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  • Zack Wheat (136)

    Zachariah Davis "Zack" Wheat, nicknamed "Buck", was a Major League Baseball left fielder for...

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    William Ellsworth Hoy, nicknamed "Dummy", was an American center fielder in Major League...

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    Mabel Walker Willebrandt, popularly known to her contemporaries as the First Lady of Law, was...

  • Valentina Marchei (38)

    Valentina Marchei is an Italian figure skater. She is a four-time Italian national champion. Her...

  • Vyacheslav Shtyrov (71)

    Vyacheslav Anatolyevich Shtyrov is a Russian businessman who ran the diamond mining giant Almazy...

  • Duane Starks (50)

    Duane Lonell Starks is a former American football cornerback. He was drafted by the Baltimore...

  • Preda Mihăilescu (69)

    Preda V. Mihăilescu is a Romanian mathematician, best known for his proof of Catalan's...

  • Hal Landon Jr. (83)

    Born in Long Beach California Hal is Best known for playing Captain Logan (Ted's father) in the...

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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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