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  • A. R. Murugadoss (46)

    Murugadoss, commonly known with his stage name initials as AR Murugadoss, is an Indian film...

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    Gian-Carlo Rota was an Italian-born American mathematician and philosopher.

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    Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, also known as Paul Karađorđević, was regent of Yugoslavia during the...

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    Peleg Sprague was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine, and a United States...

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    Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin recruited Eric Schmidt from Novell, where he led that...

  • Ole Lilloe-Olsen (141)

    Ole Andreas Lilloe-Olsen was a Norwegian rifle shooter who competed in the early 20th century in...

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    Herbert Spencer was an English philosopher, biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and...

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    Wallace Hume Carothers was an American chemist, inventor and the leader of organic chemistry at...

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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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