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  • Andrew Fire (65)

    Andrew Zachary Fire is an American biologist and professor of pathology and of genetics at the...

  • Heikki Silvennoinen (70)

    Heikki Johannes Silvennoinen is a Finnish musician and an actor. He was a guitarist and a...

  • Zita Kabátová (111)

    Zita Kabátová was a Czech actress. Kabátová was born in Prague, where her father, Benno Kabát,...

  • Ari Vatanen (72)

    Ari Pieti Uolevi Vatanen is a Finnish rally driver turned politician and Member of the European...

  • Hu Angang (71)

    Hu Angang is an economics professor at Tsinghua University. Hu Angang was born on April 27, 1953...

  • Ursula Cain (97)

    Ursula Cain was a German dancer and dance teacher.

  • Lakhdar Boumediene (58)

    Lakhdar Boumediene, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was held in military custody in the...

  • Sebastián Ariel Romero (46)

    Sebastián Ariel Romero, nicknamed Chirola, is an Argentine professional footballer who currently...

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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 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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