This is a list of encyclopedias and encyclopedic/biographical dictionaries on general biographies in any language. Entries are in the English language except where noted.
General
Almanac of famous people. Gale Research, Inc., 1989-. ISSN 1040-127X.[1]
Arnim, Max, Preussische Staatsbibliothek. Internationale Personalbibliographie, 1800–1943. K.W. Hiersemann, 1944–1952.[1]
Biographical dictionary. S9.com, 1996. Available online here.[1]
Biographie univrselle (Michaud) (in French) (Nouv. ed.). Paris: Mme. C. Desplaces. 1843–1865.[2]
Biography in context. Gale Group, 2002-. Available online here.[1]
Bourne, J. M. Who's who in World War One. Routledge, 2001. ISBN0415141796.[3]
Brennan, Elizabeth A., Elizabeth C. Clarage, Seymour Topping. Who's who of Pulitzer Prize winners. Oryx Press, 1999. ISBN1573561118.[1]
Burnett, John, David Vincent, David Mayall. The autobiography of the working class: An annotated, critical bibliography. New York University Press, 1984–1989. ISBN0814710719.[1]
Cannon, John Ashton. The Blackwell dictionary of historians. Blackwell Reference, 1988. ISBN063114708X.[1]
Chambers, ed., Joan Bakewell, introduction: Chambers Biographical Dictionary, 9th edition, 2011, Chambers, 1,278 pages. ISBN978-0-550-10693-3. Short descriptions of 18,000 people from Britain and the rest of the world.
Cohn-Sherbok, Dan. The dictionary of Jewish biography. Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN0195223918.[4]
Contemporary black biography. Gale Research Inc., 1992–. ISSN 1058-1316.[1]
Haan, Francisca de, Krasimira Daskalova, Anna Loutfi. Biographical dictionary of women's movements and feminisms in Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe: 19th and 20th centuries. CEU Press/Central European University Press, 2006. ISBN9789637326394.[1]
Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, ed. Woman's record; or, Sketches of all distinguished women, from "the beginning" till A.D. 1850. Arranged in four eras. With selections from female writers of every age. New York: Harper & Brothers (1853), public domain [1]
Jöcher, Christian Gottlieb. Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexicon. Johann Friedrich Gleditschens Buchhandlung, 1750–1751.[1]
Kuehl, Warren F. Biographical dictionary of internationalists. Greenwood Press, 1983. ISBN0313221294.[1]
Kramme, U., Ž. Urra Muena. Arab-Islamic biographical archive (AIBA). K. G. Saur, 1994–2002. ISBN3598338953.[1]
Lazell, Barry, ed. with Dafydd Rees and Luke Crampton, Rock Movers and Shakers: An A to Z of the People Who Made Rock Happen, Billboard Publications, Inc., New York, 1989
Lorenz, Clare, Women in Architecture: a contemporary perspective, Rizzoli, New York, 1990
MacKay, James, The Dictionary of Sculptors in Bronze, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1977
Richards, J.M., ed, Adolf K. Placzek, American Consultant, Who’s Who in Architecture from 1400 to the present, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1977
Rollyson, Carl E. Biography: An annotated bibliography. Salem Press, 1992. ISBN0893566780.[1]
Saur Verlag, K. G. World biographical information system online. De Gruyter Saur, 2004-. Available online here.[1]
Schellinger, Paul E. St. James guide to biography. St. James Press, 1991. ISBN1558621466.[1]
Sherby, Louise S., Wilhelm Odelberg. The who's who of Nobel Prize winners, 1901–2000. Oryx Press, 2002. ISBN1573564141.[1]
Slcoum, Robert B. Biographical dictionaries and related works: An international bibliography of more than 16,000 collective biographies . . . Gale Research, 1986. ISBN0810302438.[1]
Smith, Bonnie G. The Oxford encyclopedia of women in world history. Oxford University Press, 2008.[1]
Televski, Nick, Knocking On Heaven’s Door: Rock Obituaries, Omnibus Press, London 2006
Union of International Associations. Yearbook of international organizations online. Union of International Associations, 2000-. Available online here.[1][6]
Varpreau, Gustave (1893). Dictionnaire universel des contemporains contenant toutes les personnes notables de la France et des pays etrangers... (in French). Paris: Hachette.[5]
Vernoff, Edward, Rima Shore. The Penguin international dictionary of contemporary biography: From 1900 to the present. Penguin Reference, 2001. ISBN0670894702.[1]
Who's who in world Jewry. Pitman, 1955–1988. ISSN 0511-9138.[4]
Regional
Africa
The Africa Centre. Africa contemporary database. The Africa Centre, 2001. Available online here.[7]
African studies. Columbia University, 1999-. Available online here.[1]
Appiah, Anthony, Henry Louis Gates. Africana: The encyclopedia of the African and African American experience. Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN0195170555.[1]
Cook, Chris. The making of modern Africa: A guide to archives. Facts on File, 1995. ISBN081602071X.[1]
Julien, Charles André. Les Africains. Éditions J. A., 1977. ISBN2852580446.[1]
Lipschutz, Mark R., R. Kent Rasmussen. Dictionary of African historical biography. University of California Press, 1986. ISBN0520051793.[1]
Makers of modern Africa. Africa Journal for Africa Books, 1981–1996. ISSN 0261-1570.[1]
McIlwaine, John. Africa: A guide to reference material. Hans Zell, 2007. ISBN9780954102937.[1]
Mediavilla, Victor Herrero, K. G. Saur Verlag. African biographical archive. K. G. Saur Verlag, 1994–1997. ISBN978-3-598-33128-2.[1]
Núnẽz, Benjamín. Dictionary of Portuguese-African civilization. Hans Zell, 1995–1996. ISBN1873836104.[1]
Shavit, David. The United States in Africa: A historical dictionary. Greenwood Press, 1989. ISBN0313258872.[1]
Weidmann, Conrad. Deutsche männer in Afrika: Lexicon der hervorragensten deutschen Afrika-forscher, missionare, etc. B. Nöhring, 1894.[1]
African islands
Canary Islands
Cape Verde
Comoros
Madagascar
Mauritius
Mayotte
Réunion
Saint Helena, Ascension Island, and Tristan de Cunha
Sao Tome and Principe
Seychelles
Central Africa
Brockman, Norbert C. An African biographical dictionary. Grey House Publ., 2006. ISBN1592371124.[1]
Sheldon, Kathleen E. Historical dictionary of women in sub-Saharan Africa. Scarecrow Press, 2005. ISBN0810853310.[1]
Angola
Núnẽz, Benjamín. Dictionary of Portuguese-African civilization. Hans Zell, 1995–1996. ISBN1873836104.[1]
Burundi
Cameroon
Echu, George. Who's who au Cameroun: recueil biographique des personnalités du Cameroun. Africana Publications. ISBN9789956574032.[1]
Central African Republic
Chad
Rouvreur, Albert Le, Paule Deville, Joseph Tubiana. Eléments pour un dictionnaire biographique du Tchad et du Niger (Téda et Daza). Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1978. ISBN2222022290.[1]
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kindulu, Joseph-Roger Mazanza, Cornelis Nlandu-Tsasa. Les nouveaux cadres congolais: Figures d'aujourd'hui et de demain. Harmattan, 2005. ISBN274758125X.[1]
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Republic of the Congo
Sao Tome and Principe
East Africa
Brockman, Norbert C. An African biographical dictionary. Grey House Publ., 2006. ISBN1592371124.[1]
Sheldon, Kathleen E. Historical dictionary of women in sub-Saharan Africa. Scarecrow Press, 2005. ISBN0810853310.[1]
Burundi
Comoros
Jérôme, Daniel Trinquet. 1000 célébrités de la Réunion et les 150 personnalités des îles de l'océan Indien. Dicorphie, 2009. ISBN9782877635400. ISBN2877635406. (French).[1]
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Who is who in Kenya. Africa Book Services, 1982–1983.[1]
Who's Who of Southern Africa. Johannesburg: Wootton & Gibson. 1907.[8]
Mayotte
Mozambique
Ferreira, Alexandre A. Moçambique, 1489–1975. Prefácio-Edição de Livros e Revistas, Lda, [2007]. ISBN9789898022042. (Portuguese)[1]
Núnẽz, Benjamín. Dictionary of Portuguese-African civilization. Hans Zell, 1995–1996. ISBN1873836104.[1]
Réunion
Jérôme, Daniel Trinquet. 1000 célébrités de la Réunion et les 150 personnalités des îles de l'océan Indien. Dicorphie, 2009. ISBN9782877635400. ISBN2877635406. (French).[1]
Seychelles
Jérôme, Daniel Trinquet. 1000 célébrités de la Réunion et les 150 personnalités des îles de l'océan Indien. Dicorphie, 2009. ISBN9782877635400. ISBN2877635406. (French).[1]
Mancham, James R. Seychelles: Personalities of yesterday. Mahe Publications, 2005. ISBN9789993180050.[1]
Bidwell, Robin. Arabian personalities of the early twentieth century. Oleander Press, 1986. ISBN0906672392.[1][4]
Brockman, Norbert C. An African biographical dictionary. Grey House Publ., 2006. ISBN1592371124.[1]
Sheldon, Kathleen E. Historical dictionary of women in sub-Saharan Africa. Scarecrow Press, 2005. ISBN0810853310.[1]
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Belaynesh, Michael, Stanislaw Chojnacki, Richard Pankhurst. The Dictionary of Ethiopian biography. Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University, 1975–.[1]
Somalia
North Africa
Bidwell, Robin. Arabian personalities of the early twentieth century. Oleander Press, 1986. ISBN0906672392.[1][4]
Fischbach, Michael R. Biographical encyclopedia of the modern Middle East and North Africa. Gale Group, 2008. ISBN9781414418896.[1][4]
Kramme, U., Z. Urra Muena. Arab-Islamic biographical archive (AIBA). K. G. Saur, 1994–2002. ISBN3598338953.[4]
Algeria
Egypt
David, A. Rosalie, Antony E. David. A biographical dictionary of ancient Egypt. Seaby, 1992. ISBN1852640324.[3]
Zmerli, Sadok, Ḥammādī Sāḥilī. Figures tunisiennes. Dar al-Gharb al-Islami, 1993.[1]
Southern Africa
Brockman, Norbert C. An African biographical dictionary. Grey House Publ., 2006. ISBN1592371124.[1]
Rosenthal, Eric. Southern African dictionary of national biography. Warne, [1966].[1]
Sheldon, Kathleen E. Historical dictionary of women in sub-Saharan Africa. Scarecrow Press, 2005. ISBN0810853310.[1]
Who's who of southern Africa. Who's Who of Southern Africa, 2007-. Available online here.[1]
Angola
Botswana
Rosenthal, Eric. Southern African dictionary of national biography. Warne, [1966].[1]
Comoros
Jérôme, Daniel Trinquet. 1000 célébrités de la Réunion et les 150 personnalités des îles de l'océan Indien. Dicorphie, 2009. ISBN9782877635400. ISBN2877635406. (French).[1]
Lesotho
Rosenthal, Eric. Southern African dictionary of national biography. Warne, [1966].[1]
Madagascar
Malawi
M'Passou, Denis, Mary C. Piringu. Who is who of Malawi. Spot Publications, 1995. ISBN0797806857.[1]
Rosenthal, Eric. Southern African dictionary of national biography. Warne, [1966].[1]
Mayotte
Mozambique
Ferreira, Alexandre A. Moçambique, 1489–1975. Prefácio-Edição de Livros e Revistas, Lda, [2007]. ISBN9789898022042. (Portuguese)[1]
Rosenthal, Eric. Southern African dictionary of national biography. Warne, [1966].[1]
Namibia
Rosenthal, Eric. Southern African dictionary of national biography. Warne, [1966].[1]
Who's Who of Southern Africa. Johannesburg: Wootton & Gibson. 1907.[8]
Réunion
