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  • Frances Fuller Victor (198)

    Frances Auretta Fuller Victor was an American historian and historical novelist. She has been...

  • Hakubun Shimomura (70)

    Hakubun Shimomura is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the...

  • Ole Richter (195)

    Ole Jørgensen Richter was a Norwegian lawyer, politician, parliamentarian and Prime Minister of...

  • Zalman King (82)

    Zalman King was an American film director, writer, actor and producer. His films are known for...

  • Ulysses S. Grant IV (131)

    Ulysses S. Grant IV, was the son of Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. and the grandson of General of the...

  • Nadja Uhl (52)

    Nadja Uhl is a German actress. She studied at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy College of Music...

  • Michael Ashburner (82)

    Michael Ashburner FRS is a biologist and emeritus Professor in the Department of Genetics at...

  • Vyacheslav Shtyrov (71)

    Vyacheslav Anatolyevich Shtyrov is a Russian businessman who ran the diamond mining giant Almazy...

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  • steele_n
    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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