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  • Bob Beers (57)

    Robert Charles Beers, is a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman. He currently...

  • Sean F. Scott (55)

    Sean Forrester Scott was a self-educated American disease activist and researcher, filmmaker,...

  • Sadaharu Oh (84)

    Sadaharu Oh, also known as Wang Chen-chih, is a retired Japanese–Taiwanese baseball player and...

  • Cadmus M. Wilcox (200)

    Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox was a career United States Army officer who served in the...

  • Nadezhda Khvoshchinskaya (200)

    Nadezhda Dmitryevna Khvoshchinskaya, May 20, 1824 – June 8, 1889, was a Russian novelist, poet,...

  • Augustine Lonergan (150)

    Augustine Lonergan, of Hartford, Connecticut, was a Democratic U.S. Representative from...

  • William Bradford (361)

    William Bradford was an early English printer in North America. He is best known as "the pioneer...

  • Stan Mikita (84)

    Stanislav "Stan" Mikita, is a Slovak-born Canadian retired professional ice hockey player for...

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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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