Jérôme, Daniel Trinquet. 1000 célébrités de la Réunion et les 150 personnalités des îles de l'océan Indien. Dicorphie, 2009. ISBN9782877635400. ISBN2877635406. (French).[1]
Seychelles
Jérôme, Daniel Trinquet. 1000 célébrités de la Réunion et les 150 personnalités des îles de l'océan Indien. Dicorphie, 2009. ISBN9782877635400. ISBN2877635406. (French).[1]
South Africa
Brockman, Norbert C. An African biographical dictionary. Grey House Publ., 2006. ISBN1592371124.[1]
Joyce, Peter. A concise dictionary of South African biography. Francolin, 1999. ISBN1868590372.[1]
National Council for Social Research (South Africa). Dictionary of South African biography. Nasional Boekhandel Bpk. for National Council for Social Research, Dept. of Higher Education, 1968–1987.[1]
Rosenthal, Eric. Southern African dictionary of national biography. Warne, [1966].[1]
Who's Who of Southern Africa. Johannesburg: Wootton & Gibson. 1907.[8]
West Africa
Sheldon, Kathleen E. Historical dictionary of women in sub-Saharan Africa. Scarecrow Press, 2005. ISBN0810853310.[1]
Benin
Institut de recherches appliquées du Dahomey. Dictionnaire bio-bibliographique du Dahomey. I.R.A.D., 1969. ISSN 0420-0438.[1]
Cape Verde
Núnẽz, Benjamín. Dictionary of Portuguese-African civilization. Hans Zell, 1995–1996. ISBN1873836104.[1]
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea-Bissau
Núnẽz, Benjamín. Dictionary of Portuguese-African civilization. Hans Zell, 1995–1996. ISBN1873836104.[1]
Ivory Coast
Liberia
Mali
Ba, Adam Konaré. Dictionnaire des femmes célèbres du Mali: Des temps mythico-légendaires au 26 mars 1991. Editions Jamana, 1993. DEWEY 920.72096623.[1]
Mauritania
Niger
Rouvreur, Albert Le, Paule Deville, Joseph Tubiana. Eléments pour un dictionnaire biographique du Tchad et du Niger (Téda et Daza). Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1978. ISBN2222022290.[1]
Núnẽz, Benjamín. Dictionary of Portuguese-African civilization. Hans Zell, 1995–1996. ISBN1873836104.[1]
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Who's who in Sierra Leone. Lyns Publicity, 1981.[1]
Togo
Americas
Appiah, Anthony, Henry Louis Gates. Africana: The encyclopedia of the African and African American experience. Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN0195170555.[1]
Farris, Phoebe. Women artists of color: A bio-critical sourcebook to 20th century artists in the Americas. Greenwood Press, 1999. ISBN0313303746.[1]
Caribbean
Contemporary Hispanic biography: profiles from the international Hispanic community. Gale, 2002–. ISSN 1541-1524.[1]
Covington, Paula Hattox, David Block. Latin America and the Caribbean: A critical guide to research sources. Greenwood Press, 1992. ISBN0313264031.[1]
Henderson, James D., Helen Delpar, Maurice Philip Brungardt. A reference guide to Latin American history. M. E. Sharpe, 2000. ISBN1563247445.[9]
Marting, Diane E. Women writers of Spanish America: An annotated bio-bibliographical guide. Greenwood Press, 1987. ISBN0313249695.[1]
Mendez Mendez, Serafín, Gail Cueto. Notable Caribbeans and Caribbean Americans: A biographical dictionary. Greenwood Press, 2003. ISBN0313314438.[1][9]
Shavit, David. The United States in Latin America: A historical dictionary. Greenwood Press, 1992. ISBN0313275955.[1]
Who's who in Latin America: Government, politics, banking and industry. Norman Ross, 1993–1997. ISSN 1068-7696.[1]
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Bonaire
British Virgin Islands
Caribbean Netherlands
Cayman Islands
Cuba
Alfonso, Pablo M., Partido Comunista de Cuba. Los fieles de Castro. Ediciones Cambio, 1991. ISBN096317360X.[9]
Calcagno, Francisco. Diccionario biográfico cubano. N. Ponce de Leon, 1878–1886.[1][9]
Catony, Leonardo Depestre, Luis Ubeda Garrido. Personalidades cubanas: Siglo XX. Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, 2002. ISBN9789590604485.[1]
Maratos, Daniel C., Marnesba D. Hill. Escritores de la diáspora cubana: Manual biobibliográfica or Cuban exile writers: A biobibliographic handbook. Scarecrow Press, 1986. ISBN0810818787.[1]
Mediavilla, Victor Herrero, L. Rosa Aguayo Nayle. Archivo biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica. New York: K. G. Saur, 1990. ISBN3598320469.[4]
Meier, Matt S., Conchita Franco Serri, Richard A. Garcia. Notable Latino Americans: A biographical dictionary. Greenwood Press, 1997. ISBN058538908X.[1]
Mediavilla, Victor Herrero, L. Rosa Aguayo Nayle. Archivo biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica. New York: K. G. Saur, 1990. ISBN3598320469.[4]
Vásquez, Pedro R. 150 dominicanos notables. Ediciones Librería La Trinitaria, 2002. ISBN9993439150.[1]
Supplice, Daniel. Dictionnaire biographique des personnalités politiques de la République d'Haïti, 1804–2001. D. Supplice, 2001. ISBN9993562300.[1][9]
Jamaica
Martinique
Montserrat
Puerto Rico
Mediavilla, Victor Herrero, L. Rosa Aguayo Nayle. Archivo biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica. New York: K. G. Saur, 1990. ISBN3598320469.[4]
Meier, Matt S., Conchita Franco Serri, Richard A. Garcia. Notable Latino Americans: A biographical dictionary. Greenwood Press, 1997. ISBN058538908X.[1]
Sarramía, Tomás. Figuras de Puerto Rico: Apuntes y datos biográficos. Publicaciones Puertorriqueñas Editores, 2001. ISBN0929441141.[1]
Saba
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Martin
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sint Eustatius
Sint Maarten
Trinidad and Tobago
