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Revision as of 17:47, 7 December 2006
The Biography Portal
A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or curriculum vitae (résumé), a biography presents a subject's life story, highlighting various aspects of their life, including intimate details of experience, and may include an analysis of the subject's personality.
Biographical works are usually non-fiction, but fiction can also be used to portray a person's life. One in-depth form of biographical coverage is called legacy writing. Works in diverse media, from literature to film, form the genre known as biography.
An authorized biography is written with the permission, cooperation, and at times, participation of a subject or a subject's heirs. An autobiography is written by the person themselves, sometimes with the assistance of a collaborator or ghostwriter. (Full article...)
Featured biography
This is an archive of featured biographies shown on the Portal:Biography main page.
Biography January
Biography February
Biography March
Biography April
Biography May
Biography June
Biography July
Biography August
Biography September
Biography October
Biography November
Biography December
Selected portrait
Did you know...
Biography 1
Biography 2
Biography 3
Biography 4
Biography 5
Biography 6
Biography 7
Biography 8
Biography 9
Biography 10
Biography 11
Biography 12
Biography 13
Biography 14
Biography 15
Biography 16
Biography 17
Biography 18
Biography 19
Biography 20
Categories
![Category puzzle](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/C_Puzzle.png/46px-C_Puzzle.png)
Biography • People
By association • By behavior • By ethnicity • By gender • By language • By nationality
By occupation:
- Academics • Scientists
- Actors • Artists • Choreographers • Comedians • Dancers • Directors • Musicians • Photographers • Playwrights • Writers
- Astronauts • Aviators • Explorers • Mountain climbers
- Businesspeople • Computer designers • Innovators
- Heads of state • Humanitarians • Journalists • Lawyers • Politicians • Warriors
- Sportspeople • Association football players • Baseball players • Basketball players • Olympians • Tennis players
By location • By political orientation • By religion
By status:
On this day - July 19
Births
- 1834 - Edgar Degas, (pictured) French painter (d. 1917)
- 1860 - Lizzie Borden, American accused murderess (d. 1927)
- 1893 - Vladimir Mayakovsky, Georgian poet (d. 1930)
- 1898 - Herbert Marcuse, German-born philosopher (d. 1979)
- 1922 - George McGovern, U.S. Presidential candidate (d. 2012)
- 1924 - Stanley K. Hathaway, American politician (d. 2005)
- 1941 - Vikki Carr, American singer
- 1947 - Brian May, English guitarist (Queen)
- 1960 - Atom Egoyan, Canadian filmmaker
- 1965 - Stuart Scott, American sportscaster (d. 2015)
- 1984 - Adam Morrison, American basketball player
Deaths
- 1814 - Captain Matthew Flinders, English explorer of Australia (b. 1774)
- 1947 - Aung San, Burmese nationalist (assassinated) (b. 1915)
- 1965 - Syngman Rhee, first President of South Korea (b. 1875)
Quote of the week
WikiProjects
List of WikiProjects and work groups that involve biography articles:
See also: Biographies of living persons • Manual of Style (biographies)
Things you can do
Suzanne Carrell • Mullá Husayn • John Gilchrist (linguist) • Thomas Brattle •
- Answer requests for comments
- Work on the Portal