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  • Brandon Yip (39)

    Brandon Yip is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the Phoenix...

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    Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the...

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    Edwin Parker "Cy" Twombly, Jr. was an American artist well known for his large-scale, freely...

  • Vladimir Zhirinovsky (78)

    Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky, born Vladimir Volfovich Eidelstein on 25 April 1946, is a...

  • Mu. Varadarajan (112)

    Mu. Varadarajan, also known as Mu. Va. and Varatharasanar, was a Tamil scholar, author and...

  • Fadela Amara (60)

    Fadéla Amara, also known as Fatiha Amara is a French feminist and politician, who began her...

  • Jean Antoine Zinnen (197)

    Jean Antoine Zinnen was a Luxembourgian composer, best known for the Luxembourgish national...

  • Li Ao (89)

    Li Ao, is a writer, social commentator, historian, and independent politician in the Republic of...

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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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