumes and 5,100 articles. It was published by Aschehoug with economic support from the state. bought the rights to ...

'' (Norwegian Biographical Dictionary). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. The print edition (1985) in 19 volumes contains 5,100 articles. . The searchabl
online edition
is a component of the

Store norske leksikon The ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia'' ( no, Store Norske Leksikon, abbreviated ''SNL''), is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with more than two million unique vi ...

Pakistan

Pre-Independence

Post Independence

* Biographical Encyclopedia of Pakistan *

Poland

* ''Regis, saneti, bellatores, scriptores Poloni'' - Krzysztof Warszewicki; 1601 * ''Scriptorum Polonicorum Hekatontas seu centrum illustrum Poloniae scriptorum elogia et vitae'' - Szymon Starowolski; 1625 * ''Laudatio Almae Aedemiae Cracoviensis'' - Szymon Starowolski; 1628 * ''Polonia litterata nostri temporis'' - Jan Daniel Janocki; 1750 * ''

Polski słownik biograficzny ''Polski Słownik Biograficzny'' (''PSB''; Polish Biographical Dictionary) is a Polish-language biographical dictionary, comprising an alphabetically arranged compilation of authoritative biographies of some 25,000 notable Poles and of foreigners ...

'' - ed. Władysław Konopczyński, Kazimierz Lepszy, Emanuel Rostworowski, Henryk Markiewicz, Andrzej Romanowski; 48 volumes, 1935-(2015) * ''Słownik biograficzny ziemi cieszyńskiej'' - Józef Golec & Stefania Bojda; 4 volumes, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2014 * ''Słownik pisarzy polskich'' - Tadeusz Słabczyński; 2001 * ''Słownik biograficzny Pomorza Nadwiślańskiego'' - Gdańsk 1992 * ''Słownik biograficzny powiatu toruńskiego'' - Lubicz 2010 * ''Słownik biograficzny XX wieku'' - Michał Czajka; 2004

Russia & Soviet Union

* Parrish, Michael, ''Soviet Security and Intelligence Organizations 1917–1990'' * Pierce, Richard A., ''Russian America, 1741–1867, A Biographical Dictionary''

Slovenia

*''Slovenski biografski leksikon'' (Dictionary of Slovene National Biography, set of 16 volumes); at first Zadružna gospodarska banka, later on Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti, 1925–1991. From December 2013 a new edition on Porta
Slovenska biografija
free searchable. *Bajt, Drago (1999), ''Slovenski kdo je kdo'' (Slovenian Who is Who), Ljubljana, Nova revija.

Spain

*Real Academía de la Historia (2011), '' Diccionario Biográfico Español'' (Spanish Biographical Dictionary). (set of 20 volumes).

Sweden

*Karlsson, Åsa, ed. (2010) ''

Svenskt biografiskt lexikon ''Svenskt biografiskt lexikon'' () is a Swedish biographical dictionary, started in 1917. The first volume, covering names ''Abelin'' to ''Anjou'', was published in 1918. As of 2017, names from A to S are covered. Volumes # ABELIN – ANJOU ...

'' (Dictionary of Swedish National Biography), Stockholm, Riksarkivet. First published in 1917 (volume 1), today there are 33 volumes containing some 14,000 articles. Free searchabl
online access
is available from Riksarkivet. *''

Svenskt författarlexikon , subtitled , is a Swedish biobibliographical dictionary of Swedish-language authors published by Rabén & Sjögren between 1942 and 1981, covering the years 1900–1975 in seven parts in ten volumes. The first part in three volumes was publis ...

'' (Dictionary of Swedish Authors), biobibliographical dictionary of Swedish-language authors published in ten volumes. *''

Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon ''Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon'' (SKBL), known in English as Biographical Dictionary of Swedish Women, is a Swedish biographical dictionary of Swedish women. It was started in 2018 when 1,000 articles about Swedish women were published in Sw ...

'' (Biographical Dictionary of Swedish Women), under development by KvinnSam, free, searchable web-based biographical dictionary in Swedish and English, 2018 *''

Vem är det ''Vem är det'', with the subtitle ''Svensk biografisk handbok'', is a Swedish "Who's Who" biographical reference publication which has been published in 46 editions since 1912. References External links''Vem är det''at Project Runeberg ...

