Rita is a female name, often a name in its own right, but mostly a shortened version of Margarita. The feast day of Rita is generally celebrated on May 22 in honor of Saint Rita of Cascia.

Contents

• In media and entertainment
• In film, television and theater
• In journalism and literature
• In music
• In visual arts
• Fictional characters
• In government and politics
• In sport
• In other fields
• Animals
• Disambiguation

In media and entertainment

In government and politics

• Rita of Armenia (1278–1333), Empress of Byzantium
• Rita Agbo Ayim, Nigerian politician
• Rita Albrecht, public servant
• Rita Ali, mayor of Peoria, Illinois
• Rita Allison (born 1940), American politician
• Rita Aragon (born 1947), United States Air Force general
• Rita Atukwasa, Ugandan politician
• Rita Bahuguna Joshi (born 1949), Indian politician and member of parliament
• Rita Baranwal, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy, USA
• Rita Barberá (1948–2016), Spanish politician and mayor of Valencia
• Rita Bellens (born 1962), Belgian politician
• Rita Benson LeBlanc (born 1977), former Vice Chairman of the Board of the New Orleans Saints
• Rita Bernardini (born 1952), Italian politician
• Rita Borsellino (1945–2018), Italian politician
• Rita Bosaho (born 1965), Spanish politician
• Rita Camata (born 1961), Brazilian politician
• Rita Campbell, American politician
• Rita dalla Chiesa (born 1947), Italian politician
• Rita Choudhary, Indian politician
• Rita Clark (1915–2008), American politician
• Rita Crocker Clements (1931–2018), First Lady of Texas
• Rita Crundwell (born 1953), American city comptroller convicted of fraud
• Rita C. Davidson (1928–1984), American judge
• Rita De Bont (born 1954), Belgian politician
• Rita Derrick Hayes, American politician
• Rita Dionne-Marsolais (born 1947), Canadian politician
• Rita Donaghy, Baroness Donaghy (born 1944), labor politician and life peer
• Rita Ellis (politician), first woman mayor of Delray Beach, Florida
• Rita María Esquivel Reyes (born 1946), Mexican politician
• Rita Fan (born 1945), Hong Kong politician
• Rita Fleming, American politician
• Rita Fromm (politician) (born 1944), German politician
• Rita Garman (born 1943), American judge
• Rita Hagl-Kehl (born 1970), German politician
• Rita Harris (politician), American politician and activist
• Rita Hart (born 1956), American politician
• Rita Haugerud (1919–2014), Norwegian politician
• Rita Hauser (born 1934), American lawyer
• Rita Heard Days (born 1950), American politician
• Rita Incerti (born 1961), Australian judge
• Rita Inos (1954–2009), Northern Mariana politician
• Rita Johnston (born 1935), Canadian politician
• Rita Joseph, American politician and educator
• Rita Júdice, Portuguese lawyer and politician
• Rita Kieber-Beck (born 1958), Deputy Prime Minister of Lichtenstein from 2001 to 2005
• Rita Korankye Ankrah (born 1962), Ghanaian counselor and minister
• Rita Lau (born 1953), retired Hong Kong senior government official
• Rita Lavelle, American political official and consultant
• Rita Law, Maltese politician
• Rita F. Lin (born 1978), American judge
• Rita Madeira, Portuguese politician
• Rita Maestre (born 1988), Spanish politician
• Rita Marko (1920–2018), Albanian politician
• Rita Martinson (born 1937), American politician
• Rita Matias, Portuguese politician
• Rita Mattson, American politician
• Rita Mayfield, American politician
• Rita Mendes, American state legislator
• Rita Meyer, American politician
• Rita D. Millar, American politician
• Rita Montagnana (1895–1979), Italian politician
• Rita Naa Odoley Sowah, Ghanaian politician
• Rita O'Hare (died 2023), Northern Irish politician
• Rita Ottervik (born 1966), Norwegian politician
• Rita Potts Parks (born 1962), American politician
• Rita Rae, Lady Rae (born 1950), Scottish judge
• Rita Rato (born 1983), Portuguese politician
• Rita H. Roaldsen (born 1956), Norwegian politician
• Rita Saffioti (born 1972), Australian politician
• Rita Sahu (born 1971), Indian politician
• Rita Sanders, American politician
• Rita Sargsyan (1962–2020), First Lady of Armenia
• Rita Sarimah Patrick Insol, Malaysian politician
• Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter (born 1962), German politician
• Rita Sinon (1943–1989), Kenya-born Seychellois politician
• Rita Skjærvik (born 1974), Norwegian politician
• Rita Sletner, Norwegian politician
• Rita Smart (born 1948), American politician
• Rita Süssmuth (1937–2026), German politician
• Rita Tamašunienė (born 1973), Lithuanian politician
• Rita Tani Iddi (born 1949), Ghanaian politician
• Rita Tarai, Indian politician
• Rita Tveiten (born 1954), Norwegian politician
• Rita Verdonk (born 1955), Dutch politician
• Rita Verma (born 1953), Indian politician
• Rita Walters (1930–2020), American politician

