diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/author/author.html b/bookwyrm/templates/author/author.html
index e24a77dcd4..043f3fa54d 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/author/author.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/author/author.html
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ <h1 class="title">{{ author.name }}</h1>
     <meta itemprop="name" content="{{ author.name }}">
 
     {% firstof author.aliases author.born author.died as details %}
-    {% firstof author.wikipedia_link author.website author.openlibrary_key author.inventaire_id author.isni author.isfdb as links %}
+    {% firstof author.wikipedia_link author.website author.openlibrary_key author.inventaire_id author.isni author.isfdb author.wikidata as links %}
     {% if details or links %}
     <div class="column is-3">
         {% if details %}
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ <h2 class="title is-4">{% trans "External links" %}</h2>
                 </div>
                 {% endif %}
 
+                {% if author.wikidata %}
+                <div>
+                    <a itemprop="sameAs" href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/{{ author.wikidata }}" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">
+                        {% trans "View on Wikidata" %}
+                    </a>
+                </div>
+                {% endif %} 
+
                 {% if author.website %}
                 <div>
                      <a itemprop="sameAs" href="{{ author.website }}" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">