Rona

Given name

Rona, a diminutive of the Russian male given name Aaron

Rona Ambrose (born 1969), former interim leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons

Rona Anderson (1926–2013), Scottish stage, film, and television actress

Rona Anggreani (born 1995), Indonesian actress and former member idol group JKT48

Rona Barrett (born 1936), American gossip columnist and businesswoman

Rona Coleman (active from 1970s), Australian actress

Rona Dougall (born late 1960s), Scottish broadcast journalist and television presenter

Rona Dyer (1923 - 2021), New Zealand artist

Rona Elliot (born 1947), American music journalist

Rona Fairhead, (born 1961), British businesswoman and chairwoman of the BBC Trust

Rona Goffen (1944–2004) American art historian, teacher

Rona Green (disambiguation), several people

Rona Hartner (born 1973), Romanian actress, painter and singer

Rona Hurley (1897–1985), New Zealand tobacco grower and buyer

Rona Jaffe, (1931–2005), American novelist

Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award, awarded annually since 1995 to beginning women writers

Rona Kenan (born 1979), Israeli singer/songwriter

Rona E. Kramer (born 1954), American politician from Maryland

Rona Lightfoot (born 1936), Scottish piper and singer

Rona Mackay (active from 2016), Scottish politician

Rona McKenzie (1922–1999), New Zealand female cricketer

Rona McLeod (active 1990s), Australian TV actress

Rhona Mitra (born 1975), English actress, model and singer

Rona Moss-Morris (born before 2006), South African-born academic psychologist

Rona Munro (born 1959), Scottish writer

Rona Murray (1924–2003), Canadian poet

Rona Nishliu (born 1986), Kosovo-Albanian singer and radio presenter

Rona Pondick (born 1952), American sculptor

Rona Randall (born 1911, date of death unknown), British writer

Rona Robinson, British suffragette who in 1905 was the first woman in the United Kingdom to gain a first-class degree in chemistry

Rona Rupert (1934–1995), South African author

Rona Shapiro (born before 1990), American rabbi, the first female rabbi to head a Conservative synagogue in Cleveland

Rona Stevenson (1911–1988), New Zealand politician

Rona Tarin (born 1971), Afghan politician and women's rights activist

Rona Tong (1916–2016), New Zealand track and field athlete who competed at the 1938 British Empire Games

Rona Yefman (born 1972), Israeli artist based in New York City

Surname

Aliye Rona (1921–1996), Turkish film actress

András Róna-Tas (born 1931), Hungarian historian and linguist

Andrew Rona (born 1971), American film producer and movie executive

Curtis Rona (born 1992), New Zealand professional rugby league footballer

Elizabeth Rona (1890–1981), Hungarian nuclear chemist

Gianarrigo Rona (born 1940), Italian bridge player and administrator, president of the World Bridge Federation from 2010

Jaroslav Róna (born 1957), Czech sculptor, painter, actor, educator, and writer

Jeff Rona (born 1957), American film composer

József Róna (1861–1939), Hungarian sculptor and artist

Mohammad Rona (born 1985), Afghan-born Danish politician

Peter A. Rona (1934–2014), American oceanographer

Thomas P. Rona (1923–1997), American science adviser to the Defense Department and the White House under Presidents Reagan and George H. W. Bush