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Historical Figures API

The Historical Figures API allows you to search for famous (or infamous) people in history. From ancient civilizations to the current decade, our database contains a wide range of notable individuals from all walks of life.

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/v1/historicalfigures GET

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/historicalfigures

Returns a list of up to 10 people that match the search parameters.

Parameters

  • name  required

    Name of the person to search. Includes partial results (e.g. julius will match Julius Caesar).

  • offset  optional

    Number of results to offset pagination.

Headers

  • X-Api-Key  required

    API Key associated with your account.

Response

Returns an array of historical figure objects, each containing:

  • name

    Full name of the historical figure.

  • title

    Title or description of the person's role/occupation.

  • info

    Object containing detailed biographical information about the historical figure.

Sample Request Live Demo!

name
offset

Try this API endpoint with all available parameters in our API playground

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/historicalfigures?name=julius%20caesar

Headers

X-Api-KeyLog in or sign up to get your API Key

Sample Response

JSON

Code Examples

1 2 curl -X GET "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/historicalfigures?name=julius%20caesar" \ -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

If your programming language is not listed in the Code Example above, you can still make API calls by using a HTTP request library written in your programming language and following the above documentation.