| Current Biography 1997 |
| Title | Subject | Authors |
|---|
| Abdul-Jabber, Kareem. (former Los Angeles Lakers basketball star, author) | History | |
| Ackerman, Diane. (writer) | History | |
| Alagna, Roberto. (French opera singer) | History | |
| Andreessen, Marc and Clark, James H. (computer programmers and executives of Netscape Communications Corp.) | History | |
| Archer, Dennis W. (mayor of Detroit, MI)(Cover Story) | History | |
| Armstrong, Lance. (cyclist) | History | |
| Arquette, Patricia.(actress) | History | |
| Ashford, Nickolas; Simpson, Valerie. (songwriters and singers)(includes bibliography) | History | |
| Baker, Rick. (special-effects makeup artist) | History | |
| Banderas, Antonio. (actor) | History | |
| Barak, Ehud. (political leader) | History | |
| Branagh, Kenneth. (British actor and director)(includes bibliography) | History | |
| Bravo, Ellen. (executive director of 9to5, National Association of Working Women) | History | |
| Brill, Steven.(media executive) | History | |
| Brooks, Albert. (actor and director)(includes bibliography) | History | |
| Brosnan, Pierce.(actor) | History | |
| Brown, Tony. (television talk show host, syndicated columnist, TV producer, educator, writer) | History | |
| Brown, Trisha. (choreographer and dancer)(includes bibliography) | History | |
| Brown, Willie. (Mayor of San Francisco, California)(includes bibliography) | History | |
| Buchanan, Edna. (journalist; mystery writer) | History | |
| Buckley, Christopher. (writer)(includes bibliography) | History | |
| Bullock, Sandra. (actress) | History | |
| Bush, George W. (Governor of Texas) | History | |
| Butler, Robert N.(gerontologist and author) | History | |
| Calatrava, Santiago. (architect) | History | |
| Campbell, Naomi. (supermodel) | History | |
| Carroll, James. (writer) | History | |
| Carsey, Marcy.(television producer) | History | |
| Carson, Benjamin S. Sr. (neurosurgeon)(Cover Story) | History | |
| Carter, James. (jazz saxophonist) | History | |
| Carter, Stephen L. (writer, professor) | History | |
| Cavalli-Sforza, Luigi Luca. (geneticist) | History | |
| Chang, Michael. (tennis player) | History | |
| Chan, Jackie.(actor) | History | |
| Chast, Roz. (cartoonist, illustrator) | History | |
| Coe, Sue. (British artist) | History | |
| Collins, Cardiss. (former US representative from Illinois) | History | |
| Cornwell, Patricia. (writer) | History | |
| Curtin, Jane.(actress) | History | |
| Darden, Christopher A. (lawyer, educator) | History | |
| Dawkins, Richard. (British zoologist) | History | |
| Dayan, Yael. (Israeli politician and writer) | History | |
| Day, Pat.(horse racing jockey) | History | |
| De La Hoya, Oscar.(boxer) | History | |
| DiCaprio, Leonardo. (actor) | History | |
| DiFranco, Ani. (singer; songwriter) (Cover Story) | History | |
| Dole, Elizabeth Hanford.(president, American Red Cross) | History | |
| Doyle, Roddy.(Irish writer) | History | |
| Drabinsky, Garth.(Canadian theatrical producer) | History | |
| Durning, Charles. (stage and film actor) | History | |
| Dyson, Esther. (computer industry analyst) | History | |
| Dyson, Michael Eric.(writer) | History | |
| Ebert, Roger. (film critic and author) | History | |
| Eisenman, Peter.(architect) | History | |
| Filo, David.(Yahoo! Inc co-founder) | History | |
| Fleming, Renee. (opera singer) | History | |
| Frankl, Viktor E. (Austrian psychiatrist; writer; educator) | History | |
| Frank, Robert L. (photographer; filmmaker) | History | |
| Gable, Dan. (college wrestling coach) | History | |
| Gates, Gilbert. (television producer) | History | |
| Geller, Margaret J. (astrophysicist) | History | |
| Gilligan, Carol. (psychologist) | History | |
| Ginsberg, Allen. (poet)(Obituary) | History | |
| Glennie, Evelyn. (Scottish percussionist, composer) | History | |
| Goldblum, Jeff. (actor) | History | |
| Gong Li. (actor) | History | |
| Goodwin, Doris Kearns.(historian) | History | |
| Graham, Jorie. (poet) | History | |
| Graves, Earl G. (publisher) | History | |
| Hamer, Dean H. (geneticist) | History | |
| Harrelson, Woody.(actor) | History | |
| Harvard, Beverly. (police chief of Atlanta) | History | |
| Hayes, Denis.(environmentalist) | History | |
