Yes and no. You can get SQL dumps (although XML is more common), but it doesn't contain any useful structure. The article content is just wikitext, and only met

Yes and no. You can get SQL dumps (although XML is more common), but it doesn't contain any useful structure. The article content is just wikitext, and only metadata such as revisions are structured. You can get a lot of data from Wikidata. They have a SPARQL interface at https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Humans%20born%20in%20New%20York%20City%0Aselect%20distinct%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%3FitemDescription%20%3Fsitelinks%20where%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%3B%20%20%23%20Any%20instance%20of%20a%20human.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP19%20wd%3AQ60%3B%20%20%23%20%20Who%20was%20born%20in%20New%20York%20City.%0A%23%20Note.%20Doesn%27t%20include%20humans%20with%20the%20birth%20place%20listed%20as%20a%20hospital%0A%23%20or%20an%20administrative%20area%20or%20other%20location%20of%20New%20York%20City.%0A%23%20Only%20humans%20listed%20as%20born%20in%20New%20York%20City.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wikibase%3Asitelinks%20%3Fsitelinks.%0A%20%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%2Cnl%22%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20DESC%28%3Fsitelinks%29 https://query.wikidata.org/#%23Humans%20born%20in%20New%20Yo... and you can also get all the data in a variety of rdf formats.