In sport

• Rita Achkina (born 1938), Belarusian cross-country skier
• Rita Akaffou (born 1986), Ivorian professional footballer
• Rita Akarekor (born 2001), Nigerian footballer
• Rita Atik (born 1997), Moroccan tennis player
• Rita Behrend, East German canoeist
• Rita Bentley (1931–2016), British tennis player
• Rita Blankenburg (born 1942), German speed skater
• Rita Bludau (born 1942), German rower
• Rita Blumenberg (born 1936), German figure skater
• Rita Borbás (born 1980), Hungarian handball player
• Rita Borók, Hungarian handball player
• Rita Borralho (born 1954), Portuguese long-distance runner
• Rita Bottiglieri (born 1953), Italian sprinter and pentathlete
• Rita Bove, Brazilian footballer
• Rita Briggs (1929–1994), American baseball player
• Rita Chałubińska, Polish figure skater
• Rita Chatterton, American professional wrestling referee
• Rita Chikwelu (born 1988), Nigerian footballer
• Rita Corrigan, American baseball player
• Rita Crockett (born 1957), American volleyball player
• Rita Czech-Blasl (1932–2023), German cross-country skier
• Rita Dal Monte (born 1961), Italian wheelchair curler and Paralympic
• Rita Davar (born 1935), Indian tennis player
• Rita Debbarma (born 1995), Indian cricketer
• Rita Defauw (born 1963), Belgian rower
• Rita Deli (born 1972), Hungarian handball player
• Rita Dey, Indian cricketer
• Rita Drávucz (born 1980), Hungarian water polo player
• Rita Easterling, American basketball player
• Rita Fatialofa-Paloto, New Zealand netball and softball player
• Rita Ferdinand (born 1995), Nigerian para powerlifter
• Rita Fontemanha (born 1993), Portuguese footballer
• Rita Gani (born 1977), Malaysian association football referee
• Rita Garay (born 1971), Puerto Rican swimmer
• Rita Gildemeister (born 1947), German high jumper
• Rita Good (born 1951), Swiss alpine skier
• Rita Gramignani (born 1943), Italian chess player
• Rita Grande (born 1975), Italian tennis player
• Rita Grigorian (born 2000), American-Armenian footballer
• Rita Guarino (born 1971), Italian footballer and manager
• Rita Hendricks (born 1956), U.S.V.I. sprinter
• Rita Hernández (born 1969), Spanish handball player
• Rita Holmes, English snooker player and dancing teacher
• Rita Horky (1937–1987), American basketball player and coach
• Rita Hrbacek, Austrian ice hockey administrator
• Rita Ináncsi (born 1971), Hungarian heptathlete
• Rita Jarvis, British tennis player
• Rita Jeptoo (born 1981), Kenyan marathon runner
• Rita Jones, Welsh lawn and indoor bowler
• Rita de Jong (born 1965), Dutch rower
• Rita Kas (born 1956), Hungarian and German chess player
• Rita Keller (1933–2005), American baseball player
• Rita Keszthelyi (born 1991), Hungarian water polo player
• Rita Kirst (born 1950), German high jumper
• Rita Kőbán (born 1965), Hungarian canoeist
• Rita König (born 1977), German fencer
• Rita Köster (born 1960), German handball Kogler
• Rita Kovács (born 1970), Hungarian swimmer
• Rita Kuti-Kis (born 1978), Hungarian tennis player
• Rita Lakatos (born 1999), Hungarian handball player
• Rita Larsen (born 1935), Danish swimmer
• Rita Leite (born 1997), Luxembourgish footballer
• Rita Liliom (born 1986), Hungarian volleyball player
• Rita de Luna (1929–1996), Guatemalan equestrian
• Rita Marchisio (born 1950), Italian long-distance runner
• Rita Mažukelytė (born 1985), Lithuanian footballer
• Rita Medrano (born 1990), Mexican swimmer
• Rita Méry (born 1984), Hungarian footballer
• Rita Meyer (baseball) (1927–1992), American baseball player
• Rita Musamali (born 1999), Ugandan cricketer
• Rita Nemes (born 1989), Hungarian athlete
• Rita Nwadike (born 1974), Nigerian footballer
• Rita Oraá (born 1963), Spanish volleyball player
• Rita Patel (born 1970), Indian cricketer
• Rita Peri (born 1957), Italian gymnast
• Rita Pfister (born 1952), Swiss discus thrower
• Rita Pichardo (born 1970), Cuban professional tennis player
• Rita Pogosova (died 1948), Soviet table tennis player
• Rita Pulido (born 1945), Spanish swimmer
• Rita Ramanauskaitė (born 1970), Lithuanian javelin thrower
• Rita Razmaitė (born 1967), Lithuanian cyclist
• Rita Récsei (born 1996), Hungarian race walker
• Rita Ridley (1946–2013), English runner
• Rita Sanz-Agero (born 1991), Guatemalan modern pentathlete
• Rita Saraiva, Congolese handball player
• Rita Schönenberger (born 1962), Swiss heptathlete
• Rita Schumacher (born 1937), German swimmer
• Rita Scott, Jamaican cricketer
• Rita Seamon, American bridge player
• Rita Sen, Indian sprinter
• Rita Shugart, American bridge player
• Rita Tamašauskaitė (born 1941), Lithuanian rower
• Rita Teixeira (born 1960), Brazilian volleyball player
• Rita Thijs (born 1958), Belgian sprinter
• Rita Todorova (born 1958), Bulgarian rower
• Rita Tower (born 1971), American soccer player
• Rita Trapanese (1951–2000), Italian figure skater
• Rita Van De Velde (born 1941), Belgian gymnast
• Rita Varnienė (born 1973), Lithuanian chess player
• Rita Vilaça (born 1993), Portuguese tennis player
• Rita Vittadini (1914–2000), Italian athlete
• Rita Wilden (born 1947), German sprinter
• Rita Williams (born 1976), American basketball player
• Rita Williams (footballer) (born 1979), Namibian footballer
• Rita Windbrake (born 1945), German athlete
• Rita Yeboah (born 1976), Ghanaian footballer
• Rita Zeqiri (born 1995), Kosovan swimmer

