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Type of site | Online biographical database of celebrities |
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Available in | English |
Owner | Soylent Communications |
URL |
nndb |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | No |
Launched | August 7, 2002 |
Current status | Active |
The Notable Names Database (NNDB) is an online database of biographical details of over 40,000 people. Soylent Communications, a sole proprietorship that also hosted the now-defunct Rotten.com, [1] describes NNDB as an "intelligence aggregator" of noteworthy persons, highlighting their interpersonal connections. [2] [3] The Rotten.com domain was registered in 1996 by former Apple and Netscape software engineer Thomas E. Dell, who was also known by his internet alias, "Soylent". [4]
Each entry has an executive summary with an assessment of the person's notability. [5] It also lists their deaths, cause of death, and life risk factors that may affect their lives span such as obesity, cocaine addiction, or dwarfism. [6] Businesspeople and government officials are listed with chronologies of their posts, positions, and board memberships. NNDB has articles on films with user-submitted reviews, discographies of selected music groups, and extensive bibliographies. [5]
The NNDB Mapper, a visual tool for exploring connections between people, was made available in May 2008. It required Adobe Flash 7. [7]
This article needs to be updated.(December 2022) |
Type of site | Online biographical database of celebrities |
---|---|
Available in | English |
Owner | Soylent Communications |
URL |
nndb |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | No |
Launched | August 7, 2002 |
Current status | Active |
The Notable Names Database (NNDB) is an online database of biographical details of over 40,000 people. Soylent Communications, a sole proprietorship that also hosted the now-defunct Rotten.com, [1] describes NNDB as an "intelligence aggregator" of noteworthy persons, highlighting their interpersonal connections. [2] [3] The Rotten.com domain was registered in 1996 by former Apple and Netscape software engineer Thomas E. Dell, who was also known by his internet alias, "Soylent". [4]
Each entry has an executive summary with an assessment of the person's notability. [5] It also lists their deaths, cause of death, and life risk factors that may affect their lives span such as obesity, cocaine addiction, or dwarfism. [6] Businesspeople and government officials are listed with chronologies of their posts, positions, and board memberships. NNDB has articles on films with user-submitted reviews, discographies of selected music groups, and extensive bibliographies. [5]
The NNDB Mapper, a visual tool for exploring connections between people, was made available in May 2008. It required Adobe Flash 7. [7]