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People with the name

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Roberta Achtenberg Roberta Achtenberg (born July 20, 1950) is an American attorney who served as a commissioner on the United States Commission on Civil Rights. She was previously assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, becoming ...
(born 1950), American attorney * Roberta Alaimo, Italian politician * Roberta Alenius (born 1978), Swedish politician * Roberta Alexander (born 1949), American operatic soprano * Roberta Allen (born 1945), American conceptual artist * Roberta Anastase (born 1976), Romanian politician * Roberta Joan Anderson (born 1943), birth name of Canadian–American singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell * Roberta Angelilli (born 1965), Italian politician * Roberta Annan (born 1982), Ghanaian investor and philanthropist * Roberta Arnold (1896–1966), American stage and silent film actress * Roberta A. Ballard, American pediatrician *
Roberta Baskin Roberta Baskin is an American journalist and nonprofit director. She co-founded and served as Executive Director of the AIM2Flourish global learning initiative, hosted at Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit at the Weatherhead ...
, American journalist and non-profit director * Roberta Bayley, American photographer * Roberta Bianconi (born 1989), Italian water polo player * Roberta Bitgood (1908–2007), American organist, choir director and classical composer * Roberta Bonanomi (born 1966), Italian road racing cyclist * Roberta Bondar (born 1945), Canadian astronaut * Roberta Brunet (born 1965), Italian athlete *
Roberta Bruni Roberta Bruni (born 8 March 1994) is an Italian pole vaulter. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Pole vault. Her personal best of is the Italian record for the event. Career Her personal best indoor (4.60 m) is the second best juni ...
(born 1994), Italian pole vaulter * Roberta Byrd Barr (1919–1993), American civil rights activist, educator and librarian * Roberta Capua (born 1968), Italian television host, actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder * Roberta Close (born 1964), Brazilian fashion model * Roberta Colindrez, Mexican–American actress and playwright * Roberta Collins (born 1944), American actress * Roberta F. Colman (1938–2019), American biochemist * Roberta Cordano (born 1963), American lawyer * Roberta Cowing (1860–1924), American artist and scientific illustrator * Roberta Crenshaw (1914–2005), American civic leader and philanthropist * Roberta Dapunt (born 1970), Italian poet * Roberta Del Core (born 1964), Italian rower * Roberta Degnore (born 1946), American author, filmmaker and psychologist * Roberta Dodd Crawford (1897–1954), American lyric soprano * Roberta Donnay (born 1966), American jazz singer *
Roberta Dunbar Roberta Johnson Dunbar (died November 1, 1956) was an American clubwoman and peace activist based in Rhode Island. Her first name is sometimes written "Reberta" in sources.Frank Lincoln Mather''Who's Who of the Colored Race''(Chicago 1915): 96-97. ...
, American clubwoman and peace activist *
Roberta Eike Roberta Eike was an American oceanographer and marine geologist in the 1950s. Eike became aware of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in 1954. After numerous unsuccessful attempts to gain permission to go to sea with her male counterp ...
, American oceanographer and marine geologist * Roberta Einer, Estonian fashion designer * Roberta Faccani (born 1968), Italian singer and actress * Roberta Faccin (born 1957), Italian basketball player * Roberta Farinelli (born 1975), Italian swimmer * Roberta Farrell, American–New Zealand biotechnologist * Roberta M. Feldman, American architect and professor * Roberta Felotti (born 1964), Italian swimmer * Roberta Fernández, Tejana novelist * Roberta Fiandino (born 1985), Italian biathlete * Roberta Findlay (born 1948), American filmmaker * Roberta Flack (born 1937), American jazz and folk singer * Roberta Foster, Barbadian dressage rider * Roberta Fox (1943–2009), American attorney and politician * Roberta Fulbright (1874–1953), American businesswoman *
Roberta Freeman Roberta Freeman is an American singer, best known for her work with Guns N' Roses, Pink Floyd, Cinderella (band), Cinderella, Engelbert Humperdinck (singer), Engelbert Humperdinck, and Mary Wilson (singer), Mary Wilson's The Supremes, Supremes. ...
