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  • Gordon Canfield (126)

    Gordon Canfield was an American lawyer and politician. Canfield, a Republican, was first a...

  • Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant (64)

    Philippe or Filip is the reigning King of the Belgians, having ascended the throne on 21 July...

  • Thomas Szasz (104)

    Thomas Stephen Szasz was a psychiatrist and academic. Since 1990 he had been professor emeritus...

  • Suchitra Pillai-Malik (64)

    Suchitra Pillai-Malik Hindi: सुचित्रा पिल्लई मलिक}, known simply as Suchitra Pillai, is an...

  • Abolhasan Saba (122)

    Abol Hasan Sabā, was a renowned Persian musician, composer, violinist, and setar player.

  • Suleiman II (382)

    Suleiman II was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1687 to 1691.

  • Mohammed Ayub (40)

    Haji Mohammed Ayub is a citizen of China, who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United...

  • Makana Risser Chai (71)

    R. Makana Risser Chai is a researcher and author of books and articles on Hawaiian traditions...

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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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  • 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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