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  • C. C. Young (155)

    Clement Calhoun Young was an American teacher and politician who was affiliated with the...

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    Kim Althea Gordon is an American musician, vocalist, visual artist, record producer, video...

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    August Hirt, an SS-Hauptsturmführer, served as a chairman at the Reich University in Strasbourg...

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    Penélope Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress and model. Signed by an agent at age 15, she made her...

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    Anne Clutterbuck is an attorney and former elected official living in Houston, Texas. She is a...

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    Ruben V. Jaghinyan - the chairman of the Council of Public TV and Radio Company of Armenia.

  • August Zehender (121)

    August Zehender was a Brigadeführer and General-Major in the Waffen-SS during World War II and...

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    Nelle Harper Lee is an American author known for her 1961 Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel To Kill a...

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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 135 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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