Sobel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Adam Sobel Adam H. Sobel (born 1967) is a Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics and of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University. He directs its Initiative on Extreme Weather and Climate. His research area is meteorology with a fo ...

(born 1967), American climatologist *

Alex Sobel Alexander David Sobel (born 26 April 1975) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds North West since the 2017 general election. He defeated the Liberal Democrat MP Greg Mulholland, w ...

(born 1975), British politician *

Barry Sobel Barry Sobel (born July 11, 1959) is an American actor and comedian. Life and career Sobel was raised in Brooklyn, New York, a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York. During the 1980s, he toured the comedy circuit heavily. In 1987, he appeared in R ...

(born 1959), American actor and comedian *

Bernard Sobel Bernard Sobel (1887–1964) was an American playwright, a drama critic for the ''New York Daily Mirror'', an author of a number of books on theatre and theatre history, and a publicist. Career Among his clients were Florenz Ziegfeld, Charles Dil ...

(1887–1964), American playwright, drama critic, and book writer * Clifford Sobel (born 1949), United States diplomat and ambassador *

Curt Sobel Curt Elliot Sobel (born October 26, 1953 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American composer and music editor. He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics (shared with lyricist Dennis Spiegel) for the song “Why Do I L ...

(born 1953), American composer and music editor *

Daniel Sobel Daniel Sobel FRSA (born 14 July 1975) is a consultant in the field of Inclusion (education), a teacher and mentor at Immanuel College, Bushey, and a SENCO and assistant head at King Solomon High School. He began working part-time as a freelance ...

(born 1975), British educational consultant *

Dava Sobel Dava Sobel (born June 15, 1947) is an American writer of popular expositions of scientific topics. Her books include ''Longitude'', about English clockmaker John Harrison, and ''Galileo's Daughter'', about Galileo's daughter Maria Celeste, and ...

(born 1947), writer of popular expositions of scientific topics * David Sobel, American education writer *

Eleanor Sobel Eleanor Sobel (born February 11, 1946) is a Democratic member of the Florida State Senate, representing the 33rd District, which includes Davie, Hallandale Beach, Hollywood, and Pembroke Pines in southeastern Broward County, since 2012, previo ...

(born 1946), representative in the Florida House of Representatives *

Helen Sobel Smith Helen Elizabeth Sobel Smith (''née'' Martin; May 22, 1909 – September 11, 1969) was an American bridge player. She is said to have been the "greatest woman bridge player of all time" and "may well have been the most brilliant card player of ...

(1910-1969), American bridge player generally known as Helen Sobel * Henry Sobel (1944–2019), Brazilian rabbi * Herbert Sobel (1912–1987), United States Army officer during World War II *

Irwin Sobel Irwin Sobel (born September 12, 1940) is a scientist and researcher in digital image processing. Biography Irwin Sobel was born in New York City. He graduated from MIT in 1961 and did his Ph.D. research at the Stanford Artificial Intelligenc ...

(born 1940), American scientist, researcher in digital image processing *

Isador Sobel Isador Sobel (August 28, 1858 – October 25, 1939) was a Jewish-American lawyer from Pennsylvania. Life Sobel was born on August 28, 1858, in New York City, New York, the son of merchant Semel Sobel and Cecelia King. His parents were both Ger ...

(1858–1939), American lawyer *

Janet Sobel Janet Sobel (May 31, 1893 – November 11, 1968), born Jennie Olechovsky (occ. Lechovsky), was a Ukrainian-born American Abstract Expressionist painter whose career started mid-life, at age forty-five in 1938. Sobel pioneered the drip painting t ...

(1894–1968), Ukrainian-American artist *

Joe Sobel Dr. Joseph P. Sobel (born October 16, 1945), a meteorologist, is a native of New York City, New York, USA, and a graduate of George W. Hewlett High School on Long Island. He received his B.S. in meteorology from the University of Michigan in 1967 ...

(born 1945), American meteorologist *

Joel Sobel Joel or Yoel is a name meaning "Yahweh Is God" and may refer to: * Joel (given name), origin of the name including a list of people with the first name. * Joel (surname), a surname * Joel (footballer, born 1904), Joel de Oliveira Monteiro, Brazili ...

(born 1954), American economist *

John Sobel John Sobel (born February 15, 1964) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Career Sobel was seen mostly on the doubles circuit. He appeared in three Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam events during his career. In the men's d ...

(born 1964), American tennis player * Jordan Howard Sobel (1929-2010), Canadian-American philosopher *

Michael E. Sobel Michael Edward Sobel is an American statistician who is a professor in the Department of Statistics at Columbia University. He is known for developing the Sobel test, a statistical test that is used to detect the presence of mediation Med ...

, American statistician *

Milton Sobel Milton Sobel (August 30, 1919 – December 31, 2002) was professor emeritus of statistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara.Nitis MukhopadhyayA Conversation with Milton Sobel ''Statistical Science'', 2000, Vol. 15, No. 2, 168–190 He ...

(1919–2002), professor of statistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1967 *

Robert Sobel Robert Sobel (February 19, 1931 – June 2, 1999) was an American professor of history at Hofstra University and a well-known and prolific writer of business histories. Biography Sobel was born in the Bronx, in New York City, New York. He c ...

(1931–1999), professor of history at Hofstra University and a writer of business histories * Szymon Sobel (born 2001), Polish rapper * Ted Sobel (born 1953), American sportscaster and author

Fictional characters

*Rosa Sobel, the protagonist in ''

The Diary of the Rose "The Diary of the Rose" is a 1976 dystopian science fiction novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin, first published in the ''Future Power'' collection. The tale is set in a totalitarian society which uses brainwashing by "electroshocks" to eradicate any k ...

'' science fiction novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin

Fictional characters

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