Sorel may refer to:

Places

Sorel, Somme Sorel () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Sorel is situated southwest of Cambrai, on the D222 road, only a couple of miles from the border with the Pas-de-Calais department. Population ...

, a commune of the Somme ''département'', in France *

Sorel-Tracy Sorel-Tracy (; ) is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada and the geographical end point of the Champlain Valley. It is located at the confluence of the Richelieu River and the St. Lawrence River, on the western edge of Lac Saint-Pierre, downstre ...

, city in Quebec, Canada ** Sorel Airport, near Sorel-Tracy

People

Given name

Sorel Mizzi Sorel Mizzi (born April 16, 1986 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian professional poker player. Mizzi plays online poker under the names of "Imper1um" and "Zangbezan24". , information gathered by Cardplayer.com's database states Sorel Mizzi has l ...

(born 1986), poker player

Surname

Agnès Sorel Agnès Sorel (; 1422 – 9 February 1450), known by the sobriquet ''Dame de beauté'' (Lady of Beauty), was a favourite and chief mistress of King Charles VII of France, by whom she bore four daughters. She is considered the first officially r ...

(1421–1450), mistress of Charles VII of France * Albert Sorel (1842–1906), French historian * Cécile Sorel (1873–1966), French comic actress *

Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny (c. 1602 – 7 March 1674) was a French novelist and general writer. Life Very little is known of his life except that in 1635 he was historiographer of France. He wrote on science, history and religion, ...

(1602–1674), French novelist *

Edward Sorel Edward Sorel (born Edward Schwartz, 26 March 1929) is an American illustrator, caricaturist, cartoonist, graphic designer and author. His work is known for its storytelling, its left-liberal social commentary, its criticism of reactionary right-w ...

(born 1929), American illustrator and cartoonist *

Georges Sorel Georges Eugène Sorel (; ; 2 November 1847 – 29 August 1922) was a French social thinker, political theorist, historian, and later journalist. He has inspired theories and movements grouped under the name of Sorelianism. His social and ...

(1847–1922), French philosopher and theorist of revolutionary syndicalism *

Gustaaf Sorel Gustaaf Sorel (17 January 1905, in Ostend – 14 May 1981, in Ostend) was a Belgian painter and draughtsman known for his representations of gloomy people and bleak street sights. Available onlinelink Gallery File:Panoramisch landschap.jpg , ...

(1905–1980), Belgian painter of gloomy subjects * Jean Sorel (born 1934), French actor *

Léon de Sorel Léon de Sorel, marquis de Sorel (1655 – 4 November 1743) was a French naval officer and colonial administrator who was governor of Saint-Domingue in 1719–1723. Family Léon marquis de Sorel (1655-1743) was from a family from the Bailiwick o ...

(1655–1743), French naval officer, governor of Saint-Domingue *

Louise Sorel Louise Jacqueline Sorel (née Cohen, born August 6, 1940) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Vivian Alamain in '' Days of Our Lives'' from 1992 to 2000, 2009 to 2011, 2017 to 2018, and 2020, Augusta Wainwright on '' ...

(born 1940), American actress *

Nancy Sorel Nancy Sorel (born May 14, 1964) is a Canadian-American actress known for her roles on many TV series. Life and career Born and raised in Fall River, Massachusetts, Sorel received a degree in Theatre and Film from the University of Massachusetts/ ...

(born 1964), Canadian-American TV actress *

Ruth Abramovitsch Sorel Ruth Elly Abramovitsch Sorel (18 June 1907 - 1 April 1974) was a German choreographer, dancer, artistic director and teacher. She spent the first half of her career working mainly in Europe (particularly Warsaw) and then was predominantly active in ...

(1907–1974), German dancer and choreographer *

Stanislas Sorel Stanislas Sorel (born 1803, Putanges, France; died 18 March 1871, Paris) was a French civil engineer, inventor, and chemist, raised the son of a poor clock-maker.Beach, Alfred Ely (1871). Stanislas Sorel. Sci. Am, 25, 151. A poorly known aspect ...

(1803–1871), French engineer who invented Sorel cement, a hydraulic cement * Ted Sorel (1936–2010), American actor

Fictional characters

* Sorel Bliss, character from Noël Coward's 1925 play " ''Hay Fever''" * Amy Sorel, fictional character in the ''Soul'' series *

Dominic Sorel The ''Eureka Seven'' anime and manga series features an extensive cast of characters created by Bones. The central protagonist of the series is Renton Thurston, a young boy who joins the renegade group Gekkostate to fight against the U.F. Force, ...

, fictional character in the anime and manga series ''Eureka Seven'' * Julien Sorel, the main character of the novel ''The Red and the Black'' by Stendhal * Raphael Sorel, fictional character in the ''Soul'' series

Other uses

Sorel (brand) Sorel is a subsidiary of Columbia Sportswear based in Portland, Oregon that manufactures and distributes shoes. History Sorel was originally a line of winter sport/work boots that were introduced in 1962 by the Kaufman Rubber Company of Kitchener ...

, a shoe brand established by the defunct Canadian company

Kaufman Footwear Kaufman Footwear was a Kitchener, Ontario-based shoe company. It was known for its Sorel brand. History The Kaufman Rubber Company was founded by Jacob Kaufman and his son Alvin Ratz Kaufman in 1908, in Berlin, Ontario - what is now Kitchener, Ont ...

, now a branded subsidiary of Columbia Sportswear *

Sorel (horse) Sorel ("sorrel") is the warhorse of Gerin, one of the Twelve Peers in the French epic, ''The Song of Roland ''The Song of Roland'' (french: La Chanson de Roland) is an 11th-century '' chanson de geste'' based on the Frankish military leade ...

, in the French epic poem ''The Song of Roland'' *

Sorel cement Sorel cement (also known as magnesia cement or magnesium oxychloride) is a non-hydraulic cement first produced by the French chemist Stanislas Sorel in 1867.Sorel Stanislas (1867).Sur un nouveau ciment magnésien. ''Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires d ...