Rita (given name)
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.
In media and entertainment
In film, television and theater
- Rita Rani Ahuja, American actress
- Rita Avila, Filipina actress
- Rita Azevedo Gomes, Portuguese film director
- Rita Batata, Brazilian actress
- Rita Bell, American singer, entertainer
- Rita Bhaduri, Indian actress
- Rita Blanco, Portuguese actress
- Rita Buzzar, Brazilian film producer
- Rita Calderoni, Italian actress
- Rita Camarneiro, Portuguese comedian and TV presenter
- Rita Carewe, American actress
- Rita Christiani, Trinidad-born African-American dancer
- Rita Cléos, Brazilian actress
- Rita Clermont, German actress
- Rita Corday, American actress
- Rita Cortese, Argentine actress
- Rita Dominic, Nigerian actress
- Rita Durão, Portuguese actress
- Rita Dutta Chakraborty, Bengali film and TV actress
- Rita Edochie, Nigerian actress
- Rita Flynn, American actress
- Rita Gam, American actress
- Rita Gardner, American actress and singer
- Rita Gould, American actress
- Rita Guedes, Brazilian actress
- Rita W. Harlan, American actress
- Rita Hayek, Lebanese actress and TV presenter
- Rita Hayworth, American actress
- Rita Sririta Jensen, Thai model and actress
- Rita Jolivet, American-British actress
- Rita Karin, American actress
- Rita Koiral, Indian actress
- Rita La Roy, American actress
- Rita Lafontaine, Canadian actress
- Rita Livesi, Italian film and stage actress
- Rita Lobo, Indian actress and singer
- Rita Luna, Spanish stage actress
- Rita Macedo, Mexican actress
- Rita May (actress), British actress
- Rita Moreira, Brazilian film director
- Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican-born American actress
- Rita Morley, American actress
- Rita Nzelu, Nigerian actress
- Rita Paul, German actress
- Rita Polster, Finnish film actress
- Rita Quigley, American actress
- Rita Raave, Estonian actress
- Rita Ramnani, British actress and dancer
- Rita Ratnayake, Sri Lankan Sinhala cinema actress
- Rita Rätsepp, Estonian actress
- Rita Renoir, French strip-teaser and actress
- Rita Roland, American film director
- Rita Romilly Benson, American actress and acting teacher
- Rita Rudner, American comedian and writer
- Rita Rusić, Croatian producer, actress and singer
- Rita Sacchetto, German dancer, actress and screenwriter
- Rita Savagnone, Italian film actress
- Rita Sever, American television hostess and actress
- Rita Simons, English actress and singer
- Rita Taggart, American actress
- Rita Tushingham, English actress
- Rita Verreos, Venezuelan TV personality, actress and model
- Rita Volk, American actress
- Rita Walter, American actress
- Rita Webb, English actress
- Rita Wilson, American actress, singer, and producer
- Rita Wolf, British actress
In journalism and literature
- Rita de Acosta Lydig, American novelist
- Rita Akoto Coker, American novelist
- Rita Banerji, Indian author, photographer and activist
- Rita Barisse, British journalist, writer and translator
- Rita Boumi-Pappa, Greek poet, translator and writer
- Rita Bouvier, Métis educator and poet
- Rita Bradshaw, British romance novelist
- Rita Brantalou, French humorist
- Rita Braver, American journalist
- Rita Mae Brown, American writer and activist
- Rita Celli, Canadian radio journalist
- Rita Chowdhury, Indian writer
- Rita Ciresi, American novelist
- Rita Cosby, American journalist
- Rita Cox, librarian and storyteller
- Rita Demeester, Belgian poet and writer
- Rita Deverell, Canadian journalist
- Rita Dove, American poet
- Rita Clay Estrada, romance novelist
- Rita Ferro (writer), Portuguese novelist, writer and journalist
- Rita Gabbai-Simantov, Greek Ladino-language poet and writer
- Rita Gallagher, American novelist
- Rita von Gaudecker, German author
- Rita Golden Gelman, American writer
- Rita Guibert, American author, journalist, editor, researcher and translator
