Getting to know you, Getting to know all about you...

To dig up the dirt on a person- alive,dead, or even make believe- these free Biography sites beat hiring a private detective:
All Music Guide
American President.org
African Americans in the Sciences
American Women's History
AskArt- info on American artists
Biography.com
Biography Center
Biographical Dictionary
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Chemical Achievers: The Human Face of the Chemical Sciences
IMDB
InfoPlease: Biographies
In the First Person
Mathematicians: Index of Biographies
PBS Biographies
Saints and Angels
Time 100
Virtual American Biographies: Continental Discover to 1899
Who's Alive, Who's Dead