Olivette Otele, FRHistS, FLSW, is an historian and distinguished research professor at SOAS in London. She was previously Professor of the History of Slavery at Bristol University. She is Vice-President of the Royal Historical Society, and Chair of Bristol's Race Equality Commission. She is an expert on the links between history, memory, and geopolitics in relation to French and British colonial pasts. She is the first Black woman to be appointed to a professorial chair in History in the United Kingdom.
Olivette Bice (née Daruhi) is a Vanuatuan former sprinter. Bice was the first ever female competitor at the Summer Olympics for her country when she went to the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul.
Olivette Thibault (1914 – 1995) was a Canadian stage, film and television actress. She is most noted for her role as Tante Cécile in Mon oncle Antoine, for which she won the Canadian Film Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1971.
I found this name in my family tree (the bearer was technically Grace Olivette, but still), and ever since have been very intrigued by it. I think Olivette is a wonderful alternative to the elegant but overly popular Olivia.