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  • Igor Kurnosov (39)

    Igor Kurnosov was a Russian chess grandmaster. In 2008, he won the Arctic Chess Challenge. He...

  • Ryuhei Kitamura (55)

    Ryuhei Kitamura is a Japanese filmmaker.

  • Lyoto Machida (46)

    Lyoto Carvalho Machida is a Japanese-Brazilian mixed martial artist from Salvador, Brazil who...

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    Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire PC, known as the Viscount Hillsborough from 1742 to 1751...

  • Claes Andersson (87)

    Claes-Johan Rudolf Andersson is a Finland-Swedish psychiatrist, author, musician, politician and...

  • John O'Brien (93)

    John O'Brien was a Roman Catholic priest who worked in the Archdiocese of Dublin from 1956 until...

  • Abbé Faria (278)

    Abbé Faria, or Abbé José Custódio de Faria, was a Goan Catholic monk who was one of the pioneers...

  • Irving Thalberg (125)

    Irving Grant Thalberg was an American film producer during the early years of motion pictures...

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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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