'' with the subtitle ''Svensk biografisk handbok'' (Swedish Biographical Handbook), has been published in 46 editions since 1912. Several of the editions are available in fre
online access
from runeberg.org

Switzerland

*Fondation DHS, ed. (2011) ''

Dictionnaire Historique de la Suisse The ''Historical Dictionary of Switzerland'' is an encyclopedia on the history of Switzerland that aims to take into account the results of modern historical research in a manner accessible to a broader audience. The encyclopedia is publishe ...

'' (Historical Dictionary of Switzerland), Editions Gilles Attinger, Hauterive, . Also published in German as

Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz The ''Historical Dictionary of Switzerland'' is an encyclopedia on the history of Switzerland that aims to take into account the results of modern historical research in a manner accessible to a broader audience. The encyclopedia is publis ...

, Schwabe AG, Basel, and Italian as Dizionario storico della Svizzera, Armando Dadò editore, Locarno, . . The work currently consists of 10 volumes (A-Sa) in each language and is expected to be completed in 2014 with the 13th volume. Free searchabl
online access
is available. The work contains a large number of biographies.

Tibet

* Khetsun Sangpo, ''bod du sgrub brgyad shing rta mched brgyad las (Biographical Dictionary of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism)'', Dharmsala, Himachal Pradesh: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 12 volumes, 1973–1990.

United Kingdom

* ''

A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers ''A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland'' discusses the lives of the people who were concerned with building harbours and lighthouses, undertook fen drainage and improved river navigations, built canals, road ...

''. * Boase, Frederic, '' Modern English Biography''. First Edition. 1892 - 1921. 6 volumes. Second Impression. Frank Cass & Co. Ltd. 1965. * '' British Biographical Index''. * ''

''. * ''

Concise Dictionary of National Biography ''The Concise Dictionary of National Biography: From Earliest Times to 1985'' is a dictionary of biographies of people from the United Kingdom. It was published in three volumes by Oxford University Press in 1992.. The dictionary provides summ ...

''. * Crawford et al., eds, ''The Europa Biographical Dictionary of British Women''. Europa Publications Limited. 1983. . * Darby, Michael, ''A Biographical Dictionary of British Coleopterists''
The Coleopterist
* ''

Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660–1851 The ''Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660–1851'' is a biographical dictionary of sculptors active in Britain in the period between the Restoration of Charles II and the Great Exhibition of 1851. It has appeared in three editions, published in 1 ...

'' (later ''A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain 1660–1851''), 3 edns, 1951, 1968 (both by Rupert Forbes Gunnis) and 2009 (by Ingrid Roscoe) * ''A Dictionary of Edwardian Biography''. Reprint. Edinburgh. 1983 onwards. 36 vols.E.g. *''A Dictionary of Edwardian Biography: Northumberland''. Edinburgh. 1985. . Reprint of the biographical part of W T Pike, ''Northumberland at the Opening of the Twentieth Century, Pike's New Century Series'' No 14, Brighton, 1905. *Bell, Peter (compiler). ''A Dictionary of Edwardian Biography: Master Index''. Edinburgh. 1986. . * ''

Dictionary of National Biography The ''Dictionary of National Biography'' (''DNB'') is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885. The updated ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (''ODNB'') was published on 23 September ...

''. * ''

Dictionary of Welsh Biography The ''Dictionary of Welsh Biography'' (DWB) (also ''The Dictionary of Welsh Biography Down to 1940'' and ''The Dictionary of Welsh Biography, 1941 to 1970'') is a biographical dictionary of Welsh people who have made a significant contribution t ...

