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  • Dave Sim (68)

    David Victor Sim is a Canadian cartoonist and publisher, best known for his comic book Cerebus,...

  • Valeriya Novodvorskaya (74)

    Valeriya Ilyinichna Novodvorskaya is a liberal Russian politician, Soviet dissident, the founder...

  • Teófilo Gutiérrez (39)

    Teófilo Antonio Gutiérrez Roncancio is a Colombian international footballer who plays for...

  • Joanna Bruzdowicz (81)

    Joanna Bruzdowicz is a Polish composer.

  • Drew Nicholas (43)

    Andrew Lawrence "Drew" Nicholas is a retired American professional basketball player. A 1.93 m...

  • Geo Dumitrescu (104)

    Geo Dumitrescu was one of the prime Romanian poets of the 1940s.

  • Dmitry Maevsky (107)

    Dmitry Ivanovich Maevsky – Soviet Russian painter, lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of...

  • John Davies (95)

    John Griffith Davies was an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1940s and 1950s who won a...

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  • steele_n
    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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