# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jost-metzler
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:34:00.860Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jost-metzler"
name: "Jost Metzler"
slug: "jost-metzler"
description: "Jost Metzler was a German submarine commander during World War II. He commanded the U-boats U-69 and U-847, and was recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany."
tagline: "German navy officer and WWII submarine commander (1909–1975)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f6/Jost_Metzler1.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1909-02-26"
deathDate: "1975-09-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.79
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.545573333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Йост Мецлер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "جوست ارنولد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jost_Metzler"
    title: "Jost Metzler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jost_Metzler"
    title: "Jost Metzler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jost_Metzler"
    title: "Jost Metzler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jost_Metzler"
    title: "Jost Metzler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82"
    title: "Мецлер, Йост"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70225"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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