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  • Oleg Atkov (75)

    Oleg Yur'yevich At'kov is a Soviet cosmonaut. He is married with one child.

  • Gennady Churilov (37)

    Gennady Stanislavovich Churilov was a Russian professional ice hockey player. Churilov played...

  • Maia Hirasawa (44)

    Maia Hirasawa is a Swedish singer-songwriter of Swedish and Japanese parentage. She was born and...

  • Zail Singh (108)

    Giani Zail Singh was the seventh President of India, serving from 1982 to 1987. Prior to his...

  • K. A. Siddique Hassan (79)

    K. A. Siddique Hassan is an Islamic Scholar from Kerala, India. He is the chief architect of...

  • John Blake Dillon (210)

    John Blake Dillon was an Irish writer and politician who was one of the founding members of the...

  • Séamus Ennis (105)

    Séamus Ennis was an Irish piper, singer and folk-song collector.

  • Fumiko Hayashi (78)

    Fumiko Hayashi, is the mayor of the city of Yokohama, Japan. She is the first woman mayor of...

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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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