diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Providers/Manager/MetadataService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Providers/Manager/MetadataService.cs
index 1d3ddc4e24..e8994693de 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Providers/Manager/MetadataService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Providers/Manager/MetadataService.cs
@@ -1146,13 +1146,24 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.Manager
 
         private static void MergePeople(IReadOnlyList<PersonInfo> source, IReadOnlyList<PersonInfo> target)
         {
-            foreach (var person in target)
-            {
-                var normalizedName = person.Name.RemoveDiacritics();
-                var personInSource = source.FirstOrDefault(i => string.Equals(i.Name.RemoveDiacritics(), normalizedName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+            var sourceByName = source.ToLookup(p => p.Name.RemoveDiacritics(), StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            var targetByName = target.ToLookup(p => p.Name.RemoveDiacritics(), StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 
-                if (personInSource is not null)
+            foreach (var name in targetByName.Select(g => g.Key))
+            {
+                var targetPeople = targetByName[name].ToArray();
+                var sourcePeople = sourceByName[name].ToArray();
+
+                if (sourcePeople.Length == 0)
                 {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                for (int i = 0; i < targetPeople.Length; i++)
+                {
+                    var person = targetPeople[i];
+                    var personInSource = i < sourcePeople.Length ? sourcePeople[i] : sourcePeople[0];
+
                     foreach (var providerId in personInSource.ProviderIds)
                     {
                         person.ProviderIds.TryAdd(providerId.Key, providerId.Value);