Odile is a feminine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
of
French origin, and may refer to:
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Odile of Alsace
Odile of Alsace, also known as Odilia and Ottilia, born - at Mont Sainte-Odile), is a saint venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church. She is a patroness saint of good eyesight and of the region of Alsace.
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( 662– 720), a saint of the Roman Catholic Church
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Odile of Cologne ( 4th century), a saint of the Roman Catholic Church
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Odile Bailleux
Odile Bailleux (; 30 December 1939 – 19 November 2024) was a French harpsichordist and organist. She was a long-time organist of both Abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Prés and Notre-Dame-des-Blancs-Manteaux in Paris. As a harpsicordist she was a ...
(1939-2024), French harpsichordist and organist
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Odile Bain (1939-2012), French parasitologist
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Odile Baron Supervielle
Odile Baron Supervielle (May 1, 1915October 25, 2016) was an Uruguayan-born Argentine writer and journalist. A pioneer of women journalists in Argentina, she was director of the literary supplement of the newspaper ''La Nación''.
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Odile ...
(1915-2016), Uruguayan-born Argentine writer and journalist
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Odile Crick (1920–2007), British artist best known for her drawing of the DNA double helix
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Odile Decq
Odile Decq (born 1955) is a French architect, urban planner and academic. She is the founder of the Paris firm, Studio Odile Decq and the architecture school, Confluence Institute. Decq is known for her self-described goth appearance and style. ...
(born 1955), French architect, urban planner and academic
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Odile Defraye
Odile Defraye (; ; 14 July 1888 – 21 August 1965) was a Belgium, Belgian road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist who won three stages and the overall title of the 1912 Tour de France, which was the last tour decided by a points system instead ...
(1888–1965), Belgian road-racing bicyclist
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Odile Fanton d’Andon, French environmental researcher, CEO of the company ACRI-ST
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Odile Gilbert
Odile Gilbert has been described as France's "most celebrated female hairstylist",Chu, Ying Marie Claire. Hearst Magazines. 1 October 2009. and is the only woman in that profession to have received the French honor ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' ...
(contemporary), French hairstylist
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Odile Harington
Eone Odile Harington (born 1961) was an alleged South African agent.
Early life
Odile Harington was born in 1961 and lived in Johannesburg. At the age of 23 Harington was an agent of South African military intelligence and was sent to Zimbabwe t ...
(born 1961), South African intelligence agent
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Odile Jacob
Odile Jacob is a French publisher who founded ''Les Éditions Odile Jacob'' in the middle of the 1980s. She is also a trained scientist, studying the workings of the brain, the mind and thought. She is a member of Le Siècle.Frédéric Saliba, 'L ...
(contemporary), French scientist who studies the workings of the brain
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Odile Kennel
Odile Kennel (born 1967) is a German writer of French origin known for her poetry and prose, as well as her translations.
Life and work
Odile Kennel majored in cultural studies and studied political sciences in Tübingen, Berlin and Lisbon. S ...
(born 1967), German writer
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Odile Lesage
Odile Lesage (born 28 June 1969, in Paris) is a retired French heptathlete.
She finished eighth at the 1988 World Junior Championships, seventeenth at the 1991 World Championships, third at the 1993 Mediterranean Games and twelfth at the 1 ...
(born 1969), French heptathlete
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Odile Rodin
Odile Rodin (born Odile Marie-Josèphe Léonie Bérard; February 21, 1937 – December 12, 2018), was a French actress and covergirl before she became the fifth and last wife of Porfirio Rubirosa. She adopted the artistic name of ''Odile Rodi ...
(1937–2018), French actress
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Odile Rudelle (1936–2013), French historian and specialist in Gaullism
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Odile Saugues
Odile Saugues (born 26 January 1943) was a member of the National Assembly of France. She represented Puy-de-Dôme's 1st constituency in the Puy-de-Dôme
Puy-de-Dôme (; or ''lo Puèi Domat'') is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Al ...
(born 1943), French left-wing politician
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Odile Schmitt
Odile Schmitt (November 5, 1956 – March 24, 2020) was a French actress. She often dubbed the French language-versions of films featuring Eva Longoria.
Biography
Schmitt was educated at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg. She took courses alongsi ...
(1956–2020), French actress
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Odile Versois
Odile Versois (born Étiennette de Poliakoff-Baydaroff; 15 June 1930 – 23 June 1980) was a French actress who appeared in 47 film and television productions between 1948 and 1980. Versois was the sister of actresses Marina Vlady, Hélène ...
(1930–1980), French actress
Characters
* Odile, the evil black swan of ''
Swan Lake
''Swan Lake'' ( rus, Лебеди́ное о́зеро, r=Lebedínoje ózero, p=lʲɪbʲɪˈdʲinəjə ˈozʲɪrə, links=no ), Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failu ...
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* Odile de Caray, in the 1966 film ''
Eye of the Devil
''Eye of the Devil'', also known by its working title ''13'' or ''Thirteen'', is a 1966 British mystery horror film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Donald Pleasence and Sharon Tate. Adapted from the 1964 ...
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* Odile, a principal character in the 1964 Jean-Luc Godard film ''
Bande à part''
* Odile, one of the five principal characters in the 2023 role-playing game ''
In Stars and Time
''In Stars and Time'' is a 2023 role-playing video game developed by insertdisc5 and published by Armor Games Studios. The game takes place in the fictional country of Vaugarde, which is in the process of being frozen in time by a mysterious fig ...
'' by Canadian game developer Adrienne Bazir.
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Hurricane Odile (disambiguation) The name Odile or Odille has been used for five tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure area, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunders ...
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Odilon
Odilon is a given name of French people, French origin. The name refers to:
*Odilo of Cluny, sometimes referred to as St. Odilon
*Odilon Barrot (1791–1873), French politician
*Odilon Lannelongue (1840–1911), French physician and surgeon
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, the masculine form of this name
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Ottilie Ottilie is a feminine given name. It is a French derivative of the medieval German masculine name Otto and, like other related Germanic names beginning with the prefixes , , , , , or , has the meaning "prosperous in battle", "riches", "prosperous" ...
, variant of Odile
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Odelia Odelia or Odilia is a feminine given name. It is a variant form of the name Ottilie. It is also a modern Hebrew name meaning “I will thank Yahweh.”https://www.behindthename.com/name/odelia-2 Women named Odelia
* Odelia Ntiamoah Boampong (born ...
, variant of Odile
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