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name. Notable people with the name include: * Rhonda Adams (born 1971), American model and actress *

Rhonda Bates Rhonda Bates (born 1949) is an American actress. Bates was best known for playing geeky, man-hungry, hillbilly tomboys in TV shows and films of the 1970s. She was a gangly 6'2" tall with a wide toothy smile, curly hair and an unmistakable southe ...

(born 1949), American actress *

Rhonda Belle Martin Rhonda Belle Martin (née Thomley; c. 1907 – October 11, 1957) was an American serial killer and family annihilator who was executed by the state of Alabama for the murder of Claude Carroll Martin, her fourth husband, in 1951. Martin's method o ...

(1907–1957), American serial killer * Rhonda Britten (born 1960), the founder of the Fearless Living Institute, speaker and bestselling author *

Rhonda Burchmore Rhonda Suzanne Burchmore OAM (born 15 May 1960) is an Australian entertainer. Career Burchmore appeared as Kate in the 1982 film, ''The Pirate Movie''. Burchmore gave her first Australian theatre performance in the 1988 production of '' Sugar ...

(born 1960), Australian entertainer *

Rhonda Byrne Rhonda Byrne ( ; née Izon; born 1951, Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian television writer and producer. Her book '' The Secret'' is based on the belief of the pseudoscientific law of attraction, which claims that thoughts can change a p ...

(born 1951), Australian television writer and producer *

Rhonda Cator Rhonda Cator (born 23 August 1966) is a retired female badminton player from Australia. Career Cator competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Anna Lao, and they lost in quarterfinal to Lin Yan Fen and Yao Fe ...

(born 1966), retired badminton player from Australia * Rhonda Cornum, Ph.D., M.D., captured during the Gulf War and molested by her Iraqi captors * Rhonda Corvese, Toronto-based international independent curator *

Rhonda Faehn Rhonda Faehn (born April 28, 1971) is an American college gymnastics coach and former college and elite gymnast. Faehn was the head coach of the Florida Gators women's gymnastics team of the University ...

(born 1971), American college gymnastics coach and former college and elite gymnast *

Rhonda Fleming Rhonda Fleming (born Marilyn Louis; August 10, 1923 – October 14, 2020) was an American film and television actress and singer. She acted in more than 40 films, mostly in the 1940s and 1950s, and became renowned as one of the most glamoro ...

(1923–2020), American film and television actress *

Rhonda Galbally Rhonda Galbally AC has been a CEO, Chair and board member for over thirty years, across business and the not for profit sector, the public sector and philanthropy. As a woman with a lifelong disability, Galbally first began focusing on disabil ...

(born 1948), Australian, currently the Chair of the Royal Women's Hospital Melbourne *

Rhonda Ganz Rhonda Ganz is a Canadian poet and illustrator from Victoria, British Columbia, whose debut poetry collection ''Frequent, Small Loads of Laundry'' won the 2018 ReLit Award for poetry. It was a finalist for the 2018 City of Victoria Butler Book Pri ...

, Canadian poet and illustrator * Rhonda Glenn, American sportscaster, award-winning author and a manager of communications for the USGA *

Rhonda Jo Petty Rhonda Jo Petty (born March 30, 1955) is an American pornographic actress. She is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame and the XRCO Hall of Fame. Known life and known career Petty was born in North Hollywood, California and raised in Chatsworth, Ca ...

(born 1955), American pornographic actress * Rhonda Keenum, lobbyist for The WIT Group and former Republican operative who worked for President George W. Bush *

Rhonda Kramer Rhonda Kramer is a Los Angeles, United States, Freeway traffic reporter. Rhonda began her radio career in 1978 at KFOX-FM in Redondo Beach, California, Redondo Beach as the afternoon drive air personality. After working at KFOX-FM for about a ye ...

, Los Angeles, United States, reporter *

Rhonda Paisley Rhonda Paisley (born 1960) is an author and former politician from Northern Ireland. She is the second daughter of the late Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader and Northern Ireland's former First Minister Ian Paisley and lives with her mother ...

