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  • Pope Pius IX (232)

    Blessed Pope Pius IX, born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, was the head of the Catholic Church...

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    Irmgard Möller is a German militant and a former member of the Red Army Faction. Her father was...

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    Wallace Nesbitt, KC was a Canadian lawyer and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of...

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    Sam Anderson is an American actor.

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    Zebulon Baird Vance was a Confederate military officer in the American Civil War, the 37th and...

  • Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria (154)

    Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and an...

  • Ole Worm (436)

    Ole Worm, who often went by the Latinized form of his name Olaus Wormius, was a Danish physician...

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    Dohzi-T, real name Mitsuru Takesue, is a Japanese rapper, who has been active since 1989.

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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
    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 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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