Krebs

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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[]

  • 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
  • Emil Krebs (1867–1930), German polyglot and sinologist
  • Ernst Krebs (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) (born 1950), 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)
  • 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
  • Pete Krebs, American musician, member of the punk-pop band Hazel
  • 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 Stat
  • 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[]

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[]

See also[]

  • Krab (disambiguation)
  • Crab (disambiguation)
  • Krebs House (disambiguation)
Related surnames
  • Kreps (disambiguation)
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