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  • Tim Cross (73)

    Major General Timothy Cross, CBE is a retired British Army officer and military logistics...

  • E. Clay Shaw, Jr. (85)

    Eugene Clay Shaw, Jr. is a former American politician who was a Republican member of the United...

  • Mukesh Rishi (68)

    Mukesh Rishi is an Indian film actor who has worked in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and...

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    Doctor Robert W. Irvine, nicknamed "Bulldog", was a Scottish rugby football player.

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    Antoaneta Stefanova is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster, and a former Women's World Chess Champion...

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    Colonel Johnson Harris was born April 19, 1856. His father was White and his mother was...

  • Wilfried Martens (88)

    Wilfried Achiel Emma Martens was a Belgian politician. He was born in Sleidinge. During his...

  • Calista Vinton (217)

    Calista H. Vinton was an American Baptist missionary who labored for 30 years in Burma...

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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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