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  • Mabel Taliaferro (137)

    Mabel "Nell" Taliaferro was an American stage, and a silent screen actress, known as the...

  • Aubrey Cosens (103)

    Aubrey Cosens, VC, was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most...

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    Alan Stuart "Al" Franken is an American politician and the junior United States Senator from...

  • Tudor Arghezi (144)

    Tudor Arghezi was a Romanian writer, best known for his contribution to poetry and children's...

  • Edouard Goursat (166)

    Édouard Jean-Baptiste Goursat was a French mathematician, now remembered principally as an...

  • Oreste Sindici (196)

    Oreste Sindici was an Italian-born Colombian musician and composer. He was the composer of the...

  • Archduchess Maria Isabella, Princess of Tuscany (190)

    Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria, Princess of Tuscany was a princess of Bourbon-Two...

  • Joseph Parry (183)

    Joseph Parry was a Welsh composer and musician. Born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, he is best known...

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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?
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    • 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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