Both persons and people can be used as plural forms of person. Persons is often used in formal, legal contexts to emphasize individuals as opposed to a group. People is the plural of person that’s most commonly used in everyday communication to simply refer to multiple humans.

The noun person has two plurals: persons and people. Most people don’t use persons, but the sticklers say there are times when we should.

Both persons and people can be correctly used as the plural form of the noun “person.” People is used to talk about multiple humans or to refer to a group, and persons is used to refer to various individuals with the focus on their individuality.

Persons and people are plural nouns for “person,” although “people” is the correct word for everyday English. For formal or legal writing, use “persons.”