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  • Lady Charlotte Guest (212)

    Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Guest, later Lady Charlotte Schreiber, was an English translator and...

  • Israel Houghton (53)

    Israel Houghton is a Grammy Award-winning American Christian music artist, singer-songwriter and...

  • Waldo K. Lyon (110)

    Waldo Kampmeier Lyon was the founder and chief research scientist for the U.S. Navy of the...

  • Hiroki Yamada (42)

    Hiroki Yamada is a Japanese ski jumper. In the World Cup he finished four times among the top...

  • Horace Farquhar, 1st Earl Farquhar (180)

    Horace Brand Farquhar, 1st Earl Farquhar GCB, GCVO, PC, was a British financier, courtier and...

  • Klaas Vantornout (42)

    Klaas Vantornout is a Belgian professional racing cyclist. He currently rides for UCI...

  • Jon Kortajarena (39)

    Jon Kortajarena Redruello is a Spanish model and Actor. He has landed advertising campaigns for...

  • Ernesto Bustamante (74)

    Ernesto Bustamante is a prominent scientist known for his expertise and contributions to 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
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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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