| Helfgott, David. (concert pianist) | History | |
| Heppner, Ben.(opera singer) | History | |
| Hiaasen, Carl. (writer)(includes bibliography) | History | |
| Ho, David D. (medical scientist and physician) | History | |
| Hopkins, Anthony. (motion picture actor) | History | |
| Horner, James. (film music composer) | History | |
| Huerta, Dolores.(labor union leader) | History | |
| Hutchison, Kay Bailey. (US Senator from Texas) | History | |
| Idei, Nobuyuki. (Sony Corporation corporate executive) | History | |
| Jaffe, Susan. (ballet dancer) | History | |
| Jagr, Jaromir. (Czech hockey player)(includes bibliography) | History | |
| Jong, Erica. (writer)(includes bibliography) | History | |
| Jordan, Michael. (basketball superstar) | History | |
| Judge, Mike. (animator) | History | |
| Kasem, Casey.(disc jockey) | History | |
| Kidman, Nicole. (actress) | History | |
| Kissin, Evgeny.(pianist) | History | |
| Klaus, Vaclav.(Czech Prime Minister) | History | |
| Knight, Philip H. (executive) | History | |
| Krauss, Alison. (fiddler and country singer) | History | |
| Kristol, William. (political commentator) | History | |
| Krzyzewski, Mike.(basketball coach) | History | |
| Kuchma, Leonid.(Ukraine president) | History | |
| Kukoc, Toni. (basketball player) | History | |
| Kushner, Harold S. (rabbi and writer) | History | |
| Lang, Helmut. (Austrian fashion designer)(includes bibliography) | History | |
| Lanier, Jaron. (computer scientist) | History | |
| Lasseter, John. (animator) | History | |
| Lazarus, Shelly. (advertising executive) | History | |
| LeCompte, Elizabeth. (theatrical director) | History | |
| Lee, Ang. (film director) | History | |
| Lee, Martin. (Hong Kong political leader; human rights activist) | History | |
| Lemon, Ralph. (choreographer) | History | |
| L'Engle, Madeleine.(author) | History | |
| Lewis, Loida Nicolas. (business executive, lawyer and writer) | History | |
| Lionni, Leo. (artist; writer) | History | |
| L.L. Cool J.(musician) | History | |
| Lobo, Rebecca. (basketball player) | History | |
| Lovett, Lyle. (country singer; songwriter; guitarist) | History | |
| Lovins, Amory B. (energy consultantand physicist) | History | |
| Lowey, Nita M. (US Representative from New York) | History | |
| Machel, Graca Simbine.(human rights advocate) | History | |
| Maher, Bill. (television talk-show host) | History | |
| Major, John. (Prime Minister of Great Britain) | History | |
| Markey, Edward J.(US congressman) | History | |
| Martin, Christy.(female boxer) | History | |
| Massey, Walter E. (Morehouse College president and physicist) | History | |
| McCaffrey, Barry R. (Office of National Drug Control Policy Director) | History | |
| McDonnell, Mary. (actor) | History | |
| McDormand, Frances. (actor) | History | |
| McLaren, Malcolm. (musician) | History | |
| McNair, Sylvia.(opera singer) | History | |
| Meyer, Ron. (Creative Artist Agency entertainment industry executive) | History | |
| Midler, Bette.(actress) | History | |
| Miyake, Issey.(Japanese fashion designer) | History | |
| Mobutu Sese Seko. (president of Zaire) | History | |
| Monroe, Marilyn: June 1, 1926 - Aug. 5, 1962. (actress)(Obituary) | History | |
| Moore, Michael C. (attorney general of Missippi) | History | |
| Moore, Michael. (social critic) | History | |
| Morissette, Alanis. (singer; songwriter) | History | |
| Muldowney, Shirley.(female drag racer) | History | |
| Murakami, Haruki. (Japanese writer) | History | |
| Muren, Denis. (visual=effects supervisor) | History | |
| Muster, Thomas. (tennis player) | History | |
| Myers, Mike. (comedian) | History | |
| Myhrvold, Nathan. (computer software executive; computer programmer) | History | |
| Neuwirth, Bebe.(actress) | History | |
| Noel Hume, Ivor.(British archaeologist) | History | |
| Nuridsany, Claude and Perennou, Marie. (French documentary filmmakers) | History | |
| Ogata, Sadako.(United Nations high commissioner for refugees) | History | |
| Paterson, Katherine.(author) | History | |
| Peters, C.J. (virologist) | History | |
| Plotkin, Mark J. (ethnobotanist; conservationist) | History | |
| Pogrebin, Letty Cottin.(author) | History | |
| Polese, Kim. (computer executive) | History | |
| Prusiner, Stanley. (neurologist) | History | |
