# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/klaus-donitz
# Generated: 2026-09-01T00:26:30.109Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/klaus-donitz"
name: "Klaus Dönitz"
slug: "klaus-donitz"
description: "Karl Dönitz was a German naval officer and politician who briefly succeeded Adolf Hitler as the head of state of Nazi Germany after the latter's suicide during the World War II in April 1945. He held this position until the dissolution of the Flensburg Government, about two weeks after Germany's unconditional surrender to the Allies. As Supreme Commander of the Navy beginning in 1943, he played a major role in the naval history of the war."
tagline: "German naval officer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1976-127-06A%2C_Karl_D%C3%B6nitz_%28cropped%29%283%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1976-127-06A%2C_Karl_D%C3%B6nitz_%28cropped%29%283%29_%28cropped%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1920-05-13"
deathDate: "1944-05-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           30.55
  momentum:             0.9090909090909092
  historical:           2.401296
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  46
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_D%C3%B6nitz"
    title: "Klaus Dönitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%81_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%86"
    title: "Клаус Деніц"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6419867"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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