Rita 1296757 222967911 2008-07-01T23:32:04Z Gaius Cornelius 293907 Tidy, typos fixed: a a → a using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] '''Rita''' is a common [[given name]] (being a shortened form of [[Margarita]] or [[Margherita]]), and may refer to: * [[Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA)]] - coordinates the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) research programs * [[List of asteroids/1001–2000#101|1180 Rita]], an asteroid * [[Rita (genus)]], a genus of catfishes * ''[[Educating Rita]]'', a stage comedy (1980) and film (1983) * "[[Lovely Rita]]", a song by The Beatles from the album ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'' * [[Rita (album)]], an album by Portuguese singer Rita Guerra **[[Hurricane Rita]], a major Category 5 and eighteenth storm in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season **[[Tropical Storm Rita (disambiguation)]] * RITA, ''Réseau intégré des transmissions automatiques'', "Integrated Network of Automatic Transmissions", a protected system of military transmissions first used in the [[French Army]] * [[Rita - Queen of Speed]], a roller coaster at Alton Towers * [[Rita and Runt]], a musical segment in the ''Animaniacs'' cartoon * [[Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption]], a novel * [[Rita in Hinduism]], "Universal law" * [[RITA Resistance Inside the Armies]]; Resister Inside the Armies; Resist Inside the Armies. Term invented by US Army Private Richard Perrin in September 1967. Became widely used during the Vietnam/American war. Later applied generally to Resistance Movements in many other armies * RITA Award, the most prominent award in the genre of romantic fiction, presented by the [[Romance Writers of America]] and named after the organization's first president, Rita Clay Estrada ==People== * [[Rita (singer)]], Japanese singer, lyricist, voice actress * [[Rita Buglass Gluck]], U.S. song writer * [[Rita of Cascia]] (St. Rita) (1381-1457), pre-eminent Augustinian saint * [[Rita Clay Estrada]], American author and first president of the Romance Writers of America * [[Rita R. Colwell]] (born 1934), U.S. environmental microbiologist and scientific administrator * [[Rita Coolidge]] (born 1945), American singer * [[Rita Cosby]] (born 1964), MSNBC news broadcaster * [[Rita Crockett]] (born 1957), American volleyball player * [[Rita Deverell]] (born 1945), Canadian television broadcaster and social activist * [[Rita Donagh]] (born 1939), British artist * [[Rita Dove]] (born 1952), U.S. African-American poet and author * [[Rita Drávucz]] (born 1980), Hungarian water polo player * [[Rita Guerra]] (born 1967), Portuguese singer * [[Rita Hayworth]] (1918–1987), American actress * [[Rita Johnston]] (born 1935), Canadian politician * [[Rita Kalmbach]], former Canadian politician * [[Rita Kleinstein]] (born 1962), Israeli singer/actress known as "Rita" * [[Rita Lee]] (born 1947), Brazilian rock singer and composer * [[Rita Levi-Montalcini]] (born 1909), Italian-American neurologist * [[Rita Mae Brown]] (born 1944), prolific American writer and social activist * [[Rita Marley]] (born 1946) Jamaican singer, widow of Bob Marley * [[Rita Moreno]] (born 1931), Puerto Rico-American Academy Award-winning actress * [[Rita Rudner]] (born 1956), American comedian and writer * [[Rita Tushingham]] (born 1942), English actress * [[Rita Verdonk]] (born 1955), Dutch politician, former Minister of Integration and Immigration * [[Rita Wilson]] (born 1956), American actress and producer ==Fictional characters== * [[Rita (Cypher)|Rita Foster]], a fictional character in the Canadian production ''Cypher (film)'' * [[Rita Repulsa]], a villain from the TV series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers * [[Rita Skeeter]], a fictional character from the Harry Potter series * [[Rita Stapleton]], a fictional character from the CBS soap opera'' The Guiding Light'' from 1975 - 81 * [[Rita Sullivan]], a fictional character from the British soap opera Coronation Street * Rita, a fictional red fox from the Danish movie interprise [[Jungledyret Hugo]] * [[Rita Malone]], a fictional character from the kids' movie [[Flushed Away]] ==Organizations== * [[RIT Ambulance]] (RITA), a volunteer ambulance at the Rochester Institute of Technology {{disambig}} [[cs:Rita]] [[de:Rita]] [[fr:Rita]] [[is:Rita (mannsnafn)]] [[it:Rita]] [[hu:Rita]] [[nl:Rita]] [[pl:Rita]] [[pt:Rita]] [[fi:Rita]] [[sv:Rita]]