Robert
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, h ...
Roberta Alaimo
Roberta Alaimo is an Italian politician. She was elected to be a deputy to the Parliament of Italy in the 2018 Italian general election for the Legislature XVIII of Italy.
Career
Alaimo was born on April 1, 1979 in Corleone.
She was elected to t ...
, Italian politician
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Roberta Alenius
Roberta Runa Enrica Alenius (born 29 July 1978) is a Swedish politician who served as Press Secretary and as Chief Communications Officer, at the Prime Minister's Office, during the premiership of former Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt fr ...
(born 1978), Swedish politician
* Roberta Alexander (born 1949), American operatic soprano
* Roberta Allen (born 1945), American conceptual artist
* Roberta Anastase (born 1976), Romanian politician
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Roberta Joan Anderson
Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell ( Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian-American musician, producer, and painter. Among the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit, Mitchell became known for her sta ...
(born 1943), birth name of Canadian–American singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell
* Roberta Angelilli (born 1965), Italian politician
* Roberta Annan (born 1982), Ghanaian investor and philanthropist
* Roberta Arnold (1896–1966), American stage and silent film actress
* Roberta A. Ballard, American pediatrician
* Roberta Baskin, American journalist and non-profit director
* Roberta Bayley, American photographer
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Roberta Bianconi
Roberta Bianconi (born 8 July 1989) is an Italian water polo player. She was part of the Italian team that won the silver medal at the 2016 Olympics and the bronze medal at the 2015 World Championships.
Bianconi was named 2015 and 2016
(born 1989), Italian water polo player
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Roberta Bitgood
Roberta Bitgood (Wiersma) (15 January 1908 – 15 April 2007) was an American organist, choir director, and composer. She was a pioneer of 20th-century American church music, and the first woman to serve as national president of the American Gu ...
(1908–2007), American organist, choir director and classical composer
* Roberta Bonanomi (born 1966), Italian road racing cyclist
* Roberta Bondar (born 1945), Canadian astronaut
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Roberta Brunet
Roberta Brunet (born May 20, 1965 in Aosta) is a former Middle-distance running, middle distance runner from Italy
Biography
Roberta Brunet won four medals, at individual level, at the International athletics championships and games, Internationa ...
(born 1965), Italian athlete
* Roberta Bruni (born 1994), Italian pole vaulter
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Roberta Byrd Barr
Roberta Byrd Barr (January 4, 1919 – June 23, 1993) was an American civil rights activist, television personality, educator, and librarian. From the mid 1960s to the early 1970s, she hosted a weekly Seattle television show, ''Face to Face'', wh ...
(1919–1993), American civil rights activist, educator and librarian
* Roberta Capua (born 1968), Italian television host, actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder
* Roberta Close (born 1964), Brazilian fashion model
* Roberta Colindrez, Mexican–American actress and playwright
* Roberta Collins (born 1944), American actress
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Roberta F. Colman
Roberta F. Colman (1938 – August 15, 2019), born Roberta Fishman, was an American biochemist.
Early life
Roberta Fishman was from New York City, the daughter of William and Esther Fishman of Brooklyn. As a student at Forest Hills High Sch ...
(1938–2019), American biochemist
* Roberta Cordano (born 1963), American lawyer
* Roberta Cowing (1860–1924), American artist and scientific illustrator
* Roberta Crenshaw (1914–2005), American civic leader and philanthropist
* Roberta Dapunt (born 1970), Italian poet
* Roberta Del Core (born 1964), Italian rower
* Roberta Degnore (born 1946), American author, filmmaker and psychologist
* Roberta Dodd Crawford (1897–1954), American lyric soprano
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Roberta Donnay
Roberta Donnay is an American jazz singer, musician, composer, and producer. She has released nine studio albums and has shared the stage with such artists as Booker T. Jones, Dr. John, David Grisman, John P. Hammond, Elvis Costello, Leon Russel ...
(born 1966), American jazz singer
* Roberta Dunbar, American clubwoman and peace activist
* Roberta Eike, American oceanographer and marine geologist
* Roberta Einer, Estonian fashion designer
* Roberta Faccani (born 1968), Italian singer and actress
* Roberta Faccin (born 1957), Italian basketball player
* Roberta Farinelli (born 1975), Italian swimmer
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Roberta Farrell
Roberta Lee Farrell is emeritus professor at the University of Waikato, New Zealand and a researcher of international renown in the fields of wood degradation, bioremediation, mycology and enzymology.
