# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herbert-sobel
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:43:29.984Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herbert-sobel"
name: "Herbert Sobel"
slug: "herbert-sobel"
description: "Herbert Maxwell Sobel was an American soldier who served as a commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. Known as a tough, strict, and divisive training commander, Sobel was ultimately replaced as company commander prior to D-Day due to his inadequacy in the field."
tagline: "American commissioned officer and paratrooper (1912–1987)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Capt_herbert_m_sobel_506e.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1912-01-26"
deathDate: "1987-09-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.29881866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "賀拔·索柏"
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    title: "هيربيرت سوبيل"
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    title: "Herbert Sobel"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Sobel"
    title: "Herbert Sobel"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Sobel"
    title: "Herbert Sobel"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Sobel"
    title: "Herbert Sobel"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_M._Sobel"
    title: "Herbert M. Sobel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ハーバート・ソベル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Sobel"
    title: "Herbert Sobel"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_M._Sobel"
    title: "Herbert M. Sobel"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Sobel"
    title: "Herbert Sobel"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump