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  • Ulysses S. Grant and the American Civil War (202)

    Ulysses S. Grant was the most successful Union or Confederate general during the American Civil...

  • Mateo Cañellas (52)

    Mateo Cañellas Martorell is a retired Spanish middle distance runner. In 2007, he was appointed...

  • Ace Frehley (73)

    Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley is an American musician best known as the former lead guitarist and...

  • Eleni Tzoka (68)

    Eleni Tzoka is a Polish female singer of Greek descent.

  • Cuba Gooding, Sr. (80)

    Cuba Gooding, Sr. is the lead singer of the soul group The Main Ingredient, most notable for its...

  • Ulysses S. Grant (202)

    Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States following his highly successful...

  • Fazle Hasan Abed (88)

    Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, KCMG is a Bangladeshi social worker and the founder chairman of BRAC. For...

  • Keith Magnuson (77)

    Keith Arlen Magnuson was a professional ice hockey defenceman from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan who...

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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 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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