Early life and education
Originally ...
, American–New Zealand biotechnologist
* Roberta M. Feldman, American architect and professor
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Roberta Felotti
Roberta Felotti (born 22 October 1964 in Milan) is an Italian former freestyle and medley Swimming (sport), swimmer who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, in the 1984 Summer Olympics, and in the 1988 Summer Olympics.
References
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Roberta Fox
Roberta Fulton Fox (November 25, 1943 – August 9, 2009) was a Florida attorney, politician, and feminist.
She was born on November 25, 1943, and earned her law degree from the University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law. On June 10 ...
(1943–2009), American attorney and politician
* Roberta Fulbright (1874–1953), American businesswoman
* Roberta Freeman, American singer
* Roberta Gale (1914–2008), American actress
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Roberta Gambarini
Roberta Gambarini is a jazz singer from Italy.
Early life
Gambarini was born in Turin, Italy, where she attended jazz concerts, clubs, and festivals with her parents. Her father played the saxophone, and she grew up hearing jazz in the house, an ...
, Italian jazz singer
* Roberta Geddes-Harvey (1849–1930), Canadian choirmaster, composer and organist
* Roberta Gellis (1927–2016), American writer
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Roberta Gemma
Floriana Panella (born 15 December 1980), best known by the stage name Roberta Gemma or Roberta Missoni, is an Italian actress related to porn and horror movies.
Biography
She started her career in 2006. In 2008, she won the Miss Maglietta Bag ...
(born 1980), Italian pornographic actress
* Roberta Gentini (born 1973), Italian equestrian
* Roberta Geremicca (born 1984), Italian actress
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Roberta Gilchrist
Roberta Lynn Gilchrist, FSA, FBA (born 28 June 1965) is a Canadian-born archaeologist and academic specialising in the medieval period, whose career has been spent in the United Kingdom. She is Professor of Archaeology and Dean of Research a ...
(born 1965), Canadian archaeologist
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Roberta González
Roberta González (1908 in Paris – 1976) was a French painter. She was the daughter of the sculptor Julio González. After taking an initial interest in the works of the Surrealist painters who came to her father's studio, she found herself enti ...
, French painter
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Roberta Gottlieb
Roberta Anne Gottlieb is an American Oncology, oncologist, academic, and researcher. She is a Professor, and Vice-Chair of Translational Medicine in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and a Professor of Medicine ...
, American academic and oncologist
* Roberta Gregory (born 1953), American comic book writer and artist
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Roberta Groner
Roberta Groner (born January 4, 1978) is an American athlete competing in Long-distance running, long-distance events.
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Groner competed in running during her four years at Saint Francis University. Sh ...
(born 1978), American long distance runner
* Roberta Gropper (1897–1993), German political activist
* Roberta Grossman (born 1959), American filmmaker
* Roberta Guaspari (born 1947), American violinist and music educator
* Roberta Guerrina, English political scientist
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Roberta Hamme
Roberta C. Hamme is a Canadian chemical oceanographer at the University of Victoria. She holds a Canada Research Chair in Ocean Carbon Dynamics (Tier 2).
Education, research and career
She did her Phd and MSc at University of Washington and B ...
, Canadian chemical oceanographer
* Roberta Hanley, American actress and director
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Roberta Haynes
Roberta Haynes (born Roberta Arline Schack; August 19, 1927 – April 4, 2019) was an American actress who was active from 1947 until 1989.
Early life
She was born Roberta Arline Schack in Wichita Falls, Texas on August 19, 1927, to Willi ...
(1927–2019), American actress
* Roberta L. Hazard (1934–2017), American Navy officer
* Roberta Helmer (1950–2018), American romance author
* Roberta Hill Whiteman (born 1947), Oneida poet
* Roberta Hodes (1927–2021), American film producer and script supervisor
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Roberta Hoskie
Roberta Hoskie is an American real estate broker, writer, and media personality based in New Haven, Connecticut. She is the author of the book ''Poverty Curse Broken'', president and CEO of Outreach Realty Servicing, Outreach School of Real Esta ...
