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  • Arman Zhetpisbayev (53)

    Arman Sharipbayuly Zhetpisbayev is current mayor of Shymkent city, Kazakhstan.

  • Johnny Griffin (96)

    John Arnold Griffin III was an American bop and hard bop tenor saxophonist.

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    Curtis Charles Ebbesmeyer is an American oceanographer who, in retirement, has studied the...

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    Larramie "Doc" Shaw is an American actor, singer and rapper. He is best known for playing Malik...

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    Jan Karski was a Polish World War II resistance movement fighter and later professor at...

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

  • Annie Arniel (163)

    Annie Arniel was a suffragist and women's rights advocate. Born in Harrington, Delaware, United...

  • Kelly Clarkson (42)

    Kelly Brianne Clarkson Blackstock, better known by her maiden name Kelly Clarkson, is an...

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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?
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    • 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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