# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gunter-hessler
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:25:27.898Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gunter-hessler"
name: "Günter Hessler"
slug: "gunter-hessler"
description: "Günter Hessler was a German naval officer during World War II. He commanded the Type IXB U-boat U-107, sinking twenty-one ships on three patrols, totalling 118,822 GRT of Allied shipping. Hessler was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and was commissioned after the war to write an account of the U-boat war by the British Ministry of Defence."
tagline: "German World War II U-boat commander (1909-1968)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1909-06-14"
deathDate: "1968-04-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.332726666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%8E%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Гюнтер Гесслер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AB%D8%B1_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "جونثر هيسلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Hessler"
    title: "Günter Hessler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Hessler"
    title: "Günter Hessler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A5%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ギュンター・ヘスラー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Hessler"
    title: "Günter Hessler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Hessler"
    title: "Günter Hessler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Hessler"
    title: "Günter Hessler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%93%D1%8E%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Хесслер, Гюнтер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88472"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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