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  • Penélope Cruz (50)

    Penélope Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress and model. Signed by an agent at age 15, she made her...

  • Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma (412)

    Odoardo Farnese was Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1622 to 1646.

  • Guy Williams (40)

    Guy Williams, is an Australian rugby league player for Toulouse Olympique in the Elite One...

  • Eugene Merle Shoemaker (96)

    Eugene Merle Shoemaker, also known as Gene Shoemaker, was an American geologist and one of the...

  • August Hirt (126)

    August Hirt, an SS-Hauptsturmführer, served as a chairman at the Reich University in Strasbourg...

  • Volodymyr Lytvyn (68)

    Volodymyr Mykhailovych Lytvyn is a Ukrainian politician best known for being Chairman of the...

  • Krzysztof Ossoliński (437)

    Krzysztof Ossoliński was a Polish-Lithuanian szlachcic. He was Podstoli of Sandomierz since...

  • Curt Eisner (134)

    Curt Eisner was a German entomologist who specialised in snow butterflies or Parnassinae. His...

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    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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