Kolbe is a surname.
Those bearing it include:
Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe (1818–1884), German chemistCaroline Ridderstolpe, née Kolbe (1793–1878), Swedish composer and singerFritz Kolbe (1900–1971), German diplomat and World War II Allied spyGeorg Kolbe (1877–1947), German sculptorHeinrich Christoph Kolbe (1771–1836), German painterHermann Julius Kolbe (1855–1939), German entomologistJim Kolbe (born 1942), American politicianMaximilian Kolbe (1894–1941), Polish Conventual Franciscan friar and saintParke Kolbe (1881–1942), American author, teacher, administrator and university presidentPeter-Michael Kolbe (born 1953), German rower and five time world championTanja Kolbe (born 1990), German ice dancerWinrich Kolbe (1940–2012), German-born American television director and producer