diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f63bfd98..2738cc4f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 ### Added
+- added methods for extracting persons by name or ID from ldap
 
 - `contains_only_types` to check if fields are annotated as desired
 - `group_fields_by_class_name` utility to simplify filtered model/field lookups
diff --git a/mex/common/ldap/extract.py b/mex/common/ldap/extract.py
index 62abf7ef..89854dd0 100644
--- a/mex/common/ldap/extract.py
+++ b/mex/common/ldap/extract.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 from collections import defaultdict
-from collections.abc import Iterable
+from collections.abc import Generator, Iterable
 
 from mex.common.identity import get_provider
+from mex.common.ldap.connector import LDAPConnector
 from mex.common.ldap.models.person import LDAPPerson, LDAPPersonWithQuery
 from mex.common.models import ExtractedPrimarySource
 from mex.common.types import MergedPersonIdentifier
@@ -111,3 +112,41 @@ def get_merged_ids_by_query_string(
                 MergedPersonIdentifier(identities[0].stableTargetId)
             )
     return merged_ids_by_attribute
+
+
+def get_persons_by_name(
+    surname: str = "*",
+    given_name: str = "*",
+    **filters: str,
+) -> Generator[LDAPPerson, None, None]:
+    """Get all ldap persons matching the filters.
+
+    Args:
+        given_name: Given name of a person, defaults to non-null.
+        surname: Surname of a person, defaults to non-null.
+        **filters: Additional filters.
+
+    Returns:
+        Generator for LDAP persons.
+    """
+    connector = LDAPConnector.get()
+    return connector.get_persons(surname, given_name, **filters)
+
+
+def get_count_of_found_persons_by_name(
+    surname: str = "*",
+    given_name: str = "*",
+    **filters: str,
+) -> int:
+    """Get total count of found ldap persons.
+
+    Args:
+        given_name: Given name of a person, defaults to non-null.
+        surname: Surname of a person, defaults to non-null.
+        **filters: Additional filters.
+
+    Returns:
+          count of found persons.
+    """
+    connector = LDAPConnector.get()
+    return len(list(connector.get_persons(surname, given_name, **filters)))
diff --git a/tests/ldap/test_extract.py b/tests/ldap/test_extract.py
index b7a4d308..a3aa30a8 100644
--- a/tests/ldap/test_extract.py
+++ b/tests/ldap/test_extract.py
@@ -5,13 +5,16 @@
 from mex.common.identity import get_provider
 from mex.common.ldap.extract import (
     _get_merged_ids_by_attribute,
+    get_count_of_found_persons_by_name,
     get_merged_ids_by_email,
     get_merged_ids_by_employee_ids,
     get_merged_ids_by_query_string,
+    get_persons_by_name,
 )
 from mex.common.ldap.models.person import LDAPPerson, LDAPPersonWithQuery
 from mex.common.models import ExtractedPrimarySource
 from mex.common.types import Identifier
+from tests.ldap.conftest import SAMPLE_PERSON_ATTRS, LDAPMocker
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -173,3 +176,35 @@ def test_get_merged_ids_by_query_string(
         ldap_persons_with_query, ldap_primary_source
     )
     assert merged_ids_by_query_string == expected
+
+
+def test_get_persons_by_name_mocked(ldap_mocker: LDAPMocker) -> None:
+    ldap_mocker([[SAMPLE_PERSON_ATTRS]])
+    persons = get_persons_by_name(surname="Sample", given_name="Sam")
+    persons_list = list(persons)
+    expected = {
+        "company": "RKI",
+        "department": "XY",
+        "departmentNumber": "XY2",
+        "displayName": "Sample, Sam",
+        "employeeID": "1024",
+        "givenName": ["Sam"],
+        "mail": ["SampleS@mail.tld"],
+        "objectGUID": UUID("00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000"),
+        "ou": ["XY"],
+        "sAMAccountName": "SampleS",
+        "sn": "Sample",
+    }
+    assert len(persons_list) == 1
+    assert (
+        persons_list[0].model_dump(exclude_none=True)["givenName"]
+        == expected["givenName"]
+    )
+
+
+def test_get_count_of_found_persons_by_name_mocked(ldap_mocker: LDAPMocker) -> None:
+    ldap_mocker([[SAMPLE_PERSON_ATTRS]])
+    persons_count = get_count_of_found_persons_by_name(
+        surname="Sample", given_name="Sam"
+    )
+    assert persons_count == 1