Rita is a female given name, often a name in its own right, but mostly a shortened version of

Margarita A margarita is a cocktail consisting of Tequila, triple sec, and lime juice often served with salt on the rim of the glass. The drink is served shaken with ice (on the rocks), blended with ice (frozen margarita), or without ice (straight up). T ...

. The feast day of Rita is generally celebrated on May 22 in honor of Saint

Rita of Cascia Rita of Cascia, born Margherita Lotti (1381 – 22 May 1457), was an Italians, Italian widow and Augustinian nuns, Augustinian nun venerated as a List of Catholic saints, saint in the Roman Catholic Church. After Rita's husband died, she joine ...

. The following are notable people with the given name Rita.

In media and entertainment

In film, television and theater

Rita Avila Rita Ávila is a Filipino actress and author. Ávila is married to director, Erick Reyes, she had a baby who they named Elia Jesú E. Reyes. The baby died three weeks after being born. She also wrote an inspirational booklet called, ''8 Ways to ...

, Filipina actress *

Rita Bell Rita Bell (, Bell; after first marriage, Crittenden; after second marriage, Redlich; December 16, 1893 – January 8, 1992) was an American lyric soprano and entertainer in vaudeville, musical theatre, radio, and "talkies". She was the principal ...

(1893-1992), American singer, entertainer * Rita Camarneiro (born 1988), Portuguese comedian and TV presenter *

Rita Christiani Rita Christiani (1917-2008) was a Trinidad-born American dancer who appeared in American films during the 1940s. Biography Christiani was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad on December 22, 1917. She danced and toured with the Katherine Dunham Co ...

(1917–2008), Trinidad-born African-American dancer *

Rita Hayworth Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17, 1918May 14, 1987) was an American actress, dancer and producer. She achieved fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars, appearing in 61 films over 37 years. The press coined th ...

(1918–1987), American actress * Rita Sririta Jensen (born 1981), Thai model and actress *

Rita Moreno Rita Moreno (born Rosa Dolores Alverío Marcano; December 11, 1931) is a Puerto Rican actress, dancer, and singer. Noted for her work across different areas of the entertainment industry, she has appeared in numerous film, television, and thea ...

(born 1931), Puerto Rican-born American actress *

Rita Raave Rita Raave (born 6 April 1951) is an Estonian stage, television and film actress, and painter. Early life and education Rita Raave was born in Mõisaküla, Viljandi County in 1951 to journalist, cartoonist, Lutheran pastor, and politician Kalev ...

(born 1951), Estonian actress *

Rita Ratnayake Rita Philomina Ratnayake (18 February 1934 – 6 November 2006 රීටා රත්නායක) was an actress in Sri Lankan cinema. She became very popular in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s early Sinhala cinema particularly with the role 'D ...

(1934–2006), Sri Lankan Sinhala cinema actress *

Rita Rätsepp Rita Rätsepp (born 17 July 1962) is an Estonian actress and psychologist whose career began in the mid-1980s. She has performed on onstage, in television and in motion pictures. Early life and education Rita Rätsepp was born in rural Lääne-Vi ...

(born 1962), Estonian actress * Rita Romilly Benson (1900 – 1980), American actress and acting teacher *

Rita Rudner Rita Rudner (born September 17, 1953) is an American comedian. Beginning her career as a Broadway dancer, Rudner noticed the lack of female comedians in New York City and turned to stand-up comedy, where she has flourished for over three deca ...

(born 1956), American comedian and writer *

Rita Simons Rita Joanne Simons (born 10 March 1977) is an English actress and singer from London. She is best known for playing Roxy Mitchell in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' from 2007 to 2017, when her character was killed-off, alongside her on screen ...

(born 1977), English actress and singer *

Rita Tushingham Rita Tushingham (born 14 March 1942) is an English actress. She is known for her starring roles in films including ''A Taste of Honey'' (1961), ''The Leather Boys'' (1964), '' The Knack ...and How to Get It'' (1965), ''Doctor Zhivago'' (1965), ...

(born 1942), English actress *

Rita Wilson Rita Wilson (born Margarita Ibrahimoff; October 26, 1956) is an American actress, singer, and producer. Her film appearances include ''Volunteers'' (1985), ''Sleepless in Seattle'' (1993), '' Now and Then'' (1995), ''That Thing You Do!'' (1996), ...

