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  • John Deely (82)

    John Deely is an American philosopher and semiotician. He is a Professor of Philosophy at the...

  • Joseph Ward (168)

    Sir Joseph George Ward, 1st Baronet GCMG MP was the 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand on two...

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    Gian Paolo Lomazzo was an Italian painter, best remembered for his writings on art theory,...

  • Pedro Pierluisi (65)

    Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia is a Puerto Rican lawyer and politician affiliated with the New...

  • Owen Willans Richardson (145)

    Sir Owen Willans Richardson, FRS was a British physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in...

  • Irwin B. Laughlin (153)

    Irwin Boyle Laughlin was an American diplomat. He served as Minister to Greece from 1924 to 1926...

  • Olaf Henriksen (136)

    Olaf Henriksen was a Major League Baseball outfielder who remains to date the only Danish-born...

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    Giovanni Giorgio Moroder is an influential Italian record producer, songwriter 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?
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    • STANDS4
      STANDS4
      Hey Kathleen -- great idea! We've just added the option to also search by last name...
      LikeReply 135 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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