Template:Infobox Person/doc

{{#invoke:Message box|mbox}} Infobox Person may be used to summarize information about a person.

Also consider using one of the more specific templates such as {{Infobox Actor}}, {{Infobox Officeholder}}, {{Infobox Military person}}, etc. A list of some of these is available at Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Infoboxes; others not listed there can be found in Category:People infobox templates.

Usage

The infobox may be added by pasting the template as shown below into an article and then filling in the desired fields. Any parameters left blank or omitted will not be displayed.

Blank template with basic parameters

This is the template shown on the top righthand side of the template page.

{{Infobox Person
|name        = 
|image       = 
|caption     = 
|birth_date  = {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}
|birth_place = 
|death_date  = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
|death_place = 
|other_names = 
|known_for   = 
|occupation  = 
|nationality = 
}}

Blank template with all parameters

{{Infobox Person
|name          = 
|image         = 
|image_size    = 
|caption       = 
|birth_name    = 
|birth_date    = {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}
|birth_place   = 
|death_date    = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
|death_place   = 
|body_discovered = 
|death_cause   = 
|resting_place = 
|resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|display=inline,title}} -->
|residence     = 
|nationality   = 
|ethnicity     = 
|citizenship   = 
|other_names   = 
|known_for     = 
|education     = 
|alma_mater    = 
|employer      = 
|occupation    = 
|years_active  =
|home_town     = 
|title         = 
|salary        = 
|networth      = 
|height        = 
|weight        = 
|term          = 
|predecessor   = 
|successor     = 
|party         = 
|opponents     =
|boards        = 
|religion      = 
|spouse        = 
|partner       = 
|children      = 
|parents       = 
|relations     = 
|callsign      = 
|signature     = 
|website       = 
|footnotes     = 
}}

Parameters

Do not use all these parameters for any one person. The list is long to cover a wide range of people. Only use those parameters that describe why the person is notable. Any parameters left blank or omitted will not be displayed. If a data field has more than one parameter name which can be used, the preferred name is listed first in bold print.

Parameter	Explanation
name	Common name of person (defaults to article name if left blank; provide birth_name (below) if different from name).
image	Image name: abc.jpg, xpz.png, 123.gif, etc. If an image is desired but not available, one may add "yes" to the "needs-photo" section of the Template:WPBiography on the talkpage. Do not use Image:Replace this image male.svg, Image:Replace this image female.svg or other placeholder images; the proposal to use such placeholders has been rejected by the community.
image_size (imagesize)	Size to display image: 200px (set width), or 200x300px (max width & max height). This defaults to 225px if empty or omitted.
caption	Caption for image, if needed. Try to include date of photo and the photographer.
birth_name	Name at birth, if different from name.
birth_date	Date of birth: {{birth date and age|1930|1|15}} (if living) or {{birth date|1930|1|15}} (if dead). See Template:Birth date for details.
birth_place	Place of birth: city, administrative region, sovereign state.
death_date	Date of death: {{death date and age|1995|10|9|1930|1|15}} (if birth date is known) or {{death date|1995|10|9}} (if birth date unknown). See Template:Death date for details.
death_place	Place of death: city, administrative region, sovereign state.
body_discovered	Place where the body was discovered (If different from place of death).
death_cause	Cause of death.
resting_place	Place of burial, ash-scattering, etc.
resting_place_coordinates	Coordinates for place of burial, ash-scattering etc. Use {{coord}} template.
residence	Location(s) where the person notably resides/resided, if different from birth place.
nationality	Nationality. May be used instead of citizenship (below) or vice versa in cases where any confusion could result. Should only be used with citizenship when they somehow differ.
ethnicity	Ethnicity.
citizenship	Citizenship. See usage notes for nationality.
other_names	Other notable names for the person, if different from name and birth_name.
known_for (known)	A brief description of why the person is notable.
education	Education.
alma_mater	Alma mater
employer	Employer.
occupation	Occupation.
home_town	The place where the person was raised and matured, if different from birth place and residence.
title	Multiple uses: Formal title, such as First Lady of Japan for Akie Abe. Awarded title, such at Mr. Olympia for Arnold Schwarzenegger. Job title, such as President of Calvin College for Anthony Diekema. A combination of the above, such as Professor of Mathematics and Fellow of the Royal Society for Bill Parry
salary	Annual salary or compensation.
networth	Current estimated net worth.
height	If person was notable for their height.
weight	If used, this should also include the date.
term	Years the person held the title listed above.
predecessor	Person who previously held the title listed above.
successor	Person who subsequently held the title listed above.
party	Field labeled Political party.
boards	Field labeled Board member of.
religion	Field labeled Religion.
spouse	Name of spouse(s), followed by years of marriage. Use the format Name (1950-present) for current spouse and Name (1970-1999) for former spouse(s). Separate entries with a line break (<br/>).
partner	Use same format as spouse.
children	Number of children (i.e. 3), or list of names if notable. Separate entries with a line break (<br/>).
parents	Names of parents, if notable. Separate entries with a line break (<br/>).
relatives (relations)	Names of siblings or other relatives, if notable. Include the relationship in parentheses after the name (sister, uncle, etc). Separate entries with a line break (<br/>).
callsign	Amateur radio call-sign.
signature	An image of the person's signature. Image is displayed at a width of 128px, same format as {{Infobox Writer}}, {{Infobox Officeholder}} and {{Infobox Philosopher}}.
website	Official website only. Unofficial websites should be placed under ==External links== in the body of the article.
footnotes	Notes about any of the infobox data.

Microformats

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Date-of-birth ("bday") information will only be included in the microformat if {{Birth date}}) or {{Birth date and age}}) (optionally {{birth-date}} are used in the infobox.

hCard uses HTML classes including:

• adr
• agent
• bday
• category
• country-name
• extended-address
• family-name
• fn (required)
• given-name
• honorific-prefix
• honorific-suffix
• label
• locality
• n
• nickname
• note
• org
• role
• vcard

Please do not rename or remove these classes; nor collapse nested elements which use them.

Example

Bill Gates
Bill Gates at an IT forum in Denmark, 2004
Born	William Henry Gates III October 28 1955 (1955-10-28) Seattle, Washington
Occupation	Chairman, Microsoft Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Salary	US$ 966,667
Net worth	US$ 56.0 billion (2007)
Spouse(s)	Melinda Gates (since 1994)
Children	3
Signature
Website Microsoft (Press Pass) Gates Foundation

{{Infobox Person
|name        = Bill Gates
|image       = Bill Gates 2004 cr.jpg
|image_size  =
|caption     = Bill Gates at an IT forum in Denmark, 2004
|birth_name  = William Henry Gates III
|birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1955|10|28}}
|birth_place = [[Seattle, Washington]]
|occupation  = [[Chairperson|Chairman]], [[Microsoft]]<br/>Co-Chair, [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]]
|salary      = {{nowrap|[[United States dollar|US$]] 966,667}}<!--this is the correct style for money--><ref>Year 2006 compensation: salary $616,667, bonus $350,000. From Microsoft's [http://www.microsoft.com/msft/reports/proxy2006.mspx Proxy Statement]</ref>
|networth    = {{nowrap|US$ 56.0 billion}} (2007)<ref name="forbes"/>
|spouse      = [[Melinda Gates]] (since 1994)
|children    = 3
|signature   = BillGates Signature.svg
|website     = [http://www.microsoft.com/ Microsoft] [http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/default.mspx (Press Pass)]<br/>[http://www.gatesfoundation.org Gates Foundation]
}}