Krebs

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Krebs is the German language word for cancer. In addition to the use for the animal, the illness and the zodiac sign, it is also a common German surname:

[edit] People

• Arthur Constantin Krebs (1850-1935), French officer and pioneer in automotive engineering
• Brian Krebs (born 1972), Washington Post technology reporter
• Diether Krebs (1947 - 2000), German actor
• Ed Krebs (born 1951), photographer
• Edwin G. Krebs (born 1918), biochemist
• Ernst T. Krebs (1912-1996), chemist
• Hans Krebs (1898–1945), German general
• Hans Adolf Krebs (1900–1981), biochemist (Krebs cycle / citric acid cycle)
• Hans Krebs (National Socialist) (1888-1947), Nazi editor in Bohemia
• Helmut Krebs (died 2007), German tenor
• Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-1780), musician
• Johann Tobias Krebs (1690-1762), composer
• John Hans Krebs (born 1926), California politician
• John Krebs (born 1945), scientist and Principal of Jesus College, Oxford
• Mitch Krebs, television anchor
• Nicholas of Cusa, birth name Nicholas Krebs (1401-1464), cardinal, philosopher, jurist, mathematician and astronomer
• Norbert Krebs (1876-1947), German geologist
• Patrick M. Krebs (born 1980), Visual Effects Artist
• Richard Krebs (1906 - 1996), German athlete
• Rick Krebs (born 1949), RPG-game designer
• Robert Krebs, railroad company president
• Susan W. Krebs (born 1959), Maryland politician

[edit] Fictional people

• Maynard G. Krebs, television sitcom character
• Main character of Ernest Hemingway's story "Soldier's Home"

[edit] Other uses

• Krebs, Oklahoma, city
• Krebs cycle