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  • Erasmus Ommanney (210)

    Admiral Sir Erasmus Ommanney KCB, FRS, FRGS, JP was a Royal Navy officer and an Arctic explorer...

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    Eyal Levi was born on May 22, 1979 in Cleveland, Ohio. Levi is the guitarist and co-writer for...

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    Graham Linehan is an Irish television writer, actor, comedian and director who, often in...

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    Félix Henri Bracquemond was a French painter and etcher. Félix Bracquemond was born in Paris. He...

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    John Rochester was a Canadian industrialist, mayor of Ottawa, Ontario from 1870 to 1871, and a...

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    Melvin Earl Duncan is the founding Executive Director of Nonviolent Peaceforce, a civilian...

  • Sabir Mahfouz Lahmar (55)

    Sabir Mahfouz Lahmar is a Bosnian citizen, who won his habeas corpus after being eight years and...

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    Augusto Pestana was a Brazilian engineer and politician. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Pestana moved...

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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 136 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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