diff --git a/ynr/apps/candidatebot/helpers.py b/ynr/apps/candidatebot/helpers.py
index 543cfd8ba..57789125a 100644
--- a/ynr/apps/candidatebot/helpers.py
+++ b/ynr/apps/candidatebot/helpers.py
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ def edit_field(
                 if not ignore_edit:
                     self.edits_made = True
         else:
-            if field_name == "biography":
-                self.person.biography = field_value
+            if field_name in ["biography", "name"]:
+                setattr(self.person, field_name, field_value)
                 self.edits_made = True
 
     def clean_email(self, value):
diff --git a/ynr/apps/people/management/commands/people_clean_person_names.py b/ynr/apps/people/management/commands/people_clean_person_names.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bdb96cfb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ynr/apps/people/management/commands/people_clean_person_names.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+from candidatebot.helpers import CandidateBot
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+from people.models import Person
+from popolo.models import OtherName
+
+chars_to_replace = {
+    "\xa0": " ",
+    "\u1680": " ",
+    "\u2000": " ",
+    "\u2001": " ",
+    "\u2002": " ",
+    "\u2003": " ",
+    "\u2004": " ",
+    "\u2005": " ",
+    "\u2006": " ",
+    "\u2007": " ",
+    "\u2008": " ",
+    "\u2009": " ",
+    "\u200a": " ",
+    "\u202f": " ",
+    "\u205f": " ",
+    "\u3000": " ",
+}
+
+
+def replace_char(name, char, replace):
+    name = name.repalce(char, replace)
+    return " ".join(name.split()).strip()
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    help = "Replaces chars in person names that we don't want to be there."
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        for char, replace in chars_to_replace.items():
+            qs = Person.objects.filter(name__contains=char).only("pk", "name")
+            for person in qs:
+                for other_name in person.other_names.all():
+                    other_name.name = replace_char(
+                        other_name.name, char, replace
+                    )
+                    other_name.save()
+                bot = CandidateBot(person_id=person.pk, update=True)
+                bot.edit_field("name", replace_char(person.name, char, replace))
+                bot.save(
+                    f"Replacing {repr(char)} with {repr(replace)} in person name"
+                )
+
+            qs = OtherName.objects.filter(name__contains=char)
+            for other_name in qs:
+                existing_name = other_name.content_object.other_names.filter(
+                    name=replace_char(other_name.name, char, replace)
+                )
+                if existing_name:
+                    other_name.delete()
+                    continue
+                other_name.name = replace_char(other_name.name, char, replace)
+                if other_name.name == other_name.content_object.name:
+                    other_name.delete()
+                else:
+                    other_name.save()
+                bot = CandidateBot(
+                    person_id=other_name.content_object.pk, update=True
+                )
+                bot.edits_made = True
+                bot.save(
+                    f"Replacing {repr(char)} with {repr(replace)} in person other name"
+                )