People
- Sobieski family, or the House of Sobieski, a notable family of Polish nobility, whose members included:
- Marek Sobieski (1549/1550–1605), voivode of Lublin, father of Jakub Sobieski
- Jakub Sobieski (1590-1646), father of King John III Sobieski
- John III Sobieski (1629–1696), King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1674 to 1696
- Aleksander Benedykt Sobieski (1677–1714), son of King John III Sobieski
- Jakub Ludwik Sobieski (James Louis Henry Sobieski (1667-1737), son of King John III Sobieski and last male line descendant of Marek Sobieski
- Teofila Zofia Sobieska (1607-1661)
- Katarzyna Sobieska (1634-1694)
- Maria Teresa Sobieska (1673-1675)
- Teresa Kunegunda Sobieska (1676-1730), Polish princess
- Maria Clementina Sobieska (1702-1735), wife of James Francis Edward Stuart, the Old Pretender
- Maria Teresa Sobieska (1673-1675)
- Maria Karolina Sobieska (1697-1740), duchess of Bouillon and last surviving member of the family.
Other people with the surname Sobieski:
- Ben Sobieski (born 1979), American football player
- Carol Sobieski (1939–1990), American screenwriter
- Leelee Sobieski (born 1982), American actress
- Wacław Sobieski (1872-1935), Polish historian
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