(born 1956), American actress, singer, and producer

In journalism and literature

Rita Mae Brown Rita Mae Brown (born November 28, 1944) is an American feminist writer, best known for her coming-of-age autobiographical novel, ''Rubyfruit Jungle''. Brown was active in a number of civil rights campaigns and criticized the marginalization of le ...

(born 1944), American writer and activist *

Rita Cosby Rita Cosby (born November 18, 1964) is a television news anchor and correspondent, radio host, and best selling author. She is currently a special correspondent for the CBS syndicated program ''Inside Edition'', specializing in interviewing news ...

(born 1964), American journalist *

Rita Deverell Rita Shelton Deverell, CM (born 1945 to Versie and Hugh Shelton) is a Canadian television broadcaster and social activist, who was one of the founders of the Canadian television channel Vision TV. She also served as news director for the Aborigin ...

(born 1945), Canadian journalist *

Rita Dove Rita Frances Dove (born August 28, 1952) is an American poet and essayist. From 1993 to 1995, she served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. She is the first African American to have been appointed since the posit ...

(born 1952), American poet *

Rita Clay Estrada Rita Clay Estrada (born July 31, 1941, in Michigan, US) is a US writer of romance novels as Rita Clay, Tira Lacy and Rita Clay Estrada, she has also written non-fiction books about writing romance novels. She was the first president of the Roma ...

(born 1941), romance novelist *

Rita Panahi Rita Panahi (born 3 March 1976) is an American-born Australian right-wing opinion columnist. She works for ''The Herald and Weekly Times (HWT)'', a subsidiary of News Corp Australia and is the host of ''The Rita Panahi Show'' and ''The Friday S ...

, American-Iranian Australian opinion columnist *

Rita Sebastian Rita Sebastian (died 29 March, 1996) was a Sri Lankan journalist. She was the first Sri Lankan woman to be appointed editor of a newspaper. Biography Sebastian was fluent in both Sinhala and Tamil languages, and reported on the Tamil separatist ...

(died 1996), Sri Lankan journalist

In music

Rita (Indian singer) Rita Thyagarajan alias Sucharitha Thyagarajan (born 10 June 1984), known by the mononym Rita, is an Indian playback singer who sings in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, English, Kannada and Malayalam languages. Early life Rita was born in Chennai, Tami ...

(born 1984), stage name of Rita Thyagarajan, an Indian playback singer *

Rita (Israeli singer) Rita Yahan-Farouz ( he, ריטה יהאן-פרוז;), also known mononymously as Rita (formerly Rita Kleinstein ), is an Israeli pop singer and actress. In 2011, she became popular in Iran after the release of various pop records which she sings ...

(born 1962), stage name of Rita Yahan-Farouz Kleinstein, Persian-born Israeli singer and actress *

Rita (Japanese singer) , real name , is a Japanese singer, lyricist, and voice actress from Osaka. The majority of her work is dealt with adult visual novels. She was also the singer for all the vocal music in Key's visual novel ''Little Busters!'', as well as Liar- ...

, Japanese voice actress, singer, and lyricist *

Rita Abatzi Rita Abatzi (also spelled Abadzi; el, Ρίτα Αμπατζή) (1914 – 17 June 1969) was a Greek ''rebetiko'' musician who began her career in the first part of the 1930s. She was born in Smyrna (now Izmir), in the Aidin Vilayet of the Ottoman ...

(1914–1969), Greek singer *

Rita Coolidge Rita Coolidge (born May 1, 1945) is an American recording artist. During the 1970s and 1980s, her songs were on '' Billboard'' magazine's pop, country, adult contemporary, and jazz charts, and she won two Grammy Awards with fellow musician and t ...

(born 1945), American singer *

Rita Daniela Rita Daniela de Guzman Iringan (born September 15, 1995), popularly known as Rita Daniela (), is a Filipino actress, singer and television host. Grand Champion of the very first season of '' Popstar Kids''. She and Ken Chan became a popular ...

