# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerhard-bigalk
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:51:59.837Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerhard-bigalk"
name: "Gerhard Bigalk"
slug: "gerhard-bigalk"
description: "Gerhard Bigalk was a captain with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and commander of U-751. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany."
tagline: "German navy officer and world war II U-boat commander"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-6433-39%2C_St._Nazaire%2C_Kommandant_Bigalk.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1908-11-26"
deathDate: "1942-07-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.341397333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%91%D1%96%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BA"
    title: "Гергард Бігальк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83"
    title: "جيرهارد بيجالك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Bigalk"
    title: "Gerhard Bigalk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Bigalk"
    title: "Gerhard Bigalk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Bigalk"
    title: "Gerhard Bigalk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Bigalk"
    title: "Gerhard Bigalk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BA%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Бигальк, Герхард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75159"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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