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  • Ira Sullivan (93)

    Ira Sullivan is a bop jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, flautist, saxophonist and composer born in...

  • Zahir Tanin (68)

    H.E. Dr. Zahir Tanin, born on 1 May 1956, is the Permanent Representative to the United Nations...

  • S. M. Krishna (92)

    Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna is an Indian politician who served as Minister of External Affairs...

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    Walter Hauser was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council. He was elected to...

  • August Cappelen (197)

    Hermann August Cappelen was a Norwegian painter. Cappelen was best known for his melancholic,...

  • Afonso Arinos (156)

    Afonso Arinos was a Brazilian writer. In the 19th century, Afonso Arinos de Melo Franco was...

  • Ion Popescu-Gopo (101)

    Ion Popescu-Gopo was a Romanian graphic artist and animator, but also writer, movie director and...

  • Gordon Greenidge (73)

    Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge MBE is a former member of the West Indies cricket team. Greenidge was...

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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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