Krebs

Krebs is the German language word for "crab" and "cancer" (both the disease and the sign of the zodiac). It is also a common German surname:

People

• Arthur Constantin Krebs (1850–1935), French officer and pioneer in automotive engineering
• Brian Krebs (born 1972), technology security reporter and blogger
• Carl August Krebs (1804–1880), German composer
• Christopher Krebs, Associate Professor of Classics, Stanford University
• Diether Krebs (1947–2000), German actor
• Ed Krebs (born 1951), photographer
• Edward H. Krebs (Pennsylvania politician) (born 1944), former Pennsylvania legislator
• Edwin G. Krebs (1918–2009), biochemist
• Ernst T. Krebs (1912–1996), chemist
• Gerhard Krebs (born 1943), German historian
• Georg Ludwig Engelhard Krebs (1792-1844), German apothecary and natural history collector
• Germaine Émilie Krebs (1903-1993), fashion designer
• Hans Krebs (general) (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 (1913–2007), German tenor
• 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
• 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
• Richard Krebs (1906–1996), German athlete
• Richard Julius Hermann Krebs, known as Jan Valtin, spy
• Rick Krebs (born 1949), RPG-game designer
• Robert Krebs, railroad company president
• Susan W. Krebs (born 1959), Maryland politician

Fictional people

• Karl Krebs, character in Robert Harris' alternate history Fatherland
• Maynard G. Krebs, television sitcom character
• Main character of Ernest Hemingway's story "Soldier's Home"

Other uses

• Krebs, Oklahoma, city
• Krebs cycle, a biochemical system important for the metabolism of sugars and fats
• Krebs, was an armed German trawler that was sunk in 1941 in Operation Claymore

See also

Look up Krebs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• Krab (disambiguation)
• Crab (disambiguation)

Related surnames

• Kreps (disambiguation)