diff --git a/src/metaschema.json b/src/metaschema.json
index 49d0f8cab7..8e8ea2dd37 100644
--- a/src/metaschema.json
+++ b/src/metaschema.json
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@
           "datetime",
           "file_relative",
           "participant_relative",
+          "person_name",
           "rrid",
           "stimuli_relative",
           "time",
diff --git a/src/schema/objects/formats.yaml b/src/schema/objects/formats.yaml
index 145b8c3691..3dacf6d38d 100644
--- a/src/schema/objects/formats.yaml
+++ b/src/schema/objects/formats.yaml
@@ -112,6 +112,12 @@ participant_relative:
     without starting with "/" (an absolute path) or "sub/"
     (a relative path starting with the participant directory, rather than relative to that directory).
   pattern: '(?!/)(?!sub-)[0-9a-zA-Z+/_\-.]+'
+person_name:
+  display_name: Name of a person
+  description: |
+    Name for a person in a single string with clear disambiguation of First (Given) and Last (Family)
+    name(s).  Should follow `Last Names, First Names` convention.
+  pattern: '.+, .+'
 rrid:
   display_name: Research resource identifier
   description: |
diff --git a/src/schema/objects/metadata.yaml b/src/schema/objects/metadata.yaml
index e6567a57f5..9bc39e9bad 100644
--- a/src/schema/objects/metadata.yaml
+++ b/src/schema/objects/metadata.yaml
@@ -208,9 +208,12 @@ Authors:
   display_name: Authors
   description: |
     List of individuals who contributed to the creation/curation of the dataset.
+    It is RECOMMENDED to use `Last, First` form to ensure clear separation of
+    First (Given) from Last (Family) name(s).
   type: array
   items:
     type: string
+    format: person_name
 B0FieldIdentifier:
   name: B0FieldIdentifier
   display_name: B0 Field Identifier
@@ -1325,6 +1328,7 @@ Format:
     - stimuli_relative
     # Miscellaneous
     - hed_version
+    - person_name
 FrameAcquisitionDuration:
   name: FrameAcquisitionDuration
   display_name: Frame Acquisition Duration
diff --git a/tools/schemacode/src/bidsschematools/tests/test_schema.py b/tools/schemacode/src/bidsschematools/tests/test_schema.py
index 0663cec898..9ba42ce048 100644
--- a/tools/schemacode/src/bidsschematools/tests/test_schema.py
+++ b/tools/schemacode/src/bidsschematools/tests/test_schema.py
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ def test_formats(schema_obj):
         "stimuli_relative": ["any/arbitrary/path/file.txt"],
         "dataset_relative": ["any/arbitrary/path/file.txt"],
         "participant_relative": ["any/arbitrary/path/file.txt"],
+        "person_name": ["Last, First", "Many Last, a Few Firsts"],
         "rrid": ["RRID:SCR_017398"],
         "uri": ["foo://example.com:8042/over/there?name=ferret#nose"],
         "bids_uri": [