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  • Idina Menzel (53)

    Idina Kim Menzel is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She rose to prominence for her...

  • Wallerant Vaillant (401)

    Wallerant Vaillant was a painter of the Dutch Golden Age and one of the first artists to use the...

  • R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross (201)

    Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, GCB, GCSI, PC, FRS, known before his elevation to...

  • Abderraouf Jdey (59)

    A Canadian citizen, Abderraouf bin Habib bin Yousef Jdey was found swearing to die as a shaheed...

  • Gianrico Carofiglio (63)

    Gianrico Carofiglio is a novelist and former anti-Mafia judge in the Italian city of Bari. His...

  • Johnny Gimble (98)

    John Paul Gimble, better known as Johnny Gimble, is an American country musician associated with...

  • Josephine Preston Peabody (150)

    Josephine Preston Peabody was an American poet and dramatist. She was born in New York and...

  • Gladys Horton (79)

    Gladys Catherine Horton was an American R&B and pop singer, famous for being the founder and...

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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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