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Sublette is a variant of the
French language French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Nor ...
surname Soblet. Other variations include Sublet, Sublett, and Soublet. In the United States, the Soblet family name traces back to French
Huguenot The Huguenots ( , also , ) were a religious group of French Protestants who held to the Reformed, or Calvinist, tradition of Protestantism. The term, which may be derived from the name of a Swiss political leader, the Genevan burgomaster Be ...
refugee Abraham Soblet and his family, who arrived in
Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
in 1700 and settled in
Manakintown Powhatan County () is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,033. Its county seat is Powhatan. Powhatan County is included in the Greater Richmond Region. The James River forms the cou ...
Cameron Allen
The Sublett (Soblet) Family of Manakintown, King William Parish, Virginia


Notable people with Soblet/Sublett/Sublette surnames

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A. T. Sublett Alvah Tindal Sublett (May 11, 1883 – September 23, 1961) was a college football and baseball player. Early years Though born in Texas, he grew up in Summerton, South Carolina. Furman Sublett was a prominent Fullback (American football), fu ...
(1883 – 1961), American college football and baseball player *James Sublett, one of the first large-scale farmers in the Rio Grande valley of Texas, owner of Rancho Estelle *
Jesse Sublett Jesse Sublett (born May 15, 1954)"Biographical Note" a, Wittliff Collections, Alkek Library, Texas State University–San Marcos (retrieved September 18, 2009). is a musician and writer from Austin, Texas. As a musician he is best known for his lo ...
(born 1954), American author and musician * John William Sublett (1902 – 1986), known by his stage name
John W. Bubbles John William Sublett (February 19, 1902 – May 18, 1986), known by his stage name John W. Bubbles, was an American tap dancer, vaudevillian, movie actor, and television performer. He performed in the duo "Buck and Bubbles", who were the fi ...
, a vaudeville performer. *
Andrew Sublette Andrew Whitley Sublette or also, spelled Sublett (1808 – December 19, 1853 or 1854), was a frontiersman, trapper, fur trader, explorer, mountain man and brother to William, Milton, and Solomon, helped establish a trading post with Louis Va ...
(1808–1854), American mountain man *
Milton Sublette Milton Green Sublette (c. 1801–1837), was an American frontiersman, trapper, fur trader, explorer, and mountain man. He was the second of five Sublette brothers prominent in the western fur trade; William, Andrew, and Solomon. Milton was one o ...
(c. 1801 – 1837), American mountain man *
William Sublette William Lewis Sublette, also spelled Sublett (September 21, 1798 – July 23, 1845), was an American frontiersman, trapper, North American fur trade, fur trader, explorer, and mountain man. After 1823, he became an agent of the Rocky Mountain Fu ...
(1798–1845), American mountain man *
Bill Sublette Bill Sublette is a former Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1993 to 2001.About Bill ...
(born 1963), Floridian politician *
Ned Sublette Ned Sublette (born 1951 in Lubbock, Texas) is an American composer, musician, record producer, musicologist, historian, and author. Sublette studied Spanish Classical Guitar with Hector Garcia at the University of New Mexico and with Emilio Puj ...
(born 1951), American musician and scholar


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{{Surname, Sublette French-language surnames