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), 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 (born 1936), population ecologist
  • Chris Krebs, American attorney and Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
  • Christopher B. Krebs, American classicist
  • Clara Shafira Krebs (born 2002), Indonesian-German model, entrepreneur and beauty pageant titleholder crowned Miss Universe Indonesia 2024
  • Diether Krebs (1947–2000), German actor
  • Edward H. Krebs (born 1944), American politician from Pennsylvania
  • Edwin G. Krebs (1918–2009), biochemist
  • Elizabeth Krebs (1848–1931), American gardener, promoter of Halloween parades
  • Emil Krebs (1867–1930), German polyglot and sinologist
  • Eric Krebs (born 1944), American theater founder and producer
  • Ernst Krebs (wrestler) (1914– 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
  • Friedrich Krebs (died 1493), German organ builder
  • Friedrich Krebs (mayor), German politician from Frankfurt
  • Gaëtan Krebs (born 1985), French football player
  • Gene Krebs, American politician from Ohio
  • 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, rehabilitation robotics specialist
  • Jacob Krebs (1782–1847), American politician
  • 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 stock car racing driver
  • John Michael Krebs (1804–1867), American Presbyterian clergyman
  • Karin Krebs (née Burneleit, born 1943) East German middle-distance runner
  • Mitch Krebs, American television anchor
  • Martha Krebs, theoretical physicist
  • Martin Krebs (born 1956), German prelate and diplomat
  • 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 racing cyclist
  • Otto Krebs (1873–1941), German industrialist and art collector
  • Paul Joseph Krebs (1912–1996), American politician
  • Paula Krebs, American business executive
  • Pete Krebs, American musician, Hazel
  • Peyton Krebs (born 2001), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Pierre Krebs, German founder of Thule-Seminar, an extreme-right nationalist organization
  • Poul Krebs (born 1956), Danish singer, songwriter and musician
  • Rahel Krebs, aka Jaël Malli (born 1979), Swiss singer, Lunik
  • 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
  • Shantel Krebs (born 1973), American businesswoman and politician from South Dakota
  • 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), American politician from Maryland
  • 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)