, American singer * Roberta Gale (1914–2008), American actress * Roberta Gambarini, Italian jazz singer * Roberta Geddes-Harvey (1849–1930), Canadian choirmaster, composer and organist *
Roberta Gellis Roberta Leah Jacobs Gellis (27 September 1927 – 6 May 2016) was an American writer of historical fiction, historical romance, and fantasy. She held master's degrees in both biochemistry and medieval literature. Many major writers of historical ...
(1927–2016), American writer * Roberta Gemma (born 1980), Italian pornographic actress * Roberta Gentini (born 1973), Italian equestrian * Roberta Geremicca (born 1984), Italian actress * Roberta Gilchrist (born 1965), Canadian archaeologist * Roberta González, French painter * Roberta Gottlieb, American academic and oncologist * Roberta Gregory (born 1953), American comic book writer and artist * Roberta Groner (born 1978), American long distance runner * Roberta Gropper (1897–1993), German political activist * Roberta Grossman (born 1959), American filmmaker * Roberta Guaspari (born 1947), American violinist and music educator *
Roberta Guerrina Roberta Guerrina is a British political scientist. She is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Bristol. Guerrina studies the gendered effects of public policies and the way that policies are shaped by gendered hierarchies, with a ...
, English political scientist * Roberta Hamme, Canadian chemical oceanographer * Roberta Hanley, American actress and director * Roberta Haynes (1927–2019), American actress * Roberta L. Hazard (1934–2017), American Navy officer * Roberta Helmer (1950–2018), American romance author * Roberta Hill Whiteman (born 1947), Oneida poet * Roberta Hodes (1927–2021), American film producer and script supervisor * Roberta Hoskie, American real estate broker * Roberta Howett (born 1981), Irish singer * Roberta Hubley (born 1941), Canadian politician * Roberta M. Humphreys (born 1944), American observational stellar astrophysicist *
Roberta Hyson Roberta Hyson (née Roberta Mae Dudley; 1905–1989) was an American 20th-century actress, dancer, and singer. She appeared in several all African American-cast early talking films by Christie Film Company, and had a leading role in '' The Melanch ...
, American actress and dancer * Roberta Invernizzi (born 1966), Italian soprano and music teacher *
Roberta Jamieson Roberta L. Jamieson, OC is a Canadian lawyer and First Nations activist. She was the first Indigenous woman ever to earn a law degree in Canada, the first non-Parliamentarian to be appointed an ''ex officio'' member of a House of Commons committe ...
, Canadian First Nations activist and lawyer * Roberta Jull (1872–1961), Scottish–Australian medical doctor *
Roberta Kalechofsky Roberta Kalechofsky (born May 11, 1931 – April 5, 2022) was an American writer, feminist and animal rights activist, focusing on the issue of animal rights within Judaism and the promotion of vegetarianism within the Jewish community. She was t ...
(1931–2022), American feminist, writer and animal rights activist * Roberta Kaplan (born 1966), American lawyer and co-founder of
Time's Up Legal Defense Fund TIME'S UP Legal Defense Fund is an organization headquartered in Washington, DC, that provides legal and media support to individuals who have been subject to workplace sexual harassment. The Fund is housed and administered by the National Women ...
* Roberta Karmel (born 1937), American attorney * Roberta Kelly (born 1942), American gospel singer * Roberta Kerr (born 1952), English actress * Roberta Kevelson (1931–1998), American academic and semiotician * Roberta Klatzky (born 1947), American psychology professor * Roberta Knie (1938–2017), American dramatic soprano * Roberta Lange (born 1957), American politician * Roberta Langtry (1916–2005), Canadian elementary school teacher and philanthropist * Roberta Lannes (born 1948), American horror writer * Roberta Lanzarotti (born 1968), Italian swimmer * Roberta Latow (1931–2003), American erotic author, gallery owner and interior designer * Roberta Lawson (1878–1940), Lenape activist, musician and community organizer *
Roberta Leigh Roberta Leigh was an assumed name for Rita Lewin (née Shulman) (22 December 1926 – 19 December 2014) who was a British author, artist, composer and television producer. She wrote romance fiction and children's stories under the pseudonyms Robe ...