Murray, Eric John. National biography handbook of Trinidad and Tobago: With a memoir of his excellency Noor Mohamed Hassanali, T. C., president and commander-in-chief of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. E. J. Murray, 1996. ISBN9768157119.[1]
Turks and Caicos Islands
U. S. Virgin Islands
Central America
Arellano, Jorge Eduardo. Literatura centroamericana: Diccionario de autores contemporáneos; Fuentes para su estudio. Fundación Vida, 2003. ISBN9992453125.[1][9]
Contemporary Hispanic biography: profiles from the international Hispanic community. Gale, 2002–. ISSN 1541-1524.[1]
Covington, Paula Hattox, David Block. Latin America and the Caribbean: A critical guide to research sources. Greenwood Press, 1992. ISBN0313264031.[1]
Henderson, James D., Helen Delpar, Maurice Philip Brungardt. A reference guide to Latin American history. M. E. Sharpe, 2000. ISBN1563247445.[9]
Marting, Diane E. Women writers of Spanish America: An annotated bio-bibliographical guide. Greenwood Press, 1987. ISBN0313249695.[1]
Shavit, David. The United States in Latin America: A historical dictionary. Greenwood Press, 1992. ISBN0313275955.[1]
Who's who in Latin America: Government, politics, banking and industry. Norman Ross, 1993–1997. ISSN 1068-7696.[1]
Belize
Costa Rica
Mediavilla, Victor Herrero, L. Rosa Aguayo Nayle. Archivo biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica. New York: K. G. Saur, 1990. ISBN3598320469.[4]
Zeledón C., Elias, Yadira Calvo Fajardo. Surcos de lucha: Libro biográfico, histórico y gráfico de la mujer costarricense. Instituto de Estudios de la Mujer, Universidad Nacional, 1997. ISBN9968983209.[1]
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Mediavilla, Victor Herrero, L. Rosa Aguayo Nayle. Archivo biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica. New York: K. G. Saur, 1990. ISBN3598320469.[4]
Guatemala
Lima, Flavio Rojas. Diccionario histórico biográfico de Guatemala. Fundación para la Cultura y el Desarrollo, Asociación de Amigos del País, 2004. ISBN9992244011.[1][9]
Mediavilla, Victor Herrero, L. Rosa Aguayo Nayle. Archivo biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica. New York: K. G. Saur, 1990. ISBN3598320469.[4]
Yela, Carlos C. Haeussler. Diccionario general de Guatemala: Historia, geografía, bibliografía, economía, epigrafía, espeliología, iconografía, himnología, apéndice centroamericano, notas y noticias. s.n., 1983.[1]
Mediavilla, Victor Herrero, L. Rosa Aguayo Nayle. Archivo biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica. New York: K. G. Saur, 1990. ISBN3598320469.[4]
Ramiro, Colindres O. Enciclopedia hondureña ilustrada: De personajes históricos y figuras contemporáneos. Graficentro Editores, 1994.[1]
Nicaragua
Arellano, Jorge Eduardo. Héroes sin fusil. Editorial Hispamer, 1998.[1][9]
Jirón, Manuel Quién es quién en Nicaragua. Ediciones Radio Amor, [1986]. ISBN9977959005.[1]
Mediavilla, Victor Herrero, L. Rosa Aguayo Nayle. Archivo biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica. New York: K. G. Saur, 1990. ISBN3598320469.[4]
U. S. Dept. of State, Bureau of Public Affairs. Nicaraguan biographies: A resource book. U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, [1988],[1]
Panama
Mediavilla, Victor Herrero, L. Rosa Aguayo Nayle. Archivo biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica. New York: K. G. Saur, 1990. ISBN3598320469.[4]
Porras, J. Conte. Diccionario biográfico ilustrado de Panamá. Editorial Diego de Almagro, 1986.[1][9]
Zentner, Federico. Nombres y apellidos de forjadores de la patria. Ministerio de Educación, República de Panamá, 1984.[1]
North America
Gordon, Peter, Richard Aldrich. Biographical dictionary of North American and European educationists. Woburn Press, 1997. ISBN0713002050.[1]
Heller, Jules and Nancy G, Heller, ed., North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary, Garland Reference Library of the Humanities (Vol. 1219), Garland Publishing Company, New York & London, 1995
Henderson, James D., Helen Delpar, Maurice Philip Brungardt. A reference guide to Latin American history. M. E. Sharpe, 2000. ISBN1563247445.[9]
Canada
Allaire, Jean Baptiste Arthur, ed. (1908–1920). Dictionnaire biographique du clerge canadien-francais (in French). St.-Hyacinthe: Impr. de "La Tribune".[10]
Ash, Lee, Bernhard A. Uhlendorf, Council of National Library Associations. A biographical directory of librarians in the United States and Canada. American Library Association, 1970. ISBN0838900844.[1]
Baillie, Laureen. Canadian biographical archive. K. G. Saur Verlag, 2001–2003. ISBN3598347340.[1]
The Canadian who's who: a biographical dictionary of notable living men and women. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1910–. ISSN 0068-9963. Available online here.[1]
Cook, Ramsay, Réal Bélanger, Library and Archives Canada, Université Laval, University of Toronto. Dictionary of Canadian biography online. Library and Archives Canada; Université Laval; University of Toronto, 2003-. Available online here.[1][9]
Dale, Doris Cruger. A directory of oral history tapes of librarians in the United States and Canada. American Library Association, 1986. ISBN0838904432.[1]
Kelly, Howard A., Walter L. Burrage. Dictionary of American medical biography: Lives of eminent physicians of the United States and Canada, from the earliest times. London: D. Appleton and Co., 1928.[1]
