Paul Olefsky
 Paul Olefsky (January 4 1926 — June 1 2013) was an American cellist.Olefsky was born in Chicago. He earned a bachelor's degree from the Curtis Institute of Music where he studied with Gregor Piatigorsky. Olefsky subsequently studied with Pablo Casals. He studied conducting with Herbert von Karajan and Pierre Monteux.During the 1940s Olefsky performed as the principal cellist of the Philadelphia Orchestra while maintaining a worldwide career as a solo artist.