Krebs is the
German
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Danish
Danish may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark
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word for "
crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely under the thorax. They live in all the ...
" and "
cancer
Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal b ...
" (in German, both the
zodiac
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sign and the disease; in Danish the latter is "kræft"). It may refer to:
Places
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Krebs Formation, a geologic formation in Missouri
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Krebs Group, a geologic group in Oklahoma, preserving fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period
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Krebs, Oklahoma
Krebs is a city in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,053 at the 2010 census, a slight increase from 2,051 in 2000. , a city in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, nicknamed "Little Italy"
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Krebs-see
Krebssee is a lake in Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and t ...
, a lake in Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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Mount Krebs, a 1,630 metres rock peak, in the ridge of Lillie Range, near the foothills of the Prince Olav Mountains,
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...
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Krebs Ridge, on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica
People
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Abbie E. Krebs-Wilkins (1842–1924), American businesswoman
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Albert Krebs (1899–1974), the German Nazi Gauleiter in Hamburg in the time of the Third Reich
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Allen Krebs Dr. Allen Krebs (born c.1934) was a Marxian economics professor who founded the Free University of New York (FUNY).
Krebs was involved in the May 2nd Movement, a youth affiliate of the Progressive Labor Party. He set up FUNY after being sacked fro ...
, Marxian economics professor who founded the Free University of New York (FUNY)
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Andreas Samuel Krebs
Andreas Samuel Krebs (10 March 1766 – 28 March 1818) was a Danish-Norwegian army officer.
Early years
Born on 10 March 1766 at Tønder in Sønderjylland, Krebs was the son of vicar Peter Ditlev Krebs and Birgitte Marie Lutz. Originally, he was ...
(1766–1818), Danish-Norwegian army officer
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Angelika Krebs (born 1961), German philosopher
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Annabell Krebs Culverwell (1902–1998), AnnaBell took the name Columba when signing her paintings and writings,
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Arthur Constantin Krebs (1850–1935), French officer and pioneer in automotive engineering
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Beatrice Krebs (1924–2011), American operatic mezzo-soprano, musical theatre actress, and voice teacher
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Bernt Krebs, German scientist
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Brian Krebs (born 1972), American computer security journalist
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Carl Immanuel Krebs (1889–1971), Danish doctor, humanitarianist and explorer, third child of Johanne Margrethe Busch
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Charles Joseph Krebs FRSC FAA FRZS (born 1936), professor emeritus of population ecology
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Chris Krebs
Christopher Cox Krebs (born 1977) is an American attorney who served as Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the United States Department of Homeland Security from November 2018 until November 17, 2020 when Preside ...
, US attorney and former
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Christopher B. Krebs
Christopher B. Krebs is an Associate Professor of Classics at Stanford University. Krebs' principal research interests are Greek and Roman Historiography, Latin Lexicography and the Classical tradition.
Life
Christopher B. Krebs studied classi ...
, Associate Professor of Classics at Stanford University
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Diether Krebs
Diether Krebs (11 August 1947 in Essen, Germany – 4 January 2000 in Hamburg) was a German actor, cabaret artist and comedian.
Life and career
Youth and initial success
Diether Krebs was born on 11 August 1947 in Essen, the son of a station ...
(1947–2000), German actor
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Edward H. Krebs (born 1944), former Pennsylvania legislator
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Edwin G. Krebs
Edwin Gerhard Krebs (June 6, 1918 – December 21, 2009) was an American biochemist. He received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research and the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize of Columbia University in 1989 together with Alfred Gilman and ...
(1918–2009), biochemist
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Elizabeth Krebs (1848-1931), American gardener, promoter of Halloween parades
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Emil Krebs
Emil Krebs (15 November 1867 in Freiburg in Schlesien – 31 March 1930 in Berlin) was a German polyglot and sinologist. He mastered 69 languages in speech and writing and studied 120 other languages.Cecile und Oskar Vogt Archiv, Düsseldorf, ...
(1867–1930), German polyglot and sinologist
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Ernst Krebs (wrestler)
Ernst Krebs (29 November 1914 – 10 June 1997) was a Swiss amateur wrestling, wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle middleweight at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
References
1914 births
1997 deaths
Swiss male sport wrestlers
Olym ...
(born 1914, date of death unknown), Swiss wrestler
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Ernst T. Krebs
Ernst Theodore Krebs, Jr. (May 17, 1911 – September 8, 1996), known as Ernst T. Krebs, was a notorious American conman who promoted various substances as alternative cures for cancer, including pangamic acid and amygdalin. He also co-patented ...
