WorldCat Person

Alias

Alias: Example(s) - Table

Example: Three aliases added to a WorldCat Person.

Label Alias Alias Alias

E. E. Cummings Cummings, E. E. Edward Estlin Cummings E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings

Description 

Description: Example(s) - Table

Example: Description includes nationality and occupation and is added in Dutch, English, French, German, and Spanish.

Label Description (Dutch) Description (English) Description (French) Description (German) Description (Spanish)

Tim Hodgkinson Engelse jazzartiest en componist English jazz performer and composer Interprète et compositeur de jazz anglais Englischer Jazzmusiker und Komponist Intérprete y compositor de jazz inglés

Example: Description includes nationality, occupation, and approximate era and is added in Dutch, English, French, German, and Spanish.

Label Description (Dutch) Description (English) Description (French) Description (German) Description (Spanish)

Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson Amerikaanse achttiende-eeuwse dichter American eighteenth century poet Poète américain du XVIIIe siècle US-amerikanischer Dichter des 18 poeta estadounidense del siglo XVIII

Example: Description includes nationality, occupation and subject of works and is added in Dutch, English, French, German, and Spanish.

Label Description (Dutch) Description (English) Description (French) Description (German) Description (Spanish)

Paolo Novaresio Portuguese historicus over vroege ontdekkingsreizigers van de zeventiende eeuw Portuguese historian on early explorers of the seventeenth century Historien portugais sur les premiers explorateurs du XVIIe siècle Portugiesischer Historiker über frühe Entdecker des siebzehnten Jahrhunderts Historiador portugués sobre los primeros exploradores del siglo XVII

Example: Description includes nationality and occupations and is added in Dutch, English, French, German, and Spanish.

Label Description (Dutch) Description (English) Description (French) Description (German) Description (Spanish)

Albrecht Dürer Duitse schilder, graficus, wiskundige en theoreticus German painter, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist peintre, graveur, mathématicien et théoricien allemand Deutscher Maler, Grafiker, Mathematiker und Theoretiker pintor, grabador, matemático y teórico alemán

Example: Description includes relationship to another person and is added in Dutch, English, French, German, and Spanish.

Label Description (Dutch) Description (English) Description (French) Description (German) Description (Spanish)

Ludwig van Beethoven grootvader van componist Ludwig van Beethoven grandfather of composer Ludwig van Beethoven grand-père du compositeur Ludwig van Beethoven Großvater des Komponisten Ludwig van Beethoven abuelo del compositor Ludwig van Beethoven

Label

Label: Example(s) - Table

Example: Label with name of person in direct order. Name in inverted order added as Alias to the WorldCat Entity.

Label Alias

Abraham Skernick Skernick, Abraham

Example: Label with name of person in direct order and including hierarchical family relationship. Other forms of name added as Aliases.

Label Alias Alias Alias

Horatio Alger Junior Alger, Horatio Horatio Alger Jr. Horatio Alger

Birth name

Birth name: Example(s) - Table

Example: Birth name differs from Label.

Label Birth name

Olivia Langdon Clemens Olivia Iona Louise Langdon

Child

Child: Example(s) - Table

Example:

Label Child

Judy Garland Liza Minnelli

Date of Birth

Date of birth: Example(s) - Table

Example: Date of birth is cited as probably falling within 1776 but the date is questionable.

Label Date of Birth

John Addison 1776

Example: Date of birth is known to be either 1852 or 1853.

Label Date of Birth Date of Birth

Shemuʼel Grunem Esterman 1852 1853

Example: Person was active or flourished around 1315, so no Date of Birth will be added to the WorldCat Person.

Label

Shams al-Dīn Ibrāhīm Abarqūhī

Example: Person was active or flourished in the 17th century, so no Date of Birth will be added to the WorldCat Person.

Label

Raghūttamatīrtha

Date of Death

Date of death: Example(s) - Table

Example: Date of Death is probably 1642 but the date is questionable.

Label Date of Death

Thomas Alchorne 1642

Example: Date of Death is known to be either 1920 or 1921.

Label Date of Death Date of Death

Shemuʼel Grunem Esterman 1920 1921

Example: Person was active or flourished around 1315, so no Date of Death will be added to the WorldCat Person.

Label

Shams al-Dīn Ibrāhīm Abarqūhī

Example: Person was active or flourished in the 17th century, so no Date of Death will be added to the WorldCat Person.

