Includes indexes nationality, occupation, subject and newsmakers indexes.

An up-to-date biographical collection to notable personalities in the news today.

Vol. 2. Albert, Prince of Monaco, 1958-, Prince of Monaco -- Traian Basescu, 1951-, President of Romania -- Black Eyed Peas, Pop group -- Paula Creamer, 1986-, Professional golfer -- Neda DeMayo, 1960(?)-, Animal rights activist -- America Ferrera, 1984-, Actress -- Foo Fighters, Rock group -- Ismail Omar Guelleh, 1947-, President of Djibouti -- Mariska Hargitay, 1964-, Actress -- Reed Hastings, 1961(?)-, President, Chief Exxecutive Officer, and Board Chair of Netflix -- J. Edward HIll, 1938-, Physician and educator -- Felicity Huffman, 1962-, Actress -- John Irving, 1942-, Author and screenwriter - Wendy Evans Joseph, 1955(?)-, Architect -- Marian Keyes, 1963-, Author -- Ruud Kleinpaste, 1952-, Entomologist and television personality -- Elizabeth Kostova, 1964-, Author -- Diane Lane, 1965-, Actress -- Beth Lisick, 1969(?)-, Author and journalist -- Benilde Little, 1959(?)-, Author -- Richard Louv, 1949-, Author, columnist, and speaker -- Mary Ellen Mark, 1940-, Photographer -- Hayao Miyazaki, 1941-, Animator, director, and screenwriter -- Yoshitomo Nara, 1959-, Artist -- Joel Osteen, 1963-, Minister and author -- Clive Owen, 1964-, Actor -- Gary Parsons, 1950(?)-, Chairman of XM Satellite Radio -- Barry Prevor and Steven Shore, Owners of Steve & Barry's University Sportswear -- Karl Rove, 1950-, Deputy chief of staff for U.S. President George W. Bush -- Kyra Sedgwick, 1965-, Actress -- John Sentamu, 1949-, Archbishop of York -- Harry Slatkin, 1961(?)-, Founder of Slatkin & Co. -- John W. Snow, 1939-, United States Treasury Secretary -- Joss Stone, 1987-, Singer and songwriter -- John Varvatos, 1955(?)-, Fashion designer -- Tabare Vazquez, 1940- President of Uruguay - Edward Witten, 1951-, Physicist -- Ziyi Zhang, 1979-, Actress.

Vol. 2. Obituaries -- Saul Bellow, 1915-2005, Author -- Hans Bethe, 1906-2005, Physicist -- Sanra Dee, 1942-2005, Actress -- Andrea Dworkin, 1946-2005, Author -- George Kennan, 1904-2005, Diplomat and historian -- Dale Messik, 1906-2005, Comic-strip artist -- Andre Norton, 1912-2005, Author -- Frank Perdue, 1920-2005, Chief executive officer of Perdue Farms -- Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, 1923-2005, Prince of Monaco -- John Raitt, 1917-2005, Actor -- Jimmy Smith, 1928-2005, Jazz musician -- Kenzo Tange, 1913-2005, Architect.