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  • W. D. Jones (108)

    William Daniel Jones was a member of the Barrow Gang, whose spree throughout the southern...

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    Orélie-Antoine de Tounens was a French lawyer, and adventurer, who assumed the title of King of...

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    Josephine Myrtle Corbin was born a dipygus. This referred to the fact that she had two separate...

  • Neal Hendrix (51)

    Neal Hendrix is an American professional skateboarder. Hendrix grew up in Lewisville, North...

  • Mark Foster (54)

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

  • Ilan Gilon (68)

    Ilan Gilon is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Meretz.

  • Gabriel Byrne (74)

    Gabriel James Byrne is an Irish actor, film director, film producer, writer, cultural ambassador...

  • Yogi Berra (99)

    Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra is an American former Major League Baseball catcher, outfielder, and...

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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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