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  • John Williams (121)

    John Williams was an English stage, film and television actor. He is remembered for his role as...

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

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    Walerian Łukasiński was a Polish officer and political activist. Sentenced by Russian Imperial...

  • Makana Risser Chai (71)

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

  • Le Phuoc Tu (39)

    Lê Phước Tứ is a Vietnamese footballer who plays for Vissai Ninh Bình of the V.League 1. He is a...

  • Aaron Laffey (39)

    Aaron Steven Laffey is an American professional baseball pitcher, who is with the Milwaukee...

  • Hermann Grassmann (215)

    Hermann Günther Grassmann was a German polymath, renowned in his day as a linguist and now also...

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    Whitmell Pugh Tunstall was a lawyer and state legislator in Chatham, Virginia. He was the...

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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
    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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