Rona (name)

Rona is a name. It may refer to:

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 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 Elliot (born 1947), American music journalist
• Rona Fairhead, (born 1961), British businesswoman and chairwoman of the BBC Trust
• 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 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