diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 653fc0a197..a3a8c5e771 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ data/ducklake/
 data/custodian.backup.20251230
 data/custodian/person/bu_final
 
+# WCMS person profiles (98K+ files, generated data)
+data/person/
+
 # Large reference data (filtered from git history)
 data/reference/allCountries.*
 data/reference/geonames.db