(born 1995), Filipina singer, actress and television host *

Rita Gorr Rita Gorr (18 February 1926 – 22 January 2012) was a Belgian operatic mezzo-soprano. She possessed a large, rich-toned voice and was an intense singing-actress, especially in dramatic roles such as Ortrud (''Lohengrin'') and Amneris (''Aida'') ...

(born 1926), Belgian operatic mezzo-soprano *

Rita Guerra Rita Maria de Azevedo Mafra Guerra, commonly known as Rita Guerra (born 22 October 1967) is a Portuguese singer-songwriter. She represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 where she sang " Deixa-me sonhar" and finished 22nd. In 20 ...

(born 1967), Portuguese singer *

Rita Hosking Rita Hosking is an American composer and musician based in Davis, California. She plays Americana and bluegrass styles of music with both standards and original songs. Since the release of ''Are You Ready?'', she has been performing around th ...

(born 1969), American singer-songwriter *

Rita Hunter Rita Hunter (15 August 193329 April 2001) was a British operatic dramatic soprano. Biography Rita Hunter was born in Wallasey, Merseyside and lived in Limekiln Lane. During her childhood, her parents, both fans of music hall, would take Rita ...

(1933–2001), British operatic dramatic soprano * Rita Kassabian, Armenian composer *

Rita Lee Rita Lee Jones (; born 31 December 1947) is a Brazilian rock singer, composer and writer. She is a former member of the Brazilian band Os Mutantes and is a popular figure in Brazilian entertainment, where she is also known for being an animal ...

(born 1947), Brazilian musician *

Rita MacNeil Rita MacNeil (May 28, 1944 – April 16, 2013) was a Canadian singer from the community of Big Pond on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. Her biggest hit, "Flying On Your Own", was a crossover Top 40 hit in 1987 and was covered by Anne Murray t ...

(born 1944), Canadian country and folk singer *

Rita Marley Rita may refer to: People * Rita (given name) * Rita (Indian singer) (born 1984) * Rita (Israeli singer) (born 1962) * Rita (Japanese singer) * Eliza Humphreys (1850–1938), wrote under the pseudonym Rita Places * Djarrit, also known as Rita, a ...

(born 1946), Jamaican singer and widow of Bob Marley *

Rita Ora Rita Sahatçiu Ora (born Rita Sahatçiu; 26 November 1990) is a British singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence in February 2012 when she featured on DJ Fresh's single, "Hot Right Now", which reached number one in the UK. Her debut studi ...

(born 1990), British singer-songwriter *

Rita Pavone Rita Pavone (; born August 23, 1945) is an Italian-Swiss ballad and rock singer and actress, who enjoyed success through the 1960s. Singing career She was born in Turin, Italy. In 1962 she participated in, and won, the first Festival degli Scon ...

(born 1945), Italian singer *

Rita Reys Rita Reys (born Maria Everdina Reijs; 21 December 1924 – 28 July 2013) was a jazz singer from the Netherlands. She was promoted as "Europe's First Lady of Jazz". In the 1980s, Rita returned to the American Songbook, recording albums such as ...

(born 1924), Dutch jazz singer *

Rita Sakellariou Rita Sakellariou ( el, Ρίτα Σακελλαρίου) (born 22 November 1934, Sitia, Crete, Greece – died 6 August 1999, Athens, Greece) was a Greek singer. Biography Her mother originated in Kalymnos and her father in Izmir. As a child, h ...

(1934–1999), Greek singer *

(born 1977), English actress and singer *

Rita Steblin Rita Katherine Steblin (April 22, 1951 – September 3, 2019)
obituary, ''Figures of Speech'' was a

Rita Streich Rita Streich (18 December 192020 March 1987) was one of the most admired and recorded lyric coloratura sopranos of the post-war period. Biography Rita Streich was born in Barnaul, southern Siberia, in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Repu ...

(1920–1987), operatic soprano

In visual arts

Rita Angus Rita Angus (12 March 1908 – 25 January 1970), a New Zealand painter, has a reputation - along with Colin McCahon and Toss Woollaston - as one of the leading figures in twentieth-century New Zealand art. She worked primarily in oil and water c ...

(1908–1970), New Zealand painter *

Rita Donagh Rita Donagh (born 30 April 1939) is a British artist, known for her realistic paintings and painstaking draughtsmanship. Early life and education Rita Donagh began taking classes in life drawing at Bilston College of Further Education in 1954. Sh ...

(born 1939), British artist

Fictional characters

* Rita, a female cat in the show ''

Animaniacs ''Animaniacs'' is an American animated comedy musical television series created by Tom Ruegger for Fox Broadcasting Company's Fox Kids block in 1993, before moving to The WB in 1995, as part of its Kids' WB afternoon programming block, unti ...

'' * Rita, in the franchise ''

Jungledyret Hugo ''Jungledyret Hugo'' is a Danish media franchise featuring the cartoon adventures of a little primate named Hugo. It was created by Danish author and filmmaker Flemming Quist Møller from a lullaby he made for his son, and later evolved into a full ...

'' * Rita, a

Saluki The Saluki, also known as the Persian Greyhound, is a standardised breed developed from sighthounds – dogs that hunt primarily by sight rather than scent – that was once used by nomadic tribes to run down game animals. The dog was origina ...

dog in Disney film ''

Oliver & Company ''Oliver & Company'' is a 1988 American animated musical adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released on November 18, 1988, by Walt Disney Pictures. The 27th Disney animated feature film, it is loosely based on the Charl ...

'' *

Rita Bennett Rita Morgan (''née'' Brandon; previously Ackerman and Bennett) is a fictional character created by Jeff Lindsay for his book series about a vigilante serial killer named Dexter Morgan. She also appeared in the television series ''Dexter'', bas ...

, in the TV series ''

Dexter Dexter may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Dexter, the main character of the American animated series ''Dexter's Laboratory'' that aired from 1996 to 2003 * Dexter, a fictional character in the British Diary of a Bad Man#Main, web series ''Diar ...

'' and the novels by Jeff Lindsay on which the series is based *

Rita Desjardin Miss Rita L. Desjardin is a fictional character created by American author Stephen King in his first published 1974 horror novel '' Carrie''. In the 1976 film adaptation, the character was renamed Miss Collins and portrayed by Betty Buckley. In ...

, from the book ''

Carrie Carrie may refer to: People * Carrie (name), a female given name and occasionally a surname Places in the United States * Carrie, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Carrie, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Carrie Glacier, Olympic Nati ...

'' * Rita Foster, in the film ''

Cypher Cypher is an alternative spelling for cipher. Cypher may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * Cypher (French Group), a Goa trance music group * Cypher (band), an Australian instrumental band * Cypher (film), ''Cypher'' (film), a 2002 film * C ...

'' * Rita Hanson, in the film ''Groundhog Day'' (as well as the musical of the same name) * Rita Loud, in the TV series ''

The Loud House ''The Loud House'' is an American animated television series created by Chris Savino that premiered on Nickelodeon on May 2, 2016. The series revolves around the chaotic everyday life of a boy named Lincoln Loud, who is the middle child and only so ...

'' * Rita Malone, a female rat in the film ''

Flushed Away ''Flushed Away'' is a 2006 computer-animated adventure comedy film directed by David Bowers and Sam Fell, produced by Cecil Kramer, David Sproxton, and Peter Lord, and written by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Chris Lloyd, Joe Keenan and W ...

'' * Rita Mordio, in ''

Tales of Vesperia is an action role-playing game developed by Namco Tales Studio. The tenth mainline entry in the '' Tales'' series, it was released for the Xbox 360 and published in Japan and North America by Namco Bandai Games in 2008, and in European territori ...

'' *

Rita Repulsa Rita Repulsa is a fictional character from the television series ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'', and the principal nemesis and archenemy of the main superhero protagonists in the show's first season. She is portrayed in the first season by Mac ...

, a villain in the TV series ''

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers ''Mighty Power Rangers'' (''MMPR'') is a superhero television series that premiered on August 28, 1993, on the Fox Kids programming block. It is the first entry of the ''Power Rangers'' franchise, and became a 1990s pop culture phenomenon along ...

'' *

Rita Skeeter The following are supporting characters in the ''Harry Potter'' series written by J. K. Rowling. For members of the Order of the Phoenix, Dumbledore's Army, Hogwarts staff, Ministry of Magic, or for Death Eaters, see the respective articles. ...

