# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rolf-carls
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:23:50.262Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rolf-carls"
name: "Rolf Carls"
slug: "rolf-carls"
description: "Rolf Hans Wilhelm Karl Carls was a high-ranking German admiral and deputy to Kriegsmarine commander-in-chief Erich Raeder during much of World War II.\nCarls served as Flottenchef, the navy's highest ranking administrative officer, and was a member of the Oberkommando der Marine. He was instrumental in planning German naval operations during Operation Weserübung – the invasion of Denmark and Norway. When Raeder resigned as head of the navy in early 1943, he suggested Carls as a candidate to succeed him. After Adolf Hitler appointed Admiral Karl Donitz to succeed Raeder, Carls was discharged from the navy. A recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, he was killed in a British air raid on the town of Bad Oldesloe on 24 April 1945."
tagline: "German admiral (1885–1945)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rolf_Carls.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1885-05-29"
deathDate: "1945-04-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.26
  momentum:             1.750663129973475
  historical:           15.33416666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Рольф Карльс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rolf Carls"
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    title: "Rolf Carls"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Carls"
    title: "Rolf Carls"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Carls"
    title: "Rolf Carls"
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    title: "Rolf Carls"
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    title: "רולף קרלס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ロルフ・カールス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Carls"
    title: "Rolf Carls"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Carls"
    title: "Rolf Carls"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Carls"
    title: "Rolf Carls"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84"
    title: "Карльс, Рольф"
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  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Carls"
    title: "Rolf Carls"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72757"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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