Who's Who & Who's Not?

Who's Who is an online reference resource (at www.whoswho.com) offering professional and biographical data about individuals of accomplishment.

Perhaps just as important as who we are, however, is who we are not. For example, it's important to understand that WE DO NOT PUBLISH BOOKS. But you can have some fun turning back the clock 100 years and viewing some "Who's Who" bio sketches of folks so famous you may have heard of them (see the linked names toward the bottom of the page!)

Who's Who (whoswho.com) is not:

  • Usenet Addresses (MIT) - among the earliest search services online,
    allows searching for e-mail addresses with either the name of a person or the name of the organization that provides
    their Internet access. This server will return the entries that it thinks best match your the query, from among
    4,168,042 addresses collected from Usenet postings between July 1991 and February 1996, now a bit out of date.
  • Zaba Search - another Internet
    "White Pages" to try.
  • The F.B.I.'s Ten Most Wanted
    Fugitives     - go slumming on the Internet! American's have seen the print-on-paper versions
    hanging in post offices throughout the USA for years, but now Net surfers worldwide can visit this
    notorious rogues gallery online!

And, so you don't confuse us with any of the who's who print publications operating today,

Who's Who (whoswho.com) is also not:

  • Who's Who in France - which publishes a traditional who's who publication whose website claims 22,000 active biographies, 18,000 photos and 16,000 emails. Attention: you may need your French-English dictionary to order, however, as only their title is in english.
  • Marquis Who's Who - a publisher of traditional who's who print publications, that markets their databases by trumpeting them as, "an ideal group for a wide range of offers including fundraising, personal finance, business and consumer publications, online merchandise, apparel, travel and much more."


  • International Who's Who - another who's who print publisher, but one that now proclaims itself a membership site for networking, etc.

[ If you have comments, complaints or suggestions for any print publisher, please direct them to the appropriate party, as we are not affiliated with any of them. You may also want to check with the Better Business Bureau to look for any history of complaints BEFORE dealing with them. Thank you!]

Who's Who (whoswho.com) is furthermore not, but highly recommends exploring, the following sites:

If you're ready to have some real fun, we'd like to wrap up with a nod to some venerable "who's who" publications (with whom we also are not in any way affiliated) whose contents are no longer afforded copyright protection due to the passage of time, and whose full contents are available at the Internet Archive. They are presented below in order of their publication dates, starting with the earliest, and reflect the rich tradition of the subject matter.

Step back in time and enjoy your visit!