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:
Total717,010
Searchable374,662
Targets284,959
Entity types:
People284,966
Positions89,696
Countries:
261 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 · Politically Exposed Persons Core Data
Information:meta.wikimedia.org
Source data:petscan.wmcloud.org · CSV
Tags:list.pep
Coverage:added · frequency: daily · At 22:00
Last processed:2025-07-14 22:24:16 · v. 20250714222416-mue
Last change:

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
Wanda HansenPerson
María Concepción MulinoPersonVenezuela
Vernon HurlbertPersonUnited States of America
CharleyPerson
Trevor PembertonPerson
Joe ArnallPerson
Samuel Boush Jr.Person
Samuel Boush Sr.Person
John HughesPerson
Bob RepinePerson
Chad ReichardPerson
Vicente AdaPerson
Ty MoorePerson
Mills WillsPerson
Tan Teck Poh @ Tan Ah TooPersonMalaysia