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  • Elena Kagan (64)

    Elena Kagan is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Kagan is the...

  • Penélope Cruz (50)

    Penélope Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress and model. Signed by an agent at age 15, she made her...

  • Jay Leno (74)

    James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno is an American comedian, actor, voice actor, writer, producer and...

  • Lloyd Kahn (89)

    Lloyd Kahn is the founding editor-in-chief of Shelter Publications, Inc., and is the former...

  • Jiyai Shin (36)

    Jiyai Shin is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and the LPGA...

  • Nour El-Sherif (78)

    Nour El-Sherif is a contemporary Egyptian actor. His birth name is Mohamad Geber Mohamad ِAbd...

  • Kálmán Tihanyi (127)

    Kálmán Tihanyi, was a Hungarian physicist, electrical engineer and inventor. One of the early...

  • Sidney Toler (150)

    Sidney Hooper Toler was an American actor, playwright, and theatre director. Of primarily...

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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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