''. * Eccleshall, Robert & Graham Walker, eds, ''Biographical Dictionary of British Prime Ministers''. * Ewan, Reynolds, Innes, Pipes, ''Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women''. * Gardner, Juliet, ed, ''The History Today Who's Who in British History''. Collins & Brown Limited. Cima Books. 2000. . * Gillow, Joseph. ''A Literary and Biographical History, or Biographical Dictionary of the English Catholics. From the Breach with Rome, in 1534, to the Present Time.'' Burns and Oates. London: Granville Mansions, 28 Orchard Street, W. New York: Catholic Publication Society Co. 9 Barclay Street. Preface is dated June 1885. 5 volumes. * Gorton's Biographical Dictionary * Greaves, Richard L & Robert Zaller, eds, ''Biographical Dictionary of British Radicals in the Seventeenth Century''. The Harvester Press. Vol 1. 1982. . Vol 2. 1983. . Vol 3. 1984. . * Harrison, Cy, ''Royal Navy Officers of the Seven Years War: A Biographical Dictionary of Commissioned Officers 1748-1763''. Helion & Company Ltd. 2019. * ''

The History of Parliament The History of Parliament is a project to write a complete history of the United Kingdom Parliament and its predecessors, the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of England. The history will principally consist of a prosopography, in w ...

'' (1940 onwards), incorporating a prosopographical history of the English (later British) parliament *

Laybourn, Keith Keith Laybourn (born 13 March 1946) is Diamond Jubilee Professor of the University of Huddersfield and Professor of History. He is a British historian of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century specialising in labour history and the work ...

, ''British Political Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary''. * ''

Munk's Roll The Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London, commonly referred to as Munk's Roll, is a series of published works containing biographical entries of the fellows of the Royal College of Physicians. It was published in print in eleven volume ...

'', or ''The Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London'', published between 1861 and the present day. First edited by

William Munk William MunkFRCP (1824 September 1816 – 20 December 1898) was an English physician, now remembered for his work as a medical historian and "Munk's Roll", a biographical reference work on the Royal College of Physicians. Life The eldest son ...

* New and General Biographical Dictionary (1761), became Chalmers' Biographical Dictionary (1812) * ''

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography The ''Dictionary of National Biography'' (''DNB'') is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885. The updated ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (''ODNB'') was published on 23 September ...

''. * ''

Plarr's Lives of the Fellows ''Plarr's Lives of the Fellows'' is a biographical register of the fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England that contains over 9,000 obituaries.' The first printed volumes of the work were produced by Victor Plarr (1863-1929), who was t ...

'' or ''Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons'', originally by

Victor Plarr Victor Gustave Plarr (21 June 1863 – 28 January 1929) was an English poet; he is probably best known for the poem ''Epitaphium Citharistriae''. Life He was born near Strasbourg, France, of a French father from Alsace, Gustave Plarr, and an Eng ...

(first volume 1897) but continued by others to the present day * Stewart, William, ''British and Irish Poets: A Biographical Dictionary 449-2006''. * ''

Who's Who ''Who's Who'' (or ''Who is Who'') is the title of a number of reference publications, generally containing concise biographical information on the prominent people of a country. The title has been adopted as an expression meaning a group of not ...

'', published by

A & C Black A & C Black is a British book publishing company, owned since 2002 by Bloomsbury Publishing. The company is noted for publishing '' Who's Who'' since 1849. It also published popular travel guides and novels. History The firm was founded in 18 ...

. * ''Who's Who in Catholic Life'', Gabriel Communications, publishers of ''

The Universe The universe is all of space and time and their contents, including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy. The Big Bang theory is the prevailing cosmological description of the development of the universe. Accor ...

'' and the ''Catholic Times''.

United States

African American National Biography Project The African American National Biography Project is a joint project of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University and Oxford University Press. The object of the project is to publish and maintain a database o ...

* American Council of Learned Societies, ''Dictionary of American Biography'', New York: Scribner. . OCLC 4171403. * ''

American National Biography The ''American National Biography'' (ANB) is a 24-volume biographical encyclopedia set that contains about 17,400 entries and 20 million words, first published in 1999 by Oxford University Press under the auspices of the American Council of Le ...

'' * ''

Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography Appleton's or Appletons may refer to several publications published by D. Appleton & Company, New York, including: *''Appletons' Journal'' (1869–1881) *''Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography'' (1887–1889) *''Appleton's Magazine'' (1905 ...

'' * Asimov, Isaac, ''Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology''. * ''Biographical Dictionary of American Architects''. * ''Biographical Dictionary of American Labor''. * ''

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress The ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress'' (Bioguide) is a biographical dictionary of all present and former members of the United States Congress and its predecessor, the Continental Congress. Also included are Delegates fro ...