, American real estate broker
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Roberta Howett
Roberta Howett (born 26 September 1981 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish singer who finished in ninth place in the first UK series of television talent show ''The X Factor'' in 2004.
''The X Factor'': 2004
Howett successfully auditioned for the ...
(born 1981), Irish singer
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Roberta Hubley
Roberta Hubley (born May 27, 1941) is a Canadian former politician. Hubley served in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1989 to 1996.Roberta M. Humphreys
Roberta M. Humphreys is an American observational stellar astrophysicist. She is Professor Emerita at the University of Minnesota. Her work has included Galactic structure, observational stellar evolution, stellar populations, and large databases. ...
(born 1944), American observational stellar astrophysicist
* Roberta Hyson, American actress and dancer
* Roberta Invernizzi (born 1966), Italian soprano and music teacher
* Roberta Jamieson, Canadian First Nations activist and lawyer
* Roberta Jull (1872–1961), Scottish–Australian medical doctor
* Roberta Kalechofsky (1931–2022), American feminist, writer and animal rights activist
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Roberta Kaplan
Roberta Ann Kaplan (born 1966) is an American lawyer focusing on commercial litigation and public interest matters. Kaplan successfully argued before the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of LGBT rights activist Edith Windsor, in ''Uni ...
Roberta Karmel
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(born 1937), American attorney
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Roberta Kelly
Roberta Kelly (born November 23, 1942) is an American disco and urban contemporary gospel singer who scored three hits on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart between 1976 and 1978. Her most successful US hit single, " Trouble-Mak ...
(born 1942), American gospel singer
* Roberta Kerr (born 1952), English actress
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Roberta Kevelson
Roberta "Bobbie" Kevelson (November 4, 1931 – November 28, 1998) was an American academic and Semiotics, semiotician. She was an acknowledged authority on the pragmatism theories of Charles Sanders Peirce.
Personal life
Kevelson was born ...
(1931–1998), American academic and semiotician
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Roberta Klatzky
Roberta "Bobby Lou" Klatzky is a Professor of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). She specializes in human perception and cognition, particularly relating to visual and non-visual perception and representation of space and geometric s ...
(born 1947), American psychology professor
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Roberta Knie
Roberta Knie (13 March 1938 – 16 March 2017) was an American dramatic soprano who had a prominent opera career in the United States and Europe that spanned from the mid-1960s through the early 1980s. Possessing a strong and clear timbre, Kni ...
(1938–2017), American dramatic soprano
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Roberta Lange
Roberta Lange (born 1957) is an American politician serving as a member of the Nevada Senate from the 7th district. She assumed office on November 4, 2020.
Early life and education
Lange was born in Lancaster, California in 1957 and raised ...
(born 1957), American politician
* Roberta Langtry (1916–2005), Canadian elementary school teacher and philanthropist
* Roberta Lannes (born 1948), American horror writer
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Roberta Lanzarotti
Roberta Lanzarotti (born 11 January 1968) is an Italian former butterfly swimmer. She competed in three events at the 1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 19 ...
(born 1968), Italian swimmer
* Roberta Latow (1931–2003), American erotic author, gallery owner and interior designer
* Roberta Lawson (1878–1940), Lenape activist, musician and community organizer
* Roberta Leigh (1926–2014), English author, composer and television producer
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Roberta Lepper
Roberta Lepper (born 11 September 1978) is a Fijian sailor. She competed in the Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Europe, Europe event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
References
1978 births
Living people
People from Labasa
Fijian fem ...
(born 1978), Fijian sailor
* Roberta Lima (born 1974), Brazilian–Austrian video and performance artist
* Roberta Linn (born 1931), American singer
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Roberta Lobeira Alanís
Roberta Lobeira Alanís, also known as Roberta Lobeira (born June 25, 1979, in Monterrey, Mexico), is a Mexican painter and visual artist. She works in artistic genres such as magical realism and surrealism.
Early life and education
Roberta Lob ...
