People
Search and retrieve additional information on known persons that exist within Perigon's entity database and as referenced in any article response object. Our database contains over 650,000 people from around the world and is refreshed frequently. People data is derived from Wikidata and includes a wikidataId field that can be used to lookup even more information on Wikidata's website.
Query parameters
String. Search by person's name. Supports Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT), exact phrases with quotes, and wildcards (* and ?) for flexible searching.
String Array. Filter by Wikidata entity IDs (e.g., Q7747, Q937). These are unique identifiers from Wikidata.org that precisely identify public figures and eliminate name ambiguity. Multiple values create an OR filter.
String Array. Filter by Wikidata occupation IDs (e.g., Q82955 for politician, Q33999 for actor, Q19546 for businessman). Finds people with specific professions. Multiple values create an OR filter.
String. Search by occupation name (e.g., politician, actor, CEO, athlete). Supports Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT), exact phrases with quotes, and wildcards (* and ?) for flexible searching.
Integer. The specific page of results to retrieve in the paginated response. Starts at 0.
Integer. The number of people to return per page in the paginated response.
Response
200 - Success
Example response
{
"status": 200,
"numResults": 773198,
"results": [
{
"wikidataId": "Q317521",
"updatedAt": "2025-08-06T05:17:13.358689+00:00",
"name": "Elon Musk",
"gender": {
"wikidataId": "Q6581097",
"label": "male"
},
"dateOfBirth": {
"time": "1971-06-28T00:00:00+00:00",
"precision": "day"
},
"dateOfDeath": null,
"description": "South African-Canadian-American businessman, engineer, inventor and political figure",
"aliases": [
"Elon Reeve Musk"
],
"occupation": [
{
"wikidataId": "Q5482740",
"label": "programmer"
},
{
"wikidataId": "Q81096",
"label": "engineer"
},
{
"wikidataId": "Q131524",
"label": "entrepreneur"
},
{
"wikidataId": "Q557880",
"label": "investor"
},
{
"wikidataId": "Q43845",
"label": "businessperson"
},
{
"wikidataId": "Q82955",
"label": "politician"
},
{
"wikidataId": "Q212238",
"label": "civil servant"
},
{
"wikidataId": "Q133253419",
"label": "technology entrepreneur"
},
{
"wikidataId": "Q205375",
"label": "inventor"
}
],
"position": [
{
"wikidataId": "Q484876",
"label": "chief executive officer",
"startTime": {
"time": "2002-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
"precision": "year"
},
"endTime": null,
"employer": null
},
{
"wikidataId": "Q140686",
"label": "chairperson",
"startTime": {
"time": "2008-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
"precision": "year"
},
"endTime": {
"time": "2018-11-01T00:00:00+00:00",
"precision": "month"
},
"employer": null
},
{
"wikidataId": "Q484876",
"label": "chief executive officer",
"startTime": {
"time": "2008-10-01T00:00:00+00:00",
"precision": "month"
},
"endTime": null,
"employer": null
},
{
"wikidataId": "Q105490190",
"label": "co-president",
"startTime": {
"time": "2016-07-01T00:00:00+00:00",
"precision": "month"
},
"endTime": null,
"employer": null
},
{
"wikidataId": "Q484876",
"label": "chief executive officer",
"startTime": {
"time": "2022-10-28T00:00:00+00:00",
"precision": "day"
},
"endTime": {
"time": "2023-06-05T00:00:00+00:00",
"precision": "day"
},
"employer": null
},
{
"wikidataId": "Q7450652",
"label": "Senior Advisor to the President of the United States",
"startTime": {
"time": "2025-01-20T00:00:00+00:00",
"precision": "day"
},
"endTime": {
"time": "2025-05-30T00:00:00+00:00",
"precision": "day"
},
"employer": null
}
],
"politicalParty": [
{
"wikidataId": "Q135219011",
"label": "America Party",
"startTime": null,
"endTime": null
}
],
"image": {
"url": "https://people-api-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/images/wikidata/Q317521.jpg"
},
"abstract": "Elon Reeve Musk is a businessman. He is known for his leadership of Tesla, SpaceX, X, and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Musk has been considered the wealthiest person in the world since 2021; as of May 2025, Forbes estimates his net worth to be US$424.7 billion."
}
]
}