Odessa is a unisex given name. People with the name include:
Women Odessa A'zion (born 2000), American actress Odessa Chiklis (born 1999), daughter of Michael Chiklis Odessa Cleveland (born 1944), American actress Odessa Cox (1922–2001), American businesswoman Odessa Grady Clay (1917–1994), mother of Muhammad Ali Odessa Harris, (1936–2007), American blues and jazz singer Odessa Jorgensen, American musician known mononymously as Odessa Odessa Piper (born 1953), American restaurateur and chef Odessa Warren Grey (1883–1960), American milliner, entrepreneur, and actress Odessa Young (born 1998), Australian actress
Men Odessa Sathyan (1957–2014), Indian documentary maker and activist Odessa Turner (born 1964), American football player
Fictional characters Odessa Cubbage, a minor character in the game Half-Life 2 Odessa Dobson, a character from The Spoils of Babylon Odessa from Into the Badlands Odessa (Encantadia), a character in the fantasy series Etheria Odessa Silverberg, a character from the video game Suikoden