Odon may refer to:

People

Odo of Gascony Odo ( or ''Odon'', ; c. 1010 – 10 March 1039/1040) was Duke of Gascony from 1032 and then Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitou from 1038. He was a member of the House of Poitiers, the second son of William V of Aquitaine, the eldest by his ...

(French: Odon) (c. 1010–1039/1040), Duke of Gascony, Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitou * Odon de Bénac, Bishop of Oloron in France from 1083 to 1101 *

Odon de Châtillon Odon de Châtillon (died c. 1102) was a French cardinal. He was probably a nephew of Pope Urban II (1088–99). Career He entered the Order of Benedictines in the monastery of Cluny. His uncle Urban II elevated him to the cardinalate and named ...

(died c. 1102), French cardinal *

Odon of Poznań Odon of Poznań, also known as Odon of Greater Poland and Mieszkowic, (; 1149 – 20 April 1194) was Duke of Greater Poland in 1179–1181, and Duke of Kalisz from 1193 to 1194. He was the oldest son of Mieszko III the Old, Duke of Greater Pol ...

(1149–1194), Duke of Greater Poland and of Kalisz * Odon or

Eudes de Sully ] Eudes de Sully (; ) (died 1208) was Bishop of Paris, from 1197 to 1208. He is considered to be the first to have put emphasis on the Elevation liturgy during the Catholic Mass. He worked to address many social matters including regulating celeb ...

(died 1208), Bishop of Paris *

Odon de Pins Odo de Pins (1212 – 24 March 1296), also known as Eudes de Pin or Odon de Pins, was the twenty-third List of Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller, serving from 1294 until his death in 1296, succeeding ...

(1212–1296), Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller *

Odón Alonso Odón Alonso Ordás (28 February 1925 – 21 February 2011) was a Spanish conducting, conductor and composer, best known for his film scores. Alonso was born at La Bañeza, León, Spain. He studied in Madrid, Siena, Salzburg and Vienna. His fir ...

(1925–2011), Spanish conductor and composer * Odon Bacqué, American politician and non-fiction writer *

Odón Betanzos Palacios Odón Betanzos Palacios (September 16, 1925 – September 24, 2007) was a Spanish poet, novelist, literary critic and professor, based in New York from 1956 until his death in 2007. Odón Betanzos was also a tenured member of the Academia Nort ...

(1925–2007), Spanish poet, novelist, literary critic and professor * Odón de Buen y del Cos (1863–1945), Spanish naturalist, politician and publicist * Odo Bujwid (1857–1942), Polish bacteriologist sometimes referred to as Odon Budwid * Odón Elorza (born 1955), Basque politician * Odon Godart (1913–1996), Belgian astronomer and meteorologist * Odon Guitar (1825–1908), Union Missouri State Militia brigadier general during the American Civil War * Odon Jadot (1884–1968) was a Belgian railway engineer and administrator who built more than 1,650 kilometres of railroad in the Belgian Congo * Odon Razanakolona (born 1946), Archbishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar *

Ödön Ödön is a male given name of Hungarian origin, since the 19th century Ödön became variant of Edmund. It may refer to: * Ödön Bárdi (1877–1958), actor * Ödön Batthyány-Strattmann (1826–1914) nobleman * Ödön Beöthy (1796–1854), ...

, a masculine given name of Hungarian origin, including a list of people so named

Places

* Odon (Lydia), a town of ancient Lydia, now in Turkey *

Odon (river) The Odon () is a river in the Calvados department, in Normandy, northwestern France. It is 47 km long and is a left tributary of the Orne. The river passes through Jurques, Aunay-sur-Odon, Baron-sur-Odon, Bretteville-sur-Odon, Épinay-su ...

, France * Odón, Aragon, Spain, a municipality * Odon, Indiana, United States, a town

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* Separate Operational Purpose Division (ODON), a Russian rapid deployment, internal security division *

Operation Epsom Operation Epsom, also known as the First Battle of the Odon, was a British offensive in the Second World War between 26 and 30 June 1944, during the Operation Overlord, Battle of Normandy. The offensive was intended to outflank and seize the ...

(or the First Battle of the Odon) and the

Second Battle of the Odon The Second Battle of the Odon comprised operations fought by the British Second Army (United Kingdom), Second Army during the Second World War. Attacks took place in mid-July 1944 against 5th Panzer Army, Panzergruppe West, as part of the Operati ...

, both of which took place on the Odon River * Odón Device, invented by Jorge Odón, which is used to assist in difficult child birth * "-odon", a suffix used in taxonomy

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