Paul Liebrecht König (March 20, 1867 – September 9, 1933) was a sailor and business executive. He is most known for two visits he made to the United States in 1916 as captain of the merchant submarine U-DEUTSCHLAND. König was a captain in the German merchant navy. In 1916 during World War I, he became a reserve Kapitänleutnant in the Imperial German Navy. He received the Iron Cross 1st class the same year. Following his return after the second journey, König wrote a book called Voyage of the Deutschland, which was heavily publicized, as it was intended to be used as propaganda.