# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/heinz-otto-schultze
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:46:38.341Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/heinz-otto-schultze"
name: "Heinz-Otto Schultze"
slug: "heinz-otto-schultze"
description: "Heinz-Otto Schultze was a German U-boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. He is credited with the sinking of 20 ships for a total of 67,991 gross register tons (GRT) plus damaging a further two ships for a total of 15,666 GRT."
tagline: "German World War II U-boat commander"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-6858-10%2C_Heinz_Otto_Schultze.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1915-09-13"
deathDate: "1943-11-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.77
  momentum:             0.3067484662576687
  historical:           6.539381333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%86-%D0%9E%D1%82%D1%82%D0%BE_%D0%A8%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%86%D0%B5"
    title: "Гайнц-Отто Шульце"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "هاينز اوتو شولتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz-Otto_Schultze"
    title: "Heinz-Otto Schultze"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz-Otto_Schultze"
    title: "Heinz-Otto Schultze"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz-Otto_Schultze"
    title: "Heinz-Otto Schultze"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz-Otto_Schultze"
    title: "Heinz-Otto Schultze"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D1%86%D0%B5%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%86-%D0%9E%D1%82%D1%82%D0%BE"
    title: "Шультце, Гейнц-Отто"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q558538"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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