(1912–1996), American chemist and promoter of purported alternative cures for cancer
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Ervin Krebs (1909.1972), Hungarian coxswain
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Florian Krebs Florian Krebs may refer to:
* Florian Krebs (footballer, born 1988)
* Florian Krebs (footballer, born 1999)
{{hndis, Krebs, Florian ...
(born 1988), German footballer
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Francis Krebs
Francis Krebs (born December 12, 1946) is an American Bishop of the Ecumenical Catholic Communion who is currently serving as Presiding Bishop. He took office September 18, 2015 replacing Bishop Peter Elder Hickman, founding Bishop and Presiding B ...
(born 1946), American Bishop of the Ecumenical Catholic Communion who is currently serving as Presiding Bishop.
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Friedrich Krebs (died 1493), an early German organ builder
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Friedrich Krebs (mayor), the mayor of Frankfurt, Germany from 1933 to 1945
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Gaëtan Krebs (born 1985), French football midfielder
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Gene Krebs
Eugene "Gene" Krebs was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1993 to 2000. His district consisted of a portion of Butler County, Ohio. He was succeeded by Shawn Webster. Krebs was also County Commissioner of Pleble County, Ohio ...
, member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2000
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Georg Ludwig Engelhard Krebs
Georg Ludwig Engelhard Krebs (19 July 1792 - 11 May 1844) was a German apothecary and natural history collector who spent most of his career in Cape Colony.
Life and career
He was born in Wittingen, then a part of Electorate of Hanover in the Hol ...
(1792–1844), German apothecary and natural history collector
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George Krebs (1872–1939), American football player and coach
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Germaine Émilie Krebs (1903–1993), fashion designer
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Hans Krebs (Wehrmacht general) (1898–1945), German general
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Hans Adolf Krebs (1900–1981), biochemist (''Krebs cycle'' / citric acid cycle)
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Hans Krebs (SS general)
Hans Krebs (26 April 1888 – 15 February 1947) was an Ethnic German Nazi Party member and SS-''Brigadeführer'' from Czechoslovakia. Krebs was executed for war crimes by the Czechoslovak government in Prague in 1947.
Career
Krebs was born i ...
(1888–1947), Moravian-born Nazi SS Brigadeführer executed for war crimes
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Henrik J. Krebs (1847–1929), Danish-born American immigrant and founder of the Krebs Pigments and Chemical Company
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Helmut Krebs (1913–2007), German tenor
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Henrik J. Krebs (1847–1929), Danish-born American industrialist
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Hermano Krebs, Fellow of the IEEE in 2014, for studies on rehabilitation robotics and neuro-rehabilitation
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Jacob Krebs (1782–1847), American politician, Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives
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Jim Krebs
James Krebs (September 8, 1935 – May 6, 1965) was an American basketball player. A 6'8" (2.03 m) power forward/center, he starred for the SMU Mustangs during the mid-1950s and later played with the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA. ...
(1935–1965), American basketball player
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Joe Krebs
Joe Krebs (March 22, 1943 – April 6, 2021) was an American television news reporter who worked for stations in North Carolina, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., the most recent being WRC-TV. He has been awarded numerous Emmy Awards for his work in ...
(1943–2021), American television news reporter
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Johann Baptist Krebs (1774–1851), German opera singer and director, vocal pedagogue, Freemason and esoteric writer
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Johann Jacob Friedrich Krebs
Johann Jacob Friedrich Krebs, commonly known as Friedrich Krebs (c. 1749–1815) was an American fraktur artist. He was the most prolific of the Pennsylvania German fraktur artists.
Born in Zierenberg, Hesse, Krebs was one of the Hessians who fo ...
(c.1749–1815), American fraktur artist
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Johann Ludwig Krebs
Johann Ludwig Krebs (baptized 12 October 1713 – 1 January 1780) was a German Baroque musician and composer for the pipe organ, harpsichord, other instruments and orchestras. His output also included chamber music, choral works and concertos.
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(1713–1780), German composer, student of J.S. Bach
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Johann Tobias Krebs
Johann Tobias Krebs (7 July 1690 – 11 February 1762) was a German organist and composer, today best remembered as the father of Johann Ludwig Krebs, one of Bach's most accomplished pupils.
Krebs was born in Heichelheim and went to school i ...
(1690–1762), composer, father of J. L.
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Johann Tobias Krebs (literary scholar)
Johann Tobias Krebs (16 December 1718, Buttstädt – 6 April 1782, Grimma) was a German scholar of classical literature and Hebrew literature. He wrote ''Decreta Romanorum pro Judaeis facta e Iosepho collecta et commentario historico-grammatico ...
