# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jurgen-oesten
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:56:51.537Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jurgen-oesten"
name: "Jürgen Oesten"
slug: "jurgen-oesten"
description: "Jürgen Oesten was a Korvettenkapitän in the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He commanded the U-boats U-61 and U-106, and then served as a staff officer before returning to command U-861. He sank nineteen ships for a total of 101,744 gross register tons (GRT), and damaged four others for 51,668 GRT;"
tagline: "German World War II U-boat commander"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1913-10-24"
deathDate: "2010-08-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.21
  momentum:             0.3728813559322035
  historical:           5.677682666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Oesten"
    title: "Jürgen Oesten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "يورجن اوستن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Oesten"
    title: "Jürgen Oesten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%95%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Юрген Естен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Oesten"
    title: "Jürgen Oesten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Эстен, Юрген"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85867"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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