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 served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds Central and Headingley, previously Leeds North West, since 2017. He served as Shadow Minister ...

(born 1975), British politician * Alex Sobel (basketball) (born 2000), American basketball player in the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl (, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is a professional basketball league in Israel and the highest level of basketball in the country. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL ...

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

(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 Lie ...

(born 1953), American composer and music editor * Daniel Sobel (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; '' Galileo's Daughter'', about Galileo's daughter Maria Celeste; and ''T ...

(born 1947), writer of popular expositions of scientific topics * David Sobel, American education writer * Eleanor Sobel (born 1946), representative in the Florida House of Representatives * Helen Sobel Smith (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 completed his Ph.D. research at the Stanford Artificial Intel ...

(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 Ge ...

(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 who pioneered the drip painting technique; her work directly influenced Jackson Pollock. She ...

(1894–1968), Ukrainian-American artist * Joe Sobel (born 1945), American meteorologist *

Joel Sobel Joel Sobel (born 24 March 1954) is an American economist and currently professor of economics at the University of California, San Diego. His research focuses on game theory and has been seminal in the field of strategic communication in economic g ...

(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 events during his career. In the men's doubles he played wit ...

(born 1964), American tennis player *

Jordan Howard Sobel Jordan Howard Sobel (22 September 1929 – 26 March 2010) was a Canadian-American philosopher specializing in ethics, logic, and decision theory. He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto, Canada. In addition to his areas of s ...

(1929-2010), Canadian-American philosopher * Michael E. Sobel, 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. He completed his B.S.S. (1951) an ...

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

Ted Sobel Ted Sobel (born July 14, 1953) is an American sportscaster and author who is the longest current tenured Los Angeles-based radio sports reporter. He has worked mostly with CBS Radio since 1985. Sobel is the network's in-studio host and producer ...

(born 1953), American sportscaster and author In mathematics: *

Sobel operator The Sobel operator, sometimes called the Sobel–Feldman operator or Sobel filter, is used in image processing and computer vision, particularly within edge detection algorithms where it creates an image emphasising edges. It is named after Ir ...

, used to detect edges in images

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 Ursula Kroeber Le Guin ( ; Kroeber; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author. She is best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the ''Earthsea'' fantas ...

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