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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

This dataset is based on querying Wikipedia category pages for entities of interest.

Using PETScan, this dataset is generated by querying specific categories on Wikidata and extracting the entities that are part of them and describe persons.

This is used to fetch profiles of politically exposed persons and other entities of interest.

Data overview

Entities:
Total806,758
Searchable433,817
Targets249,049
Entity types:
People344,214
Positions89,603
Countries:
246 countries · Show overview...
Publisher:Wikidata non-official source

Wikidata is a free and open knowledge base that can be read and edited by both humans and machines. It acts as central storage for the structured data of its Wikimedia sister projects including Wikipedia, Wikivoyage, Wiktionary, Wikisource, and others.

Collections:in OpenSanctions Default
Information:meta.wikimedia.org
Source data:petscan.wmcloud.org · CSV
Coverage:added · frequency: daily · At 22:00
Last processed:2025-02-08 22:12:02
Last change:
Warnings:602 Warnings

Using the API

You can query the data in this dataset via the application programming interface (API) endpoints below. Please read the introduction for documentation and terms of service.

Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine:
For full-text search, use the /search endpoint:
For entity matching, use the /match endpoint:

Recent additions

The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:

AddedNameTypeCountries
Nemanja StarovićPersonSerbia
Annely KolkPersonEstonia
Christian Kitungwa MutebaPersonCongo - Kinshasa
Alex WagnerPerson
Zoran PetrovPersonSerbia
Yves Rose MorquettePersonHaiti
Jerry Dikala Majed LubanzadioPersonCongo - Kinshasa
Yemo Mobutu Dongo Yemo MobutuPersonCongo - Kinshasa
John Efambe EkambaPersonCongo - Kinshasa
Marc Ekila LikomboPersonCongo - Kinshasa
Jean Lambert Ekumbaki OmbataPersonCongo - Kinshasa
Xavier Emedi AmuriPersonCongo - Kinshasa
Patrick Eshiba KasemuanaPersonCongo - Kinshasa
Zéphirin Fumumapanda MalambaPersonCongo - Kinshasa
Venance Eyanga MboyoPersonCongo - Kinshasa