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  • Pierre Cuypers (197)

    Petrus Josephus Hubertus Cuypers was a Dutch architect. His name is most frequently associated...

  • Olga Bergholz (114)

    Olga Fyodorovna Bergholz was a Soviet poet. She is most famous for her work on the Leningrad...

  • Khalid al-Mihdhar (49)

    Khalid Muhammad Abdallah al-Mihdhar was one of five hijackers of American Airlines Flight 77,...

  • Wolfgang I of Oettingen (569)

    Wolfgang I of Oettingen was a Count of Oettingen-Oettingen. He was third son of Count Wilhelm of...

  • Gordon Hickman Garland (126)

    Gordon Garland was a conservative Democratic California state legislator and the 48th Speaker of...

  • Hu Zongnan (128)

    Hu Zongnan, courtesy name Shoushan, native of Zhenhai, Ningbo. A general in the National...

  • Hobart R. Gay (130)

    Lieutenant General Hobart Raymond Gay, nicknamed "Hap", was a United States Army general.

  • Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein (55)

    Prince Maximilian Nikolaus Maria of Liechtenstein is the second son of Prince Hans-Adam II and...

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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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