diff --git a/client/src/app/site/pages/organization/pages/accounts/pages/account-list/services/account-list-search/account-list-search.service.ts b/client/src/app/site/pages/organization/pages/accounts/pages/account-list/services/account-list-search/account-list-search.service.ts
index 0e246ea685..88a5887267 100644
--- a/client/src/app/site/pages/organization/pages/accounts/pages/account-list/services/account-list-search/account-list-search.service.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/site/pages/organization/pages/accounts/pages/account-list/services/account-list-search/account-list-search.service.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export class AccountListSearchService extends ListSearchService<ViewUser> {
     public constructor() {
         super(
             [`short_name`, `username`, `email`, `saml_id`, `member_number`, `externalString`, `homeCommitteeName`],
-            []
+            [`first_name`]
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/client/src/app/ui/modules/list/services/list-search.service.ts b/client/src/app/ui/modules/list/services/list-search.service.ts
index df6ed82107..9dbcb5eb54 100644
--- a/client/src/app/ui/modules/list/services/list-search.service.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/ui/modules/list/services/list-search.service.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ export class ListSearchService<V extends Identifiable> implements SearchService<
                 return true;
             }
 
-            if (this.isIncludedInProperty(item, trimmedInput, this.alsoFilterByProperties)) {
+            if (
+                this.isIncludedInProperty(item, trimmedInput, this.alsoFilterByProperties) ||
+                this.isIncludedInProperty(item, trimmedInput, this.filterProps)
+            ) {
                 return true;
             }
 
@@ -88,7 +91,12 @@ export class ListSearchService<V extends Identifiable> implements SearchService<
     private isIncludedInProperty(item: V, trimmedInput: string, properties: string[]): boolean {
         if (properties.length > 0 && !!item[properties[0]]) {
             const propertyValueString = `` + item[properties[0]];
-            const foundPropertyValue = propertyValueString.trim().toLowerCase().indexOf(trimmedInput) !== -1;
+            const foundPropertyValue = propertyValueString
+                .trim()
+                .toLowerCase()
+                .normalize('NFD')
+                .replace(/[\u0300-\u036f]/g, '')
+                .includes(trimmedInput);
             if (foundPropertyValue) {
                 return true;
             }