- Rita Ann Higgins, Irish writer
- Rita Joe, Mi’kmaq poet
- Rita Kelly, Irish poet
- Rita Kerr, American author
- Rita Kogan, Hebrew author and translator
- Rita Kothari, Indian author and translator
- Rita Kuczynski, German author, philosopher and editorialist
- Rita Marshall, English journalist and editor
- Rita Mestokosho, Canadian Innu writer andpoet
- Rita Carla Francesca Monticelli, Italian author
- Rita Mulcahy, author and public speaker
- Rita Mulier, Belgian feminist author and economist
- Rita Panahi, American-Iranian Australian opinion columnist
- Rita Rait-Kovaleva, Soviet translator and writer
- Rita Reif, American columnist and author
- Rita Mae Reese, American poet
- Rita Sebastian, Sri Lankan journalist
- Rita Shell, British magazine editor
- Rita Tainola, Finnish reporter
- Rita Tornborg, Swedish novelist and short story writer
- Rita Vorperian, Syrian-born American journalist and writer
- Rita Weiman, American screenwriter
- Rita Williams-Garcia, American writer of novels
- Rita Wong, Canadian poet
In music
- Rita (Indian singer), stage name of Rita Thyagarajan, an Indian playback singer
- Rita (Israeli singer), stage name of Rita Yahan-Farouz Kleinstein, Persian-born Israeli singer and actress
- Rita (Japanese singer), Japanese voice actress, singer, and lyricist
- Rita Abatzi, Greek singer
- Rita Abrams, American musical artist
- Rita Bouboulidi, Greek pianist
- Rita Brondi, Italian composer
- Rita la Cantaora, Spanish singer
- Rita Carpio, Hong Kong Cantopop singer
- Rita Chiarelli, Canadian blues singer
- Rita Comisi, Italian singer
- Rita Connolly, Irish musical artist
- Rita Coolidge, American singer
- Rita Dakota, stage name of Belarusian rock singer-songwriter Margarita Sergeevna Gerasimovich
- Rita Damásio, Portuguese singer
- Rita Daniela, Filipina singer, actress and television host
- Rita Deneve, Belgian singer
- Rita Dev, Hindustani classical singer
- Rita Engedalen, Norwegian musician and songwriter
- Rita Eriksen, Norwegian singer
- Rita Fornia, American soprano
- Rita Gabussi, Italian opera singer
- Rita Ganguly, Indian classical arts
- Rita Gorr, Belgian operatic mezzo-soprano
- Rita Guerra, Portuguese singer
- Rita Guerrero, Mexican artist
- Rita Hosking, American singer-songwriter
- Rita Hunter, British operatic dramatic soprano
- Rita Indiana, Dominican writer and singer-songwriter
- Rita Johns, Canadian pop and rhythm and blues singer
- Rita Kapfhammer, German opera, operetta, concert and Lieder mezzo-soprano
- Rita Kassabian, Armenian composer
- Rita Keane, Irish singer and accordionist
- Rita Kinka, Serbian pianist
- Rita Lawrence, British pianist and singer
- Rita Lee, Brazilian musician
- Rita Lynch, English singer-songwriter
- Rita MacNeil, Canadian country and folk singer
- Rita Marcotulli, Italian jazz pianist and composer
- Rita Marley, Jamaican singer and widow of Bob Marley
- Rita Mills, Australian musical artist
- Rita Montaner, Cuban musician
- Rita Montero, Argentine musical artist
- Rita Moss, American jazz musician
- Rita Ora, British singer-songwriter
- Rita Orlandi-Malaspina, Italian operatic soprano
- Rita Pavone, Italian singer
- Rita Payés, Spanish jazz musician
- Rita Porfiris, American violinist and arranger
- Rita Redshoes, Portuguese singer-songwriter
- Rita Reys, Dutch jazz singer
- Rita Rose, Indian singer and actress
- Rita Sakellariou, Greek singer
- Rita Shane, American soprano
- Rita Simons, English actress and singer
- Rita Springer, American Christian musician
- Rita Steblin, Canadian musicologist
- Rita Streich, operatic soprano
- Rita Strohl, French musical artist
- Rita Thyagarajan, Indian singer
- Rita Vidaurri, American rehabs singer
- Rita Wolfensberger, Swiss classical pianist
In visual arts
- Rita Ackermann, Hungarian-American artist
- Rita Angus, New Zealand painter
- Rita Asfour, American modern artist
- Rita Blitt, American artist
- Rita Boley Bolaffio, Italian artist
- Rita Briansky, Canadian painter
- Rita Carvalho, Portuguese artist
- Rita Deanin Abbey, American artist and educator
- Rita Donagh, British artist
- Rita Duffy, Northern Ireland artist
- Rita Genet, American-born artist
- Rita Grosse-Ruyken, German artist
- Rita Keegan, American-British artist and archivist
- Rita Kernn-Larsen, Danish surrealist painter
- Rita Kersting, German art historian and curator
- Rita Letendre, Canadian artist
- Rita Longa, Cuban sculptor
- Rita McBride, American artist and sculptor
- Rita McKeough, Canadian interdisciplinary artist
- Rita Mount, Canadian painter
- Rita Myers, American artist
- Rita Phillips, British sculptor and artist
- Rita Rohlfing, German painter, photographer and installation artist
- Rita Winkler (artist), Canadian artist
Fictional characters
- Rita, a female cat in the show Animaniacs
- Rita, in the franchise Jungledyret Hugo
- Rita, a Saluki dog in Disney film Oliver & Company
- Rita Bennett, in the TV series Dexter and the novels by Jeff Lindsay on which the series is based
- Rita Mora Castro, Zoe Saldaña's character in Emilia Pérez
- Rita Desjardin, from the book Carrie
- Rita Foster, in the film Cypher
- Rita Hanson, in the film Groundhog Day
- Rita Kaniska, a character in Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger
- Rita Loud, in the TV series The Loud House
- Rita Malone, a female rat in the film Flushed Away
- Rita Mordio, in Tales of Vesperia
- Rita Repulsa, a villain in the TV series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
- Rita Skeeter, in the Harry Potter franchise
- Rita Stapleton, in the TV series The Guiding Light
- Rita Sullivan, in the British soap opera Coronation Street
- Rita or Susan White, in Educating Rita
- Rita, a.k.a. Rika Sasaki, from the Japanese anime series Cardcaptor Sakura/''Cardcaptors
- Rita Torres, in the TV series Exosquad
- Rita, a little girl in the series Jelly Jamm
- Rita, the head girl in the first books of the series The Naughtiest Girl
- Rita Rossweisse, from Honkai Impact 3rd
- "Lovely Rita," in The Beatles song Lovely Rita'' on their 1967 album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
In government and politics
- Rita of Armenia, Empress of Byzantium
- Rita Agbo Ayim, Nigerian politician
- Rita Albrecht, public servant
- Rita Ali, mayor of Peoria, Illinois
- Rita Allison, American politician
- Rita Aragon, United States Air Force general
- Rita Atukwasa, Ugandan politician
- Rita Bahuguna Joshi, Indian politician and member of parliament
- Rita Baranwal, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy, USA
- Rita Barberá, Spanish politician and mayor of Valencia
- Rita Bellens, Belgian politician
- Rita Benson LeBlanc, former Vice Chairman of the Board of the New Orleans Saints
- Rita Bernardini, Italian politician
- Rita Borsellino, Italian politician
- Rita Bosaho, Spanish politician
- Rita Camata, Brazilian politician
- Rita Campbell, American politician
- Rita dalla Chiesa, Italian politician
- Rita Choudhary, Indian politician
- Rita Clark, American politician
- Rita Crocker Clements, First Lady of Texas
- Rita Crundwell, American city comptroller convicted of fraud
- Rita C. Davidson, American judge
- Rita De Bont, Belgian politician
- Rita Derrick Hayes, American politician
- Rita Dionne-Marsolais, Canadian politician
- Rita Donaghy, Baroness Donaghy, labor politician and life peer
- Rita Ellis (politician), first woman mayor of Delray Beach, Florida
- Rita María Esquivel Reyes, Mexican politician
- Rita Fan, Hong Kong politician
- Rita Fleming, American politician
- Rita Fromm (politician), German politician
- Rita Garman, American judge
- Rita Hagl-Kehl, German politician
- Rita Harris (politician), American politician and activist
- Rita Hart, American politician
