Famous People with Name Odette

Odette Marie Celine Sansom,            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Odette Marie Celine Sansom,: was an Allied heroine of World War II.Churchill's operation in France was betrayed by a double agent, and Odette and Churchill were arrested on 16 April 1943 and imprisoned. Under torture by the Gestapo at Fresnes prison in Paris, Odette stuck to her cover story that Churchill was the nephew of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and that she was Peter's wife. The hope was that in this way their treatment would be mitigated.

Odette Nyiramilimo            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Odette Nyiramilimo: is a Rwandan physician and senator. She served as Minister of State for Social Affairs in the government of Paul Kagame from March 2000 to October 2003.

Odette Joyeux            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Odette Joyeux: was a French actress and writer of novels, plays, and scripts. She is also the author of some novels, of plays, of essays on Nicephore Niepce and on the dance, and of two books of literature for the youth evoking the dance: L'Âge heureux (adapted to the television) and Côté jardin. Joyeux also wrote The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful (1956) (adapted to the film).

Odette Drand            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Odette Drand: is a French Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Odette Henriette Jacqmin            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Odette Henriette Jacqmin: is a famous Thai-French (Luk khrueng) supermodel, actress and singer born in Lyon, France, on October 13, 1982[1]. Raised in France, she moved to Thailand at the age of 18 (2000). She is 178cm and 53kg.

Edmond George Odette            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edmond George Odette: was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Windsor, Ontario and became an industrialist. He unsuccessfully attempted to win the Essex East riding in the 1925 federal election. In the 1926 general election, Odette defeated Conservative incumbent Raymond Ducharme Morand. After serving his only term in the House of Commons, Morand defeated Odette in the 1930 election.