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  • Ofspring Blackall (369)

    Ofspring Blackall, Bishop of Exeter and religious controversialist, was born in London.

  • Valentine Strasser (57)

    Valentine Esegragbo Melvine Strasser served as head of state of Sierra Leone from 1992 to 1996...

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    Craig D. Adams is a Bruneian-born Canadian former professional ice hockey player who wo...

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    Mykola Zerov was a Ukrainian poet, translator, literary scholar and critic. He was perhaps the...

  • John Moore (294)

    John Moore was Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England.

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    Channing Matthew Tatum is an American actor, film producer, dancer, and model. He best known for...

  • Fanny Blankers-Koen (106)

    Francina "Fanny" Elsje Blankers-Koen was a Dutch athlete, best known for winning four gold...

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    Sir Owen Willans Richardson, FRS was a British physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics 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?
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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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