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  • John James Audubon (239)

    John James Audubon was a French-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. He was notable...

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    Wade Leon Smith is an American football center/guard for the Houston Texans of the National...

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    John Clark Ridpath was an American educator, historian, and editor. His mother was a descendant...

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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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    Sir Joseph George Ward, 1st Baronet GCMG MP was the 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand on two...

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    Vicente Pío Marcelino Cirilo Aleixandre y Merlo was a Spanish poet who was born in Seville...

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    Xie Jinyuan was a Chinese Nationalist military officer famous for commanding the Defense of...

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    Patrick "Paddy" Hannan was a gold prospector whose discovery on 17 June 1893 near Kalgoorlie,...

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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 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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