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  • Stanisława de Karłowska (148)

    Stanisława de Karłowska was a Polish-born artist, who was married to the Camden Town Group...

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    John Galen Howard was an American architect who began his career in New York before moving to...

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    Beilby Porteus, successively Bishop of Chester and of London was a Church of England reformer...

  • Jim Brennan (47)

    James Gerald "Jim" Brennan is a retired Canadian soccer player. During his playing career he...

  • Martha Wainwright (48)

    Martha Wainwright is a Canadian-American folk-rock singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of...

  • Mich Dulce (43)

    Mich Dulce is a Filipina fashion designer, milliner, corsetiere, actress and vocalist of bands...

  • Yahya Al-Shehri (33)

    Yahya Sulaiman Al-Shehri is a Saudi Arabian football player. He currently plays in winger in the...

  • Francis Quarles (432)

    Francis Quarles was an English poet most famous for his Emblem book aptly entitled Emblems.

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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
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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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