Morice, Adrien Gabriel (1908). Dictionnaire historique des Canadiens et des Metis francais de l'Ouest (ed.). Biographie Nationale et Nouvelle Biographie Nationale numérisées (in French). Quebec: Garneau.[12]
Wallace, W. Stewart, William Angus McKay. The Macmillan dictionary of Canadian biography. Macmillan of Canada, 1978. ISBN0770514626.[1]
Mexico
Camp, Roderic A. Mexican political biographies: 1884–1935. University of Texas Press, 1991. ISBN9780292751194.[1]
Camp, Roderic Ai. Who's who in Mexico today. Westview Press, 1993. ISBN0813384524.[1]
Contemporary Hispanic biography: profiles from the international Hispanic community. Gale, 2002–. ISSN 1541-1524.[1]
Covington, Paula Hattox, David Block. Latin America and the Caribbean: A critical guide to research sources. Greenwood Press, 1992. ISBN0313264031.[1]
Diccionario Porrúa de historia, biografía y geografía de México. Editorial Porrúa, 1995. ISBN968452904X.[1]
Granados, Rafael García. Diccionario biográfico de historia antigua de Méjico. Instituto de Historia, 1955.[1]
Marting, Diane E. Women writers of Spanish America: An annotated bio-bibliographical guide. Greenwood Press, 1987. ISBN0313249695.[1]
Mediavilla, Victor Herrero, L. Rosa Aguayo Nayle. Archivo biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica. New York: K. G. Saur, 1990. ISBN3598320469.[4]
Meier, Matt S., Conchita Franco Serri, Richard A. Garcia. Notable Latino Americans: A biographical dictionary. Greenwood Press, 1997. ISBN058538908X.[1]
Musacchio, Humberto. Quién es quién en la política mexicana: Diccionario. Plaza Janés, 2002. ISBN9681105826.[9]
Sierra, Carlos J. Diccionario biográfico de Campeche. Ediciones de la Muralla, 1997. ISBN9686873732.[1]
Sosa, Francisco (1884). Secretario de Fomento (ed.). Biografias de Mexicanos distinguidos (in Spanish). Mexico: Oficina Tipografica de la Secretaria de Fomento.[13]
Tovar, Aurora. Mil quinientas mujeres en nuestra conciencia colectiva: Catálogo biográfico de mujeres de México. Documentación y Estudio de Mujeres, 1996. ISBN968685116X.[1]
United States
Adamson, Lynda G. Notable women in American history: A guide to recommended biographies and autobiographies. Greenwood Press, 1999. ISBN0313295840.[1]
African American biographical database (AABD). ProQuest Information and Learning Company, 2001–. Available here.[1]
American Council of Learned Societies. Dictionary of American biography. Scribner, 1928–1996.[1]
American Council of Learned Societies. American national biography online. Oxford University Press, 2000-. Available online here.[1][9]
Ash, Lee, Bernhard A. Uhlendorf, Council of National Library Associations. A biographical directory of librarians in the United States and Canada. American Library Association, 1970. ISBN0838900844.[1]
Ashley, Perry J. American newspaper journalists, 1873–1900. Gale Research, 1983. ISBN0810311453.[1][14]
Ahsley, Perry J. American newspaper publishers, 1950–1990. Gale Research, 1993. ISBN0810353865.[1][14]
Bailey, Martha J. American women in science: 1950 to the present: a biographical dictionary. ABC-CLIO, 1998. ISBN0874369215.[1]
Clinton, Catherine, Christine A. Lunardini. The Columbia guide to American women in the nineteenth century. Columbia University Press, 2000. ISBN0231109202.[1][9]
Congressional Medal of Honor Society. Congressional Medal of Honor Society. Available online here.[1]
Congressional Yellow Book Leadership Connect, Inc., 1975-.[1]
Contemporary black biography. Gale Research Inc., 1992–. ISSN 1058-1316.[1]
Contemporary Hispanic biography: profiles from the international Hispanic community. Gale, 2002–. ISSN 1541-1524.[1]
Contemporary theatre, film, and television. Gale Research, 1984–. ISSN 0749-064X.[1]
Cross, Mary. 100 people who changed 20th-century America. ABC-CLIO, 2013. ISBN9781610690850.[1]
Cummings, Paul, Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1977
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New England
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Marquis Who's Who. Who's Who in the Midwest or Who's Who in the central states. Marquis Who's Who, 1947-.[1]
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Brazil
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Chile
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Diccionario biográfico de Chile. Empresa Periodística Chile, 1936–1986.[1]
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Noboa, Fernando Jurado. Diccionario histórico genealógico de apellidos y familias de origen quechua, aymara y araucano (Ecuador). Temístocles Hernández, 2002. ISBN9978424075.[9]
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Falkland Islands
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Guyana
Seymour, Arthur J., Elma Seymour. Dictionary of Guyanese biography. [s.n.], 1985–1986.[1]
Paraguay
Amaral, Raúl. Forjadores del Paraguay: Diccionario biográfico. Distribuidora Quevedo de Ediciones, 2000. ISBN9879246098.[1][9]
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Peru
Batres, Carlos Milla. Diccionario histórico y biográfico del Perú, siglos XV–XX. Editorial Milla Batres, 1986. ISBN8459918203.[9]
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Saldaña, José María Fernández. Diccionario uruguayo de biografías, 1810–1940. Editorial Amerindia, 1945.[1]
Venezuela
Dugarte, Rafael Angel Rivas, Gladys García Riera, Francisco Javier Pérez. Quiénes escriben en Venezuela: Diccionario de escritores venezolanos; Siglos XVIII a XXI. Caracas [Venezuela], 2006.[1][9]
