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:
Total663,251
Searchable345,356
Targets282,966
Entity types:
People282,966
Positions62,390
Countries:
261 countries · Show overview...
Publisher:Wikidata · Global 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 Datasets
Information:meta.wikimedia.org
Source data:petscan.wmcloud.org · CSV
Tags:list.pep
Coverage:added · frequency: daily
Last processed:2026-05-01 00:12:14 · v. 20260501001214-cdr
Last change:
Warnings:14 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
Adi WibowoPersonIndonesia
Sugiri SancokoPersonIndonesia
Arrmanatha NasirPersonIndonesia
Anis MattaPersonIndonesia
Stella ChristiePersonIndonesia
Abisai RolloPersonIndonesia
Véronique Ludmann-BaertPersonFrance
Martin AffentrangerPersonSwitzerland
Sven Aaron KellerPersonSwitzerland
Sabine GervaisPersonFrance
Alberto Di RubbaPersonItaly
Bernard ChaumeilPersonFrance
Guiomar Namo de MelloPersonBrazil
Vilmos Kátai-NémethPersonHungary
Jean-Paul LachatPersonSwitzerland
Code on GitHub