# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/august-maus
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:43:44.211Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/august-maus"
name: "August Maus"
slug: "august-maus"
description: "August Maus was a German U-boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Prior to taking command of U-185, he served as an officer on U-68 under the command of Captain Karl-Friedrich Merten. Maus was taken prisoner after the sinking of U-185 and in 1944 participated in an escape attempt from the prisoner-of-war camp Papago Park in the United States."
tagline: "German Navy officer and World War II submarine commander (1915-1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/August_Maus_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1915-02-07"
deathDate: "1996-09-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.61
  momentum:             0.847457627118644
  historical:           5.678186666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Maus"
    title: "August Maus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B3%D8%B7%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "اجسطس ماوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Maus"
    title: "August Maus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B2%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%81"
    title: "Август Маус"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Maus"
    title: "August Maus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%81%2C_%D0%90%D0%B2%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82"
    title: "Маус, Август"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q91591"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump