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Best Biography TV Series of the 1990s

169 Biography series that started in the 1990s, ranked by popularity

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169 series

Sofya Kovalevskaya

★ 8.0
76 3 1990–present
Biography · Drama

In The Beginning: The Bible Stories

★ 7.9
69 26 1992–1997
Adventure · Animation · Biography

Aleksa Santic

★ 7.7
68 8 1990–1992
Biography · Drama · History

Zhivoy Pushkin

★ 8.4
62 5 1999–1999
Biography

Kald mig Liva

★ 6.8
61 4 1992–1992
Biography · Drama · History

The Great Egyptians

★ 8.3
59 6 1998–1998
Biography · Documentary · Drama

Bl!tz

★ 3.3
57 41 1997–2007
Biography · Documentary · News

Coltrane's Planes and Automobiles

★ 8.6
57 6 1997–present
Biography · History

The Windsors: A Royal Family

★ 7.7
55 4 1994–1994
Biography · Documentary · History

Life and Times

★ 7.5
55 146 1996–2007
Biography · Documentary

Jastuk groba mog

★ 7.0
53 2 1991–1991
Biography · Drama

Celebrity Profile

★ 6.8
52 45 1998–2001
Biography · Documentary

Cher Olivier

★ 7.8
50 5 1997–present
Biography

VH1 Legends

★ 7.7
50 33 1996–present
Biography · Documentary · Music

Ken Burns: American Lives

★ 8.6
46 13 1997–present
Biography

Late Review

★ 6.3
45 383 1994–2014
Biography · Talk-Show

Aynalar

★ 6.5
45 11 1996–1997
Biography · Documentary

Nikolai Vavilov

★ 6.5
44 6 1990–present
Biography · Drama

Cronkite Remembers

★ 7.9
43 8 1997–1997
Biography · Documentary

Legenden

★ 6.8
42 65 1998–present
Biography · Documentary

Blasco Ibáñez

★ 5.5
42 2 1997–1997
Biography

Bravo Profiles

★ 7.0
42 38 1998–2004
Biography · Documentary

Marie Curie, une femme honorable

★ 6.6
40 3 1991–present
Biography · Drama

Maurice Richard: Histoire d'un Canadien

★ 7.1
40 3 1999–present
Biography · Drama · Sport
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