Sobolewski (sɔbɔˈlɛfskʲi) (feminine Sobolewska) is a Polish locational surname, which means a person from places in Poland called Sobolew or Sobolewo, both derived from the Polish sobol, meaning "sable".[1]
Notable people with this surname include:
- Andrzej Sobolewski (born 1951), Polish physicist and academic
- Johann Friedrich Eduard Sobolewsk (1808-1872), Polish-American violinist
- Ludwik Leszek Sobolewski (born 1965), Polish lawyer and the CEO of the Bucharest Stock Exchange
- Michael Anthony Sobolewski (born 1954), American bassist and backing vocalist for Van Halen and the rock supergroups Chickenfoot and the Circle
- Paweł Sobolewski (born 1979), Polish footballer who played as midfielder
- Radosław Sobolewski (born 1976), Polish former football player
- Sigmund Sobolewski (1923–2017), Polish Catholic Holocaust survivor and activist
See also
References
- ↑ Dictionary of American Family Names. "Sobolewski Family History", Oxford University Press, 2013.
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