Kolbe is a surname. Those bearing it include: *

Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe (27 September 1818 – 25 November 1884) was a German chemist and academic, and a major contributor to the birth of modern organic chemistry. He was a professor at Marburg and Leipzig. Kolbe was the first to apply th ...

(1818–1884), German chemist *

Andreas Kolbe Andreas Kolbe (fl. 1557) was a German printer, prominent in Marburg in the 1540s and 1550s. As of 1540 he ran Christian Egenolff's printing shop in Marburg. In 1546 he published for Johann Oldendorp, a jurist. He was a known printer of Hans Stade ...

(fl. 1557), German printer, prominent in Marburg in the 1540s and 1550s * Caroline Ridderstolpe, née Kolbe (1793–1878), Swedish composer and singer *

Cheslin Kolbe Cheslin Kolbe (born 28 October 1993) is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays for Tokyo Sungoliath in the Japan Rugby League One and the South Africa national team. His regular position is wing, but he also plays a ...

(born 1993), South African rugby union player * Clive Kolbe (1944–2016), South African cricketer * Daniela Kolbe (born 1980), German politician * Emma Coe Kolbe (1850–1913), business woman and plantation owner of mixed American/Samoan descent *

Fritz Kolbe Fritz Kolbe (25 September 1900 – 16 February 1971) was a German diplomat who became a spy against the Nazis in World War II. Early life Kolbe was born on 25 September 1900 in Berlin to middle-class parents. His father was a saddle maker. Throu ...

(1900–1971), German diplomat and World War II Allied spy *

Georg Kolbe Georg Kolbe (15 April 1877 – 20 November 1947) was a German sculptor. He was the leading German figure sculptor of his generation, in a vigorous, modern, simplified classical style similar to Aristide Maillol of France. Early life and educa ...

(1877–1947), German sculptor *

Heinrich Christoph Kolbe Heinrich Christoph Kolbe (2 April 1771 – 16 January 1836) was a German painter. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Life Kolbe was born and died in Düsseldorf. After his education at the 'old' Kunstakademie Düssel ...

(1771–1836), German painter * Helga Kolbe, retired German rower * Hellmuth Kolbe (1926–2002), Swiss musician, audio recording and acoustics pioneer *

Hermann Julius Kolbe Hermann Julius Kolbe (2 June 1855, Halle, Province of Westphalia – 26 November 1939) was a German entomologist from Halle, Westphalia. He was curator at the Berlin Zoological Museum from 1890 until 1921 specialising in Coleoptera, Psocopt ...

(1855–1939), German entomologist * Ino Kolbe (1914–2010), born Ino Voigt, German Esperantist *

Jim Kolbe James Thomas Kolbe (June 28, 1942 – December 3, 2022) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives. He represented Arizona's 5th congressional district from 1985 to 2003 and its 8 ...

(1942-2022), American politician *

Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg Johann Kasimir Kolbe, ''Graf'' von Wartenberg (6 February 1643, in Wetterau – 4 July 1712, in Frankfurt am Main) was the first ever Minister-President (effectively Prime Minister) of the kingdom of Prussia, and the head of the " Cabinet of T ...

(1643–1712), the first ever Minister-President of the kingdom of Prussia * Josefine 'Pepa' Kolbe, a female Austrian international table tennis player. * Laura Kolbe (born 1957), Finnish professor of European history *

Maximilian Kolbe Maximilian Maria Kolbe (born Raymund Kolbe; ; 8 January 1894 – 14 August 1941) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest, Conventual Franciscan friar, missionary, saint, martyr, and a Nazi concentration camp victim, who volunteered to die in place ...

(1894–1941), Polish Conventual Franciscan friar and saint * Parke Kolbe (1881–1942), American author, teacher, administrator and university president * Peter Kolbe (1675–1726), German astronomer and explorer of South Africa *

Peter-Michael Kolbe Peter-Michael Kolbe (; 2 August 1953 – 8 December 2023) was a German rower who specialized in the single sculls. In this event, between 1975 and 1988 he won five world titles and three Olympic silver medals, in 1976, 1984, and 1988; he missed ...

(1953-2023), German rower and five time world champion * Steve Kolbe (born 1967), American sportscaster *

Tanja Kolbe Tanja Kolbe (born 7 September 1990) is a German former competitive ice dancer. With Stefano Caruso, she won seven international medals and two German national silver medals. They placed eighth at the 2013 European Championships and competed a ...

(born 1990), German ice dancer *

Winrich Kolbe Winrich Ernst Rudolf Kolbe (1940 – September 2012) was a German-American television director and television producer best known for directing 48 episodes of ''Star Trek'' across four television series. These included the Hugo Award-winning " ...

(1940–2012), German-born American television director and producer

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