'' * Blake's Biographical Dictionary * Bowling, Lawson, ''Shapers of the Great Debate on the Great Society: A Biographical Dictionary''. * Calarco, Tom, ''People of the Underground Railroad: A Biographical Dictionary''. * Cosner & Scanlon, ''American Women Historians, 1700s-1990s: A Biographical Dictionary''. * ''Dictionary of Cleveland Biography''. * ''

Encyclopedia of American Biography the ''Encyclopedia of American Biography'', a biographical encyclopedia, by John A. Garraty (ed.) and Jerome L. Sternstein (assoc. ed.) This encyclopedia, published by Harper & Row in 1974, "is more than a storehouse of information. It is also ...

'' * Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard, eds. ''

The Biographical Dictionary of America ''The Biographical Dictionary of America'', or ''The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans'', was an American biographical dictionary first published in 1906 by the American Biographical Society. History The biographi ...

'', 1904. * Hall, Timothy, ''Supreme Court Justices: A Biographical Dictionary''. * Hamilton, Neil & Ian Friedman, ''Presidents: Biographical Dictionary''. * Hannings, Bud, ''American Revolutionary War Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary''. * Hischak, Thomas, ''Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary''. * Homans, James, ''The Cyclopædia of American Biography'', 1918. * Hudson, Bergman, Horton, ''Biographical Dictionary of Iowa'', University of Iowa. * Katz & Vencill, ''Biographical Dictionary of the United States Secretaries of the Treasury, 1789–1995''. * Kim, Cordova, Fugita, Ng, Singh, eds, ''Distinguished Asian Americans: A Biographical Dictionary'', Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood, 1999. * Kranz, Rachel, ''The Biographical Dictionary of Black Americans''. * Kranz, Rachel & Philip Koslow, ''The Biographical Dictionary of African Americans''. * Mather, Frank Lincoln, ''Who's Who of the Colored Race: a general biographical dictionary of men and women of African descent'', Chicago: 1915; 1976. * McCartney, Martha, ''Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers, 1607–1635: A Biographical Dictionary'' * Melton, John Gordon, ''Biographical Dictionary of American Cult and Sect Leaders'', New York/London: Garland, 1986. * Moses, John, ''Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of the Representative Men of the United States''. * Nadell, Pamela, ''Conservative Judaism in America: A Biographical Dictionary and Sourcebook''. * ''New Jersey Biographical Dictionary''. * Newman, Roger, ed, ''The Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law'', Yale University Press. * New Perspectives on the West: People, https://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people * Nolan, Cathal, ''Notable U.S. Ambassadors Since 1775: A Biographical Dictionary''. * Notable American Women, 1607–1950; a Biographical Dictionary. Harvard University Press. * Ohles, Frederik, Shirley Ohles, and John Ramsay, ''Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators'', 1997. * Olitzky, Kerry, Lance Sussman, and Malcolm Stern, ''Reform Judaism in America: A Biographical Dictionary and Sourcebook''. . . * Porter, David, ed, ''Basketball: A Biographical Dictionary'', Greenwood Press, 2005. * Porter, David, ''Latino and African American Athletes Today: A Biographical Dictionary''. * Samuels, Peggy, ''The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West'', Doubleday. * Schneider & Schneider, ''First Ladies: A Biographical Dictionary''. * Raphael, Marc & Moshe D. Sherman, ''Orthodox Judaism in America: A Biographical Dictionary and Sourcebook''. * Skipper, John, ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Baseball Hall of Fame''. * ''The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-made Men'', Chicago & New York: American Biographical Publishing Company, 1878. * Wilson, Dreck Spurlock, ''African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865–1945''. * ''

Who's Who in America Marquis Who's Who ( or ) is an American publisher of a number of directories containing short biographies. The books usually are entitled ''Who's Who in...'' followed by some subject, such as ''Who's Who in America'', ''Who's Who of American Wome ...

'', published by

Marquis Who's Who Marquis Who's Who ( or ) is an American publisher of a number of directories containing short biographies. The books usually are entitled ''Who's Who in...'' followed by some subject, such as ''Who's Who in America'', ''Who's Who of American Wome ...

* '' Who's Who in Nebraska'' (1940)

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