# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernst-kals
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:51:04.433Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernst-kals"
name: "Ernst Kals"
slug: "ernst-kals"
description: "Ernst Kals was a Kapitän zur See with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He commanded the Type IXC U-boat U-130 on five patrols. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross."
tagline: "German navy officer and World War II U-boat commander (1905-1979)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/df/Ernst_Kals.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1905-08-02"
deathDate: "1979-11-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42
  momentum:             0.04016064257028112
  historical:           6.551333333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81"
    title: "Ернст Кальс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Kals"
    title: "Ernst Kals"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Kals"
    title: "Ernst Kals"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Kals"
    title: "Ernst Kals"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Kals"
    title: "Ernst Kals"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Kals"
    title: "Ernst Kals"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%2C_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82"
    title: "Кальс, Эрнст"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2060822"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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