# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/otto-carius
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:32:58.666Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/otto-carius"
name: "Otto Carius"
slug: "otto-carius"
description: "Otto Carius was a German tank commander in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He fought on the Eastern Front in 1943 and 1944 and on the Western Front in 1945. Carius is considered a \"panzer ace\", some sources credited him with destroying more than 150 enemy tanks, although Carius, in an interview claims he had around 100 kills or less. This was also due to the fact that he did not count kills as a commander, and rather only as a gunner. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves."
tagline: "German pharmacist, military officer and highly decorated tank commander (1922-2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1979-064-06%2C_Otto_Carius.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1922-05-27"
deathDate: "2015-01-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.21
  momentum:             3.209810717142096
  historical:           21.44685333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Otto Carius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "أوتو كاريوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Otto Carius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Otto Carius"
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    title: "Otto Carius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Otto Carius"
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    title: "Otto Carius"
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  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Carius"
    title: "Otto Carius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "オットー・カリウス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "오토 카리우스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Otto Carius"
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    title: "Кариус, Отто"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Otto Carius"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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