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  • Valery Gergiev (71)

    Valery Abisalovich Gergiev PAR is a Russian conductor and opera company director. He is general...

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    Sebald or Sebalt de Weert was a Dutch captain and vice-admiral of the Dutch East India Company...

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    Dwayne Douglas Johnson, also known by his ring name The Rock, is an American actor and...

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    Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, also widely known as the Red Baron, was a German...

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    Keith Alan Parsons is an English cricketer who played first-class for Somerset between 1992 and...

  • Li Qinqin (61)

    Li Qinqin is an actress.

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    Afanasy Nikolayevich Matushenko, was a political activist, a non-commissioned officer in the...

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    Ndèye Ndiaye is a Senegalese professional women's basketball player with Tarbes GB of the Ligue...

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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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