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Rita

Rita can mean:

• Rita, name on the list of tropical cyclone names for storms in the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Hurricane Rita, a major Category 5 and eighteenth storm in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.
• Rita and Runt, a musical segment in the Animaniacs cartoon.
• Rita Buglass Gluck, a song writer.
• Rita R. Colwell, an environmental microbiologist and scientific administrator.
• Rita Coolidge, a singer.
• Rita Cosby - MSNBC news broadcaster
• Rita Deverell, a Canadian television broadcaster and social activist.
• Rita Dove, a poet and author.
• Rita Guerra, a Portuguese singer.
• Rita Hayworth, an actress.
• Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, a novel.
• Rita in Hinduism, "Universal law."
• Rita Johnston, a Canadian politician
• Rita Kleinstein, a Persian-born Israeli singer known simply as "Rita".
• Rita Levi-Montalcini, an Italian-American neurologist.
• Rita Mae Brown, a prolific American writer and social activist.
• Rita Marley, was married to Bob Marley.
• Rita Moreno, an actress.
• Rita Queen of Speed, a rollercoaster at Alton Towers
• Rita Repulsa, a character from the TV series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
• Rita Rudner, an American comedian and writer.
• Rita Skeeter, a fictional character from the Harry Potter series.
• Rita Tushingham, an actress
• Rita Wilson, an actress.

See also

• Educating Rita, stage comedy and film

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