Person

A Schema.org Type

Usage: (Google - August 2026)

Thing > Person

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Canonical URL: https://schema.org/Person
Equivalent Class: foaf:Person
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A person (alive, dead, undead, or fictional).

Property	Expected Type	Description
Properties from Person
`additionalName`	Text	An additional name for a Person, can be used for a middle name.
`address`	PostalAddress or Text	Physical address of the item.
`affiliation`	Organization	An organization that this person is affiliated with. For example, a school/university, a club, or a team.
`agentInteractionStatistic`	InteractionCounter	The number of completed interactions for this entity, in a particular role (the 'agent'), in a particular action (indicated in the statistic), and in a particular context (i.e. interactionService).
`alumniOf`	EducationalOrganization or Organization	An organization that the person is an alumni of. Inverse property: alumni
`award`	Text	An award won by or for this item. Supersedes awards.
`birthDate`	Date	Date of birth.
`birthPlace`	Place	The place where the person was born.
`brand`	Brand or Organization	The brand(s) associated with a product or service, or the brand(s) maintained by an organization or business person.
`callSign`	Text	A callsign, as used in broadcasting and radio communications to identify people, radio and TV stations, or vehicles.
`children`	Person	A child of the person.
`colleague`	Person or URL	A colleague of the person. Supersedes colleagues.
`contactPoint`	ContactPoint	A contact point for a person or organization. Supersedes contactPoints.
`deathDate`	Date	Date of death.
`deathPlace`	Place	The place where the person died.
`duns`	Text	The Dun & Bradstreet DUNS number for identifying an organization or business person.
`email`	Text	Email address.
`familyName`	Text	Family name. In the U.S., the last name of a Person.
`faxNumber`	Text	The fax number.
`follows`	Person	The most generic uni-directional social relation.
`funder`	Organization or Person	A person or organization that supports (sponsors) something through some kind of financial contribution.
`funding`	Grant	A Grant that directly or indirectly provide funding or sponsorship for this item. See also ownershipFundingInfo. Inverse property: fundedItem
`gender`	GenderType or Text	Gender of something, typically a Person, but possibly also fictional characters, animals, etc. While https://schema.org/Male and https://schema.org/Female may be used, text strings are also acceptable for people who are not a binary gender. The gender property can also be used in an extended sense to cover e.g. the gender of sports teams. As with the gender of individuals, we do not try to enumerate all possibilities. A mixed-gender SportsTeam can be indicated with a text value of "Mixed".
`givenName`	Text	Given name. In the U.S., the first name of a Person.
`globalLocationNumber`	Text	The Global Location Number (GLN, sometimes also referred to as International Location Number or ILN) of the respective organization, person, or place. The GLN is a 13-digit number used to identify parties and physical locations.
`hasCertification`	Certification	Certification information about a product, organization, service, place, or person.
`hasCredential`	Credential	A credential awarded to the Person or Organization.
`hasOccupation`	Occupation	The Person's occupation. For past professions, use Role for expressing dates.
`hasOfferCatalog`	OfferCatalog	Indicates an OfferCatalog listing for this Organization, Person, or Service.
`hasPOS`	Place	Points-of-Sales operated by the organization or person.
`height`	Distance or QuantitativeValue	The height of the item.
`homeLocation`	ContactPoint or Place	A contact location for a person's residence.
`honorificPrefix`	Text	An honorific prefix preceding a Person's name such as Dr/Mrs/Mr.
`honorificSuffix`	Text	An honorific suffix following a Person's name such as M.D./PhD/MSCSW.