LinkedIn People Search

Search LinkedIn for people by name and extract public profile data — no login required.

What you get

• LinkedIn profile URL for each matching person
• Full display name, professional headline, and location
• Most recent education and experience summary
• Profile avatar URL
• The searched first and last name for easy cross-referencing

Use cases

• Lead generation and prospect research
• Outreach list building from a list of contact names
• Verifying whether a person has a LinkedIn presence
• Audience research and competitive intelligence

How to use

1. Enter one or more names in the People to Search field (one name per line, e.g. "James Smith")
2. Optionally set Max Results (1–500, default 500) to cap the total returned
3. Run the actor — results appear in the Dataset tab
4. Export to JSON, CSV, or Google Sheets

Output format

Each dataset record:

{
  "profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-smith-123/",
  "name": "James Smith",
  "headline": "Senior Software Engineer at Acme Corp",
  "location": "San Francisco, CA",
  "experience": "Senior Software Engineer at Acme Corp",
  "education": "Stanford University",
  "avatar": "https://...",
  "searchedFirstName": "James",
  "searchedLastName": "Smith"
}

Free tier limits

To let you evaluate the actor before committing, free (non-paying) accounts have the following trial limits:

• 5 results per run — enough to verify data quality
• 5 runs per day (resets at UTC midnight)
• 30 minutes between runs

Upgrade to a paid Apify plan to remove all limits.

Notes

• Up to 50 names per run
• LinkedIn may partially redact names in search results (privacy protection)
• For full profile details (work history, education, certifications), use the LinkedIn Profile Scraper actor with the returned profileUrl

Related LinkedIn actors

Part of a complete LinkedIn toolkit — explore the rest of the suite:

• LinkedIn Profile Scraper — Profile data — work history, education, skills
• LinkedIn Company Scraper — Company page data — followers, funding, locations
• LinkedIn Company Employees Scraper — Employees from any company page for lead gen
• LinkedIn Posts Scraper — Posts by URL or from a company/person profile
• LinkedIn Job Listings Scraper — Job details by URL — title, company, salary
• LinkedIn Job Search — Search jobs by keyword and location
• LinkedIn MCP Server — All LinkedIn tools for AI agents via MCP