AnyWho People Search Scraper

Extract phone numbers, addresses, age, relatives, and aliases for US individuals from AnyWho.com. Search by first name, last name, and optional US state.

What it does

For each search query (first name + last name, optionally filtered by US state), the scraper:

1. Fetches the AnyWho people-search results page via Bright Data Web Unlocker
2. Extracts all person cards from the listing (name, age, current address, historical addresses, phone numbers, relatives, aliases)
3. Paginates through all result pages up to maxItems

AnyWho blocks all standard datacenter and residential proxy IPs at the people-search endpoint. This actor uses Bright Data Web Unlocker to reliably access the search results.

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
queries	array	Yes	List of search queries. Each must include firstName and lastName. Optional state (2-letter US code, e.g. NY) narrows results.
maxItems	integer	No	Maximum records to return across all queries (0 = unlimited, default: 50)

Example input:

{
  "queries": [
    { "firstName": "John", "lastName": "Smith", "state": "NY" },
    { "firstName": "Jane", "lastName": "Doe" }
  ],
  "maxItems": 20
}

Output

Each result is a person record with the following fields:

Field	Description
fullName	Full name as listed on AnyWho
firstName	First name
lastName	Last name
age	Age in years
addresses	Current and historical addresses
phoneNumbers	Known phone numbers
relatives	Names of known relatives or household members
akas	Also-known-as names and aliases
profileUrl	Direct link to the person's AnyWho profile page
searchQuery	The query that produced this record
scrapedAt	ISO-8601 timestamp

Notes

• AnyWho partially obscures some data (house numbers, last 4 digits of phone numbers) behind a CSS blur that requires a paid account to remove. The scraper captures the visible data including the obscured values where accessible.
• Results are per-state limited when a state filter is provided. For nationwide searches, omit state.
• The actor respects maxItems — runs stop once the limit is reached across all queries.