Wikidata Entities of Interest

Persons of interest profiles from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Inclusion in this list is managed by the OpenSanctions team. It is currently used for experimentation, but scheduled to become part of our integration with Wikidata.

Data overview

Entities:
Total3,963
Searchable3,963
Targets3,963
Entity types:
People3,961
Organizations2
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:docs.google.com
Source data:docs.google.com · CSV
Coverage:added · frequency: daily
Last processed:2025-09-23 01:49:03 · v. 20250923014903-nsb
Last change:

Bulk download

Downloads contain the full set of entities contained in this dataset. You can fetch a simplified tabular form, or detailed, structured data in JSON format. Updated files will be provided once a day at the same location.

File nameExport typeSize
source.csvSource data476.86 KB

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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
Norah Al FaizPersonSaudi Arabia
Yousef Al-OthaimeenPersonSaudi Arabia
Faisal F. AlibrahimPersonSaudi Arabia
Ahmed bin Fahd bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al SaudPersonSaudi Arabia
Fahd bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al SaudPersonSaudi Arabia
Sultan bin FahdPersonSaudi Arabia
Mishaal bin Abdullah Al SaudPersonSaudi Arabia
Abdulaziz bin MajidPersonSaudi Arabia
Turki bin NasserPersonSaudi Arabia
Mishari bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al SaudPersonSaudi Arabia
Mishaal bin MajidPersonSaudi Arabia
Turki bin SultanPersonSaudi Arabia
Saud bin Fahd Al SaudPersonSaudi Arabia
Faisal bin Abdulrahman bin MuaammarPersonSaudi Arabia
Muhammad Jamil Ahmad MullaPersonSaudi Arabia
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