| Queen Latifa. (rap singer, actress, impresario) | History | |
| Ramphele, Mamphela. (South African university administrator) | History | |
| Redman, Joshua.(jazz saxophonist) | History | |
| Richards, Michael.(comedian) | History | |
| Roosevelt, Anna C. (archaeologist; anthropologist) | History | |
| Rosen, Benjamin M. and Rosen, Harold A. (entrepreneurs) | History | |
| Rotblat, Joseph. (British physicist; social activist; organization official) | History | |
| Roth, Ann. (costume designer) | History | |
| Rowland, John G.(Connecticut governor) | History | |
| Rubin, Robert E. (US Secretary of the Treasury) | History | |
| Russert, Tim.(television personality) | History | |
| Russo, Rene. (actor; model) | History | |
| Sander, Jil.(fashion designer) | History | |
| Sarbanes, Paul S.(U.S. Senator) | History | |
| Satcher, David. (Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) | History | |
| Schlessinger, Laura. (radio talk-show host; marriage and family counselor; writer) | History | |
| Schoonmaker, Thelma. (film editor) | History | |
| Schultz, Howard M. (executive) | History | |
| Seal. (Nigerian pop singer) | History | |
| Sedaris, David. (writer; playwright; radio personality) | History | |
| Sereno, Paul C. (dinosaur paleontologist) | History | |
| Shaham, Gil. (violinist)(includes bibliography) | History | |
| Siebert, Muriel. (president of Siebert Financial Corp.) | History | |
| Sinbad. (actor, comedian) | History | |
| Singleton, John. (director, screenwriter) | History | |
| Sinise, Gary. (actor and director)(includes bibliography) | History | |
| Skolnick, Mark H. (geneticist) | History | |
| Smith, Ozzie. (baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals) | History | |
| Snow, Clyde Collins. (forensic anthropologist and physical anthropologist) (includes bibliography) | History | |
| Soros, George. (financier and philanthropist)(includes bibliography) | History | |
| Spacey, Kevin. (actor) | History | |
| Stipe, Michael. (singer and songwriter)(includes bibliography) | History | |
| Streep, Meryl. (actress) | History | |
| Strossen, Nadine.(American Civil Liberties Union president) | History | |
| Sukarnoputri, Megawati. (Indonesian politician) | History | |
| Sulloway, Frank J. (science historian) | History | |
| Sulzberger, Arthur O., Jr.(publisher of the New York Times) | History | |
| Taylor, Susan L. (editor of Essence magazine, columist, author, speaker) | History | |
| Thurman, Robert A.F. (Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies, Columbia University) | History | |
| Tipton, Jennifer. (lighting designer) | History | |
| Torre, Joe. (baseball manager) | History | |
| Tudjman, Franjo. (President of Croatia) | History | |
| Turkle, Sherry. (sociologist) | History | |
| Tyler, Richard. (fashion designer) | History | |
| Tyner, McCoy. (jazz pianist and composer) | History | |
| Verdi-Fletcher, Mary.(dance-troupe leader and advocate for the disabled) | History | |
| Voinovich, George V. (governor of Ohio) | History | |
| Voulkos, Peter.(ceramic artist) | History | |
| Vrba, Elisabeth S. (South African paleontologist) | History | |
| Waits, Tom.(musician) | History | |
| Wei Jingsheng. (Chinese human rights activist; political prisoner) | History | |
| Weinstein, Harvey. (Miramax Films cochairman) | History | |
| Welsh, Irvine.(Scottish author) | History | |
| West, Dorothy. (writer) | History | |
| Westwood, Vivienne. (British fashion designer) | History | |
| Whitaker, Forest. (actor, director) | History | |
| Widnall, Sheila E.(United States Air Force secretary) | History | |
| Wiest, Dianne. (actress) | History | |
| Williams, Robin.(actor, comedian) | History | |
| Wilmut, Ian. (British embryologist) | History | |
| Wilson, William Julius. (sociologist, educator, writer) | History | |
| Witten, Edward. (physicist) | History | |
| Wolff, Geoffrey.(author) | History | |
| Woods, Tiger.(golfer) | History | |
| Wozniak, Stephen. (computer consultant) | History | |
| Yang, Jerry.(YAHOO! Inc. co-founder) | History | |
| Zaentz, Saul. (film producer) | History | |
| Zemeckis, Robert. (filmmaker) | History | |
| Ziskin, Laura.(movie producer) | History | |
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