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  • Gabby Logan (51)

    Gabby Logan is an British presenter and a former Wales international gymnast who is best known...

  • Li Zuopeng (110)

    Li Zuopeng was a Chinese general of the People's Liberation Army.

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    Alphonse Bertillon was a French police officer and biometrics researcher who applied the...

  • Siarhey Balakhonau (47)

    Siarhey Balakhonau; born April 24, 1977 is a Belarusian postmodern writer.

  • Agansing Rai (104)

    Agansing Rai VC MM was a Nepalese recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most...

  • Aaldert Wapstra (101)

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

  • Anthony Trollope (209)

    Anthony Trollope was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the...

  • Joan Saura i Laporta (74)

    Joan Saura i Laporta is a Green ICV politician in Spain. He was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, in...

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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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