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  • Aaron Goldberg (50)

    Aaron Goldberg is an American jazz pianist. Goldberg began studying piano at age seven and...

  • W. Thomas Smith, Jr. (65)

    W. Thomas Smith, Jr. is an American author, editor, and journalist. He has written several...

  • Natallia Tsylinskaya (49)

    Natallia Tsylinskaya is an international cyclist, specialising in track sprinting. A dominant...

  • Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (52)

    Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan is the United Arab Emirates minister of foreign...

  • Archduchess Barbara of Austria (485)

    Barbara of Austria was born in Vienna to Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and...

  • Naomi Novik (51)

    Naomi Novik is an American writer. She is best known for her Temeraire fantasy/alternate history...

  • Erhard Heinz (100)

    Erhard Heinz is a German mathematician known for his work on partial differential equations, in...

  • Ze'ev Boim (81)

    Ze'ev Boim was an Israeli politician. He was the mayor of Kiryat Gat before becoming a Knesset...

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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
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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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