Hi David,

Mind sharing (privately if necessary) your spreadsheet? My recommended workflow would be to pair free-form terms (like your names) with the WIKISEARCH function and only then feed its output into WIKIDATAQID (or rather directly WIKIDATAFACTS, as it accepts qids or article titles directly). If this doesn't help, again the offer to share your spreadsheet so I can have a direct look. 

Cheers,
Tom


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