diff --git a/src/app/layout/blocks/people-block/index.ts b/src/app/layout/blocks/people-block/index.ts
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+++ b/src/app/layout/blocks/people-block/index.ts
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+/* Module Index Entry - generated using the script npm run generate-index */
+export * from "./people-block.component";
diff --git a/src/app/layout/blocks/people-block/people-block.component.spec.ts b/src/app/layout/blocks/people-block/people-block.component.spec.ts
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+++ b/src/app/layout/blocks/people-block/people-block.component.spec.ts
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+import {TestComponentBuilder} from 'ng-forward/cjs/testing/test-component-builder';
+import {Provider, Input, provide, Component} from 'ng-forward';
+
+import {PeopleBlockComponent} from './people-block.component';
+
+const htmlTemplate: string = '<noosfero-people-block [block]="ctrl.block" [owner]="ctrl.owner"></noosfero-people-block>';
+
+const tcb = new TestComponentBuilder();
+
+describe("Components", () => {
+    describe("People Block Component", () => {
+
+        beforeEach(angular.mock.module("templates"));
+
+        let state = jasmine.createSpyObj("state", ["go"]);
+        let providers = [
+            new Provider('truncateFilter', { useValue: () => { } }),
+            new Provider('stripTagsFilter', { useValue: () => { } }),
+            new Provider('$state', { useValue: state }),
+            new Provider('ProfileService', {
+                useValue: {
+                    getProfileMembers: (profileId: number, filters: any): any => {
+                        return Promise.resolve({ data: { people: [{ identifier: "person1" }] } });
+                    }
+                }
+            }),
+        ];
+        @Component({ selector: 'test-container-component', template: htmlTemplate, directives: [PeopleBlockComponent], providers: providers })
+        class BlockContainerComponent {
+            block = { type: 'Block', settings: {} };
+            owner = { name: 'profile-name' };
+            constructor() {
+            }
+        }
+
+        it("get people of the block owner", done => {
+            tcb.createAsync(BlockContainerComponent).then(fixture => {
+                let block: PeopleBlockComponent = fixture.debugElement.componentViewChildren[0].componentInstance;
+                expect(block.people).toEqual([{ identifier: "person1" }]);
+                done();
+            });
+        });
+
+        it("render the profile image for each person", done => {
+            tcb.createAsync(BlockContainerComponent).then(fixture => {
+                fixture.debugElement.getLocal("$rootScope").$apply();
+                expect(fixture.debugElement.queryAll("noosfero-profile-image").length).toEqual(1);
+                done();
+            });
+        });
+
+    });
+});
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diff --git a/src/app/layout/blocks/people-block/people-block.component.ts b/src/app/layout/blocks/people-block/people-block.component.ts
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+++ b/src/app/layout/blocks/people-block/people-block.component.ts
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+import {Input, Inject, Component} from "ng-forward";
+import {EnvironmentService} from "../../../../lib/ng-noosfero-api/http/environment.service";
+
+@Component({
+    selector: "noosfero-people-block",
+    templateUrl: 'app/layout/blocks/people-block/people-block.html',
+})
+@Inject(EnvironmentService)
+export class PeopleBlockComponent {
+
+    @Input() block: noosfero.Block;
+    @Input() owner: noosfero.Environment;
+
+    people: noosfero.Person[] = [];
+
+    constructor(private environmentService: EnvironmentService) {
+        console.debug("Created PeopleBlockComponent");
+    }
+
+    ngOnInit() {
+        this.environmentService.getEnvironmentPeople({ limit: '6' }).then((people: noosfero.Person[]) => {
+            console.debug("People returned in PeopleBlockComponent: ", people);
+            this.people = people;
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/layout/blocks/people-block/people-block.html b/src/app/layout/blocks/people-block/people-block.html
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+++ b/src/app/layout/blocks/people-block/people-block.html
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+<div class="peoples-block">
+  <a ng-repeat="person in ctrl.people" ui-sref="main.profile.home({profile: person.identifier})" class="person">
+    <noosfero-profile-image [profile]="person"></noosfero-profile-image>
+  </a>
+</div>
diff --git a/src/app/layout/blocks/people-block/people-block.scss b/src/app/layout/blocks/people-block/people-block.scss
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+++ b/src/app/layout/blocks/people-block/people-block.scss
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+.members-block {
+  .member {
+    img, i.profile-image {
+      width: 60px;
+    }
+    img {
+      display: inline-block;
+      vertical-align: top;
+    }
+    i.profile-image {
+        text-align: center;
+        background-color: #889DB1;
+        color: #F1F1F1;
+        font-size: 4.5em;
+    }
+  }
+}
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