Karl Doenitz
German admiral, supreme commander of the Navy, head of state and convicted war criminal (1891-1980)
- Born: 1891-09-16 (Grünau) (country: German Empire; located in the administrative territorial entity: Kingdom of Prussia)
- Died: 1980-12-22 1980-12-24 (Aumühle) (country: West Germany; located in the administrative territorial entity: Schleswig-Holstein)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: autobiographer; military officer; politician; soldier (period: 1910-01-01 through 1918-01-01, 1920-01-01 through 1945-01-01); submariner
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Participant in: Nuremberg trials (charge: war crime, war of aggression; defender: Otto Kranzbühler; role: defendant)
- Military rank: Admiral (period: 1942-03-14 through 1943-01-30); Commodore (period: 1939-01-28 through 1939-10-01); Fregattenkapitän (period: 1933-10-01 through 1935-10-01); Fähnrich zur See (period: 1911-04-15 through 1913-09-27); Großadmiral (since: 1943-01-30); Korvettenkapitän (period: 1928-11-01 through 1933-10-01); Leutnant zur See (period: 1913-09-27 through 1916-03-22); Oberleutnant zur See (period: 1916-03-22 through 1921-01-01); Seekadett (period: 1910-04-01 through 1911-04-15); captain at sea (period: 1935-10-01 through 1939-01-28); captain lieutenant (period: 1921-01-01 through 1928-11-01); rear admiral (period: 1939-10-01 through 1940-09-01); vizeadmiral (period: 1940-09-01 through 1942-03-14)
- Military branch: German Navy; Imperial German Navy (since: 1910-04-01); Kriegsmarine (since: 1935-06-01)
- Position held: President of Germany (period: 1945-04-30 through 1945-05-23; replaces: Adolf Hitler; series ordinal: 4)
- Educated at: Naval Academy at Mürwik
- Place of detention: Spandau Prison (period: 1946-01-01 through 1956-10-01)
- Spouse: Ingeborg Weber
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/109318638
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000121473235
- WorldCat Identities ID: https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50026690
- Library of Congress authority ID: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50026690