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  • Guido Alberto Fano (149)

    Guido Alberto Fano was an Italian pianist and composer. From 1894 he was the favoured pupil of...

  • Margot Fonteyn (105)

    Dame Margot Fonteyn de Arias, DBE, was a British ballerina. She is widely regarded as one of the...

  • Walter Hawkins (75)

    Walter Hawkins was an American gospel music singer, and a pastor. Hawkins was consecrated to the...

  • Sean Bell shooting incident (41)

    The Sean Bell shooting incident took place in the New York City borough of Queens, New York,...

  • Blair Wilson (61)

    Blair Wilson was the Canadian Member of Parliament in the 39th Canadian parliament for West...

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    Charles Benjamin "Babe" Adams was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from...

  • Fanny zu Reventlow (153)

    Franziska Reventlow was a German writer, artist and translator, who became famous as the...

  • Weasel Walter (52)

    Weasel Walter is a composer and instrumentalist who founded the band The Flying Luttenbachers 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?
    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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