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  • Kacey Bellamy (37)

    Kacey Bellamy is an American ice hockey defenseman. She was named to the United States women's...

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    Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher who is widely considered to be a central figure of modern...

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    Grace Cossington Smith AO OBE was an Australian artist and pioneer of modernist painting in...

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    Eugène François Marie Joseph Devéria was a French Romantic painter of history paintings. He held...

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    Goran Maznov is a Macedonian football striker who plays for FK Metalurg Skopje. He last played...

  • Amos Lawrence (238)

    Amos Lawrence was an American merchant and philanthropist.

  • Wilhelm Schickard (432)

    Wilhelm Schickard was a German professor of Hebrew and Astronomy who became famous in the second...

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    Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis was an Episcopal lay leader in Alexandria County. The daughter of...

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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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