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  • Thelma Houston (78)

    Thelma Houston is an American singer and actress. She scored a number-one hit in 1977 with her...

  • Martina Topley-Bird (49)

    Martina Topley-Bird is an English vocalist and songwriter who first gained fame as the featured...

  • Lizzie Crozier French (173)

    Margaret Elizabeth "Lizzie" Crozier French was an American educator, women's suffragist and...

  • Wu Penggen (42)

    Wu Penggen is a male Chinese professional beach volleyball player.

  • Otto Wilhelm von Struve (205)

    Otto Wilhelm von Struve was a Russian astronomer. In Russian, his name is normally given as Otto...

  • Zara Sheikh (46)

    Zara Sheikh is a Pakistani model, actress and singer. She began her career through an ad...

  • Gale Robbins (103)

    Gale Robbins was an American actress and singer. Born in Indiana, Robbins graduated from high...

  • Rabindranath Tagore (163)

    Rabindranath Tagore, sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's...

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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 135 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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