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  • Antonio Scarpa (272)

    Antonio Scarpa was an Italian anatomist and professor.

  • Calvin Murphy (76)

    Calvin Jerome Murphy is a retired American professional basketball player who played as a guard...

  • Busty Heart (63)

    Susan Sykes, better known by her pseudonym Busty Heart, is a television personality, big-bust...

  • Anne Helene Gjelstad (68)

    Anne Helene Gjelstad is a Norwegian photographer and fashion designer. As a photographer, she...

  • Marc Sinden (70)

    Marc Sinden is an English film director, actor and theatre producer. He has worked extensively...

  • Burkhard Christoph von Münnich (341)

    Count Burkhard Christoph von Münnich was a German soldier-engineer who became a field marshal...

  • Yukiya Amano (77)

    Yukiya Amano is the current Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, having...

  • Cecil Leonard Knox (135)

    Cecil Leonard Knox VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most...

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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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