- Rita Haugerud, Norwegian politician
- Rita Hauser, American lawyer
- Rita Heard Days, American politician
- Rita Incerti, Australian judge
- Rita Inos, Northern Mariana politician
- Rita Johnston, Canadian politician
- Rita Joseph, American politician and educator
- Rita Júdice, Portuguese lawyer and politician
- Rita Kieber-Beck, Deputy Prime Minister of Lichtenstein from 2001 to 2005
- Rita Korankye Ankrah, Ghanaian counselor and minister
- Rita Lau, retired Hong Kong senior government official
- Rita Lavelle, American political official and consultant
- Rita Law, Maltese politician
- Rita F. Lin, American judge
- Rita Madeira, Portuguese politician
- Rita Maestre, Spanish politician
- Rita Marko, Albanian politician
- Rita Martinson, 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, Italian politician
- Rita Naa Odoley Sowah, Ghanaian politician
- Rita O'Hare, Northern Irish politician
- Rita Ottervik, Norwegian politician
- Rita Potts Parks, American politician
- Rita Rae, Lady Rae, Scottish judge
- Rita Rato, Portuguese politician
- Rita H. Roaldsen, Norwegian politician
- Rita Saffioti, Australian politician
- Rita Sahu, Indian politician
- Rita Sanders, American politician
- Rita Sargsyan, First Lady of Armenia
- Rita Sarimah Patrick Insol, Malaysian politician
- Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, German politician
- Rita Sinon, Kenya-born Seychellois politician
- Rita Skjærvik, Norwegian politician
- Rita Sletner, Norwegian politician
- Rita Smart, American politician
- Rita Süssmuth, German politician
- Rita Tamašunienė, Lithuanian politician
- Rita Tani Iddi, Ghanaian politician
- Rita Tarai, Indian politician
- Rita Tveiten, Norwegian politician
- Rita Verdonk, Dutch politician
- Rita Verma, Indian politician
- Rita Walters, American politician
In sport
- Rita Achkina, Belarusian cross-country skier
- Rita Akaffou, Ivorian professional footballer
- Rita Akarekor, Nigerian footballer
- Rita Atik, Moroccan tennis player
- Rita Behrend, East German canoeist
- Rita Bentley, British tennis player
- Rita Blankenburg, German speed skater
- Rita Bludau, German rower
- Rita Blumenberg, German figure skater
- Rita Borbás, Hungarian handball player
- Rita Borók, Hungarian handball player
- Rita Borralho, Portuguese long-distance runner
- Rita Bottiglieri, Italian sprinter and pentathlete
- Rita Bove, Brazilian footballer
- Rita Briggs, American baseball player
- Rita Chałubińska, Polish figure skater
- Rita Chatterton, American professional wrestling referee
- Rita Chikwelu, Nigerian footballer
- Rita Corrigan, American baseball player
- Rita Crockett, American volleyball player
- Rita Czech-Blasl, German cross-country skier
- Rita Dal Monte, Italian wheelchair curler and Paralympic
- Rita Davar, Indian tennis player
- Rita Debbarma, Indian cricketer
- Rita Defauw, Belgian rower
- Rita Deli, Hungarian handball player
- Rita Dey, Indian cricketer
- Rita Drávucz, Hungarian water polo player
- Rita Easterling, American basketball player
- Rita Fatialofa-Paloto, New Zealand netball and softball player
- Rita Ferdinand, Nigerian para powerlifter
- Rita Fontemanha, Portuguese footballer
- Rita Gani, Malaysian association football referee
- Rita Garay, Puerto Rican swimmer
- Rita Gildemeister, German high jumper
- Rita Good, Swiss alpine skier
- Rita Gramignani, Italian chess player
- Rita Grande, Italian tennis player
- Rita Grigorian, American-Armenian footballer
- Rita Guarino, Italian footballer and manager
- Rita Hendricks, U.S.V.I. sprinter
- Rita Hernández, Spanish handball player
- Rita Holmes, English snooker player and dancing teacher
- Rita Horky, American basketball player and coach
- Rita Hrbacek, Austrian ice hockey administrator
- Rita Ináncsi, Hungarian heptathlete
- Rita Jarvis, British tennis player
- Rita Jeptoo, Kenyan marathon runner
