Odilon
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Odilon is a given name
of French
origin. The name refers to:
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
of French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
origin. The name refers to:
- Odilo of Cluny, sometimes referred to as St. Odilon
- Odilon BarrotOdilon BarrotCamille Hyacinthe Odilon Barrot was a French politician.-Early life:Barrot was born at Villefort Lozère. He belonged to a legal family, his father, an advocate of Toulouse, having been a member of the Convention who had voted against the death of Louis XVI. Odilon Barrot's earliest recollections...
(1791–1873), French politician - Odilon LannelongueOdilon LannelongueOdilon Marc Lannelongue was a French surgeon who was a native of Castéra-Verduzan. In 1867 he earned his medical doctorate at Paris, where he was a student of Charles-Pierre Denonvilliers and Auguste Nélaton...
(1840–1911), French physician and surgeon - Odilon PolleunisOdilon PolleunisOdilon Polleunis , nicknamed Lon, was a Belgian football player who won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1968 while at Sint-Truiden. He played 22 matches and scored 10 goals for the national team between 1968 and 1975, starting in a 1-2 friendly win against the Netherlands on 7 April 1968...
(b. 1943), Belgian football player, winner of the Belgian Golden Shoe - Odilon RedonOdilon RedonBertrand-Jean Redon, better known as Odilon Redon was a French symbolist painter, printmaker, draughtsman and pastellist.-Life:...
(1840–1916), French painter and printmaker