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  • Ladislao Cabrera (194)

    Ladislao Cabrera was a Bolivian hero during the War of the Pacific. Born in Totora, Cochabamba...

  • Ilia Kulik (47)

    Ilia Alexandrovich Kulik is a Russian figure skater. He is the 1998 Olympic Champion, the 1995...

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    Antonis Samaras is a Greek economist and politician who has been the Prime Minister of Greece...

  • W. Frank James (151)

    William Francis James, more often known as W. Frank James, was a soldier and politician from the...

  • Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz (418)

    Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz was a Spanish Catholic scholastic philosopher, ecclesiastic,...

  • Prahalad Chunnilal Vaidya (106)

    Prahalad Chunnilal Vaidya, was an Indian physicist and mathematician, renowned for his...

  • Caitlin Bassett (36)

    Caitlin Bassett is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the West...

  • Gabi Burgstaller (61)

    Gabi Burgstaller is an Austrian politician, and the former governor of the State of Salzburg.

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    I was not able to find anything on the famous artist Do Ho Suh
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  • 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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