(born 1979), Mexican painter and visual artist
* Roberta Lombardi (born 1973), Italian politician
* Roberta Lucca (born 1978), Brazilian–English entrepreneur and co-founder of Bossa Studios
* Roberta MacAdams (1880–1959), Canadian politician and military dietician
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Roberta MacGlashan
Roberta MacGlashan was a Sacramento County Supervisor in Sacramento County
Sacramento County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,585,055. Its county seat is Sacramento, which ...
, American politician
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Roberta Mancino
Roberta Mancino is an Italian Parachuting, skydiver, BASE jumping, BASE jumper, Wingsuit flying, wingsuit flyer and international model. She has participated in more than 12,500 skydives and won several awards and world records. She has gone on fo ...
(born 1980), Italian skydiver and wingsuit flyer
* Roberta Marques (born 1968), Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter
* Roberta Marquez, Brazilian ballet dancer
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Roberta Marrero
Roberta Marrero (born 2 March 1972) is a Spanish artist, singer, and actress.
Artistic career
In her works as an illustrator, Roberta Marrero mixes and decontextualizes popular images, giving rise to new meanings, and using the technique of Appro ...
(born 1972), Spanish actress and singer
* Roberta Marinelli, American oceanographer
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Roberta Martin
Roberta Evelyn Martin (February 12, 1907 – January 18, 1969) was an American gospel composer, singer, pianist, arranger and choral organizer, helped launch the careers of many other gospel artists through her group, The Roberta Martin Singers.
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(1907–1969), American gospel composer, singer, pianist, arranger, and choral organizer
* Roberta Marzani (born 1996), Italian fencer
* Roberta Materi (born 1975), Canadian curler
* Roberta Maxwell (born 1941), Canadian actress
* Roberta McCain (1912–2020), American socialite and oil heiress
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Roberta McCallum
Roberta McCallum Russo (born November 3, 1958) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
Biography Tennis career
McCallum went to high school in Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania, then attended Pepperdine University, playing colleg ...
Roberta Millstein
Roberta L. Millstein is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Davis, with affiliations in the Science and Technology Studies Program and the John Muir Institute for the Environment. She is the Senior Co-chair of the Philosophy ...
Roberta Morris Purdee
Roberta Morris Purdee (born September 3, in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American film producer and documentarian.
Early life and education
Morris Purdee was raised by single mother Nancy Kopplin Morris throughout the midwestern United States. S ...
, American documentarian and film producer
* Roberta Naas (born 1958), American author and journalist
* Roberta J. Nichols (1931–2005), American engineer
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Roberta O'Brien
Roberta O'Brien is the highest ranking woman in the Irish navy and the first woman to captain her own ship, and then to achieve the rank of Commander.
Biography
Roberta O'Brien was born in the Glen of Aherlow in Tipperary c. 1977. She was edu ...
, Irish Navy officer
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Roberta Panara
Roberta Panara (born 12 January 1984) is an Italian swimmer who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
References
1984 births
Living people
Italian female swimmers
Italian female breaststroke swimmers
Olympic swimmers for Italy
Swimm ...
(born 1984), Italian swimmer
* Roberta Pedranzini (born 1971), Italian ski mountaineer
* Roberta Pelosi (born 1960), Italian sport shooter
* Roberta Peters (1930–2017), American coloratura soprano
* Roberta Piket (born 1965), American jazz pianist, organist, arranger and composer
* Roberta Pinotti (born 1961), Italian politician
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Roberta Rabellotti
Roberta Rabellotti is an Italian professor of economics at the Department of Business and Management at Aalborg University. Furthermore, Rabellotti is employed as a professor of economics at the University of Pavia.
Education
In 1988, Robe ...
, Italian economics professor
* Roberta Ratzke (born 1990), Brazilian volleyball player
* Roberta L. Raymond (1938–2019), American actress and sociologist
* Roberta Rees (born 1954), Canadian poet and writer
* Roberta Richman (born 1941), American painter, printmaker and corrections administrator
* Roberta Rodeghiero (born 1990), Italian figure skater
* Roberta Rodrigues (born 1982), Brazilian actress and singer
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Roberta Rogow
Roberta Rogow (born March 7, 1942; ) is an American writer of speculative fiction and fan fiction, and a filk singer-songwriter. SHe graduated with a BA from Queens CUNY in 1962 and Columbia University with an MLS in 1971.