Label

Raghūttamatīrtha

External Identifier

List of currently available URIs - Table

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Properties	Definition	URI (Universal Resource Identifier)
VIAF	Identifier for a person represented in the Virtual International Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P26
FAST	Identifier for a person represented in the Faceted Application of Subject Terminology Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P27
Wikidata	Identifier for a person represented in the Wikidata dataset	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P28
ORCiD	Identifier for a person represented in the Open Research and Contributor dataset	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P35
Library of Congress Name Authority File	Identifier for a person represented in the Library of Congress Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P96
GND	Identifier for a person represented in the German Integrated National Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P98
BnF	Identifier for a person represented in the Bibliothèque nationale de France Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P99
NDL	Identifier for a person represented in the National Diet Library of Japan Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P100
BNE	Identifier for a person represented in the Biblioteca Nacional de España Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P101
IMDb	Identifier for a person represented in the Internet Movie dataset	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P102
ULAN	Identifier for a person represented in the Getty Union List of Artist Names Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P161
Discogs artist	Identifier for a person represented in the Discogs artist dataset	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P164
NLP	Identifier for a person represented in the former National Library of Poland Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P236
BIBSYS	identifier for a person represented in the Norwegian Authority File Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P237
ARBABN	Identifier for a person represented in the National Library of Argentina Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P238
B2Q	Identifier for a person represented in the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P239
BAV	Identifier for a person represented in the Vatican Library Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P240
BLBNB	Identifier for a person represented in the National Library of Brazil Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P241
BNC	Identifier for a person represented in the Library of Catalonia Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P242
SUDOC	Identifier for a person represented in the Agence Bibliographique de l’Enseignement Supérieur Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P243
BNL	Identifier for a person represented in the National Library of Luxembourg Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P244
KRNLK	Identifier for a person represented in the National Library of Korea Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P245
GRATEVE	Identifier for a person represented in the National Library of Greece Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P246
NLR	Identifier for a person represented in the National Library of Russia, Saint-Petersburg Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P247
NSK	Identifier for a person represented in the National and University Library in Zagreb Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P248
NSZL	Identifier for a person represented in the National Széchényi Library, Hungary Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P249
NTA	Identifier for a person represented in the Dutch National Thesaurus for Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P250
NUKAT	Identifier for a person represented in the Center of Warsaw University Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P251
CAOONL	Identifier for a person represented in the Canadiana Names Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P252
NII	Identifier for a person represented in the CiNii (Scholarly and Academic Information Navigator) Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P253
LAC	Obsolete identifier for a person in the Library and Archives Canada Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P254
LIH	Identifier for a person represented in the National Library of Lithuania Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P255
LNB	Identifier for a person represented in the National Library of Latvia Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P256
N6I	Identifier for a person represented in the National Library of Ireland Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P257
NKC	Identifier for a person represented in the Czech National Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P258
NLB	Identifier for a person represented in the National Library Board, Singapore Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P259
NLI	Identifier for a person represented in the National Library of Israel Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P260
Perseus	Identifier for a person represented in the Perseus digital library of ancient texts Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P261
PLWABN	Identifier for a person represented in the National Library of Poland Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P262
NCL	Identifier for a person represented in the National Central Library in Taiwan Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P263
RISM	Identifier for a person represented in the Répertoire international des sources musicales database (RISM) Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P264
BNCHL	Identifier for a person represented in the National Library of Chile Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P265
DBC	Identifier for a person represented in the Danish Bibliographic Centre Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P266
EGAXA	Identifier for a person represented in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P267
UIY	Identifier for a person represented in the National Library of Iceland Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P268
VLACC	Identifier for a person represented in the Flemish Public Libraries Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P269
NLA	Identifier for a person represented in the National Library of Australia Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P270
W27	Identifier for a person represented in the National Library of Norway Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P271
PTBNP	Identifier for a person represented in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P273
RERO	Identifier in the Library network of Western Switzerland's RERO Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P274
SELIBR	Identifier for a person represented in the National Library of Sweden Libris Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P275
ERRR	Identifier for a person represented in the ELNET consortium of Estonian libraries Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P276
ICCU	Identifier for a person represented in the National Library Service (SBN) of Italy Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P277
J9U	Identifier for a person represented in the National Library of Israel Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P278
SIMACOB	Identifier for a person represented in the National and University Library Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P279
SKMASNL	Identifier for a person represented in the Slovak National Library Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P280
SRP	Identifier for a person represented in the Syriac Reference Portal Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P281
SZ	Identifier for a person represented in the Swiss National Library Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P282
MRBNR	Identifier for a person represented in the National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco Authority File	https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/P287

Family name

Family name: Example(s) - Table

Example:

Label Family name

John Travolta Travolta

Given name

Given name: Example(s) - Table

Example: 

Label Given name

Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia Elizabeth

Influenced by 

Influenced by: Example(s) - Table

Example: Karl Gustav Jung was influenced by Sigmund Freud.

Label Influenced by

Karl Gustav Jung Sigmund Freud

Instance of (entity subtype)

Instance of: Example(s) - Table

Example:

Label Instance of

Richard Blais person

Name in native language

Name in native language: Example(s) - Table

Example: Name given in Japanese, the native language of the person represented by the WorldCat Person.

Label Name in native language

Yōko Ogawa 小川洋子

Not the same as

Not the same as: Example(s) - Table

Example: Aimee Allen the punk rock musician is not the same as Aimée Allen the jazz singer.

Label Description Not the same as

Aimee Allen Punk rock musician Aimée Allen

Official website

Parent

Person: Example(s) - Table

Example:

Label Parent

Kate Hudson Goldie Hawn

Place of birth

Place of birth: Example(s) - Table

Example:

Label Place of birth

Edgar Allan Poe Boston

Place of death

Place of death: Example(s) - Table

Example:

Label Place of death

John F. Kennedy Dallas

Pseudonym

Pseudonym: Example(s) - Table

Examples: WorldCat Person entities, representing different pseudonyms linking to each other. 

Example 1:

Label Pseudonym Pseudonym

Anne Rice Anne Rampling A. N. Roquelaure

Example 2:

Label Pseudonym Pseudonym

Anne Rampling Anne Rice A. N. Roquelaure

Example 3:

Label Pseudonym Pseudonym

A. N. Roquelaure Anne Rice Anne Rampling

Sibling

Sibling: Example(s) - Table

Example:

Label Sibling

Michael Voltaggio Bryan Voltaggio

Spouse

Person: Example(s) - Table

Example:

Label Spouse

Tim McGraw Faith Hill