NameAPI is a web API
to handle people's names
in your software.

News

05.11.2025

Verification of Payee (VoP) with NameMatcher

NameAPI is introducing Verification of Payee (VoP) powered by NameMatcher, enabling fast, accurate...


30.10.2025

Software Version 11.0.0 Deployed

Release of Optimaize PII Platform with Java 21.


29.09.2025

Dictionary Update: Quechua and Aymara Names

The NameAPI database continues to grow, now enriched with 3,700 new given names and 600 family...


29.08.2025

Database Expansion: Brazilian Portuguese Names

We’ve expanded our database to include a comprehensive set of Brazilian Portuguese names. This...


21.08.2025

Secondary Domain Added: api.name-api.com for Enhanced Redundancy

To further strengthen NameAPI’s reliability and provide uninterrupted service access, we are happy...


   

Famous Person Detector

       
Tells if and how famous a person's name is.
            
The classification is done with a global view, not specific to the context's place.
                    
(todo: add link)

   

Input

       
See person.
       
See context.
       
(todo: add example)

   

Output

null if the name does not belong to a famous person.        
0-100 where 100 is the max.
       
An optional human readable message saying why that person is famous.
Example: "Swiss tennis player."
       
(todo: add example)