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  • Tyson Alualu (37)

    Tyson Alualu is an American football defensive end for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National...

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    Theodor Bergk was a German philologist, an authority on classical Greek poetry.

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    Florence Nightingale, OM, RRC was a celebrated British social reformer and statistician, and the...

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    Barbara Dane is an American folk, blues, and jazz singer.

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    Irena Anders was a Polish stage actress and singer. During WWII she worked in the troupe of...

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    George Denis Patrick Carlin was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, actor,...

  • Kieron Pollard (37)

    Kieron Adrian Pollard is a Trinidadian cricketer who plays for the West Indies. An aggressive...

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    Sheikh Abdel-Halim Mahmoud served as Grand Imam of Al Azhar from 1973 until his death in 1978...

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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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