Career
Rogow is a c ...
(born 1942), American fanfiction writer
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Roberta Romano
Roberta Romano is Sterling Professor
Sterling Professor, the highest academic rank at Yale University, is awarded to a tenured faculty member considered the best in his or her field. It is akin to the rank of university professor at other univer ...
Roberta Sessoli
Roberta Sessoli is Professor of General and Inorganic chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry "Hugo Schiff, Ugo Schiff" at the University of Florence. Sessoli's research has had significant impact upon the field of molecular m ...
(born 1963), Italian chemistry professor
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Roberta Semple Salter
Roberta Semple Salter (September 17, 1910 – January 25, 2007) was the daughter of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson and half-sister to Aimee's other child, Rolf McPherson. Roberta was the original heir to her mother's ministry, which was lat ...
Roberta Sheridan
Roberta B. Sheridan (ca. 1864-1918) was the first African American public school teacher in a Baltimore City public school.
Sheridan was born in Baltimore County, Maryland, Baltimore County to Daniel and Arietta Sheridan. A graduate of the city's ...
(1864–1918), American teacher
* Roberta Sherwood (1913–1999), American singer
* Roberta Shore (born 1943), American actress
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Roberta Sigel
Roberta S. Sigel (January 6, 1916—October 25, 2008) was an American political scientist. Her research focused on political psychology, political socialization, and gender and politics. She extended research into the political socialization of ch ...
(1916–2008), American political scientist
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Roberta Silva
Roberta Silva (born 1971, in Trinidad and Tobago) is an artist based in Milan and Lake Garda.
Silva attended the Brera Academy of Fine Art where she graduated in 1995. She works mainly with sculpture, installation art, installation and site-speci ...
(born 1971), Trinidadian artist
* Roberta Sinatra, Italian professor and scientist
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Roberta Sklar
Roberta Sklar is an American activist, feminist and award-winning theatre director. She is currently a communications consultant and senior strategist for OutRight Action International (née IGLHRC)and other LGBT Rights advocacy organizations . ...
, American activist and theater director
* Roberta Smith (born 1948), American art critic
* Roberta Tamondong (born 2002), Filipino actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder
* Roberta Taylor (born 1948), English actress and author
* Roberta Teale Swartz (1903–1993), American academic, poet and co-founder of the Kenyon Review
* Roberta Temes, American author and psychotherapist
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Roberta Thornley
Roberta Thornley (born 1985) is a New Zealand photographer. Her work is in the permanent collections of Christchurch Art Gallery and the Sarjeant Gallery
The Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui at Pukenamu, Queen's Park Whanganui is cur ...
(born 1985), New Zealand photographer
* Roberta Tomber (1954–2022), English archaeologist
* Roberta Torre (born 1962), Italian director and screenwriter
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Roberta Tovey
Roberta Tovey (born 9 August 1953) is an English actress who has appeared in films and television programmes. One of her better-known roles was that of Susan, the granddaughter of Dr. Who, in the films ''Dr. Who and the Daleks'' (1965) and ''Dal ...
(born 1953), English actress
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Roberta Valderrama
Roberta Valderrama (born October 5, 1977) is a Peruvians, Peruvian actress and improv performer.
Life and career
She spent her childhood in Miami, Florida and Lima, Peru. She is best known for the role of Yolanda in ''10 Items or Less (TV series ...
(born 1977), Peruvian actress
* Roberta Vinci (born 1983), Italian tennis player
* Roberta Voss (born 1965), American politician
* Roberta Washington, American architect
* Roberta Weiss (born 1961), Canadian actress
* Roberta Williams (born 1953), American video game designer and writer
* Roberta Wilson (1896–1977), American silent film actress
* Roberta Whyte (1897–1979), English Royal Air Force nursing administrator
* Roberta Wohlstetter (1912–2007), American military historian
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Roberta Woodgate
Roberta Lynn Woodgate (born 1956) is a Canadian nurse. She is a Distinguished Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Child and Family Engagement in Health Research and Healthcare at the University of Manitoba.
Early life and education
Woo ...
(born 1956), Canadian nurse
* Roberta Zambrano (born 1971), Ecuadorian politician