, in the ''

Harry Potter ''Harry Potter'' is a series of seven fantasy literature, fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young Magician (fantasy), wizard, Harry Potter (character), Harry Potter, and his friends ...

'' franchise *

Rita Stapleton Rita Stapleton Bauer is a fictional character from the CBS soap opera '' Guiding Light.'' The character was played by Lenore Kasdorf, and created by Bridget and Jerome Dobson, shortly after they became ''Guiding Light's'' head writers in 1975. R ...

, in the TV series ''

The Guiding Light ''Guiding Light'' (known as ''The Guiding Light'' before 1975) is an American radio and television soap opera. It is listed in ''Guinness World Records'' as the third longest-running drama in television in American history. ''Guiding Light'' a ...

'' *

Rita Sullivan Rita Tanner (also Littlewood, Bates, Fairclough and Sullivan) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera '' Coronation Street''. Portrayed by veteran actress Barbara Knox, the character first appeared onscreen as "Rita Littlewood ...

, in the British soap opera ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Origi ...

'' * Rita or Susan White, in ''

Educating Rita ''Educating Rita'' is a stage comedy by British playwright Willy Russell. It is a play for two actors set entirely in the office of an Open University tutor. Commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company, ''Educating Rita'' premièred at The Wa ...

'' * Rita, the ''Cardcaptors'' name for the ''Cardcaptor Sakura'' character

Rika Sasaki This article covers the major characters of Clamp's manga ''Cardcaptor Sakura'' and its respective anime and movies. The manga and anime focused on Japanese schoolgirl Sakura Kinomoto who finds the magical Clow Book in her father's basement stud ...

* Rita Torres, in the TV series ''

Exosquad ''Exosquad'' is an animated television series created by Universal Animation Studios, Universal Cartoon Studios for MCA TV's Universal Family Network broadcast syndication, syndicated programming block. The show is set in the beginning of the 22n ...

'' * Rita, a little girl in the series ''

Jelly Jamm ''Jelly Jamm'' is a 3D animated children's television series created by Carlos L. del Rey, Víctor M. López and David Cantolla. The series is a production of Vodka Capital and 737 SHAKER, two Spanish producers based in Madrid and Segovia, res ...

'' * Rita, the head girl in the first books of the series ''

The Naughtiest Girl ''The Naughtiest Girl'' is a series of novels written by Enid Blyton in the 1940s–1950s. Unusually, they are set at a progressive boarding school rather than a traditional one. The school, Whyteleafe, bears a striking resemblance to the inde ...

In government and politics

Rita of Armenia Rita of Armenia (10/11 January 1278 – July 1333) was an Armenian Byzantine Empress consort. She was the daughter of King Levon II of Armenia and Queen Keran. She was the wife of Byzantine co-emperor Michael IX Palaiologos, making her a jun ...

(1278–1333), Empress of Byzantium * Rita Baranwal, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy, USA *

Rita Barberá María Rita Barberá Nolla (16 July 1948 – 23 November 2016) was a Spanish politician who was the mayor of Valencia from 1991 until 2015. Biography and political career Born in Valencia to a prominent industrial and political family, she was ...

(born 1948), Spanish politician and mayor of Valencia *

Rita Borsellino Rita Borsellino (; 2 June 1945 – 15 August 2018) was an Italian Sicilian anti-Mafia activist, politician and, between 2009 and 2014, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Democratic Party. Early life Borsellino was born in Pale ...

(1945–2018), Italian politician *

Rita Crundwell Rita A. Crundwell (née Humphrey; born January 10, 1953) is the former Comptroller and Treasurer of Dixon, Illinois from 1983 to 2012, and the admitted operator of what is believed to be the largest municipal fraud in U.S. history. She was fired ...

(born 1953), American city comptroller convicted of fraud *

Rita Fan Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai (; ' Hsu; ''born'' Hsu Ching-li; born 20 September 1945) is a senior Hong Kong politician. She was the first President of the Hong Kong SAR Legislative Council from 1998 to 2008 and a member of the Standing Committee of ...

