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  • Son Won-il (115)

    Son Won-il was a South Korean navy vice admiral, best known for being the first Chief of Naval...

  • Maurice Gifford (165)

    Hon. Maurice Raymond Gifford CMG was a British military officer.

  • Googoosh (74)

    Faegheh Atashin, also known by her stage name Googoosh, is an Iranian singer and actress. She is...

  • Federico Chueca (178)

    Federico Chueca was a Spanish composer of zarzuelas and author of La gran vía along with Joaquín...

  • Annie Villeneuve (41)

    Annie Villeneuve is a French-Canadian pop singer-songwriter. She participated at the first...

  • James Allen (181)

    James Allen was an Irish-born Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He earned the...

  • Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (141)

    Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell GCB GCSI GCIE CMG MC PC was a senior...

  • Meb Keflezighi (49)

    Mebrahtom "Meb" Keflezighi is an American athlete, specializing in long distance running. He is...

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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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