SPARQL Queries against Wikidata

find_people_by_name.sparql

        SELECT distinct ?item ?itemLabel ?itemDescription # (SAMPLE(?birth) as ?birth_date)

        WHERE{
          ?item ?label "Shannen Doherty"@en.
          ?item wdt:P31 wd:Q5.
          # ?id wdt:P569 ?birth .
          ?article schema:about ?item .
          ?article schema:inLanguage "en" .
          SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "en". }
        }

find_people_with_opt_date_of_death.sparql

SELECT DISTINCT
          ?id
          ?idLabel
          #?siteLinks

          (SAMPLE(?birth) as ?birth_date)
          (SAMPLE(?death_date) as ?dateOfDeath)
          (SAMPLE(?manner_of_deathLabel) as ?mannerOfDeath) 
          (SAMPLE(?cause_of_deathLabel) as ?causeOfDeath)
        WHERE {
          ?id wdt:P31 wd:Q5.
          ?id wdt:P569 ?birth .
          #?person wikibase:sitelinks ?sitelinks.
          OPTIONAL{
            ?id wdt:P570 ?death_date .
            ?id wdt:P1196 ?manner_of_death .
            ?id wdt:P509 ?cause_of_death .
            
          }

          SERVICE wikibase:label {
            bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "en".
            ?id rdfs:label ?idLabel .
            ?manner_of_death rdfs:label ?manner_of_deathLabel .
            ?cause_of_death rdfs:label ?cause_of_deathLabel.
          }
        #?id ?label "Shannen Doherty"@en .
        # label line above to search by name line VALUE ?id line below to search by QID - only 1 uncommented at a time
        VALUES ?id {wd:Q207598  wd:Q105221} 
        }
        
        GROUP BY ?id ?idLabel
        ORDER BY (?idLabel)

recent_deaths.sparql

        SELECT ?person ?personLabel ?died ?sitelinks
        WITH {
          SELECT *
          WHERE {
            ?person wdt:P31 wd:Q5;
            wdt:P570 ?died.

            FILTER (?died >= "2024-12-01T00:00:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime && ?died < "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime)
            ?person wikibase:sitelinks ?sitelinks.
          }
          ORDER BY desc(?sitelinks)
          LIMIT 100
        } AS %i
        WHERE {
          INCLUDE %i
          SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],mul,en" . }
        }
        ORDER BY desc(?sitelinks)