Who's Who

Who's Who

Who's Who (or "Who is Who") is the title of a number of reference publications, generally containing concise biographical information on the prominent people of a country. The oldest and best known is the annual British publication Who's Who, a reference work on contemporary prominent people. The title "Who's Who" is in the public domain, and thousands of Who's Who compilations of varying scope and quality have been published by various authors and publishers. The title is also used as an expression meaning a collection or group of noted persons. Many other publications that do not list the prominent people of a country also use this title. But those books are vanity publications where the inclusion criterion is the biographee's willingness to buy the book, with the business model consisting of selling books directly to the biographees.

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