Add a content editor WebPart to the New form of custom list and add the below code, replace the ID of your column highlighted yellow SetUserFieldValue function parameter to your people picker column name. < script src = " //ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js " >< /script > < script type = " text/javascript " > $( document ).ready( function () { var userid = _spPageContextInfo.userId; function GetCurrentUser () { var requestUri = _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl + " /_api/web/getuserbyid( " + userid + " ) " ; var requestHeaders = { " accept " : " application/json;odata=verbose " }; $.ajax({ url : requestUri, contentType : " application/json;odata=verbose " , headers : requestHeaders, success : onSuccess, error : onError }); } function onSuccess ( data , request ){ var loginName = data.d.Title; SetUserFieldValue(