What does a person record include?

Name, a one-line description, birth and death dates that keep the source's precision, gender, citizenship, up to three occupations in plain English, a Wikipedia link and a notability rank based on how many Wikipedia editions cover them.

Why do some dates show only a year?

Because that is all the source knows. A year-only date is never turned into a fabricated January 1st, so born-on queries only match people with a known day.

Recent deaths are refreshed daily and the full set is rebuilt from Wikidata periodically.

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Notable People API

1.93 million notable people from Wikidata with birth and death dates, occupations and a notability rank

Every notable person in history, structured and queryable: 1.93 million humans with an English Wikipedia article and a known birth date, from Wikidata (CC0). Each person carries name, one-line description, birth and death dates that honor the source's precision (a year-only date never fabricates a January 1st birthday), gender, citizenship, up to three occupations resolved to plain English, a Wikipedia link and a notability rank that puts Einstein above obscurity in every listing. Search by name the way people actually type it — token-prefix full-text, so "Einstein" or "serena wil" just work — and filter by occupation, citizenship, birth-year range or living/deceased. The born-on and died-on endpoints power "on this day" features with day-precision dates only (Mario Draghi on September 3rd, Elvis on August 16th); random serves quiz and trivia apps. Deaths refresh daily from Wikidata, keeping the fact users check most — is this person still alive? — current. Built for media, quiz and trivia products, genealogy, content enrichment and research. CC0 source data; self-hosted — no third-party calls at request time.

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response.json

{
  "ok": true,
  "person": {
    "qid": "Q937",
    "name": "Albert Einstein",
    "description": "German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)",
    "born": "1879-03-14",
    "died": "1955-04-18",
    "alive": false,
    "gender": "male",
    "citizenship": "Cisleithania",
    "occupations": [
      "theoretical physicist",
      "philosopher of science",
      "pacifist"
    ],
    "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein",
    "notability_rank": 321
  }
}

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Use cases for Notable People API

Show who was born or died on today's date, ranked so famous names come first.
Enrich a name in a CRM, newsroom or genealogy tool with description, dates and occupations.
Build quizzes, timelines and on-this-day features from a structured, licensed source.
Filter people by citizenship, occupation or era for research and content products.

Notable People API endpoints

Every endpoint with its parameters and a real example response.

OpenAPI definition Postman workspace

GETBorn On Date
GETData Sources
GETDied On Date
GETGet Person By QID
GETRandom People
GETSearch People

GETBorn On Date

https://api-notable-people.dataandapis.com/v1/people/born-on

Query parameters

Parameter	Example
day	14	Optional
limit	20	Optional
month	3	Optional

Example request

curl "https://api-notable-people.dataandapis.com/v1/people/born-on?day=14&limit=20&month=3" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "month": 3,
  "day": 14,
  "count": 3,
  "results": [
    {
      "qid": "Q937",
      "name": "Albert Einstein",
      "description": "German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)",
      "born": "1879-03-14",
      "died": "1955-04-18",
      "alive": false,
      "gender": "male",
      "citizenship": "Cisleithania",
      "occupations": [
        "theoretical physicist",
        "philosopher of science",
        "pacifist"
      ],
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein",
      "notability_rank": 321
    },
    {
      "qid": "Q123351",
      "name": "Michael Caine",
      "description": "English actor (born 1933)",
      "born": "1933-03-14",
…

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{
  "ok": true,
  "month": 3,
  "day": 14,
  "count": 3,
  "results": [
    {
      "qid": "Q937",
      "name": "Albert Einstein",
      "description": "German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)",
      "born": "1879-03-14",
      "died": "1955-04-18",
      "alive": false,
      "gender": "male",
      "citizenship": "Cisleithania",
      "occupations": [
        "theoretical physicist",
        "philosopher of science",
        "pacifist"
      ],
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein",
      "notability_rank": 321
    },
    {
      "qid": "Q123351",
      "name": "Michael Caine",
      "description": "English actor (born 1933)",
      "born": "1933-03-14",
      "died": null,
      "alive": true,
      "gender": "male",
      "citizenship": "United Kingdom",
      "occupations": [
        "film actor"
      ],
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Caine",
      "notability_rank": 109
    },
    {
      "qid": "Q9557",
      "name": "Aamir Khan",
      "description": "Indian actor",
      "born": "1965-03-14",
      "died": null,
      "alive": true,
      "gender": "male",
      "citizenship": "India",
      "occupations": [
        "producer",
        "film actor",
        "film producer"
      ],
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aamir_Khan",
      "notability_rank": 103
    }
  ]
}

GETData Sources

https://api-notable-people.dataandapis.com/v1/sources

This endpoint takes no parameters.

