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  • Gad Elmaleh (53)

    Gad Elmaleh is a Jewish-Moroccan and French stand-up comedian and actor. His latest show is...

  • Glenn T. Seaborg (112)

    Glenn Theodore Seaborg was an American scientist whose involvement in the synthesis, discovery...

  • Jayne Mansfield (91)

    Jayne Mansfield was an American actress in film, theatre, and television, a nightclub...

  • Curtis Roosevelt (94)

    Curtis Roosevelt is the second eldest child of Anna Roosevelt and her first husband, Curtis Bean...

  • Wyatt Cenac (48)

    Wyatt Cenac is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. He is a former correspondent...

  • Jørgen Stubberud (141)

    Jørgen Stubberud was a Norwegian polar explorer who participated in the Amundsen Antarctica...

  • E. Clay Shaw, Jr. (85)

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

  • Filip Jicha (42)

    Filip Jícha is a Czech team handball player, playing for the German club THW Kiel and for the...

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    I was not able to find anything on the famous artist Do Ho Suh
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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
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    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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