(born 1945), Hong Kong politician *

Rita Johnston Rita Margaret Johnston (born April 22, 1935; née Leichert) is a Canadian politician in British Columbia. Johnston became the first female premier in Canadian history when she succeeded Bill Vander Zalm in 1991 to become the 29th premier of Bri ...

(born 1935), Canadian politician *

Rita Lau Rita Lau Ng Wai-lan (born 8 May 1953) is a Hong Kong former civil servant. She was appointed Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development in July 2008 after her predecessor Frederick Ma resigned due to health reasons. Coincidentally, ill-hea ...

(born 1953), retired Hong Kong senior government official *

Rita Potts Parks Rita Potts Parks (born 1962) is an American politician serving as a Republican member of the Mississippi State Senate, representing the 4th district since 2012. Early life and education Parks was born on December 18, 1962, in Corinth, Mississippi ...

(born 1962), American politician *

Rita Süssmuth Rita Süssmuth ( ''née'' Kickuth; ; born 17 February 1937) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). She served as the 10th President of the Bundestag. From 1985 to 1988, she served as Federal Minister for Youth, Family ...

(born 1937), German politician *

Rita Tamašunienė Rita Tamašunienė (née Sadovska) (born 27 September 1973 in Maišiagala) is a politician of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania and member of the Twelfth Seimas of Lithuania. She served as Ministry of the Interior (Lithuania), Minister of ...

(born 1973), Lithuanian politician *

Rita Verdonk Maria Cornelia Frederika "Rita" Verdonk (born 18 October 1955) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and later founder of the Proud of the Netherlands (Trots) party and businesswoman. Verdonk atten ...

(born 1955), Dutch politician

In sport

* Rita Crockett (born 1957), American volleyball player *

Rita Drávucz Rita Drávucz (born 14 April 1980 in Szolnok) is a water polo player from Hungary, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China and the 2012 Summer Olympics in ...

(born 1980), Hungarian water polo player *

Rita Jeptoo Rita Jeptoo (born 15 February 1981) is a Kenyan marathon runner. Originally a winner of the Boston Marathon three times, including setting the then course record at 2:18:57 in 2014, she had also won marathons in Chicago, Stockholm, and Milan ...

(born 1981), Kenyan marathon runner * Rita Tamašauskaitė (born 1941), Lithuanian rower

In other fields

(1381–1457), Italian Augustinian saint * Rita Atria (1974–1992), Italian anti-Mafia witness *

Rita R. Colwell Rita Rossi Colwell (born November 23, 1934) is an American environmental microbiologist and scientific administrator. Colwell holds degrees in bacteriology, genetics, and oceanography and studies infectious diseases. Colwell is the founder and ...

(born 1934), environmental microbiologist * Rita Humphries-Lewin, Jamaican stockbroker and businesswoman *

Rita Jenrette Rita Jenrette (née Carpenter) is an American actress, television journalist, and real estate executive. She gave an interview to ''The New York Times'' about her work in restoring the Casino dell'Aurora of the Villa Ludovisi and in making it op ...

(born 1949), former wife of U.S. Representative John Jenrette *

Rita Levi-Montalcini Rita Levi-Montalcini (, ; 22 April 1909 – 30 December 2012) was an Italian Nobel laureate, honored for her work in neurobiology. She was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with colleague Stanley Cohen for the ...

(1909–2012), Italian-American neurologist *

Rita de Acosta Lydig Rita Hernandez de Alba de Acosta Stokes Lydig (October 1, 1875 – October 27, 1929) was an American socialite named by one observer as "the most picturesque woman in America." She was photographed by Adolf de Meyer, Edward Steichen, and Ge ...

(1875–1929), American socialite *

Rita Jaima Paru Rita Jaima Paru is a Papua New Guinean food entrepreneur, who previously ran the company Dial-a-Lunch. Career Rita Jaima Paru was born in Papua New Guinea where she went to Marianville High School. She attended the Papua New Guinea University of ...

, Papua New Guinean food entrepreneur {{Given name, Rita Arabic feminine given names English feminine given names Estonian feminine given names Latvian feminine given names Italian feminine given names Albanian feminine given names Swedish feminine given names Danish feminine given names Scandinavian feminine given names Icelandic feminine given names Finnish feminine given names Norwegian feminine given names Spanish feminine given names Portuguese feminine given names