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  • Kyle Beckerman (42)

    Kyle Robert Beckerman is an American soccer player who currently plays for Real Salt Lake in...

  • Adele Blood (138)

    Adele Blood was an American actress in silent movies, vaudeville, and theater.

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    James Anthony Froude was an English historian, novelist, biographer, and editor of Fraser's...

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    Fenton John Anthony Hort was an Irish theologian and editor, with Brooke Westcott of a critical...

  • Sean Henn (43)

    Sean Michael Henn is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets of Major...

  • Afonso II of Portugal (839)

    Afonso II, or Affonso, Alfonso or Alphonso or Alphonsus, nicknamed "the Fat", King of Portugal,...

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    Yvonne Ridley is a British journalist and Respect Party activist best known for her capture by...

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    Ricardo Mella Cea was one of the first writers, intellectuals and anarchist activists of the...

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  • steele_n
    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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