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  • Pekka Sammallahti (77)

    Pekka Lars Kalervo Sammallahti is a professor of Sámi languages at the Giellagas Institute at...

  • Eva Beem (92)

    Eva, the daughter of Hartog and Rosette Beem, was an eight year-old schoolgirl when the Germans...

  • Scott Aaronson (43)

    Scott Joel Aaronson is a theoretical computer scientist and faculty member in the Electrical...

  • Frances Densmore (157)

    Frances Theresa Densmore was an American ethnographer and ethnomusicologist, both being...

  • Jean-Baptiste Pouliot (208)

    Jean-Baptiste Pouliot was a Quebec notary and political figure. He represented Témiscouata in...

  • Martin Carthy (83)

    Martin Carthy MBE is an English folk singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most...

  • Flint Hanner (126)

    John Flint Hanner was an American track and field athlete and coach. He won the first NCAA...

  • Jack Fox (139)

    John Paul "Jack" Fox was a professional baseball player whose career spanned 11 seasons,...

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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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