Maximilian Maria Kolbe was a Polish Catholic priest and Conventual Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of a man named Franciszek Gajowniczek in the German death camp of Auschwitz, located in German-occupied Poland during World War II. He had been active in promoting the veneration of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, founding and supervising the monastery of Niepokalanów near Warsaw, operating an amateur-radio station (SP3RN), and founding or running several other organizations and publications.
Aporrhais is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aporrhaidae and the superfamily Stromboidea.
Gonobombyx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Lasiocampidae. The genus was erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1893. Its single species, Gonobombyx angulata, described by the same author in the same year, is found in Cameroon.
Heliocopris is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. Forty-seven of the fifty-two known species are found in Africa, but a few are found in southern and southeast Asia.
Ceroplesis is a genus of flat-faced longhorn beetle in the subfamily Lamiinae of the family Cerambycidae.
Cheslin Kolbe is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays for Suntory Sungoliath in the Japan Rugby League One and the South Africa national team. His regular position is wing, but he also plays at fullback. He has also recently featured at fly half for Toulouse in the top 14, and as a scrum half for the Boks. Kolbe was a member of the South Africa Sevens team that won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He was also a member of the South Africa team that won the 2019 Rugby World Cup, scoring their second try in the final. Kolbe was nominated for 2019 World Rugby Player of the Year but lost to South Africa teammate Pieter-Steph du Toit. He is widely regarded as one of the best players in the world. He previously played for Toulouse in the Top14, the Stormers in super rugby, and Western Province in the Currie Cup. He has won the World Cup, Rugby Championship, and Lions Series with the Boks, the Top14, and Champions Cup with Toulouse, and Currie Cup with the Western Province.
Pteropliini is a tribe of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae.
Lamiini is a tribe of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae.
Ancylonotini is a tribe of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae. It was described by Lacordaire in 1869.
Crossotini is a tribe of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae. It was described by Thomson in 1864.
Morimopsini is a tribe of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae. It was described by Lacordaire in 1869.
Mycerinus is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae.
Pterolophia is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species:
Pterolophia ecaudata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Hermann Julius Kolbe in 1894.
Pterolophia nigrosparsa is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Hermann Julius Kolbe in 1893, originally under the genus Praonetha.
Pterolophia plicata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Hermann Julius Kolbe in 1893.
Pterolophia variolosa is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Hermann Julius Kolbe in 1893, originally under the genus Praonetha.
Nupserha vitticollis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Hermann Julius Kolbe in 1893. It is known from Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Uganda, and Togo.
Phytoecia cylindricollis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Hermann Julius Kolbe in 1893, originally under the genus Blepisanis. It is known from the Ivory Coast, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Benin, Gabon, and Togo.
Daniela Kolbe is a German physicist and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Saxony from 2009 until 2021.
