--- title: "Person" language: "en" type: "Entity" summary: "Notable people of the past and present." canonical_url: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/entity/Person.html" source: "Wolfram Language Documentation" related_guides: - title: "Entity Types" link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/EntityTypes.en.md" --- # Person Notable people of the past and present. [Related Interpreter](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/interpreter/Person.en.md) Entity["Person", name] or Entity[...] represents an entity of type "Person". Entity[...][prop] gives the value of a specified property. Entity[...][{propi, …}] gives the value of a list of properties. Entity[...][prop, {quali -> vali, …}] gives the value of a specified property modified by qualifier rules quali -> vali. Entity[...][Dated[prop, date]] gives the value of a property associated with a particular date specification. EntityClass["Person", {propi -> speci, …}] represents a class of entities with values of propi defined by speci. ## Sample Entities * Entity["Person", "AlbertEinstein::6tb7g"]Entity["Person", "AmedeoAvogadro::f26r8"]Entity["Person", "BlaisePascal::6q6n4"]Entity["Person", "Cleopatra::87p43"]Entity["Person", "ElvisPresley::2kzg4"]Entity["Person", "GalileoGalilei::rxsr7"]Entity["Person", "JKRowling::z8f97"]Entity["Person", "LeonardoDaVinci::47w36"]Entity["Person", "MichaelPhelps::4393c"]Entity["Person", "OprahWinfrey::s87s5"]**…** ## Properties | | | | ------------------------------ | ------------------------------------ | | AlternateNames | other names | | AstrologicalSign | astrological sign | | BirthDate | date of birth | | BirthPlace | place of birth | | Brothers | brothers | | BurialPlace | place of burial | | Children | children | | ChineseZodiacSign | Chinese zodiac sign | | Daughters | daughters | | DeathDate | date of death | | DeathPlace | place of death | | EducatedAt | educated at | | EntityClasses | entity classes | | EntityTypeList | entity type list | | Father | father | | FullName | full name | | Gender | gender | | Height | height | | Husbands | husbands | | Image | image | | KilledBy | killed by | | KnownLanguages | languages spoken, written, or signed | | MannedSpaceMissions | space missions | | MathematicalAchievements | mathematical contributions | | Mother | mother | | MovieAppearances | notable film appearances | | MoviesDirected | notable film direction credits | | MoviesProduced | notable film production credits | | MoviesWritten | notable film writing credits | | Name | name | | NationalityCountries | nationality | | NetWorth | net worth | | NotableArtworks | notable artworks | | NotableAstronomicalDiscoveries | astronomical discoveries | | NotableBooks | notable books | | NotableChemistryProblems | famous chemistry problems | | NotableFacts | notable facts | | NotableInventions | notable inventions | | NotablePhysicsProblems | physics contributions | | Occupation | occupation | | Parents | parents | | Pets | pets | | ResidedAt | place of residence | | Siblings | siblings | | Sisters | sisters | | Sons | sons | | Spouses | spouses | | Weight | weight | | Wives | wives | ## Details * ``"Person"`` entities represent named individuals known to exist or believed to have existed in the past. * Some properties are available for the ``"Person"`` entity type as a whole and can be given using the form ``EntityValue["Person", property]``. Such properties include: | | | | ----------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | | "Properties" | the list of available properties | | "PropertyCanonicalNames" | the standard names of available properties | | "SampleEntities" | a sample list of available entities (typically of length 10) | | "SampleEntityClasses" | a sample list of available entity classes (typically of length 10) | | "EntityCount" | number of entities available | | "Entities" | the list of available entities | | "EntityCanonicalNames" | the standard names of available entities | | "EntityClasses" | the list of available entity classes | | "EntityClassCanonicalNames" | the standard names of available entity classes | | "PropertyClasses" | the list of available property classes | | "PropertyClassCanonicalNames" | the standard names of available property classes | | "PropertyCount" | number of properties available | * The following annotations can be used in the third argument of ``EntityValue["Person", property, annotation]`` : | | | | --- | --- | | "Source" | source information