If you access a hash item, the sigil changes from % to $:

our %test;
$test{item1} = Person->new("...", ...);
$test{item2} = Person->new("...", ...);
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Regarding the threads: I don't really know. You can use threads::shared, but I don't know if that works for objects. Maybe the threads tutorial is a good starting place for you.