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  • Ferdinand Cheval (188)

    Ferdinand Cheval was a French postman who spent thirty-three years of his life building Le...

  • Glenn T. Seaborg (112)

    Glenn Theodore Seaborg was an American scientist whose involvement in the synthesis, discovery...

  • Dar Williams (57)

    Dar Williams is an American singer-songwriter specializing in pop folk. Hendrik Hertzberg of the...

  • Iain Murray (93)

    Iain Hamish Murray is a British pastor and author. He was educated in the Isle of Man and at the...

  • Gilbert Malcolm Sproat (190)

    Gilbert Malcolm Sproat was a Scottish-born Canadian businessman, office holder, and author. Born...

  • Maniyanpilla Raju (67)

    Maniyanpilla Raju is a Malayalam film actor and producer. Though his real name is Sudheer Kumar,...

  • Augustus D. Juilliard (188)

    Augustus D. Juilliard was an American businessman whose philanthropy built the renowned...

  • Gabriel Heinze (46)

    Gabriel Iván Heinze is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Newell's Old Boys. He...

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    I was not able to find anything on the famous artist Do Ho Suh
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  • 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
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    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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