In other fields

• Rita of Cascia (1381–1457), Italian Augustinian saint
• Rita Aciro, Ugandan activist
• Rita de Acosta Lydig (1875–1929), American socialite
• Rita Akosua Dickson (born 1970), Ghanaian chemist
• Rita Akpan (born 1944), Nigerian teacher
• Rita Almeida, Portuguese economist
• Rita Arditti (1934–2009), Argentine biologist, educator, activist and writer
• Rita Arnould, member of the Red Orchestra resistance group
• Rita Onoigboria, Nigerian Doctor
• Rita Atria (1974–1992), Italian anti-Mafia witness
• Rita Baga (born 1987), Canadian drag queen from Québec
• Rita Bake (born 1952), German economic of social historian
• Rita Barcelo y Pages (1843–1904), Spanish religious sister
• Rita Pitka Blumenstein (1936–2021), Alaska Native healer
• Rita Brara Mukhopadhyay, Indian sociologist
• Rita Nakashima Brock (born 1950), American scholar and Protestant theologian
• Rita Burak (born 1946), Canadian civil servant
• Rita Buxton (1896–1982), Australian community worker, activist, racehorse owner and philanthropist
• Rita Calvo Sanz (born 1960), Spanish Roman Catholic nun
• Rita Carmo, Portuguese photographer
• Rita Casadio, professor of biochemistry
• Rita Cetina Gutiérrez (1846–1908), Mexican teacher, poet and feminist
• Rita Charon, American physician
• Rita Childers (1915–2010), Irish press attaché, wife of President Erskine Childers
• Rita R. Colwell (born 1934), environmental microbiologist
• Rita Nealon Cooley (1919–2006), American political scientist
• Rita Cornforth (1915–2012), Australian-British biochemist
• Rita Cucchiara (born 1965), Italian electrical and computer engineer
• Rita Deverell (born 1945), Canadian TV broadcaster and social activist
• Rita van Driel (born 1961), Dutch Paralympic board executive
• Rita El Khayat, Moroccan physician and writer
• Rita Elissaiou Komodiki, Greek Cypriot physician and politician
• Rita Fahy, Irish American expert in evacuation modeling and human behavior in fire
• Rita Famos (born 1966), Swiss theologian
• Rita Felski, American academic
• Rita Fernández Queimadelos (1911–2008), Spanish architect
• Rita Ferro (diplomat) (born 1953), Portuguese diplomat
• Rita Forst (born 1955), German automotive engineer and executive
• Rita Gardner (geographer) (born 1955), British geographer and academic
• Rita Geier, American civil rights activist
• Rita Gerle, American textile worker
• Rita Gluzman, Ukrainian-born activist and murderer
• Rita K. Gollin (1928–2022), American literature scholar
• Rita Gonzalez, American curator, writer and media artist
• Rita Goold, British psychic and spiritualist medium
• Rita Goulet, American racing driver and police sergeant
• Rita Gross (1943–2015), American Buddhist feminist scholar
• Rita Gunther McGrath (born 1959), American strategic management scholar
• Rita Habib, Iraqi Assyrian woman and victim of ISIL persecution
• Rita May Wilson Harris (1888–1975), Australian community worker
• Rita Hazan (born 1974), American hair colorist
• Rita Hinden (1909–1971), South African social democratic activist
• Rita Horvath, Hungarian neurologist and researcher
• Rita Houston (1961–2020), American radio broadcaster
• Rita Huggins (1922–1996), Australian indigenous activist
• Rita Humphries-Lewin, Jamaican stockbroker and businesswoman
• Rita Izsák-Ndiaye, Hungarian diplomat
• Rita Jackson Samuels (1945–2018), American women's and civil rights activist
• Rita Jaima Paru, Papuan New Guinean food entrepreneur
• Rita Jenrette (born 1949), former wife of U.S. Representative John Jenrette
• Rita Jordan, autism researcher
• Rita Katz, anti-terrorism activist
• Rita Kavashe, Kenyan businesswoman and corporate executive
