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  • Paddy Hannan (184)

    Patrick "Paddy" Hannan was a gold prospector whose discovery on 17 June 1893 near Kalgoorlie,...

  • Irwin B. Laughlin (153)

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

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    Avi Nimni is an Israeli football player, and Maccabi Tel Aviv's highest ever scorer. He is...

  • Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (303)

    Prince William Augustus, was a younger son of George II of Great Britain and Caroline of...

  • Sabina Shikhlinskaya (62)

    Sabina Shikhlinskaya; born April 26, 1962, Baku is an Azerbaijani artist and independent...

  • Tony Greenfield (93)

    Professor Tony Greenfield, is a British statistical consultant and academic. He was formerly...

  • Tukufu Zuberi (65)

    Tukufu Zuberi is an American sociologist, filmmaker, social critic, educator, and writer. He is...

  • John Deely (82)

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

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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 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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