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

• Adam Sobel (born 1967), American climatologist
• Alex Sobel (born 1975), British politician
• Barry Sobel (born 1959), American actor and comedian
• Bernard Sobel (1887–1964), American playwright, drama critic, and book writer
• Clifford Sobel (born 1949), United States diplomat and ambassador
• Curt Sobel (born 1953), American composer and music editor
• Daniel Sobel (born 1975), British educational consultant
• Dava Sobel (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 (born 1940), American scientist, researcher in digital image processing
• Isador Sobel (1858–1939), American lawyer
• Janet Sobel (1894–1968), Ukrainian-American artist
• Joe Sobel (born 1945), American meteorologist
• Joel Sobel (born 1954), American economist
• John Sobel (born 1964), American tennis player
• Jordan Howard Sobel (1929-2010), Canadian-American philosopher
• Michael E. Sobel, American statistician
• Milton Sobel (1919–2002), professor of statistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1967
• Robert Sobel (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

In mathematics:

• Sobel operator, used to detect edges in images

Fictional characters

• Rosa Sobel, the protagonist in The Diary of the Rose science fiction novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin

See also

• All pages with titles containing Sobel
• Sobell (disambiguation)
• Sobol (disambiguation)