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  • Rudolf Koller (196)

    Rudolf Koller was a Swiss painter. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting.

  • Eva Beem (92)

    Eva, the daughter of Hartog and Rosette Beem, was an eight year-old schoolgirl when the Germans...

  • Joseph Parry (183)

    Joseph Parry was a Welsh composer and musician. Born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, he is best known...

  • John Konrads (82)

    John Konrads is an retired Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1950s and 1960s, who won the 1500...

  • Mary Steinhauser (86)

    Mary, the daughter of Jakob and Jenny Steinhauser, was born only a few months after Germany's...

  • Lord Leopold Mountbatten (135)

    Lord Leopold Mountbatten, GCVO was a descendant of the Hessian princely Battenberg family and...

  • Gunn-Vivian Eide (60)

    Gunn-Vivian Eide is a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. From 1990 to 1992 she was the...

  • Wolfgang Carl Briegel (398)

    Wolfgang Carl Briegel was a German organist and composer. As a boy he was a student in Nuremberg...

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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 136 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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