How to map XML file content to C# object(s)

I am new to C# and I am trying to read an XML file and transfer its contents to C# object(s).

e.g. An example XML file could be:

<people>
    <person>
        <name>Person 1</name>
        <age>21</age>
    </person>
    <person>
        <name>Person 2</name>
        <age>22</age>
    </person>
</people>

.. could be mapped to an array of C# class called 'Person':

Person[] people;

Where a Person object could contain the following fields:

string name;
uint age;