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  • Nancy Greene (81)

    Nancy Catherine Greene Raine, OC, OBC, OD is a Canadian Senator for British Columbia and a...

  • Ottmar Mergenthaler (170)

    Ottmar Mergenthaler was a German-born inventor who has been called a second Gutenberg because of...

  • Ola Tidman (45)

    Ola Tidman is a Swedish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for IF Limhamn Bunkeflo.

  • Apache Indian (57)

    Apache Indian is an actor.

  • Rubem Fonseca (99)

    Rubem Fonseca is a Brazilian writer. He was born in Juiz de Fora, in the state of Minas Gerais,...

  • Ziad Jarrah (49)

    Ziad Samir Jarrah was one of the perpetrators of the September 11 attacks who served as the...

  • Andrew Walter (42)

    Andrew Scott Walter is an American businessman and retired NFL quarterback. He was drafted by...

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    Peter, Pieter, or usually Petrus Camper, was a Dutch physician, anatomist, physiologist,...

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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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