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  • Andy Griffith (98)

    Andy Griffith was an American actor, television producer, Grammy Award-winning Southern-gospel...

  • John S. Pistole (68)

    John S. Pistole in Baltimore, Maryland is the Administrator of the United States Transportation...

  • Edo de Waart (83)

    Edo de Waart is a Dutch conductor, and the Music Director of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra...

  • John Hunt Morgan (199)

    John Hunt Morgan was a Confederate general and cavalry officer in the American Civil War. Morgan...

  • Maarten van Heemskerck (526)

    Maerten van Heemskerck or Marten Jacobsz Heemskerk van Veen was a Dutch portrait and religious...

  • Daihachiro Sato (92)

    Daihachiro Sato was a Japanesemathematician who was awarded the Lester R. Ford Award in 1976 for...

  • Ghanim Al-Jumaily (74)

    Ghanim Alwan Al-Jumaily is the ambassador of Iraq to Saudi Arabia, appointed by the interim...

  • Mark Fistric (38)

    Mark Fistric is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman of Croatian ancestry who is...

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