Krebs

Krebs is the German and Danish word for "crab" and "cancer" (in German, both the zodiac sign and the disease; in Danish the latter is "kræft"). It may refer to:

Places

• Krebs Formation, a geologic formation in Missouri
• Krebs Group, a geologic group in Oklahoma, preserving fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period
• Krebs, Oklahoma, a city in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, nicknamed "Little Italy"
• Krebs-see, a lake in Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
• Mount Krebs, a 1,630 metres rock peak, in the ridge of Lillie Range, near the foothills of the Prince Olav Mountains, Antarctica
• Krebs Ridge, on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica

People

• Abbie E. Krebs-Wilkins (1842–1924), American businesswoman
• Albert Krebs (1899–1974), the German Nazi Gauleiter in Hamburg in the time of the Third Reich
• Allen Krebs, Marxian economics professor who founded the Free University of New York (FUNY)
• Andreas Samuel Krebs (1766–1818), Danish-Norwegian army officer
• Angelika Krebs (born 1961), German philosopher
• Annabell Krebs Culverwell (1902–1998), AnnaBell took the name Columba when signing her paintings and writings,
• Arthur Constantin Krebs (1850–1935), French officer and pioneer in automotive engineering
• Beatrice Krebs (1924–2011), American operatic mezzo-soprano, musical theatre actress, and voice teacher
• Bernt Krebs, German scientist
• Brian Krebs (born 1972), American computer security journalist
• Carl Immanuel Krebs (1889–1971), Danish doctor, humanitarianist and explorer, third child of Johanne Margrethe Busch
• Charles Joseph Krebs FRSC FAA FRZS (born 1936), professor emeritus of population ecology
• Chris Krebs, US attorney and former Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
• Christopher B. Krebs, Associate Professor of Classics at Stanford University
• Diether Krebs (1947–2000), German actor
• Edward H. Krebs (born 1944), former Pennsylvania legislator
• Edwin G. Krebs (1918–2009), biochemist
• Elizabeth Krebs (1848-1931), American gardener, promoter of Halloween parades
• Emil Krebs (1867–1930), German polyglot and sinologist
• Ernst Krebs (wrestler) (born 1914, date of death unknown), Swiss wrestler
• Ernst T. Krebs (1912–1996), American chemist and promoter of purported alternative cures for cancer
• Ervin Krebs (1909.1972), Hungarian coxswain
• Florian Krebs (born 1988), German footballer
• Francis Krebs (born 1946), American Bishop of the Ecumenical Catholic Communion who is currently serving as Presiding Bishop.
• Friedrich Krebs (died 1493), an early German organ builder
• Friedrich Krebs (mayor), the mayor of Frankfurt, Germany from 1933 to 1945
• Gaëtan Krebs (born 1985), French football midfielder
• Gene Krebs, member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2000
• Georg Ludwig Engelhard Krebs (1792–1844), German apothecary and natural history collector
• George Krebs (1872–1939), American football player and coach
• Germaine Émilie Krebs (1903–1993), fashion designer
• Hans Krebs (Wehrmacht general) (1898–1945), German general
• Hans Adolf Krebs (1900–1981), biochemist (Krebs cycle / citric acid cycle)
• Hans Krebs (SS general) (1888–1947), Moravian-born Nazi SS Brigadeführer executed for war crimes
• Henrik J. Krebs (1847–1929), Danish-born American immigrant and founder of the Krebs Pigments and Chemical Company
• Helmut Krebs (1913–2007), German tenor
• Henrik J. Krebs (1847–1929), Danish-born American industrialist
• Hermano Krebs, Fellow of the IEEE in 2014, for studies on rehabilitation robotics and neuro-rehabilitation
• Jacob Krebs (1782–1847), American politician, Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Jim Krebs (1935–1965), American basketball player
• Joe Krebs (1943–2021), American television news reporter
• Johann Baptist Krebs (1774–1851), German opera singer and director, vocal pedagogue, Freemason and esoteric writer
• Johann Jacob Friedrich Krebs (c.1749–1815), American fraktur artist
• Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713–1780), German composer, student of J.S. Bach
• Johann Tobias Krebs (1690–1762), composer, father of J. L.
• Johann Tobias Krebs (literary scholar) (1718–1782), scholar of classical and Hebrew literature
• Johanne Cathrine Krebs (1848–1924), Danish painter and women's rights activist
• John Hans Krebs (1926–2014), German-born California politician
• John Krebs, Baron Krebs (born 1945), scientist and Principal of Jesus College, Oxford
• John Krebs (racing driver) (1950–2023), American professional stock car racing driver
• John Michael Krebs (1804–1867), Presbyterian clergyman of the United States
• Karin Krebs (née Burneleit, born 1943) East German former middle-distance runner
• Mitch Krebs, American television anchor
• Martha Krebs, theoretical physicist
• Martin Krebs (born 1956), German prelate and diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1991
• Nathalie Krebs (1895–1978), Danish potter
• Nicholas of Cusa, birth name Nicholas Krebs (1401–1464), cardinal, philosopher, jurist, mathematician and astronomer
• Nina Krebs Ovesen (born 1996), Danish professional racing cyclist
• Otto Krebs (1873–1941), German industrialist and art collector
• Paul Joseph Krebs (1912–1996), American Democratic Party politician
• Paula Krebs, the Executive Director of the Modern Language Association of America (MLA)
• Pete Krebs, American musician, member of the punk-pop band Hazel
• Peyton Krebs (born 2001), Canadian ice hockey player
• Pierre Krebs, the German founder of Thule-Seminar, an extreme-right nationalist organization with strong Neopaganist roots
• Poul Krebs (born 1956), Danish pop / rock singer, songwriter and musician
• Rahel Krebs, aka Jaël Malli (born 1979), Swiss frontwoman and lead singer of the band Lunik (1998–2013)
• Richard Krebs (1906–1996), German athlete
• Ricardo Krebs Wilckens (1918–2011), German Chilean historian
• Richard Julius Hermann Krebs, known as Jan Valtin, spy
• Rick Krebs (born 1949), role-playing game and simulation game designer
• Robert Krebs, railroad company president
• Rockne Krebs (1938–2011), American artist and sculptor
• Sándor Krebs (1926–2007), Hungarian sports shooter
• Shantel Krebs (born 1973), American businesswoman and former South Dakota Secretary of State
• Sharon Krebs (1937-2008), political activist and member of the Weather Underground
• Stanley LeFevre Krebs (1864–1935), American psychologist and salesmanship lecturer
• Susan W. Krebs (born 1959), Maryland politician
• Thomas L. Krebs, American securities and finance attorney
• Torsten Krebs (born 1973), German sport shooter
• Valdis Krebs, American-Latvian researcher and consultant in the field of social and organizational network analysis
• Werner G. Krebs, American data scientist

Fictional people

• Karl Krebs, character in Robert Harris' alternate history Fatherland
• Maynard G. Krebs, television sitcom character (The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis)
• Main character of Ernest Hemingway's story "Soldier's Home"
• Krauser Krebs in Back at the Barnyard

Organizations

• Krebs Commercial Car Company, a motor company and military trucks manufacturer, active from 1917 to 1939 in Clyde, Ohio
• Germaine Emilie Krebs (or Grès), French haute couture fashion house
• Krebs Pigments and Chemical Company, a manufacturer of lithopone and titanium dioxide founded in 1902 by Henrik J. Krebs
• Krebs School, a private school located in Stockholmsgade in Copenhagen, Denmark

Other uses

• Krebs's fat mouse (Steatomys krebsii), a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae
• Krebs cycle, a biochemical system important for the metabolism of sugars and fats
• Krebs–Henseleit solution, developed by Hans Krebs and Kurt Henseleit
• Krebs, was an armed German trawler that was sunk in 1941 in Operation Claymore
• Sir Hans Krebs Lecture and Medal, annually award by the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS)

See also

• Krab (disambiguation)
• Crab (disambiguation)
• Krebs House (disambiguation)

Related surnames

• Kreps (disambiguation)