- Rita Jones, Welsh lawn and indoor bowler
- Rita de Jong, Dutch rower
- Rita Kas, Hungarian and German chess player
- Rita Keller, American baseball player
- Rita Keszthelyi, Hungarian water polo player
- Rita Kirst, German high jumper
- Rita Kőbán, Hungarian canoeist
- Rita König, German fencer
- Rita Köster, German handball Kogler
- Rita Kovács, Hungarian swimmer
- Rita Kuti-Kis, Hungarian tennis player
- Rita Lakatos, Hungarian handball player
- Rita Larsen, Danish swimmer
- Rita Leite, Luxembourgish footballer
- Rita Liliom, Hungarian volleyball player
- Rita de Luna, Guatemalan equestrian
- Rita Marchisio, Italian long-distance runner
- Rita Mažukelytė, Lithuanian footballer
- Rita Medrano, Mexican swimmer
- Rita Méry, Hungarian footballer
- Rita Meyer (baseball), American baseball player
- Rita Musamali, Ugandan cricketer
- Rita Nemes, Hungarian athlete
- Rita Nwadike, Nigerian footballer
- Rita Oraá, Spanish volleyball player
- Rita Patel, Indian cricketer
- Rita Peri, Italian gymnast
- Rita Pfister, Swiss discus thrower
- Rita Pichardo, Cuban professional tennis player
- Rita Pogosova, Soviet table tennis player
- Rita Pulido, Spanish swimmer
- Rita Ramanauskaitė, Lithuanian javelin thrower
- Rita Razmaitė, Lithuanian cyclist
- Rita Récsei, Hungarian race walker
- Rita Ridley, English runner
- Rita Sanz-Agero, Guatemalan modern pentathlete
- Rita Saraiva, Congolese handball player
- Rita Schönenberger, Swiss heptathlete
- Rita Schumacher, German swimmer
- Rita Scott, Jamaican cricketer
- Rita Seamon, American bridge player
- Rita Sen, Indian sprinter
- Rita Shugart, American bridge player
- Rita Tamašauskaitė, Lithuanian rower
- Rita Teixeira, Brazilian volleyball player
- Rita Thijs, Belgian sprinter
- Rita Todorova, Bulgarian rower
- Rita Tower, American soccer player
- Rita Trapanese, Italian figure skater
- Rita Van De Velde, Belgian gymnast
- Rita Varnienė, Lithuanian chess player
- Rita Vilaça, Portuguese tennis player
- Rita Vittadini, Italian athlete
- Rita Wilden, German sprinter
- Rita Williams, American basketball player
- Rita Williams (footballer), Namibian footballer
- Rita Windbrake, German athlete
- Rita Yeboah, Ghanaian footballer
- Rita Zeqiri, Kosovan swimmer
In other fields
- Rita of Cascia, Italian Augustinian saint
- Rita Aciro, Ugandan activist
- Rita de Acosta Lydig, American socialite
- Rita Akosua Dickson, Ghanaian chemist
- Rita Akpan, Nigerian teacher
- Rita Almeida, Portuguese economist
- Rita Arditti, Argentine biologist, educator, activist and writer
- Rita Arnould, member of the Red Orchestra resistance group
- Rita Onoigboria, Nigerian Doctor
- Rita Atria, Italian anti-Mafia witness
- Rita Baga, Canadian drag queen from Québec
- Rita Bake, German economic of social historian
- Rita Barcelo y Pages, Spanish religious sister
- Rita Pitka Blumenstein, Alaska Native healer
- Rita Brara Mukhopadhyay, Indian sociologist
- Rita Nakashima Brock, American scholar and Protestant theologian
- Rita Burak, Canadian civil servant
- Rita Buxton, Australian community worker, activist, racehorse owner and philanthropist
- Rita Calvo Sanz, Spanish Roman Catholic nun
- Rita Carmo, Portuguese photographer
- Rita Casadio, professor of biochemistry
- Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican teacher, poet and feminist
- Rita Charon, American physician
- Rita Childers, Irish press attaché, wife of President Erskine Childers
- Rita R. Colwell, environmental microbiologist
- Rita Nealon Cooley, American political scientist
- Rita Cornforth, Australian-British biochemist
- Rita Cucchiara, Italian electrical and computer engineer
- Rita Deverell, Canadian TV broadcaster and social activist
- Rita van Driel, 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, Swiss theologian
- Rita Felski, American academic
- Rita Fernández Queimadelos, Spanish architect