for the property | | "Date" | the date associated with the entity-property value (if any) | | "EntityAssociation" | an association of entities and entity-property values | | "PropertyAssociation" | an association of properties and entity-property values | | "EntityPropertyAssociation" | an association in which the specified entities are keys, and values are a nested association of properties and entity-property values | | "PropertyEntityAssociation" | an association in which the specified properties are keys, and values are a nested association of entities and entity-property values | | "Dataset" | a dataset in which the specified entities are keys, and values are an association of property names and entity-property values | * The following annotations can be used in the second argument of ``EntityValue[property, annotation]`` : | | | | ------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------- | | "Qualifiers" | the list of possible qualifiers for the property | | "QualifierValues" | the list of possible values that can be given to each qualifier | | "DefaultQualifierValues" | the list of default values for the property's qualifiers | | "Description" | a brief textual description of the property | | "Definition" | a detailed textual definition of the property | | "PhysicalQuantity" | the physical quantity associated with the entity-property value | | "Unit" | the unit associated with the entity-property value | * A qualifier value of ``Automatic`` indicates that an applicable format of values can be used; e.g. for the ``"Date"`` qualifier, this includes a proper date or date span. --- ## Examples (4) ### Basic Examples (4) Use ctrl+= for entity discovery: ```wl In[1]:= \[FreeformPrompt]["Galileo"] Out[1]= Entity["Person", "GalileoGalilei::rxsr7"] ``` --- Find a property value for an entity: ```wl In[1]:= Entity["Person", "HermanWouk::85swp"]["NotableBooks"] Out[1]= {Entity["Book", "DontStopTheCarnival"], Entity["Book", "MarjorieMorningstar"], Entity["Book", "TheCaineMutiny"], Entity["Book", "TheWindsOfWar"], Entity["Book", "WarAndRemembrance"], Entity["Book", "YoungbloodHawke"]} ``` --- Retrieve a dataset of all available properties for an entity: ```wl In[1]:= Entity["Person", "ElvisPresley::2kzg4"]["Dataset"] Out[1]= Dataset[Association[EntityProperty["Person", "AlternateNames"] -> {"Elvis", "Elvis Aaron Presley", "The King of Rock'n'Roll"}, EntityProperty["Person", "AstrologicalSign"] -> "Capricornus", EntityProperty["Person", "BirthDate"] -> DateObj ... on", "LindaThompson::3585r"], Entity["Person", "GingerAlden::dv475"]}, EntityProperty["Thing", "EntityClasses"] -> {}, EntityProperty["Thing", "EntityTypeList"] -> {EntityType["Person"]}, EntityProperty["Thing", "Name"] -> "Elvis Presley"]] ``` --- Find notable people born in Cardiff who were more than 6 feet tall: ```wl In[1]:= EntityClass["Person", {"BirthPlace" -> Entity["City", {"Caerdydd", "Cardiff", "UnitedKingdom"}], "Height" -> GreaterThan[Quantity[6, "Feet"]]}]//EntityList Out[1]= {Entity["Person", "AndyBell::bpds4"], Entity["Person", "BenCabango::96bht"], Entity["Person", "ChrisAddison::7rsj4"], Entity["Person", "DavidMorgan::6thsc"], Entity["Person", "GarethFrankBale::9232n"], Entity["Person", "GeraintThomas::2s548"], Enti ... yv"], Entity["Person", "RhysWilliams::8c4fs"], Entity["Person", "RichardJohnson::9v567"], Entity["Person", "RichieCollins::c6863"], Entity["Person", "RoaldDahl::6rqqv"], Entity["Person", "SamWarburton::s7379"], Entity["Person", "TomEllis::7m2zm"]} ``` ## See Also * [`GivenName`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/entity/GivenName.en.md) * [`Country`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/entity/Country.en.md) * [`Religion`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/entity/Religion.en.md) * [`Surname`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/interpreter/Surname.en.md) * [`PersonTitle`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/interpreter/PersonTitle.en.md) * [`Person`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/interpreter/Person.en.md) * [`ComputedPerson`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/interpreter/ComputedPerson.en.md) * [`Person`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/textcontent/Person.en.md) ## Related Guides * [Entity Types](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/EntityTypes.en.md) ## History * [Introduced in 2019 (12.0)](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/SummaryOfNewFeaturesIn120.en.md)