Odell (surname)

Odell is an English surname originating in Odell, Bedfordshire. In some families the surname is spelled O'Dell, in a mistaken Irish adaptation.

The name derived from Woad Hill.

Notable people with the surname include:


 * Benjamin Odell (producer) (born 1969), American film producer
 * Benjamin Barker Odell, Jr. (1854–1926), American politician and governor
 * Bob Odell (American football) (1922–2012), American football player
 * Bob Odell (politician) (born 1943), American politician
 * Cary Odell (1910–1988), American art director
 * David Odell, American screenwriter and film director
 * Deborah Odell (born 1973), Canadian actress
 * Dianne Odell (1947–2008), American poliomyelitis patient
 * Edward Odell (1947–2013), American mathematician
 * Helen Odell (1922-2012), American artist
 * Horace Odell (1910–1984), American javelin thrower
 * Howard Odell (1910–2000), American football player and coach
 * Jack Odell (1920–2007), English toy inventor
 * Jenny Odell (born 1986), American artist, writer and educator
 * Jonas Odell (born 1962), Swedish director
 * Jonathan Odell (1737–1818), American poet
 * Mary Jane Odell (1923-2010), American politician
 * Mats Odell (born 1947), Swedish politician
 * Matthew Odell (born 1979), American pianist
 * Maude Odell (1871–1937), American actress
 * Moses F. Odell (1818–1866), American politician
 * N. Holmes Odell (1828–1904), American politician
 * Noel Odell (1890–1987), English geologist and mountaineer
 * Robert Odell (1896–1984), American art director
 * Tom Odell (born 1990), British singer-songwriter
 * Thomas Odell (writer) (1691–1749), English playwright
 * Wally Odell (1912–1971), English footballer
 * William Odell (cricketer) (1881–1917), English cricketer
 * William Hunter Odell (1811–1891), Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician