In all the world, Prentiss (Prentiss 
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| Prentiss | Germany, United Kingdom, United States, India, Canada |
Prentiss is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .
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prentiss mellen American judge (1764-1840), US (b. 1764) |
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prentiss chaffee baird politician in Massachusetts, US (1832-1890), US (b. 1832) |
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prentiss cummings politician in Massachusetts, US, US (b. 1840) |
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prentiss ingraham Author, Confederate Army soldier, US (b. 1843) |
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prentiss douglass American football player and coach (1887-1949), US (b. 1887) |
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prentiss m. brown American politician (1889-1973), US (b. 1889) |
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prentiss taylor American illustrator, lithographer and painter (1907-1991), US (b. 1907) |
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prentiss walker Mississippi farmer and congressman (1917–1998), US (b. 1917) |
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| prentiss n. gray (b. 1884) |
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| prentiss l pemberton (b. 1909) |
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| prentiss barnes American singer, US (b. 1925) |
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| prentiss benjamin American actress, US (b. 1978) |
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| kimball a prentiss researcher |
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| prentiss harrison American physician assistant, US |
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| prentiss d. moore researcher |
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