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  • Xi Zezong (97)

    simplified Chinese: 席泽宗; traditional Chinese: 席澤宗; pinyin: Xí Zézōng Xi Zezong was a Chinese...

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    Nathan Hale was a soldier for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He...

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    Honinbo Shusaku was a professional Go player and is considered by many to be the greatest player...

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    Enrico Sertoli was an Italian physiologist, testes and histologist who was a native of...

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    Yunreng, born Yinreng, was a Manchu prince of the Qing Dynasty and heir apparent to the Chinese...

  • S. K. Amin (107)

    Seetharam Koosayya Amin was an Indian freedom fighter and politician. He was the ex- vice...

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    Calvin Lunsford Beale was an American demographer who specialized in rural population trends. He...

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    Pierre Corneille was a French tragedian who was one of the three great seventeenth-century...

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    I was not able to find anything on the famous artist Do Ho Suh
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  • Kathleen Castillo
    Kathleen Castillo
    Is there a way to search by last name only?
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    • STANDS4
      STANDS4
      Hey Kathleen -- great idea! We've just added the option to also search by last name...
      LikeReply 136 years ago
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    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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