Editing Odesa (section)

=== Notable Odesans ===
* [[Pyotr Schmidt]] (1867–1906) (better known as "Lieutenant Schmidt"), one of the leaders of the [[Sevastopol Uprising|Sevastopol uprising]], was born in Odesa.
* [[Ze'ev Jabotinsky]] (1880–1940), was born in Odesa, and largely developed his version of [[Zionism]] there in the early 1920s.<ref name="Noah">{{cite web|url=http://www.liberal.org.il/the_man.htm |title=Ze'ev Jabotinsky – Brief Biography |last=Nissani |first=Noah |publisher=Liberal.Org |year=1996 |access-date=9 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620113613/http://www.liberal.org.il/the_man.htm |archive-date=20 June 2009 }}</ref> A [[Marshal of the Soviet Union]], [[Rodion Malinovsky]] (1898–1967), a military commander in World War II and [[List of Ministers of Defence of the Soviet Union|Defense Minister of the Soviet Union]], was born in Odesa, whilst renowned Nazi hunter [[Simon Wiesenthal]] (1908–2005) lived in the city in 1934/1935.
* [[Hayim Nahman Bialik|Haim Nahman Bialik]] (1873 - 1934), a poet and innovator in the [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and [[Yiddish]] languages, he came to Odesa aged 18, inspired by his admiration for authors such as and [[Ahad Ha'am]] [[Mendele Mocher Sforim]] and worked there from the 1890s to 1911. He was commonly known as the national Hebrew poet.<ref name="forward.com"/><ref>{{Citation |title=Haim Nahman Bialik: The National Poet's Cup of Sorrows |date=2023 |work=The Poetics of Prophecy: Modern Afterlives of a Biblical Tradition |pages=152–173 |editor-last=Raz |editor-first=Yosefa |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/poetics-of-prophecy/haim-nahman-bialik-the-national-poets-cup-of-sorrows/5A0B61FA4DE6563162FB30048393CBA3 |access-date=2024-05-17 |place=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |doi=10.1017/9781009366311.006 |isbn=978-1-009-36631-1}}</ref>
* [[Yitzhak Frenkel Frenel]] (1899 - 1981), a native Odesan painter and sculptor of the [[School of Paris|École de Paris]] who brought to Israel the influence of modern art and was its first abstract artist. He emigrated to Israel on the [[Ruslan (ship)|Ruslan]] in 1919.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Endelman |first1=Todd M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tkrYDwAAQBAJ&dq=frenkel+frenel+museum&pg=PA615 |title=The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, Volume 8: Crisis and Creativity Between World Wars, 1918-1939 |last2=Gitelman |first2=Zvi |last3=Moore |first3=Deborah Dash |date=2020-04-07 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-13552-7 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Manor |first=Dalia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L_x-AgAAQBAJ&dq=yitzhak+frenkel+first+abstract+painter&pg=PA222 |title=Art in Zion: The Genesis of Modern National Art in Jewish Palestine |date=2004-12-03 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-36782-5 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Sidney Reilly]] (ca.1873–1925), who was employed by [[William Melville]] (1850–1918) as one of the first spies of the [[British Secret Service Bureau]], was a native Odesan. Another intelligence agent from Odesa was [[Genrikh Lyushkov]] (1900–1945), who joined the Odesa [[Cheka]] in 1920 and reached two-star rank in the [[NKVD]] before fleeing to Japanese-occupied Manchuria in 1938 to avoid being murdered.
* The composer [[Jacob Weinberg]] (1879–1956) was born in Odesa. He composed over 135 works and was the founder of the Jewish National Conservatory in Jerusalem before immigrating to the U.S. where he became "an influential voice in the promotion of American Jewish music".<ref name="CT">von Rhein, John (19 August 2005). [https://www.chicagotribune.com/2005/08/19/jacob-weinberg-piano-concerto-no-2-in-c-major-string-quartet-opus-55/ "Jacob Weinberg: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Major"] . ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''. Retrieved 29 August 2014.</ref>
* [[Valeria Lukyanova]] (born 1985), a girl from Odesa who looks very similar to a [[Barbie]] doll, has received attention on the Internet and from the media for her doll-like appearance.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/katyasoldak/2012/10/17/barbie-flu-spreading-in-ukraine/|title=Barbie Flu Spreading in Ukraine|work=Forbes|first=Katya|last=Soldak|date=17 October 2012|access-date=7 September 2017|archive-date=20 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020152524/https://www.forbes.com/sites/katyasoldak/2012/10/17/barbie-flu-spreading-in-ukraine/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Mikhail Zhvanetsky]] (1934–2020), writer, [[satirist]] and [[Performance art|performer]] best known for his shows targeting different aspects of the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] and post-Soviet everyday life, was born in Odesa.
* [[VitaliV]] (Vitali Vinogradov) (born 1957), an artist and sculptor based in London since 1989, was born in Odesa.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vitaly (VITALIV) Vinogradov |url=https://zet.gallery/artist/vitaly-vitaliv-vinogradov-16244 |website=zet.gallery |publisher=Zet Gallery |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524074856/https://zet.gallery/artist/vitaly-vitaliv-vinogradov-16244 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Kostyantyn Mykolayovych Bocharov (born 1997), better known by his stage name [[Mélovin]] is a native of Odesa. He is best known for winning season six of ''[[X-Factor (Ukrainian TV series)|X-Factor Ukraine]]'' and for representing Ukraine in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2018]], singing the song "[[Under the Ladder]]".
* [[Yaakov Dori]] (1899–1973), the first Chief of Staff of the [[Israel Defense Forces]], and President of the [[Technion – Israel Institute of Technology]], was born in Odesa, as was [[Israel Dostrovsky]] (1918–2010), Israeli physical chemist who was the fifth president of the [[Weizmann Institute of Science]].
* [[Yuriy Bazhal]] (born 1950), Ukrainian scientist, professor, academic.<ref>Академія наук вищої школи України. 1992-2010. Довідник</ref>
* [[Janka Bryl]] (1917 – 2006), Belarusian writer, was born in Odesa.<ref>[https://www.svaboda.org/a/31391609.html Already today: Birthday of Janka Bryl (Ужо сёньня: Дзень нараджэньня Янкі Брыля)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804101401/https://www.svaboda.org/a/31391609.html |date=4 August 2021 }}(in Belarusian)</ref>
* [[Vladimir de Pachmann]] (1848–1933) a pianist of Russian-German ethnicity noted for performing the works of Chopin, was from Odesa.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Pachmann, Vladimir de |volume= 20 | page = 433 |short= 1}}</ref> [[Emil Grigoryevich Gilels]] (1916–1985), widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time, was born in Odesa.
* [[Stasys Pundzevičius]] (1893–1980), Chief of the [[Lithuanian Air Force]] in the interwar Lithuania, was born in Odesa.
* [[Dmitriy Starovoitov]]  (born 1983), Ukrainian entrepreneur and businessman, was born in Odesa.
* [[Alexander Olshanetsky]] (1892 – 1946), an American [[composer]], [[conducting|conductor]], and [[violin]]ist. He was a major figure within the [[Yiddish theatre]] scene in [[New York City]], born in Odesa.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/yt/lex/O/olshanetsky-alexander.htm |title=Lives in the Yiddish Theatre. Short biographies of those involved in the Yiddish Theatre. |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=Museum of Family History |archive-date=6 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106173102/https://www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/yt/lex/O/olshanetsky-alexander.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Yefrosyniya Zarnytska]] (1867–1936), actress