Kolbe

Kolbe is a surname.

Those bearing it include:

Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe (1818–1884), German chemist
Andreas Kolbe (fl. 1557), German printer, prominent in Marburg in the 1540s and 1550s
Caroline Ridderstolpe, née Kolbe (1793–1878), Swedish composer and singer
Cheslin Kolbe (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 (1900–1971), German diplomat and World War II Allied spy
Georg Kolbe (1877–1947), German sculptor
Heinrich Christoph Kolbe (1771–1836), German painter
Helga Kolbe, retired German rower
Hellmuth Kolbe (1926–2002), Swiss musician, audio recording and acoustics pioneer
Hermann Julius Kolbe (1855–1939), German entomologist
Ino Kolbe (1914–2010), born Ino Voigt, German Esperantist
Jim Kolbe (1942-2022), American politician
Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg (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 (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 (1953-2023), German rower and five time world champion
Steve Kolbe (born 1967), American sportscaster
Tanja Kolbe (born 1990), German ice dancer
Winrich Kolbe (1940–2012), German-born American television director and producer

See also