(1718–1782), scholar of classical and Hebrew literature
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Johanne Cathrine Krebs
Johanne Cathrine Krebs (21 April 1848 - 1 April 1924) was a Danish painter and women's rights activist. She was known for her portrait painting. She was active in establishing the women's department of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
Bio ...
(1848–1924), Danish painter and women's rights activist
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John Hans Krebs (1926–2014), German-born California politician
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John Krebs, Baron Krebs (born 1945), scientist and Principal of Jesus College, Oxford
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John Krebs (racing driver)
John Krebs (born October 1, 1950 - March 16, 2023) was an American professional stock car racing driver. Hailing from Roseville, California, he was a 15-year veteran of NASCAR's Cup Series, competing in 19 events from 1978 to 1994. He also compe ...
(1950–2023), American professional stock car racing driver
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John Michael Krebs (1804–1867), Presbyterian clergyman of the United States
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Karin Krebs (née Burneleit, born 1943) East German former middle-distance runner
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Mitch Krebs
Mitch Krebs was the co-anchor of the 6:00pm and 10:00pm news at KSFY-TV in Sioux Falls, South Dakota until February 1, 2007. He is married to former South Dakota Secretary of State Shantel Krebs (R).
Biography
Mitch Krebs was born in Fort Dodge, ...
, American television anchor
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Martha Krebs, theoretical physicist
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Martin Krebs
Martin Krebs (born 2 November 1956) is a German prelate of the Catholic Church who has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1991. He has been an archbishop since 2008 when he received the first of several postings as a papal n ...
(born 1956), German prelate and diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1991
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Nathalie Krebs (1895–1978), Danish potter
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Nicholas of Cusa
Nicholas of Cusa (1401 – 11 August 1464), also referred to as Nicholas of Kues and Nicolaus Cusanus (), was a German Catholic cardinal, philosopher, theologian, jurist, mathematician, and astronomer. One of the first German proponents of Renai ...
, birth name Nicholas Krebs (1401–1464), cardinal, philosopher, jurist, mathematician and astronomer
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Nina Krebs Ovesen (born 1996), Danish professional racing cyclist
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Otto Krebs (1873–1941), German industrialist and art collector
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Paul Joseph Krebs (1912–1996), American Democratic Party politician
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Paula Krebs Paula Krebs is the Executive Director of the Modern Language Association of America (MLA), the largest organization of scholars of languages and literature in the United States. She was previously a professor of English at Wheaton College. From 201 ...
, the Executive Director of the Modern Language Association of America (MLA)
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Pete Krebs
Pete Krebs is an American musician from Portland, Oregon, best known as a member of the punk-pop band Hazel, and for '' No Confidence Man'', a split record with Elliott Smith.
Career
Krebs was a member of punk bands Hair Bed Peace, Thrillhammer an ...
, American musician, member of the punk-pop band Hazel
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Peyton Krebs (born 2001), Canadian ice hockey player
* Pierre Krebs, the German founder of
Thule-Seminar
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The Thule-Seminar is a Far-right politics, far-right nationalist organization with strong Neopaganist roots based in Kassel, Germany. It was founded in 1980 by Pierre Krebs, essentially as the German branch of Groupement de recherche et ...
, an extreme-right nationalist organization with strong Neopaganist roots
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Poul Krebs
Poul Krebs (born 28 May 1956 in Aarhus, Denmark) is a Danish pop/rock singer, songwriter and musician. He has released 23 albums and compilations, several topping the Danish Albums Chart.
Krebs grew up in Aarhus and was in his youth a talented h ...
(born 1956), Danish pop / rock singer, songwriter and musician
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Rahel Krebs, aka Jaël Malli (born 1979), Swiss frontwoman and lead singer of the band Lunik (1998–2013)
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Richard Krebs
Richard Krebs (30 July 1906 – 29 June 1996) was a German sprinter who won a silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the ...
(1906–1996), German athlete
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Ricardo Krebs
Ricardo Krebs Wilckens (December 2, 1918 – December 23, 2011) was a Chilean historian of German descent. In 1943, Krebs joined the newly founded Pedagogy School (''Escuela de Pedagogía'') of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where h ...
Wilckens (1918–2011), German Chilean historian
* Richard Julius Hermann Krebs, known as
Jan Valtin
Richard Julius Hermann Krebs (December 17, 1905 - January 1, 1951), better known by his alias Jan Valtin, was a German writer during the interwar period. He settled in the United States in 1938, and in 1940 (as Valtin) wrote his bestselling book '' ...
, spy
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Rick Krebs
Rick may refer to:
People
*Rick (given name), a list of people with the given name
*Alan Rick (born 1976), Brazilian politician, journalist, pastor and television personality
*Johannes Rick (1869–1946), Austrian-born Brazilian priest and mycol ...