(born 1960), artist, author, and former politician from Northern Ireland *

Rhonda Pearlman Rhonda Pearlman is a fictional character on the HBO drama '' The Wire'', played by actress Deirdre Lovejoy. Pearlman has been the legal system liaison for all of Lieutenant Cedric Daniels' investigations on the show. Later in the series, she be ...

, fictional character on the HBO drama ''The Wire'', played by actress Deirdre Lovejoy *

Rhonda Rajsich Rhonda Rajsich (born October 7, 1978) is an American racquetball player. She has been World Champion in Women's Singles twice, and Pan American Champion 6 times (4 times in Women's Singles & twice in Women's Doubles), as well as US Open champi ...

(born 1978), American racquetball player *

Rhonda Roland Shearer Rhonda Roland Shearer is an American sculptor, scholar, and journalist, who founded the nonprofit organization Art Science Research Laboratory with her late husband Stephen Jay Gould. The mission statement avows that the lab aims to "infuse intel ...

, American sculptor, scholar and journalist *

Rhonda Rompola Rhonda Lee Rompola (born March 9, 1960) is an American college basketball coach who was most recently the head women's basketball coach at Southern Methodist University (SMU) from 1991 to 2016. Early life and education Rompola was born and raise ...

, the head women's basketball coach at SMU *

Rhonda Ross Kendrick Rhonda Ross Kendrick (born Rhonda Suzanne Silberstein; August 14, 1971) is an American singer and actress. She is the daughter of singer and actress Diana Ross. She was born in Los Angeles and raised by Ross and her first husband, Robert Ellis S ...

(born 1971), American actress *

Rhonda Rucker Sparky (James) and Rhonda Rucker are a performing duo. They travel to various places to sing folk and traditional music. They have been nominated for musical awards. Combined, they have released 16 albums. Ten of these albums were together. Their ...

, folk musician from Louisville, Kentucky *

Rhonda Shear Rhonda Honey Shear (born November 12, 1954) is an American television personality, comedian, actress, and entrepreneur. She is known for her role as a host in the 1990s USA Network's weekend B-movie show, ''USA Up All Night''. In 2001, she start ...

(born 1954), American television personality, comedian, and actress *

Rhonda Sing Rhonda Ann Singh (February 21, 1961 – July 27, 2001) was a Canadian professional wrestler. After training with Mildred Burke, she wrestled in Japan under the name Monster Ripper. In 1987, she returned to Canada and began working with Stampede W ...

(1961–2001), Canadian professional wrestler *

Rhonda Sivarajah Rhonda Sivarajah (born in Cambridge, Minnesota) is a Minnesota politician, Anoka County Commissioner, former candidate for Lieutenant Governor and former candidate for Minnesota's Sixth District Congressional seat. Sivarajah received a degree in ...

, Minnesota Republican politician *

Rhonda Thorne Rhonda Thorne (born 6 February 1958, in Toowoomba, Queensland) (also known as Rhonda Clayton and Rhonda Shapland) is an Australian former World No. 1 squash player. She was one of the leading players on the international squash circuit in the ...

(born 1958), former World No. 1 squash player from Australia *

Rhonda Vincent Rhonda Lea Vincent (born July 13, 1962) is an American bluegrass singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Vincent's music career began when she was a child in her family's band The Sally Mountain Show, and it has spanned more than four de ...

(born 1962), bluegrass singer, songwriter, mandolin player, guitarist and fiddle player * Rhonda Volmer, fictional character in the HBO series ''Big Love'' * Rhonda Watkins (born 1987), Trinidad and Tobago long jumper * Rhonda Wellington Lloyd, fictional character in the television series ''

Hey Arnold! ''Hey Arnold!'' is an American animated comedy television series created by Craig Bartlett. It originally aired on Nickelodeon from October 7, 1996, to June 8, 2004. The show centers on fourth grader Arnold Shortman, who lives with his grandpar ...

'' * Rhonda M. Williams (1957–2000), American economist and activist *Rhonda Ritter, a character in the film ''

Grease 2 ''Grease 2'' is a 1982 American musical romantic comedy film and the sequel to the 1978 film ''Grease'', adapted from the 1971 musical of the same name by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. Originally titled ''More Grease'', the film was produced ...

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