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Who's Who
1959 edition
LanguageEnglish
Release number
177 (Who's Who 2025)[1]
SubjectBiography[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] (1897 onwards)
GenreWho's Who[9]
Publisher
Publication date
1849–present
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
ISBN9781408181201
TextWho's Who at Wikisource
Websiteukwhoswho.com

Who's Who is a reference work.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18] It has been published annually in the form of a hardback book since 1849, and has been published online since 1999. It has also been published on CD-ROM. It lists, and gives information on, people from around the world who influence British life.[19] Entries include notable figures from government, politics, academia, business, sport and the arts. Who's Who 2023 is the 175th edition and includes more than 33,000 people.

In 2004, the book was described as the United Kingdom's most prominent work of biographical reference.[20]

The book is the original Who's Who book[21][22] and "the pioneer work of its type".[23][24][25] The book is an origin of the expression "who's who" used in a wider sense.[26][27][28]

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  2. ^ "Who's Who: an annual biographical dictionary. 1974, One hundred and twenty-sixth year of issue". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  3. ^ "Who's who, an annual biographical dictionary". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  4. ^ "Who's Who". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  5. ^ "Who's Who (London. 1849)". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  6. ^ "Who's Who". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  7. ^ "Who's Who ." search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  8. ^ "Who's Who". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  9. ^ Fritze, Ronald H.; Coutts, Brian E.; Vyhnanek, Louis A. (9 March 2004). Reference Sources in History: An Introductory Guide. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-87436-883-3.
  10. ^ "Bloomsbury – Who's Who". Bloomsbury.
  11. ^ "Who's Who and Who Was Who Online". oup.com.
  12. ^ Pedersen, "Reference Publishing" in Finkelstein and McCleery (eds), Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, 2007, vol 4, p 346 at
  13. ^ Finkelstein, David (23 November 2007). Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Volume 4: Professionalism and Diversity 1880-2000. Edinburgh University Press. p. 347. ISBN 978-0-7486-2884-1.
  14. ^ Waterstone's Guide to Books. Waterstone & Company. 1989. p. 720. ISBN 978-0-9512589-5-8.
  15. ^ Wilson, John R. M. (1974). Research Guide in History. General Learning Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-382-18075-0.
  16. ^ The Chemical Trade Journal and Chemical Engineer. Davis Bros. (C.T.J.) Limited. 1936. p. 98.
  17. ^ The British Journal of Inebriety (alcoholism and Drug Addiction). Ballière, Tindall and Cox. 1917. p. 15.
  18. ^ British Journal of Inebriety 173.
  19. ^ Cite error: The named reference online was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  20. ^ Cite error: The named reference CrickRosenbaum2004 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  21. ^ "Reference" in "New Books and New Editions" (1906) 24 Book News 531 [1]
  22. ^ Book News Monthly. J. Wanamaker. 1906.
  23. ^ Levitas, Arnold (1924). Editorial English. Roy Press.
  24. ^ Hills, William Henry; Luce, Robert (1920). The Writer: A Monthly Magazine for Literary Workers. Writer Publishing Company. p. 32.
  25. ^ Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books (3 ed.). American Library Association. 1917. p. 137.
  26. ^ "who's who". Macmillan Dictionary.
  27. ^ "who's Who". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  28. ^ Who's Who. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.
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