List of long biographical articles in Rees's Cyclopaedia

This is a list of the longer biographical articles from Rees's Cyclopaedia, 4 columns or more (3000 words appx.) The longest is that of Captain Cook (43.9 columns).

There are 3789 biographies half a column (350 words) or more long, and an unknown number of briefer ones. Sir James Edward Smith wrote the botanical articles, and Charles Burney the ones on music. Many of the biographical articles are sourced to biographical reference books. In most cases Christian names were Anglicised – John for Johannes, for example.