(born 1949), role-playing game and simulation game designer
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Robert Krebs
Robert D. Krebs is an American railroad executive who has headed three major United States railroads in succession, leading the Southern Pacific (SP) when it was acquired by Santa Fe Industries, rising to lead the resulting Santa Fe Pacific Corpor ...
, railroad company president
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Rockne Krebs
Rockne Krebs (December 24, 1938 – October 10, 2011) was a contemporary American artist and sculptor.
Biography
Early life
Krebs was born on December 24, 1938, in Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated from the University of Kansas in 1961 and ...
(1938–2011), American artist and sculptor
* Sándor Krebs (1926–2007), Hungarian sports shooter
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Shantel Krebs (born 1973), American businesswoman and former South Dakota Secretary of State
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Sharon Krebs (1937-2008), political activist and member of the Weather Underground
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Stanley LeFevre Krebs
Stanley LeFevre Krebs (January 14, 1864 – September 26, 1935) was an American psychologist and salesmanship lecturer.
Biography
In 1889, he received a Doctor of Psychology degree from the Chicago School of Psychology. Krebs was a one time pr ...
(1864–1935), American psychologist and salesmanship lecturer
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Susan W. Krebs (born 1959), Maryland politician
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Thomas L. Krebs, American securities and finance attorney
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Torsten Krebs (born 1973), German sport shooter
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Valdis Krebs Valdis Krebs is an American-Latvian researcher, author, and consultant in the field of social and
organizational network analysis. He is the founder and chief scientist of OrgNet, LLC, and the creator of InFlow software, which in 2008 Wired Magazin ...
, American-Latvian researcher and consultant in the field of social and organizational network analysis
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Werner G. Krebs
Werner G. Krebs (born c. 1977) is an American Data science, data scientist. He is currently CEO of data science and artificial intelligence startup Acculation, Inc. and has previously held positions at what are now Virtu Financial, Bank of America, ...
, American data scientist
Fictional people
* Karl Krebs, character in
Robert Harris' alternate history
Fatherland
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Maynard G. Krebs
Maynard Gwalter Krebs is the "beatnik" sidekick of the title character in the U.S. television sitcom ''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis'', which aired on CBS from 1959 to 1963.
The Krebs character, portrayed by actor Bob Denver, begins the series a ...
, television sitcom character (''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis'')
* Main character of
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style—which he termed the iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century fic ...
's story "
Soldier's Home
"Soldier's Home" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway. It was included in the 1925 ''Contact Collection of Contemporary Writers'' and published by Boni & Liveright in Hemingway's 1925 New York collection short stories, '' In Our Time''.Oliver, (1 ...
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* Krauser Krebs in
Back at the Barnyard
''Back at the Barnyard'' (also known as ''Barnyard: The Series'') is an American CGI animated television series based on the 2006 film ''Barnyard''. The second and final installment in the ''Barnyard'' franchise, the series aired from Septemb ...
Organizations
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Krebs Commercial Car Company
The Clydesdale Motor Truck Company was a motor company that existed from 1917 to 1939 with headquarters in Clyde, Ohio. Initially, they made military trucks for World War I. Military contracts continued to be a large part of their business afte ...
, a motor company and military trucks manufacturer, active from 1917 to 1939 in Clyde, Ohio
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Germaine Emilie Krebs (or Grès), French haute couture fashion house
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Krebs Pigments and Chemical Company, a manufacturer of lithopone and titanium dioxide founded in 1902 by Henrik J. Krebs
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Krebs School, a private school located in Stockholmsgade in Copenhagen, Denmark
Other uses
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Krebs's fat mouse
The Krebs's fat mouse (''Steatomys krebsii'') is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.
It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Zambia.
Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation and subtropi ...
(''Steatomys krebsii''), a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae
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Krebs cycle, a biochemical system important for the metabolism of sugars and fats
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Krebs–Henseleit solution Krebs–Henseleit solution, developed by Hans Krebs and Kurt Henseleit, is a solution containing sodium (Na), potassium (K), chloride (Cl), calcium (Ca), magnesium sulfate (MgSO4), bicarbonate (HCO3), phosphate (PO4), glucose, and sometimes supplem ...
, developed by Hans Krebs and Kurt Henseleit
* ''Krebs'', was an armed German trawler that was sunk in 1941 in
Operation Claymore
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Sir Hans Krebs Lecture and Medal, annually award by the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS)
See also
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Krab (disambiguation)
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Crab (disambiguation)
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Krebs House (disambiguation)
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Kreps (disambiguation)
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