diff --git a/src/NodaWikidataFetcher.php b/src/NodaWikidataFetcher.php
index e9dd758..ab7e9a3 100644
--- a/src/NodaWikidataFetcher.php
+++ b/src/NodaWikidataFetcher.php
@@ -682,7 +682,11 @@ final class NodaWikidataFetcher {
         if ($actor_dates['persinst_geburtsjahr'] === '') {
 
             // Try to get birth date
-            if (!empty($data['claims']['P569']) and !empty($data['claims']['P569']['0']['mainsnak']['datavalue']['value']['time'])) {
+            if (!empty($data['claims']['P569'])
+                and !empty($data['claims']['P569']['0']['mainsnak']['datavalue']['value']['time'])
+                // Ignore entries with century / very inprecise birth dates
+                and (empty($data['claims']['P569']['0']['mainsnak']['datavalue']['value']['precision']) || (int)$data['claims']['P569']['0']['mainsnak']['datavalue']['value']['precision'] !== 7)
+            ) {
                 $birth_date = self::wikidataBirthDeathToYear($data['claims']['P569']['0']['mainsnak']['datavalue']['value']['time']);
             }