Alphabetize Faces in Photos for Mac

I have thousands of photos from a large party I took pictures at... I would really like to alphabetize the faces so that I can keep it organized, but without manually dragging faces around... Please let me know if this is possible somehow, or if I should just go back to Aperture or iPhoto.

Please let me know if this is possible somehow, or if I should just go back to Aperture or iPhoto.
Just go back to Aperture or iPhoto.
Photos arranges the Faces by the frequency of use.  You can arrange manually by dragging around, but that's is.
You may want to send feedback to Apple about a usability problem:
Apple - Photos - Feedback

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