# 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)