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  • Arman Manookian (120)

    Arman Tateos Manookian was an Armenian-American painter best known for his works depicting...

  • Richard Avedon (101)

    Richard Avedon was an American fashion and portrait photographer. An obituary published in The...

  • Ruben ArmiƱana (77)

    Ruben ArmiƱana is a political scientist and president of Sonoma State University. He is the...

  • D. Howard Hitchcock (163)

    David Howard Hitchcock was an American painter of the Volcano School, known for his depictions...

  • Tulla Blomberg Ranslet (96)

    Tulla Blomberg Ranslet is a Norwegian painter. She has been acclaimed, along with her husband,...

  • Wyatt Prunty (77)

    Wyatt Prunty is an American poet and author associated with the New Formalism movement. He is...

  • Claire Buffie (38)

    Claire Buffie is a photographer and designer and former beauty queen. Selected as Miss New York...

  • Yasuji Okamura (140)

    Yasuji Okamura was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army, war criminal, and commander-in-chief...

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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 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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