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  • Gilbert Jessop (150)

    Gilbert Laird Jessop was an English cricket player, often reckoned to have been the fastest...

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    Wilson Mizner was an American playwright, raconteur, and entrepreneur. His best-known plays are...

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    Scott Michael McClain is a former Major League Baseball third baseman who is a scout in Nippon...

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    Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman CBE was an influential English design engineer, inventor, and...

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    Ariel Wizman is a French musician, DJ, and journalist born in Casablanca, Morocco.

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    Otto Ambros was a German chemist and Nazi war criminal, notably involved with the research of...

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    Nora Ephron was an American journalist, essayist, playwright, screenwriter, novelist, producer,...

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    Knut Agathon Wallenberg, was a Swedish banker and politician, he was also Knight of the Order of...

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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 136 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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