Variable isn't reading in correctly when i use getline( )

I am trying to write a simple address book practice program for a c++ text book i have. For some reason when i try to store text to string with getline(cin, variablename, '\n') it doesn't store anything.

I am compiling with the g++ compiler on Linux mint 17.1 Any help is greatly appreciated .

Here is my code so far:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

struct peopleData
{
    string name;
    string address;
    string phoneNumber;
};

using namespace std;


peopleData getData (string name, string address, string phoneNumber)
{
    peopleData person;
    person.name = name;
    person.address = address;
    person.phoneNumber = phoneNumber;
    return person;
}


int main ()
{
    int amount_of_people;
    string name;
    string address;
    string phoneNumber;

    cout << "How many people are you entering information for? ";
    cin >> amount_of_people;

    peopleData people[amount_of_people];

    for ( int i = 0; i < amount_of_people; i++)
    {
        cout << "What is person " << i + 1 << "'s name?\n";
        getline( cin, name, '\n' );
        cin.ignore();
        cout << "What is " << name << "'s address?\n";
        getline( cin, address, '\n' );
        cin.ignore();
        cout << "What is ";
        cout << name << "'s phone number?\n";
        getline( cin, phoneNumber, '\n' );
        cin.ignore();
        people[i] = getData(name, address, phoneNumber); 
    }

    cout << "Your address book is finished.\n";
    for ( int x = 0; x < amount_of_people; x++)
    {
        cout << people[x].name 
             << "'s address is "  << people[x].address 
             << "\nand their phone number is " << people[x].phoneNumber << endl;
    }

}