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Who's Who is the name of a number of publications, generally containing concise biographical information on a particular group of people. It is also used as an expression meaning a collection or group of noted persons. There are also Who's Who scams that use pumped up marketing and email spam techniques to get anyone to join to become a member of a "prestigious" registry that involves the payment of an exhorbitant fee.

Examples of Who's Who publications include:

• Who's Who (UK), a listing prominent British people since 1849; people who have died since 1897 are listed in Who Was Who
• Who's Who in Australia, listing prominent Australians since 1923
• Who's Who in France, listing prominent French or people living in France since 1953
• Who's Who in British History
• Who's Who in Scotland, listing prominent Scots since 1993
• Who's Who in the DC Universe was a publication listing DC Comics characters
• Who's Who Among American High School Students and Who's Who Among American College Students, created to chronicle the achievements of high school and college students who particularly excel in the realm of academic achievement
• Who's Who Online, an automated web information aggregation service
• Hinterland Who's Who, a series of 60-second public service ads profiling Canadian animals and birds, produced by Environment Canada in the 1960s
• International Who's Who by Europa Publications, a Taylor and Francis imprint
• Marquis Who's Who, a series of books published by Marquis, primarily listing prominent American people

See also

• Biographical dictionary

• Disambiguation pages