Myriam Spiteri Debono

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María Monvel

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Andrew of Totma

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Flérida de Nolasco

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Daniel Castillo Durante

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Hermann Rogalla von Bieberstein

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Luis Gabriel Cano

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Bruce Odland

Michael Bruce Odland, known as Bruce Odland, is a composer, sound artist and sonic thinker. He is known for large-scale sound installations in public spaces, creating unique instruments that reveal music inherent in natural and urban environments, and for

Anthony Rowse

Anthony Rowse was the first Colonial Governor of Suriname during English suzerainty. Sir Thomas Modyford, 1st Baronet mentions his starting an English settlement on the Suriname River. In 1650 reportedly landed in Suriname with around 300 people. That

Dolores Sucre

Dolores Sucre y Lavayen was an Ecuadorian poet and descendant of Antonio José de Sucre. She was on a stamp in her home country

Andrei Simonov

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