Galería de Arte Nacional (Venezuela). Diccionario biográfico de las artes visuales en Venezuela. Fundación Galería de Arte Nacional, 2005. ISBN9806420187.[1][9]
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Montañés, Ismael Silva. Hombres y mujeres del siglo XVI venezolano. Academia Nacional de la Historia, 1983.[1]
Parilli, Jorge Maldonado. Gente de Venezuela: 500 años, 585 venezolanos. M. A. García, 1992.[1]
Quién es quién en Venezuela. Editorial Quiénes Somos en Venezuela, 1988–.[1]
Venezuela Tuya (2012), Biografías de Venezuela, online database of Venezuelan biographies, classified by area of interest and also alphabetically. No print edition. (in Spanish)
Asia
Marquis Who's Who. Who's who in Asia. Marquis Who's Who, 2007-. ISSN 1930-1227.[1][4]
Central Asia
Thiébaud, Jean-Marie. Personnages marquants d'Asie centrale, du Turkestan et de l'Ouzbekistan: Dictionnaire biographique. Harmattan, 2004. ISBN2747570177.[1][4]
Antoine Brébion, Antoine Cabaton. Dictionnaire de bio-bibliographie générale, ancienne et moderne de l'Indochine française. Société d'Éditions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales, 1935.[1][4]
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De Crespigny, Rafe. A biographical dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23–220 AD). Brill, 2007. ISBN9004156054.[1][4]
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Hong Kong
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Macau
Mediavilla, Victor Herrero, L. Rosa Aguayo Nayle. Archivo biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica. New York: K. G. Saur, 1990. ISBN3598320469.[4]
Japan
Dai-Nihon hakushi roku (1921–1930). Who's Who in "Hakushi" in Great Japan. Tokyo: Hattensha.[24]
Gessel, Van C. Japanese fiction writers, 1868–1945. Gale Research, 1997. ISBN0787610682.[1]
International Culture Institute (Hong Kong). Who's who in Japan. International Culture Institute, 1984–1991.[1][4]
Iwao, Seiichi, Burton Watson. Biographical dictionary of Japanese history. International Society for Educational Information, 1978. ISBN0870112740.[4]
Japan Biographical Research Dept. The Japan biographical encyclopedia and who's who. Rengo Press, 1958–1965.[1][4]
Jinji koshin roku. Tokyo: Jinji Koshinsha. 1903.[24]
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Wispelwey, Berend. Japanese biographical archive (JBA). K. G. Saur Verlag, 2000–2003. ISBN3598340028. (Japanese, English, French, German, and other European languages).[1][4]
Mongolia
North Korea
Frey, Axel. Korean biographical archive (KBA). K. G. Saur, 2000–2004. ISBN3598342543. (Korean, English, French, German, and Russian).[1][4]
Korea annual. Hapdong News Agency, 1964–2004. ISSN 1225-0147.[4]
Republic of China
Ontess, Harold M. One thousand westerners in Taiwan to 1945: A biographical and bibliographical dictionary. Institute of Taiwan History, Preparatory Office, Academic Sinica, 1999. ISBN9576716187.[1][4]
Who's who in the Republic of China, Taiwan. Government Information Office, [2001– ].[1][4]
Zhaowei Zhang. Zhonghua min guo xian dai ming ren lu. Zhongguo min ren zhuan ji zhong xin, 1998. ISBN9579107033.[1]
South Korea
Frey, Axel. Korean biographical archive (KBA). K. G. Saur, 2000–2004. ISBN3598342543. (Korean, English, French, German, and Russian).[1][4]
Korea annual. Hapdong News Agency, 1964–2004. ISSN 1225-0147.[4]
North Asia
Russia/Soviet Union
Akademia Nauk, SSSR, ed. (1899–1914). Matieraly dlia biographicheskago slavaria dicistvitel'nykh chlenov Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk (in Russian). Petrograd: Imperatorskaia Akademiia Nauk.[26]
Chuvakov, V. N. Nezabytye mogily: Rossiĭskoe zarubezhʹe: Nekrologi 1917–1997: V shesti tomakh. Rossiĭskaia͡ gos. biblioteka, 1999–. ISBN5751001699.[1]
de Boer, S. P., E. J. Driessen, H. L. Verhaar, Universiteit van Amsterdam. Biographical dictionary of dissidents in the Soviet Union, 1956–1975. M. Nijhoff, 1982. ISBN9024725380.[1]
Frey, Axel, K. G. Saur Verlag. Biographisches archiv der Sowjetunion (1917–1991). K. G. Saur Verlag, 2000–2003. ISBN3598347049.[1]
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Geron, Leonard, Alex Pravda. Who's who in Russia and the new states. I. B. Tauris, 1993. ISBN1850434875.[1]
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace., RFE-RL, inc. The Soviet biographic archive, 1954–1985. Chadwyck-Healey, 1986.[1]
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Schulz-Torge, Ulrich-Joachim. Who was who in the Soviet Union: A biographical dictionary of more than 4,600 leading officials from the central apparatus and the republics to 1991. K. G. Saur, 1992. ISBN3598108109.[1]
Soviet biographical service. J. L. Scherer, 1985–2002.[1]
Sov. ėnts͡iklopediia͡. Deia͡teli SSSR i revoliu͡ts͡ionnogo dvizheniia͡ Rossii: Ents͡iklopedicheskiĭ slovarʹ Granat. Sov. ėnts͡iklopediia͡, 1989. ISBN5852700282.[1]
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South Asia
Afghanistan
Scholberg, Henry. The biographical dictionary of greater India. Promilla, 1998. ISBN8185002231.[4]
Bangladesh
Baillie, Laureen, K. G. Saur Verlag. Indian biographical archive. K. G. Saur Verlag, 1997–2000. ISBN3598341040.[4]
Śamasujjāmāna, Ābula Phajala. Who's who in Bangladesh art, culture, literature, 1901–1991. Tribhuj Prakashani, 1992.[4]