- Rita Ferro (diplomat), Portuguese diplomat
- Rita Forst, German automotive engineer and executive
- Rita Gardner (geographer), 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, 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, American Buddhist feminist scholar
- Rita Gunther McGrath, American strategic management scholar
- Rita Habib, Iraqi Assyrian woman and victim of ISIL persecution
- Rita May Wilson Harris, Australian community worker
- Rita Hazan, American hair colorist
- Rita Hinden, South African social democratic activist
- Rita Horvath, Hungarian neurologist and researcher
- Rita Houston, American radio broadcaster
- Rita Huggins, Australian indigenous activist
- Rita Humphries-Lewin, Jamaican stockbroker and businesswoman
- Rita Izsák-Ndiaye, Hungarian diplomat
- Rita Jackson Samuels, American women's and civil rights activist
- Rita Jaima Paru, Papuan New Guinean food entrepreneur
- Rita Jenrette, 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, Czech diplomat and economist
- Rita Kogler Carver, American lighting designer, artist director and teacher
- Rita Krishnamurthi, New Zealand epidemiologist
- Rita Lakin, American dramatist
- Rita Leistner, Canadian cinematographer and photographer
- Rita Lejeune, Belgian philologist
- Rita Lenihan, United States Navy officer
- Rita G. Lerner, American physicist and librarian
- Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian-American neurologist
- Rita Lobato, Brazilian physician
- Rita Lopes de Almeida, Portuguese nun
- Rita López de Llergo y Seoane, Mexican geographer
- Rita Mae Kelly, American political scientist
- Rita Mahato, Nepali women's rights activist
- Rita Maiburg, German aviator
- Rita Giuliana Mannella, Italian diplomat
- Rita Manzini, linguist
- Rita Marcalo, Portuguese dancer, choreographer and artistic director
- Rita Martin, English photographer
- Rita Martinez, American activist
- Rita McGhee, American costume designer for film and television
- Rita Menu, New Zealand drag performer
- Rita Miljo, South African conservationist
- Rita Nasirumbi, Ugandan commercial pilot
- Rita Ndzanga, 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, Australian columnist and commentator
- Rita Panicker, Indian social worker and writer
- Rita Jaima Paru, Papua New Guinean food entrepreneur
- Rita Paulsen, Tanzanian TV personality
- Rita Pérez de Moreno, Mexican insurgent and war heroine
- Rita Rapp, American physiologist
- Rita F. Redberg, American cardiologist
- Rita Reed, American photojournalist and professor
- Rita Richey, professor of instructional design
- Rita Riggs, American costume designer
- Rita Ryack, American costume designer
- Rita M. Sambruna, Italian astrophysicist
- Rita Sanchez, American Chicano studies academic
- Rita Sangalli, Italian ballet dancer
- Rita Sapiro Finkler, Ukrainian-American physician
- Rita Schober, German scholar of Romance studies and literature
- Rita Schwerner Bender, civil rights activist and lawyer
- Rita Laura Segato, Argentine-Brazilian academic
- Rita Smith, New Zealand communist and political activist
- Rita Smith-Wade-El, American sociologist
- Rita Stang, Australian public health doctor
- Rita Stephen, British trade unionist
- Rita Subowo, Indonesian sport executive
- Rita Taketsuru, Scottish-Japanese businesswoman
- Rita Tateel, American businesswoman
- Rita Lizzi Testa, Italian late antique historian
- Rita Tewari, molecular parasitologist
- Rita Thomson, Scottish nurse
- Rita Vinieris, Canadian fashion designer
- Rita Winkler, Canadian hydrologist
- Rita P. Wright, American anthropologist
- Rita Zemach, American statistician
- Rita Zucca, World War II propagandist
Animals
Disambiguation
- Rita Cadillac, multiple people
- Rita Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Rita Pereira, multiple people
- Rita Schmidt, multiple people
- Rita Wright, multiple people