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  • Lloyd Kahn (89)

    Lloyd Kahn is the founding editor-in-chief of Shelter Publications, Inc., and is the former...

  • Vratislav Brabenec (81)

    Vratislav Brabenec is a Czech musician and author, and a member of The Plastic People of the...

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    Andrew Jackson Smith was a United States Army general during the American Civil War, rising to...

  • Lajos Keresztes (124)

    Lajos Keresztes was a Hungarian wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.

  • Nair Bello (93)

    Nair Bello Sousa Francisco was a Brazilian actress and comedian.

  • Volodymyr Lytvyn (68)

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

  • Simin Daneshvar (103)

    Simin Dāneshvar ‎ was an Iranian academic, novelist, fiction writer and translator, largely...

  • Sven Lindqvist (92)

    Sven Lindqvist is a Swedish author of mostly non-fiction, whose works include Exterminate All...

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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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