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)