Wróbel ( ; meaning "
sparrow") is a
Polish surname
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
. The same surname is sometimes spelled
Wrubel or
Vrubel, reflecting its pronunciation. Czech, Slovak, and Slovene cognates include
Vrabel
Vrabel, Vrábel, Vrábeľ, or Vrabelj is a surname. It means " sparrow" in some dialects of Czech, Slovak, Slovene, and related languages. It is cognate with the Polish surname Wróbel.
Notable people with the surname include:
* Jaroslav Vráb ...
,
Vrabec, and
Brabec.
People
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Adolf Wróbel (1930–2014), Polish ice hockey player
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Agata Wróbel (born 1981), Polish weightlifter
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Alfred Wróbel (1927–1993), Polish ice hockey player
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Andrzej Wróbel, Polish Paralympic athlete
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Antoni Wróbel (1923–1988), Polish ice hockey player
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Brian Wrobel (born 1982), American footballer
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David Wrobel (born 1991), German athlete
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Marian Wróbel
Marian Wróbel (1 January 1907 – 25 April 1960) was a prominent Polish chess problemist of the mid-twentieth century. Between 1947 and 1950 he was considered the leading chess composer in the world. During his lifetime he published more than ...
(1907–1960), Polish chess player
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Michał Wróbel (born 1980), Polish footballer
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Marzena Wróbel
Marzena Dorota Wróbel (born 15 October 1963, in Radom) is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 7,524 votes in 17 Radom district as a candidate from the Law and Justice
Law and Justice ( pl, Prawo i ...
(born 1963), Polish politician
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Paweł Wróbel (born 1984), Polish organist
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Piotr Wróbel
Piotr Jan Wróbel (born 1953) is a Polish-Canadian historian and expert specializing in Polish history and Central and Eastern European history. His academic research revolves around the national minorities of Central and Eastern Europe with specia ...
(born 1953), Polish-Canadian historian
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Tomasz Wróbel (born 1982), Polish footballer
See also
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Tilmann Wröbel
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Wrabel (disambiguation)
Polish-language surnames
Surnames from nicknames
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