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'''Sobolewski''' ({{IPA|sɔbɔˈlɛfskʲi}}) (feminine '''Sobolewska''') is a [[Polish language|Polish]] [[locational surname]], which means a person from places in Poland called [[Sobolew (disambiguation)|Sobolew]] or [[Sobolewo (disambiguation)|Sobolewo]], both derived from the Polish ''sobol'', meaning "[[sable]]".<ref>''Dictionary of American Family Names''. [http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=sobolewski "Sobolewski Family History"], Oxford University Press, 2013.</ref>
Notable people with this surname include:
* [[Andrzej Sobolewski]] (born 1951), Polish physicist and academic
* [[Eduard Sobolewski|Johann Friedrich Eduard Sobolewsk]] (1808-1872), Polish-American violinist
* [[Ludwik Sobolewski|Ludwik Leszek Sobolewski]] (born 1965), Polish lawyer and the CEO of the Bucharest Stock Exchange
* [[Michael Anthony (musician)|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==
*[[Sobolevsky (disambiguation)]]
*[[Sobolew (disambiguation)]]
*[[Sobolewo (disambiguation)]]
== References ==
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