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Person

A person (alive, dead, undead, or fictional).

Typeschema.org/Person

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Properties (81)

Properties defined on Person
PropertyExpectsDescription
additionalNameTextAn additional name for a Person, can be used for a middle name.
addressPostalAddress, TextPhysical address of the item.
affiliationOrganizationAn organization that this person is affiliated with. For example, a school/university, a club, or a team.
agentInteractionStatisticInteractionCounterThe 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).
alumniOfEducationalOrganization, OrganizationAn organization that the person is an alumni of.
awardTextAn award won by or for this item.
awardssupersededTextUse award instead. Awards won by or for this item.
birthDateDateDate of birth.
birthPlacePlaceThe place where the person was born.
brandBrand, OrganizationThe brand(s) associated with a product or service, or the brand(s) maintained by an organization or business person.
callSignTextA callsign, as used in broadcasting and radio communications to identify people, radio and TV stations, or vehicles.
childrenPersonA child of the person.
colleaguePerson, URLA colleague of the person.
colleaguessupersededPersonUse colleague instead. A colleague of the person.
contactPointContactPointA contact point for a person or organization.
contactPointssupersededContactPointUse contactPoint instead. A contact point for a person or organization.
deathDateDateDate of death.
deathPlacePlaceThe place where the person died.
dunsTextThe Dun & Bradstreet DUNS number for identifying an organization or business person.
emailTextEmail address.
familyNameTextFamily name. In the U.S., the last name of a Person.
faxNumberTextThe fax number.
followsPersonThe most generic uni-directional social relation.
funderOrganization, PersonA person or organization that supports (sponsors) something through some kind of financial contribution.
fundingGrantA Grant that directly or indirectly provide funding or sponsorship for this item. See also ownershipFundingInfo.
genderGenderType, TextGender 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".
givenNameTextGiven name. In the U.S., the first name of a Person.
globalLocationNumberTextThe 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.
hasCertificationCertificationCertification information about a product, organization, service, place, or person.
hasCredentialCredentialA credential awarded to the Person or Organization.
hasOccupationOccupationThe Person's occupation. For past professions, use Role for expressing dates.
hasOfferCatalogOfferCatalogIndicates an OfferCatalog listing for this Organization, Person, or Service.
hasPOSPlacePoints-of-Sales operated by the organization or person.
heightDistance, QuantitativeValueThe height of the item.
homeLocationContactPoint, PlaceA contact location for a person's residence.
honorificPrefixTextAn honorific prefix preceding a Person's name such as Dr/Mrs/Mr.
honorificSuffixTextAn honorific suffix following a Person's name such as M.D./PhD/MSCSW.
interactionStatisticInteractionCounterThe number of interactions for the CreativeWork using the WebSite or SoftwareApplication. The most specific child type of InteractionCounter should be used.
isicV4TextThe International Standard of Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), Revision 4 code for a particular organization, business person, or place.
jobTitleDefinedTerm, TextThe job title of the person (for example, Financial Manager).
knowsPersonThe most generic bi-directional social/work relation.
knowsAboutText, Thing, URLOf a Person, and less typically of an Organization, to indicate a topic that is known about - suggesting possible expertise but not implying it. We do not distinguish skill levels here, or relate this to educational content, events, objectives or JobPosting descriptions.
knowsLanguageLanguage, TextOf a Person, and less typically of an Organization, to indicate a known language. We do not distinguish skill levels or reading/writing/speaking/signing here. Use language codes from the IETF BCP 47 standard.
lifeEventEventA life event like baptism, communions, Bar Mitzvahs, Aqiqah, Namakarana, Miyamairi, burial, ....
makesOfferOfferA pointer to products or services offered by the organization or person.
memberOfMemberProgramTier, Organization, ProgramMembershipAn Organization (or ProgramMembership) to which this Person or Organization belongs.
naicsTextThe North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for a particular organization or business person.
nationalityCountryNationality of the person.
netWorthMonetaryAmount, PriceSpecificationThe total financial value of the person as calculated by subtracting the total value of liabilities from the total value of assets.
ownsThingThings owned by the organization or person.
parentPersonA parent of this person.
parentssupersededPersonUse parent instead. A parents of the person.
performerInEventEvent that this person is a performer or participant in.
pronounsDefinedTerm, StructuredValue, TextA short string listing or describing pronouns for a person. Typically the person concerned is the best authority as pronouns are a critical part of personal identity and expression. Publishers and consumers of this information are reminded to treat this data responsibly, take country-specific laws related to gender expression into account, and be wary of out-of-date data and drawing unwarranted inferences about the person being described. In English, formulations such as "they/them", "she/her", and "he/him" are commonly used online and can also be used here. We do not intend to enumerate all possible micro-syntaxes in all languages. More structured and well-defined external values for pronouns can be referenced using the StructuredValue or DefinedTerm values.
publishingPrinciplesCreativeWork, URLThe publishingPrinciples property indicates (typically via URL) a document describing the editorial principles of an Organization (or individual, e.g. a Person writing a blog) that relate to their activities as a publisher, e.g. ethics or diversity policies. When applied to a CreativeWork (e.g. NewsArticle) the principles are those of the party primarily responsible for the creation of the CreativeWork. While such policies are most typically expressed in natural language, sometimes related information (e.g. indicating a funder) can be expressed using schema.org terminology.
relatedToPersonThe most generic familial relation.
seeksDemandA pointer to products or services sought by the organization or person (demand).
siblingPersonA sibling of the person.
siblingssupersededPersonUse sibling instead. A sibling of the person.
skillsDefinedTerm, TextA statement of knowledge, skill, ability, task or any other assertion expressing a competency that is either claimed by a person, an organization or desired or required to fulfill a role or to work in an occupation.
spousePersonThe person's spouse.
taxIDTextThe Tax / Fiscal ID of the organization or person, e.g. the TIN in the US or the CIF/NIF in Spain.
telephoneTextThe telephone number.
vatIDTextThe value-added Tax ID of the organization or person with national prefix (for example IT123456789). Can also be described as iso6523Code with proper prefix.
weightMass, QuantitativeValueThe weight of the product or person.
workLocationContactPoint, PlaceA contact location for a person's place of work.
worksForOrganizationOrganizations that the person works for.

Where Person is used as a value

These properties expect a Person: accountablePerson, acquiredFrom, actor, actors, agent, alumni, artist, athlete, attendee, attendees, author, authorizedRepresentative, awayTeam, bccRecipient, bookingAgent, borrower, broker, buyer, byArtist, candidate, ccRecipient, character, children, claimInterpreter, coach, colleague, colleagues, colorist, competitor, composer, contributor, copyrightHolder, creator, creditedTo, customer, director, directors, editor, employee, employees, endorsee, endorsers, followee, follows, founder, founders, fundedItem, funder, grantee, hiringOrganization, homeTeam, illustrator, importer, inker, instructor, knows, landlord, legalRepresentative, legislationCountersignedBy, legislationPassedBy, legislationResponsible, lender, letterer, loser, lyricist, maintainer, member, members, merchant, musicBy, musicGroupMember, offeredBy, opponent, organizer, owner, parent, parents, participant, penciler, performer, performers, producer, provider, publishedBy, publisher, readBy, recipient, referee, relatedTo, reviewedBy, sdPublisher, seller, sender, sibling, siblings, spokenByCharacter, sponsor, spouse, toRecipient, translator, underName, vendor, winner.