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Singh, Nagendra Kr. Encyclopaedia of Muslim biography: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh. A. P. H., 2001. ISBN8176482307.[1][4]
Who's who in Bangladesh. Times Publications, 1982–1984.[1]
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Bhutan
India
Baillie, Laureen, K. G. Saur Verlag. Indian biographical archive. K. G. Saur Verlag, 1997–2000. ISBN3598341040.[4]
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Who's Who in India, Burma and Ceylon. Poona: Sun Pub. House. 1911–1938.[29]
Maldives
Nepal
Research Centre for Communication and Development (Kathmandu, Nepal). Nepal who's who. Research Centre for Communication and Development, 1997–2003.[4]
Scholberg, Henry. The biographical dictionary of greater India. Promilla, 1998. ISBN8185002231.[4]
Pakistan
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Research Institute of Historiography, Biography and Philosophy. Biographical encyclopedia of Pakistan. Research Institute of Historiography, Biography and Philosophy, 1956–. ISSN 0067-8732.[4]
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Sri Lanka
Baillie, Laureen, K. G. Saur Verlag. Indian biographical archive. K. G. Saur Verlag, 1997–2000. ISBN3598341040.[4]
Scholberg, Henry. The biographical dictionary of greater India. Promilla, 1998. ISBN8185002231.[4]
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Wimalaratne, K. D. G. Personalities, Sri Lanka: A biographical study (15th–20th century), 1490–1990 A.D., A–Z. Ceylon Business Appliances, 1994. ISBN9559287001.[1][4]
Southeast Asia
Wispelwey, Berend. South-East Asian biographical archive. K. G. Saur, 1997–2000. ISBN3598342241.[1][4]
Brunei
Horton, A. V. M. A biographical dictionary of Negara Brunei Darussalam, 1841–1998. A. V. M. Horton, 1999. ISBN1900789256.[1][4]
Wispelwey, Berend. South-East Asian biographical archive. K. G. Saur, 1997–2000. ISBN3598342241.[1][4]
Cambodia
Brébion, Antoine, Antoine Cabaton. Dictionnaire de bio-bibliographie générale, ancienne et moderne de l'Indochine française. Société d'Éditions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales, 1935.[1][4]
Jennar, Raoul Marc, Jean Lacouture. Les clés du Cambodge. Maisonneuve et Larose, 1995. ISBN2706811501.[4]
Wispelwey, Berend. South-East Asian biographical archive. K. G. Saur, 1997–2000. ISBN3598342241.[1][4]
East Timor
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Indonesia
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Laos
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Malaysia
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Myanmar (Burma)
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Philippines
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Singapore
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Thailand
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Vietnam
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Western Asia
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Iran
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Iraq
Israel
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Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
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Oman
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Saudi Arabia
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Syria
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Turkey
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United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Europe
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Austria
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Croatia
Bernath, Mathias, Felix von Schroeder. Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte Südosteuropas. Oldenbourg, 1970–1981.[1]
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Stroynowski, Juliusz. Who's who in the socialist countries of Europe: A biographical encyclopedia of more than 12,600 leading personalities in Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia. K. G. Saur, 1989. ISBN359810636X.[1]
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Czech Republic
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Kramme, Ulrike, Želmíra Urra Muena. Český biografický archiv a slovenský biografický archív (CSBA): Tschechisches und slowakisches biographisches archiv: Eine kumulation aus 206 der wichtigsten biographischen nachschlagewerke für den tschechischen und slowakischen bereich bis zur gegenwart. K. G. Saur, 1993–1999. ISBN3598334451. (Czech, English, French, German, Hungarian, Latin, and Slovakian)[1]
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Hungary
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Kosovo
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Poland
Cyniker, Beata. Kto jest kim w Polsce. PAI, 2001. ISBN8322326912.[1]
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Sokol, Stanley S., Sharon F. Mrotek Kissane, Alfred L. Abramowicz. The Polish biographical dictionary: Profiles of nearly 900 Poles who have made lasting contributions to world civilization. Bolchazy-Carducci, 1992. ISBN086516245X.[1]
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Romania
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Serbia
Leskovac, Mladen, Aleksandar Forišković, Čedomir Popov. Srpski biografski rečnik. Budućnost, 2004–2007. ISBN8683651495. (Serbian).[1]
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Slovakia
