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  • Wallace Rider Farrington (153)

    Wallace Rider Farrington was the sixth Territorial Governor of Hawaii, serving from 1921 to...

  • Shakila (62)

    Shakila is a Persian vocalist and master of classical Persian music. She studied both Persian...

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    Eli Degibri is an Israeli jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger.

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    Aryeh Dvoretzky was a Russian-born Israeli mathematician, the winner of the 1973 Israel Prize in...

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    Genevieve Nnaji, MFR is a Nigerian actress. In 2005 she won the African Movie Academy Award for...

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    Jean Margaret Davenport was an English actress. Her father was a lawyer, but he left the Bar for...

  • L. O. Hartman (148)

    Lewis Oliver Hartman was an American Bishop of The Methodist Church, elected in 1944.

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    August Garry Herrmann was an American executive in Major League Baseball.

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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
    courtneye
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  • 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 135 years ago
  • Olynthia Hamilton
    Olynthia Hamilton
    I was not able to find anything on the famous artist Do Ho Suh
    LikeReply 87 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 88 years ago

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