• Rita Klímová (1931–1993), Czech diplomat and economist
• Rita Kogler Carver (born 1963), American lighting designer, artist director and teacher
• Rita Krishnamurthi, New Zealand epidemiologist
• Rita Lakin (1930–2023), American dramatist
• Rita Leistner, Canadian cinematographer and photographer
• Rita Lejeune (1906–2009), Belgian philologist
• Rita Lenihan (1914–1989), United States Navy officer
• Rita G. Lerner, American physicist and librarian
• Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909–2012), Italian-American neurologist
• Rita Lobato (1866–1954), Brazilian physician
• Rita Lopes de Almeida (1848–1913), Portuguese nun
• Rita López de Llergo y Seoane (1904–1979), Mexican geographer
• Rita Mae Kelly (1939–2001), American political scientist
• Rita Mahato, Nepali women's rights activist
• Rita Maiburg (1952–1977), German aviator
• Rita Giuliana Mannella, Italian diplomat
• Rita Manzini, linguist
• Rita Marcalo, Portuguese dancer, choreographer and artistic director
• Rita Martin (1875–1958), English photographer
• Rita Martinez (1955–2020), American activist
• Rita McGhee (born 1964), American costume designer for film and television
• Rita Menu, New Zealand drag performer
• Rita Miljo (1931–2012), South African conservationist
• Rita Nasirumbi, Ugandan commercial pilot
• Rita Ndzanga (1933–2022), South African activist
• Rita Ng, American beauty pageant titleholder and cardiologist
• Rita Nieves, American public health administrator
• Rita Nyampinga, Zimbabwean women prisoner campaigner
• Rita Orji, Nigerian computer scientist
• Rita Ostrovskaya, Ukrainian photographer
• Rita Panahi (born 1976), Australian columnist and commentator
• Rita Panicker, Indian social worker and writer
• Rita Jaima Paru, Papua New Guinean food entrepreneur
• Rita Paulsen (born 1977), Tanzanian TV personality
• Rita Pérez de Moreno (1779–1861), Mexican insurgent and war heroine
• Rita Rapp (1928–1989), American physiologist
• Rita F. Redberg, American cardiologist
• Rita Reed, American photojournalist and professor
• Rita Richey, professor of instructional design
• Rita Riggs (1930–2017), American costume designer
• Rita Ryack, American costume designer
• Rita M. Sambruna, Italian astrophysicist
• Rita Sanchez (born 1937), American Chicano studies academic
• Rita Sangalli (1849–1909), Italian ballet dancer
• Rita Sapiro Finkler (1888–1968), Ukrainian-American physician
• Rita Schober (1918–2012), German scholar of Romance studies and literature
• Rita Schwerner Bender, civil rights activist and lawyer
• Rita Laura Segato (born 1951), Argentine-Brazilian academic
• Rita Smith (1912–1993), New Zealand communist and political activist
• Rita Smith-Wade-El (1948–2018), American sociologist
• Rita Stang (1894–1978), Australian public health doctor
• Rita Stephen (1925–2020), British trade unionist
• Rita Subowo, Indonesian sport executive
• Rita Taketsuru (1896–1961), Scottish-Japanese businesswoman
• Rita Tateel (born c. 1951), American businesswoman
• Rita Lizzi Testa, Italian late antique historian
• Rita Tewari, molecular parasitologist
• Rita Thomson (1934–2019), Scottish nurse
• Rita Vinieris (born 1964), Canadian fashion designer
• Rita Winkler, Canadian hydrologist
• Rita P. Wright (born 1936), American anthropologist
• Rita Zemach (1926–2015), American statistician
• Rita Zucca (1912–1998), World War II propagandist

Animals

• Rita (chimpanzee)

Disambiguation

• Rita Cadillac, multiple people
• Rita Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Rita Pereira, multiple people
• Rita Schmidt, multiple people
• Rita Wright, multiple people

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