Ask HN: What are some good biographies to read?
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sohamdas · May 29, 2008"Surely you are joking Mr. Feynman" [absolutely rockstar of a autobiography]
albertcardona · May 29, 2008Richard Feynman: "Surely you're joking Mr. Feynman".
markm · May 29, 2008Surely you're joking Mr. Feynman! - R. Feynman
ahsonwardak · May 29, 2008Founders at Work is a great series of short biographies/interviews.
rms · May 29, 2008The auto-biography of Benjamin Franklin! Incredibly relevant to entrepreneurship.
markm · May 29, 2008Into thin air - J. Krakauer
msg · May 29, 2008I thought it was terrific. It's had several rereads already.
ra · May 29, 2008Shantaram - amazing.
augustus · May 29, 2008Losing my Virginity - Richard Branson (so honest and realistic).
colinplamondon · May 29, 2008Richard Branson's autobiography, Losing My Virginity, is also a great read
augustus · May 29, 2008I love "Titan" about John D. Rockefeller
rglovejoy · May 29, 2008"John Adams" and "Truman" by David McCullough
diego · May 29, 2008"The Man Who Loved Only Numbers", about Paul Erdos. Very enjoyable.
dedalus · May 29, 2008Oppenheimer is a must read let it be "American Prometheus"