# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walther-schwieger
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:02:46.371Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walther-schwieger"
name: "Walther Schwieger"
slug: "walther-schwieger"
description: "Kapitänleutnant Wilhelm Otto Walther Schwieger was a German military officer. He was a U-boat commander in the Imperial German Navy during First World War. In 1915, he sank the passenger liner RMS Lusitania with the loss of 1,199 lives."
tagline: "German World War I U-boat commander"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_134-C1831%2C_Kapit%C3%A4nleutnant_Walther_Schwieger.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1885-04-07"
deathDate: "1917-09-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.25
  momentum:             0.7753193020327397
  historical:           10.01564
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Вальтер Швігер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "والثير ستشويجير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_Schwieger"
    title: "Walther Schwieger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_Schwieger"
    title: "Walther Schwieger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_Schwieger"
    title: "Walther Schwieger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_Schwieger"
    title: "Walther Schwieger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_Schwieger"
    title: "Walther Schwieger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_Schwieger"
    title: "Walther Schwieger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_Schwieger"
    title: "Walther Schwieger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Швигер, Вальтер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_Schwieger"
    title: "Walther Schwieger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69369"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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