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  • John Walker Turnbull (66)

    John Walker Turnbull, was a lance corporal in the British 4th Royal Tank Regiment. He was the...

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

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    Sean Thornton is a professional footballer currently playing for Welsh Premier League side...

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    F. Wolfgang Schnell was a German professor of applied genetics and plant breeding. He belonged...

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    Blessed Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary Papczyński, a priest of the Roman Catholic church, a member...

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    Eric Louis Boetzel was the deputy Attorney General of New York State, and a former Manhattan...

  • Yoon Byung-In (104)

    Yoon Byung-In, also known in English reference as Byung-In Yoon, was a Korean Grandmaster of...

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    John Wilson of Ellerey FRSE was a Scottish advocate, literary critic and author, the writer most...

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    I was not able to find anything on the famous artist Do Ho Suh
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    Kathleen Castillo
    Is there a way to search by last name only?
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    • STANDS4
      STANDS4
      Hey Kathleen -- great idea! We've just added the option to also search by last name...
      LikeReply 136 years ago
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    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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