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  • Stanislav Markelov (50)

    Stanislav Yuryevich Markelov was a Russian human rights lawyer. He participated in a number of...

  • David Wells (61)

    David Lee Wells, nicknamed "Boomer", is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. Wells...

  • Åsa Linderborg (56)

    Åsa Natacha Linderborg is a Swedish writer and historian. She writes regularly for Aftonbladet,...

  • Joe Cocker (80)

    John Robert "Joe" Cocker OBE is an English rock and blues singer, who came to popularity in the...

  • Padre Marcelo Rossi (57)

    Marcelo Mendonça Rossi is a Brazilian Catholic priest widely known and popular in the country...

  • Victor Gauntlett (82)

    Malcolm Victor Gauntlett was an English petrochemical entrepreneur and car enthusiast, best...

  • Wally Herger (79)

    Walter William "Wally" Herger, Jr. is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the...

  • Al Bano Carrisi (81)

    Albano Carrisi, better known as Al Bano, is an Italian singer, actor, and winemaker.

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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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