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    Antoinette Louisa Brown, later Antoinette Brown Blackwell, was the first woman to be ordained as...

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    Walker Powell was a Canadian businessman, militia officer and political figure.

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    Gaetano "Corky" Vastola is a New Jersey mobster who became an underboss for the DeCavalcante...

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    Stanislav Yuryevich Markelov was a Russian human rights lawyer. He participated in a number of...

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    Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox was a career United States Army officer who served in the...

  • Iuri Akobia (87)

    Iuri Akobia is a Georgian composer of chess endgame studies and chess problems. He was born in...

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    Naturi Cora Maria Naughton is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, and actress. Naughton is...

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    William Bradford was an early English printer in North America. He is best known as "the pioneer...

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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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