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  • Simin Daneshvar (103)

    Simin Dāneshvar ‎ was an Iranian academic, novelist, fiction writer and translator, largely...

  • C. C. Young (155)

    Clement Calhoun Young was an American teacher and politician who was affiliated with the...

  • Marika Popowicz (36)

    Marika Popowicz is a Polish track and field athlete who specialises in sprinting. She made her...

  • P. J. Bradley (84)

    P. J. Bradley MLA is a Social Democratic and Labour Party politician in Northern Ireland. He was...

  • Volodymyr Lytvyn (68)

    Volodymyr Mykhailovych Lytvyn is a Ukrainian politician best known for being Chairman of the...

  • Abdulai Bell-Baggie (32)

    Abdulai Hindolo Bell-Baggie is a Sierra Leonean professional football winger who plays for...

  • Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (223)

    Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury KG, styled Lord Ashley from 1811 to 1851, was an...

  • John Tchicai (88)

    John Martin Tchicai was a Danish free jazz saxophonist and composer. After moving to New York...

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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?
    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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