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  • Wilburn K. Ross (102)

    Wilburn Kirby Ross is a retired United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States...

  • Zenón Franco Ocampos (68)

    Zenón Franco Ocampos is a chess grandmaster from Paraguay. In the 1982 Chess Olympiad at...

  • Zeny & Zory (67)

    Zeny y Zory, Las gemelas Beveraggi, are identical twins and have performed as a pop-music duet...

  • Wolfman (59)

    Peter William Randall changed his name to Peter Wolfe because of his admiration of Desmond Wolfe...

  • Justus von Liebig (221)

    Justus Freiherr von Liebig was a German chemist who made major contributions to agricultural and...

  • Theodor Bergk (212)

    Theodor Bergk was a German philologist, an authority on classical Greek poetry.

  • Hideo Otake (82)

    Hideo Otake is a Japanese Go player.

  • Knoc-Turn'Al (49)

    Royal Harbor, known by stage name Knoc-turn'al, is a songwriter and rapper.

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    I was not able to find anything on the famous artist Do Ho Suh
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    Kathleen Castillo
    Is there a way to search by last name only?
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    • STANDS4
      STANDS4
      Hey Kathleen -- great idea! We've just added the option to also search by last name...
      LikeReply 136 years ago
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    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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