(1926–2014), English author, composer and television producer * Roberta Lepper (born 1978), Fijian sailor * Roberta Lima (born 1974), Brazilian–Austrian video and performance artist *
Roberta Linn Roberta Linn (born April 30, 1931, in Gravity, Iowa) is an American singer and entertainer. She is most associated with the Rat Pack and the Las Vegas Strip, where she was a regular performer with Freddie Bell and the Bellboys in the 1950s and 1 ...
(born 1931), American singer * Roberta Lobeira Alanís (born 1979), Mexican painter and visual artist *
Roberta Lombardi Roberta Lombardi (born 15 August 1973) is an Italian politician. Biography Roberta Lombardi was born in Orbetello in 1973, to parents from Boville Ernica in Lazio, southern Lazio where she grew up. She graduated in law from La Sapienza University ...
(born 1973), Italian politician * Roberta Lucca (born 1978), Brazilian–English entrepreneur and co-founder of Bossa Studios * Roberta MacAdams (1880–1959), Canadian politician and military dietician * Roberta MacGlashan, American politician * Roberta Mancino (born 1980), Italian skydiver and wingsuit flyer * Roberta Marques (born 1968), Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter * Roberta Marquez, Brazilian ballet dancer * Roberta Marrero (born 1972), Spanish actress and singer * Roberta Marinelli, American oceanographer * Roberta Martin (1907–1969), American gospel composer, singer, pianist, arranger, and choral organizer * Roberta Marzani (born 1996), Italian fencer * Roberta Materi (born 1975), Canadian curler * Roberta Maxwell (born 1941), Canadian actress *
Roberta McCain Roberta Wright McCain (February 7, 1912 – October 12, 2020) was an American socialite and oil heiress. She was the wife of Admiral John S. McCain Jr., with whom she had three children including U.S. Senator John S. McCain III and stage ...
(1912–2020), American socialite and oil heiress * Roberta McCallum (born 1958), American tennis player *
Roberta McRae Roberta McRae (born 6 September 1948 in Italy), former Australian politician, was a member of the unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 1998, elected to the multi-member single constituency Assembly and later ...
(born 1948), Italian–Australian politician * Roberta Metsola (born 1979), Maltese politician * Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, American academic and author * Roberta Millstein, American philosophy professor *
Roberta Miranda Roberta Miranda, artistic name of Maria Albuquerque Miranda, from João Pessoa, Paraiba, Brazil is a Brazilian singer. She is the fourth best-selling female artist in Brazil behind Rita Lee (55 million), Xuxa (33 million) and Maria Be ...
(born 1956), Brazilian singer * Roberta Monaldini, Sammarinese road cyclist * Roberta Moretti Avery (born 1985), Brazilian cricketer * Roberta Morris Purdee, American documentarian and film producer * Roberta Naas (born 1958), American author and journalist * Roberta J. Nichols (1931–2005), American engineer * Roberta O'Brien, Irish Navy officer * Roberta Panara (born 1984), Italian swimmer *
Roberta Pedranzini Roberta Pedranzini (born 21 August 1971) is an Italian ski mountaineer. Pedranzini was born in Bormio. She started ski mountaineering in 2000 and competed first in the ''Giro del Monviso'' race in 2003. She has been member of the Italian nationa ...
(born 1971), Italian ski mountaineer * Roberta Pelosi (born 1960), Italian sport shooter *
Roberta Peters Roberta Peters (May 4, 1930 – January 18, 2017) was an American coloratura soprano. One of the most prominent American singers to achieve lasting fame and success in opera, Peters is noted for her 35-year association with the Metropolitan Oper ...
(1930–2017), American coloratura soprano * Roberta Piket (born 1965), American jazz pianist, organist, arranger and composer *
Roberta Pinotti Roberta Pinotti (born 20 May 1961) is an Italian politician, member of the Democratic Party. From 22 February 2014 to 1 June 2018 she served as the Italian Minister of Defence in the governments of Matteo Renzi and Paolo Gentiloni. Early life ...
