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
• 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