diff --git a/app/models/position.rb b/app/models/position.rb
index f19b1c80c..59c7dad58 100644
--- a/app/models/position.rb
+++ b/app/models/position.rb
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ def language_exp=(language_ids)
   private
 
   def find_name_fact_from_project_and_comitter_name
-    NameFact.joins(:name).find_by('analysis_id = ? AND names.name = ?', project.best_analysis_id, committer_name)
+    NameFact.joins(:name).find_by('analysis_id = ? AND lower(unaccent(names.name)) = ?', project.best_analysis_id,
+                                  ActiveSupport::Inflector.transliterate(committer_name).downcase)
   end
 
   def committer_name_and_project?
diff --git a/db/migrate/20240724182111_add_unaccent_extension.rb b/db/migrate/20240724182111_add_unaccent_extension.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee7ec2afa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20240724182111_add_unaccent_extension.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class AddUnaccentExtension < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.2]
+  def up
+    execute 'create extension unaccent;'
+  end
+
+  def down
+    execute 'drop extension unaccent;'
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/structure.sql b/db/structure.sql
index 942ec8f03..c50bab542 100644
--- a/db/structure.sql
+++ b/db/structure.sql
@@ -65,6 +65,20 @@ CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS pg_stat_statements WITH SCHEMA fis;
 COMMENT ON EXTENSION pg_stat_statements IS 'track execution statistics of all SQL statements executed';
 
 
+--
+-- Name: unaccent; Type: EXTENSION; Schema: -; Owner: -
+--
+
+CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS unaccent WITH SCHEMA oh;
+
+
+--
+-- Name: EXTENSION unaccent; Type: COMMENT; Schema: -; Owner: -
+--
+
+COMMENT ON EXTENSION unaccent IS 'text search dictionary that removes accents';
+
+
 --
 -- Name: uuid-ossp; Type: EXTENSION; Schema: -; Owner: -
 --
@@ -5467,6 +5481,7 @@ CREATE TABLE oh.countries (
     region text
 );
 
+
 --
 -- Name: cve_bdsa; Type: TABLE; Schema: oh; Owner: -
 --
@@ -5496,6 +5511,7 @@ CREATE SEQUENCE oh.cve_bdsa_id_seq
 
 ALTER SEQUENCE oh.cve_bdsa_id_seq OWNED BY oh.cve_bdsa.id;
 
+
 --
 -- Name: deleted_accounts; Type: TABLE; Schema: oh; Owner: -
 --
@@ -6568,6 +6584,7 @@ CREATE TABLE oh.links_truncated (
     url text
 );
 
+
 --
 -- Name: maintenance_routes; Type: TABLE; Schema: oh; Owner: -
 --
@@ -6576,6 +6593,7 @@ CREATE TABLE oh.maintenance_routes (
     path character varying
 );
 
+
 --
 -- Name: manages; Type: TABLE; Schema: oh; Owner: -
 --
@@ -9478,12 +9496,14 @@ ALTER TABLE ONLY oh.clumps ALTER COLUMN id SET DEFAULT nextval('oh.clumps_id_seq
 
 ALTER TABLE ONLY oh.code_location_scan ALTER COLUMN id SET DEFAULT nextval('oh.code_location_scan_id_seq'::regclass);
 
+
 --
 -- Name: cve_bdsa id; Type: DEFAULT; Schema: oh; Owner: -
 --
 
 ALTER TABLE ONLY oh.cve_bdsa ALTER COLUMN id SET DEFAULT nextval('oh.cve_bdsa_id_seq'::regclass);
 
+
 --
 -- Name: deleted_accounts id; Type: DEFAULT; Schema: oh; Owner: -
 --
@@ -10321,6 +10341,7 @@ ALTER TABLE ONLY oh.clumps
 ALTER TABLE ONLY oh.code_location_scan
     ADD CONSTRAINT code_location_scan_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id);
 
+
 --
 -- Name: cve_bdsa cve_bdsa_pkey; Type: CONSTRAINT; Schema: oh; Owner: -
 --
@@ -10328,6 +10349,7 @@ ALTER TABLE ONLY oh.code_location_scan
 ALTER TABLE ONLY oh.cve_bdsa
     ADD CONSTRAINT cve_bdsa_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id);
 
+
 --
 -- Name: deleted_accounts deleted_accounts_pkey; Type: CONSTRAINT; Schema: oh; Owner: -
 --
@@ -19281,6 +19303,8 @@ INSERT INTO oh.schema_migrations (version) VALUES ('20230801115125');
 
 INSERT INTO oh.schema_migrations (version) VALUES ('20240305184511');
 
+INSERT INTO oh.schema_migrations (version) VALUES ('20240724182111');
+
 INSERT INTO oh.schema_migrations (version) VALUES ('21');
 
 INSERT INTO oh.schema_migrations (version) VALUES ('22');
@@ -19452,3 +19476,4 @@ INSERT INTO oh.schema_migrations (version) VALUES ('97');
 INSERT INTO oh.schema_migrations (version) VALUES ('98');
 
 INSERT INTO oh.schema_migrations (version) VALUES ('99');
+