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 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 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