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  • Ole Andreas Bachke (194)

    Ole Andreas Bachke was the Norwegian Minister of Justice 1879–1880, member of the Council of...

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    Ryan James Anderson is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the...

  • Premiership of Tony Blair (71)

    The Premiership of Tony Blair began on 2 May 1997 and ended on 27 June 2007. While serving as...

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    Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe is an American actress who made her acting debut in the 2009 film...

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    Vyacheslav Ivanovich Starshinov is a Russian former ice hockey player, coach and executive...

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    Bedřich Hrozný was a Czech orientalist and linguist. He deciphered the ancient Hittite language,...

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    George Kastrioti Skanderbeg, widely known as Skanderbeg, was a 15th-century Albanian...

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    Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime...

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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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