Josep de Ribas y Boyons (6 June 1749 – 14 December [O.S.
2 December] 1800), known in Spanish as José Pascual Domingo de Ribas y Boyons and in Russian as Iosif (Osip) Mikhailovich Deribas (Russian: ??´??? (?´???) ????´?????? ??????´?), was a Spanish military officer from Naples, in Russian service.
After Empress Catherine took advantage of Potocki's successful international trading post of the Polish Black Sea Trading Company, in Russian-ruled Kherson, she founded Odessa.
In recognition of de Ribas' famous victory at nearby Khadjibey, the future city's most famous street, Deribasovskaya, was named after him.