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  • Hedda Berntsen (48)

    Hedda Berntsen is a Norwegian sportsperson who has competed internationally in telemark skiing,...

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    Jan Karski was a Polish World War II resistance movement fighter and later professor at...

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    John Christopher Williams is an Australian classical guitarist and long-term resident of the...

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    Fuller Potter was an American Abstract expressionist artist. He was born in New York City in...

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    Cyril Francis Maude was an English actor-manager.

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    Aino Ackté was a Finnish soprano. She was the first international star of the Finnish opera...

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    Aaldert Hendrik Wapstra was a Dutch physicist. Wapstra became a full professor in 1955 at the...

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    Erastus Bernard Tyler was an American businessman, merchant, and soldier. He was a general in...

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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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