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  • Justus von Liebig (221)

    Justus Freiherr von Liebig was a German chemist who made major contributions to agricultural and...

  • Pam St. Clement (82)

    Pam St Clement is a British actress. She played Pat Butcher in the BBC soap opera EastEnders...

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    Mark Andrew Foster is a retired British swimmer, specialising in butterfly and freestyle at 50...

  • August Lindbergh (216)

    August Lindbergh was a Swedish American farmer and politician. He was the father of the U.S...

  • Vladimir Holstinin (66)

    Vladimir Petrovich Holstinin is a Russian guitarist. He is one of the founding members of heavy...

  • Florence Nightingale (204)

    Florence Nightingale, OM, RRC was a celebrated British social reformer and statistician, and the...

  • Manuel Godoy, Prince of the Peace (257)

    Don Manuel Francisco Domingo de Godoy y Álvarez de Faria, de los Ríos y Sánchez-Zarzosa, also...

  • Manouchehr Mottaki (71)

    Manouchehr Mottaki is an Iranian politician and diplomat. He was the Iranian minister of foreign...

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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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