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  • Wyndham Halswelle (142)

    Wyndham Halswelle was a British athlete. He won the controversial 400 m race at the 1908 Summer...

  • Claes Andersson (87)

    Claes-Johan Rudolf Andersson is a Finland-Swedish psychiatrist, author, musician, politician and...

  • Liam Mower (32)

    Liam Mower is an English actor and dancer. Best known for his talent for ballet, he was one of...

  • Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII (69)

    Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII, born Noriaki Namino, was a Japanese actor active in kabuki, other...

  • Kostas Chalkias (50)

    Konstantinos "Kostas" Chalkias is a retired Greek footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for...

  • Claudia Felicitas of Austria (371)

    Archduchess Claudia Felicitas of Austria was the eldest daughter of Archduke Ferdinand Charles...

  • Abbé Faria (278)

    Abbé Faria, or Abbé José Custódio de Faria, was a Goan Catholic monk who was one of the pioneers...

  • R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross (201)

    Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, GCB, GCSI, PC, FRS, known before his elevation to...

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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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