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  • Safvet beg Bašagić (154)

    Dr. Safvet beg Bašagić, also known as Mirza Safvet, was a Bosnian writer considered the father...

  • Pope Marcellus II (523)

    Pope Marcellus II, born Marcello Cervini degli Spannochi, was the head of the Catholic Church...

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    Ole Andreas Bachke was the Norwegian Minister of Justice 1879–1880, member of the Council of...

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    Dominic Scott Kay is an American child actor and singer. He was born in Los Angeles, California,...

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    Wallace E. "Wally" Wingert is an American actor and voice actor.

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    Vladimiro Ariel Dorfman is an Argentine-Chilean novelist, playwright, essayist, academic, and...

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    Kaliese Spencer is a Jamaican track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles...

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    Willem de Sitter was a Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer.

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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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