---
title: "Person Schema"
description: "Add Schema.org Person structured data to your Sanity-powered site with sanity-plugin-seofields. Showcase individuals with their job title, profile image, social links, and employer in search results."
canonical: https://sanity-plugin-seofields.thehardik.in/docs/schema-org/person
---

# Person

The Person schema type represents an individual person. It enables search engines to display rich information about team members, authors, founders, and other individuals in knowledge panels and search results.

## About Person

Person schema is critical for establishing author authority and E-E-A-T (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness) signals. Google uses Person markup to connect authors to their content, display knowledge panels, and verify expertise. The sameAs property links a person's identity across platforms, helping search engines build a comprehensive entity profile. This is especially valuable for content creators, thought leaders, and professionals.

## Fields

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | string | Yes | The full name of the person. |
| `jobTitle` | string | No | The person's job title or role (e.g. Software Engineer, CEO). |
| `url` | string | No | The person's personal website or profile URL. |
| `imageUrl` | string | No | URL of the person's profile photo or headshot. Maps to the image property in JSON-LD output. |
| `sameAs` | string | No | URLs of social media profiles and other authoritative pages about this person. |
| `worksFor.name` | string | No | The name of the organization the person works for. |
| `email` | string | No | Email address of the person. |
| `faxNumber` | string | No | Fax number of the person. |
| `telephone` | string | No | Phone number of the person. |
| `description` | string | No | A short bio or description of the person. |
| `gender` | string | No | Gender of the person. |
| `birthDate` | date | No | Date of birth of the person. |
| `address.streetAddress` | string | No | Street address of the person. |
| `address.addressLocality` | string | No | City of the person's address. |
| `address.addressCountry` | string | No | Country code of the person's address, e.g. "US". |

## Plugin Registration

```typescript
import { defineConfig } from 'sanity'
import { schemaOrgPersonPlugin } from 'sanity-plugin-seofields/schema'

export default defineConfig({
  // ... your sanity config
  plugins: [
    schemaOrgPersonPlugin(),
  ],
})
```

## Schema Usage

Add the `schemaOrgPerson` field to any document schema:

```typescript
import { defineField, defineType } from 'sanity'

export default defineType({
  name: 'page',
  title: 'Page',
  type: 'document',
  fields: [
    // ... your other fields
    defineField({
      name: 'schemaOrgPerson',
      title: 'Person Schema',
      type: 'schemaOrgPerson',
    }),
  ],
})
```

## GROQ Query

```javascript
*[_type == "yourDocument"][0]{
  schemaOrgPerson {
    name,
    jobTitle,
    url,
    imageUrl,
    sameAs,
    worksFor {
      name
    },
    email,
    faxNumber,
    telephone,
    description,
    gender,
    birthDate,
    address {
      streetAddress,
      addressLocality,
      addressCountry
    }
  }
}
```

## Next.js Component

```tsx
import { PersonSchema } from 'sanity-plugin-seofields/schema/next'

export default function Layout({ data }) {
  return <PersonSchema data={data.schemaOrgPerson} />
}
```

## JSON-LD Output

```json
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Person",
  "name": "Jane Doe",
  "jobTitle": "Senior Software Engineer",
  "url": "https://janedoe.dev",
  "image": "https://example.com/jane-photo.jpg",
  "sameAs": "https://linkedin.com/in/janedoe",
  "worksFor": {
    "@type": "Organization",
    "name": "Acme Corp"
  },
  "email": "jane@janedoe.dev",
  "faxNumber": "+1-555-123-4567",
  "telephone": "+1-555-987-6543",
  "description": "Full-stack developer specializing in React and Node.js with 10 years of experience.",
  "gender": "Female",
  "birthDate": "1990-06-15",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "123 Main St",
    "addressLocality": "San Francisco",
    "addressCountry": "US"
  }
}
```