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Kramme, Ulrike, Želmíra Urra Muena. Český biografický archiv a slovenský biografický archív (CSBA): Tschechisches und slowakisches biographisches archiv: Eine kumulation aus 206 der wichtigsten biographischen nachschlagewerke für den tschechischen und slowakischen bereich bis zur gegenwart. K. G. Saur, 1993–1999. ISBN3598334451. (Czech, English, French, German, Hungarian, Latin, and Slovakian)[1]
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Slovenia
Bajt, Drago. Slovenski kdo je kdo. Nova revija, 1999. ISBN961601790X.[1]
Bernath, Mathias, Felix von Schroeder. Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte Südosteuropas. Oldenbourg, 1970–1981.[1]
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Stanonik, Tončka, Lan Brenk. Osebnosti: veliki slovenski biografski leksikon. Mladinska knjiga, 2008. ISBN9789610105046.[1]
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Eastern Europe
Roszkowski, Wojciech, Jan Kofman. Biographical dictionary of central and eastern Europe in the twentieth century. M.E. Sharpe, 2008. ISBN9780765610270.[1]
Taylor, Stephen. Who's who in central and east-Europe. Central European Times, 1934–.[1]
Albania
Bernath, Mathias, Felix von Schroeder. Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte Südosteuropas. Oldenbourg, 1970–1981.[1]
Elsie, Robert. A biographical dictionary of Albanian history. I.B. Tauris in association with The Centre for Albanian Studies, 2013. ISBN9781780764313; ISBN1780764316.[1]
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Armenia
Belarus
Geron, Leonard, Alex Pravda. Who's who in Russia and the new states. I. B. Tauris, 1993. ISBN1850434875.[1]
Roszkowski, Wojciech, Jan Kofman. Biographical dictionary of central and eastern Europe in the twentieth century. M.E. Sharpe, 2008. ISBN9780765610270.[1]
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bernath, Mathias, Felix von Schroeder. Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte Südosteuropas. Oldenbourg, 1970–1981.[1]
Roszkowski, Wojciech, Jan Kofman. Biographical dictionary of central and eastern Europe in the twentieth century. M.E. Sharpe, 2008. ISBN9780765610270.[1]
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Bulgaria
Bernath, Mathias, Felix von Schroeder. Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte Südosteuropas. Oldenbourg, 1970–1981.[1]
Kitsevski, Nikola, Raicho Radulov. Koi koi e v Bulgariia. Trud, 1998–.[1]
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Estonia
Georgia
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Stroynowski, Juliusz. Who's who in the socialist countries of Europe: A biographical encyclopedia of more than 12,600 leading personalities in Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia. K. G. Saur, 1989. ISBN359810636X.[1]
Moldova
Geron, Leonard, Alex Pravda. Who's who in Russia and the new states. I. B. Tauris, 1993. ISBN1850434875.[1]
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Montenegro
Stroynowski, Juliusz. Who's who in the socialist countries of Europe: A biographical encyclopedia of more than 12,600 leading personalities in Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia. K. G. Saur, 1989. ISBN359810636X.[1]
Poland
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Stroynowski, Juliusz. Who's who in the socialist countries of Europe: A biographical encyclopedia of more than 12,600 leading personalities in Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia. K. G. Saur, 1989. ISBN359810636X.[1]
Slovakia
Slovenia
Ukraine
Geron, Leonard, Alex Pravda. Who's who in Russia and the new states. I. B. Tauris, 1993. ISBN1850434875.[1]
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Northern Europe
Kay, Ernest, Editorial Director, Dictionary of Scandinavian Biography, International Biographic Centre, Cambridge, England 1976
Denmark
Engelstoft, Povl; Dahl, Svend, ed. (1979–84): Dansk biografisk leksikon (Danish Biographical Dictionary), 3rd edition in 16 volumes, Copenhagen, Gyldendal, ISBN978-87-00-05551-3. Free searchable online access to the current updated version, is available from Gyldendal's Den Store Danske website. (in Danish)
Erichsen, Balder Vermund Aage, Alfred Krarup. Dansk historisk bibliografi: Systematisk fortegnelse over bidrag til Danmarks historie til udgangen af 1912, i tilslutning til Bibliotheca Danica. I kommission hos G. E. C. Gad, 1929.[1]
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Larsen, Jytte (ed) (2001), Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon (Biographical Encyclopedia of Danish Women), Volumes 1-3, Copenhagen, Rosinante. ISBN978-87-7357-487-4. The searchable online edition contains over 1,900 biographies from the Middle Ages to the present. (in Danish)[1]
Nirk, Endel, Arthur Robert Hone, Oleg Mutt. Estonian literature: Historical survey with biobibliographical appendix. Perioodika, 1987.[1]
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Welding, Olaf, Wilhelm Lenz. Deutschbaltisches biographisches Lexikon 1710–1960. Böhlau Verlag, 1970. ISBN3412426709; ISBN9783412426705. Available free online here.[1]
Finland
Finsk biograpfisk handbok (in Finnish). Helsingfors: Edlunds Forlag. 1903.[31]
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Ireland
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Norway
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