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  • Nicholas Fitzgerald (33)

    Nicholas Fitzgerald, is an Australian footballer who plays for Central Coast Mariners in the...

  • Matt Berninger (54)

    Matt Berninger is a Cincinnati native, Brooklyn based singer/songwriter, primarily known as the...

  • Yōsuke Fujigaya (44)

    Yōsuke Fujigaya is a Japanese footballer.

  • Tadayuki Okada (58)

    Tadayuki 'Taddy' Okada is a retired Japanese professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He...

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    Ion Luca Caragiale was a Wallachian-born Romanian playwright, short story writer, poet, theater...

  • Ladislaus Weinek (177)

    Ladislaus Weinek was an Austro-Hungarian astronomer. He was educated in Vienna, and worked for a...

  • Zao Wou Ki (104)

    Zao Wou-Ki was a Chinese-French painter. He was a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

  • Yang Jingyu (120)

    Yang Jingyu, born Ma Shangde in Queshan, Henan, was a Chinese Communist, commander-in-chief and...

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  • steele_n
    I was not able to find anything on the famous artist Do Ho Suh
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  • courtneye
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    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • Kathleen Castillo
    Kathleen Castillo
    Is there a way to search by last name only?
    LikeReply 146 years ago
    • STANDS4
      STANDS4
      Hey Kathleen -- great idea! We've just added the option to also search by last name...
      LikeReply 146 years ago
  • Olynthia Hamilton
    Olynthia Hamilton
    I was not able to find anything on the famous artist Do Ho Suh
    LikeReply 88 years ago
  • Ibrahim Mahmoud
    Ibrahim Mahmoud
    Luciano Vssalo was an Ethiopian Foot Ball Player / Captain / Coach of the Ethiopian National Team. In 1962 the National Team has won the 3rd African Cup against Egypt. Ethiopia 4 - 2 Egypt .
    LikeReply 89 years ago

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