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Current Biography Magazine 2025

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ISSN: 0011-3344
11 issues



Current Biography Magazine 2024

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ISSN: 0011-3344
11 issues

Current Biography Magazine 2023

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ISSN: 0011-3344
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Current Biography Magazine 2022

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Current Biography Magazine 2021

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Current Biography Magazine 2020

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Current Biography Magazine 2019

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Current Biography Magazine 2018

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Current Biography Magazine 2017

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Current Biography Magazine 2016

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Six times a year, Current Biography offers ongoing access to the most important individuals and personalities of today.

  1. Six issues per year allow researchers to keep up with the day’s most talked-about and influential people.
  2. Twenty people are profiled in each issue, spanning a wide variety of professions and cultures.
  3. People profiled in each issue include those who have never appeared in the Current Biography series before, along with a handful of individuals who were profiled in the past but need a significant update based on their more recent accomplishments.
  4. Multiple photos accompany most of the entries. Now Printed in Full Color!

Variety

Current Biography Strives to find those though leaders, artists, educators, innovators, and entrepreneurs who are not only accomplished in their professions, but whose life stores are celebration of human achievements. Professions featured include activist, actor, alpine ski racer, analytical chemist, architect, artist, author, baseball player, blogger, CEO, chef, comedian, comic book writer, conductor, congressperson, cookbook author, cricketer, economist, fashion designer, film producer, geologist, gymnast, historian, hockey player, little league pitcher, mathematician, Miss America, motorcycle road racer, operatic singer, poet, priest, professional sumo wrestler race car driver, radio host, rapper, rock climber, social psychologist, stunt performer, surgeon, television screenwriter, venture capitalist, video game designer, violist, and young-adult novelist… among many others!

Sources

An invaluable source for researchers, teachers, students, and librarians, Current Biography draws information from newspaper and magazine articles, books, the Internet, observations of journalists and associates, and occasionally personal interviews or questionnaires completed by the subjects. This resource presents biographical information in a lively style that makes for entertaining as well as informative reading.

The Magazine

Subscriptions typically begin in January or July and continue for twelve months. We can accommodate alternative start dates to align with your budget year. If you have any questions about selecting a start date, please call Customer Service at (800) 562-2139. 2025 Subscriptions Include Free Online Access.

January 2019- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Politician
February 2019- Sundar Pichai, Internet Executive
March 2019- Melanie Scrofano, Actor
April 2019- Beauden Barrett, Rugby Union Player
May 2019- Jekalyn Carr, Gospel Singer
June 2019- John John Florence, Surfer
July 2019- Christina Tosi, Chef and Television Personality
August 2019- Zedd, Musician
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Eleven times a year, Current Biography offers 16-18 biographical, up-to-date profiles of accomplished and rising stars of government, industry, entertainment and the arts from the U.S. and around the world.

H.W. Wilson's Current Biography, the monthly magazine, has been delivering up-to-date biographies of men and women of contemporary importance since 1940. The magazine is renowned for its unfailing accuracy, insightful selection and the wide scope of influence of its subjects.

Current Biography, the magazine, offers ongoing access to the important personalities of today:

  1. Eleven issues per year, allowing us to keep up with the day's most talked-about and influential people.
  2. Sixteen to eighteen profiles per issue, including a wide range of professions.

Variety

Current Biography Strives to find those though leaders, artists, educators, innovators, and entrepreneurs who are not only accomplished in their professions, but whose life stores are celebration of human achievements. Professions featured include activist, actor, alpine ski racer, analytical chemist, architect, artist, author, baseball player, blogger, CEO, chef, comedian, comic book writer, conductor, congressperson, cookbook author, cricketer, economist, fashion designer, film producer, geologist, gymnast, historian, hockey player, little league pitcher, mathematician, Miss America, motorcycle road racer, operatic singer, poet, priest, professional sumo wrestler race car driver, radio host, rapper, rock climber, social pyschologist, stunt performer, surgeon, television screenwriter, venture capitalist, video game designer, violist, and young-adult novelist… among many others!

Sources

An invaluable source for researchers, teachers, students, and librarians, Current Biography draws information from newspaper and magazine articles, books, the Internet, observations of journalists and associates, and occasionally personal interviews or questionnaires completed by the subjects. This resource presents biographical information in a lively style that makes for entertaining as well as informative reading.

The Monthly Magazine

Subscriptions typically begin in January or July and continue for eleven months. However, we can accommodate alternative start dates to align with your budget year. If you have any questions about selecting a start date, please call Customer Service at (800) 562-2139.