# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-konig
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:41:10.802Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-konig"
name: "Paul König"
slug: "paul-konig"
description: "Paul Liebrecht König was a sailor and business executive. The son of a clergyman, married to an English wife from whom he separated for the duration of the war, he is most known for two visits he made to the United States in 1916 as captain of the merchant submarine U-Deutschland."
tagline: "German World War I U-boat commander (1867-1933)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_K%C3%B6nig.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1867-03-20"
deathDate: "1933-09-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.94
  momentum:             0.7818930041152264
  historical:           5.676098666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_K%C3%B6nig_(Kapit%C3%A4n)"
    title: "Paul König (Kapitän)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA"
    title: "باول كونينغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "پول كونينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B3"
    title: "Пауль Кеніг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_K%C3%B6nig"
    title: "Paul König"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B3%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%85%D1%82"
    title: "Кёниг, Пауль Лебрехт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99370"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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