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  • Hans Jonas (121)

    Hans Jonas was a German-born philosopher who was, from 1955 to 1976, Alvin Johnson Professor of...

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    Anders Ljungqvist, also known as "Gås-Anders", was a Swedish fiddler from Björklinge in Uppland...

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    Pentala Harikrishna is a chess player from Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. Harikrishna became the...

  • Amanda Borden (47)

    Amanda Kathleen Borden is a retired American gymnast, who was one of the members of the gold...

  • Valentina Grizodubova (115)

    Valentina Stepanovna Grizodubova was one of the first female pilots in the Soviet Union and was...

  • Hichkas (39)

    Soroush Lashkary better known by his stage name Hichkas is an Iranian rapper from Tehran...

  • Palden Sherab (86)

    Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche was a scholar and lama in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.

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    Symon Vasylyovych Petliura was a publicist, writer, journalist, Ukrainian politician, statesman...

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  • steele_n
    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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