Example request

curl "https://api-notable-people.dataandapis.com/v1/sources" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "attribution": "Data from Wikidata (CC0)",
  "count": 1,
  "sources": [
    {
      "slug": "wikidata-people",
      "name": "Wikidata: humans with an English Wikipedia article and known birth date",
      "publisher": "Wikidata contributors",
      "licence": "CC0 1.0",
      "source_url": "https://www.wikidata.org/",
      "cadence": "daily deaths refresh + periodic re-seed",
      "record_count": 1928892,
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-04"
    }
  ]
}

GETDied On Date

https://api-notable-people.dataandapis.com/v1/people/died-on

Query parameters

Parameter	Example
day	16	Optional
limit	20	Optional
month	8	Optional

Example request

curl "https://api-notable-people.dataandapis.com/v1/people/died-on?day=16&limit=20&month=8" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "month": 8,
  "day": 16,
  "count": 3,
  "results": [
    {
      "qid": "Q303",
      "name": "Elvis Presley",
      "description": "American singer and actor (1935–1977)",
      "born": "1935-01-08",
      "died": "1977-08-16",
      "alive": false,
      "gender": "male",
      "citizenship": "United States",
      "occupations": [
        "singer"
      ],
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley",
      "notability_rank": 215
    },
    {
      "qid": "Q7728",
      "name": "Grazia Deledda",
      "description": "Italian novelist (1871-1936)",
      "born": "1871-09-27",
      "died": "1936-08-16",
      "alive": false,
…

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{
  "ok": true,
  "month": 8,
  "day": 16,
  "count": 3,
  "results": [
    {
      "qid": "Q303",
      "name": "Elvis Presley",
      "description": "American singer and actor (1935–1977)",
      "born": "1935-01-08",
      "died": "1977-08-16",
      "alive": false,
      "gender": "male",
      "citizenship": "United States",
      "occupations": [
        "singer"
      ],
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley",
      "notability_rank": 215
    },
    {
      "qid": "Q7728",
      "name": "Grazia Deledda",
      "description": "Italian novelist (1871-1936)",
      "born": "1871-09-27",
      "died": "1936-08-16",
      "alive": false,
      "gender": "female",
      "citizenship": "Kingdom of Italy",
      "occupations": [
        "short story writer",
        "prose writer",
        "novelist"
      ],
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grazia_Deledda",
      "notability_rank": 120
    },
    {
      "qid": "Q125121",
      "name": "Aretha Franklin",
      "description": "American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)",
      "born": "1942-03-25",
      "died": "2018-08-16",
      "alive": false,
      "gender": "female",
      "citizenship": "United States",
      "occupations": [
        "soul musician",
        "activist",
        "songwriter"
      ],
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretha_Franklin",
      "notability_rank": 116
    }
  ]
}

GETGet Person By QID

https://api-notable-people.dataandapis.com/v1/people/{qid}

Path parameters

Parameter	Example
qid	Q937	Required

Example request

curl "https://api-notable-people.dataandapis.com/v1/people/Q937" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "person": {
    "qid": "Q937",
    "name": "Albert Einstein",
    "description": "German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)",
    "born": "1879-03-14",
    "died": "1955-04-18",
    "alive": false,
    "gender": "male",
    "citizenship": "Cisleithania",
    "occupations": [
      "theoretical physicist",
      "philosopher of science",
      "pacifist"
    ],
    "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein",
    "notability_rank": 321
  }
}

GETRandom People

https://api-notable-people.dataandapis.com/v1/people/random

Query parameters

Parameter	Example
amount	3	Optional

Example request

curl "https://api-notable-people.dataandapis.com/v1/people/random?amount=3" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "count": 3,
  "results": [
    {
      "qid": "Q377454",
      "name": "Ivan Skobrev",
      "description": "Russian speed skater",
      "born": "1983-02-08",
      "died": null,
      "alive": true,
      "gender": "male",
      "citizenship": "Russia",
      "occupations": [
        "speed skater"
      ],
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Skobrev",
      "notability_rank": 23
    },
    {
      "qid": "Q352001",
      "name": "Sebastián Viera",
      "description": "Uruguayan footballer",
      "born": "1983-07-03",
      "died": null,
      "alive": true,
      "gender": "male",
      "citizenship": "Uruguay",
…

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{
  "ok": true,
  "count": 3,
  "results": [
    {
      "qid": "Q377454",
      "name": "Ivan Skobrev",
      "description": "Russian speed skater",
      "born": "1983-02-08",
      "died": null,
      "alive": true,
      "gender": "male",
      "citizenship": "Russia",
      "occupations": [
        "speed skater"
      ],
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Skobrev",
      "notability_rank": 23
    },
    {
      "qid": "Q352001",
      "name": "Sebastián Viera",
      "description": "Uruguayan footballer",
      "born": "1983-07-03",
      "died": null,
      "alive": true,
      "gender": "male",
      "citizenship": "Uruguay",
      "occupations": [
        "association football player",
        "association football coach"
      ],
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebasti%C3%A1n_Viera",
      "notability_rank": 23
    },
    {
      "qid": "Q368396",
      "name": "Jean-Jacques Gosso",
      "description": "Ivorian footballer",
      "born": "1983-03-15",
      "died": null,
      "alive": true,
      "gender": "male",
      "citizenship": null,
      "occupations": [
        "association football player"
      ],
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Gosso",
      "notability_rank": 23
    }
  ]
}

GETSearch People

https://api-notable-people.dataandapis.com/v1/people

Query parameters

Parameter	Example
alive		Optional
born_after		Optional
born_before		Optional
citizenship		Optional
limit	20	Optional
occupation		Optional
page	1	Optional
q	Einstein	Optional

Example request

curl "https://api-notable-people.dataandapis.com/v1/people?limit=20&page=1&q=Einstein" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "total": 32,
  "page": 1,
  "limit": 20,
  "count": 3,
  "results": [
    {
      "qid": "Q937",
      "name": "Albert Einstein",
      "description": "German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)",
      "born": "1879-03-14",
      "died": "1955-04-18",
      "alive": false,
      "gender": "male",
      "citizenship": "Cisleithania",
      "occupations": [
        "theoretical physicist",
        "philosopher of science",
        "pacifist"
      ],
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein",
      "notability_rank": 321
    },
    {
      "qid": "Q2051128",
      "name": "Bob Einstein",
      "description": "American comedian, actor (1942–2019)",
…

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{
  "ok": true,
  "total": 32,
  "page": 1,
  "limit": 20,
  "count": 3,
  "results": [
    {
      "qid": "Q937",
      "name": "Albert Einstein",
      "description": "German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)",
      "born": "1879-03-14",
      "died": "1955-04-18",
      "alive": false,
      "gender": "male",
      "citizenship": "Cisleithania",
      "occupations": [
        "theoretical physicist",
        "philosopher of science",
        "pacifist"
      ],
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein",
      "notability_rank": 321
    },
    {
      "qid": "Q2051128",
      "name": "Bob Einstein",
      "description": "American comedian, actor (1942–2019)",
      "born": "1942-11-20",
      "died": "2019-01-02",
      "alive": false,
      "gender": "male",
      "citizenship": "United States",
      "occupations": [
        "film actor",
        "television actor",
        "film director"
      ],
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Einstein",
      "notability_rank": 49
    },
    {
      "qid": "Q68761",
      "name": "Elsa Einstein",
      "description": "second wife and cousin of Albert Einstein (1876-1936)",
      "born": "1876-01-18",
      "died": "1936-12-20",
      "alive": false,
      "gender": "female",
      "citizenship": "Germany",
      "occupations": [
        "politician"
      ],
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Einstein",
      "notability_rank": 30
    }
  ]
}

Where the data comes from

Source: Wikidata humans with English Wikipedia articles (CC0).
Freshness: Recent deaths refreshed daily; full rebuild periodically.

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import axios from 'axios';

const { data } = await axios.get(
  'https://api-notable-people.dataandapis.com/v1/people/born-on',
  { headers: { 'X-Api-Key': process.env.API_KEY } }
);

Notable People API · X-Api-Key

Explore the endpoints

Browse request parameters and inspect live example responses.

Available Endpoints

Request Parameters

API URL

Headers

X-Api-Key

Query Parameters

day(Optional)

limit(Optional)

month(Optional)

Target:

Client:

import axios from 'axios';

const url = 'https://api-notable-people.dataandapis.com/v1/people/born-on';
const { data } = await axios.get(url, {
  headers: { 'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY' }
});