(born 1961), Italian politician * Roberta Rabellotti, Italian economics professor *
Roberta Ratzke Roberta Silva Ratzke (; born 28 April 1990) is a Brazilian volleyball player. She is part of the Brazil women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the Women's tournament, winning a silver medal. Career Wi ...
(born 1990), Brazilian volleyball player * Roberta L. Raymond (1938–2019), American actress and sociologist *
Roberta Rees Roberta Rees (born 1954 in New Westminster, British Columbia)"Author finds voice in elements". ''Calgary Herald'', November 4, 1994. is a Canadian writer from Alberta. Career Rees was raised primarily in Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, and has been ...
(born 1954), Canadian poet and writer * Roberta Richman (born 1941), American painter, printmaker and corrections administrator * Roberta Rodeghiero (born 1990), Italian figure skater * Roberta Rodrigues (born 1982), Brazilian actress and singer * Roberta Rogow (born 1942), American fanfiction writer * Roberta Romano, American law professor * Roberta Rosenthal Kwall, American law professor * Roberta Rudnick (born 1958), American geologist and professor * Roberta Sá, Brazilian singer * Roberta Seelinger Trites (born 1962), American English Literature professor * Roberta Serra (born 1970), Italian alpine skier * Roberta Sessoli (born 1963), Italian chemistry professor * Roberta Semple Salter (1910–2007), American evangelist, daughter of Aimee Semple McPherson * Roberta I. Shaffer (born 1953), American attorney and librarian * Roberta Shepherd (born 1934), Australian physiotherapist * Roberta Sheridan (1864–1918), American teacher * Roberta Sherwood (1913–1999), American singer *
Roberta Shore Roberta Jymme Schourop (born April 7, 1943, Monterey Park, California), better known as Roberta Shore, is a retired American actress and performer. She is notable for her roles in the original '' Shaggy Dog'' film and as Betsy Garth on the Wester ...
(born 1943), American actress * Roberta Sigel (1916–2008), American political scientist * Roberta Silva (born 1971), Trinidadian artist * Roberta Sinatra, Italian professor and scientist * Roberta Sklar, American activist and theater director *
Roberta Smith Roberta Smith (born 1948) is co-chief art critic of ''The New York Times'' and a lecturer on contemporary art. She is the first woman to hold that position. Early life Born in 1948 in New York City and raised in Lawrence, Kansas. Smith studied a ...
(born 1948), American art critic * Roberta Tamondong (born 2002), Filipino actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder *
Roberta Taylor Roberta Alexandra Mary Taylor (''née'' Roberts; born 26 February 1948) is an English actress and author. She is known for her roles of Irene Raymond in ''EastEnders'' (1997–2000), and Inspector Gina Gold in ''The Bill'' (2002–2008). Career ...
(born 1948), English actress and author * Roberta Teale Swartz (1903–1993), American academic, poet and co-founder of the 
Kenyon Review ''The Kenyon Review'' is a literary magazine based in Gambier, Ohio, US, home of Kenyon College. ''The Review'' was founded in 1939 by John Crowe Ransom, critic and professor of English at Kenyon College, who served as its editor until 1959. ' ...
* Roberta Temes, American author and psychotherapist * Roberta Thornley (born 1985), New Zealand photographer * Roberta Tomber (1954–2022), English archaeologist *
Roberta Torre Roberta Torre (born 21 September 1962) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. In 1997 she won the Nastro d'argento for best new director with her first film, ''Tano da morire'' ("To Die for Tano"). The film entered the 54th Venice Interna ...
(born 1962), Italian director and screenwriter * Roberta Tovey (born 1953), English actress * Roberta Valderrama (born 1977), Peruvian actress *
Roberta Vinci Roberta Vinci (; born 18 February 1983) is an Italian professional padel and former tennis player. In doubles tennis, she won five major tournaments and reached the world No. 1 position. She also reached a career-high ranking of world No. 7 i ...
(born 1983), Italian tennis player * Roberta Voss (born 1965), American politician *
Roberta Washington Roberta Washington , , is an American architect. She founded the firm Roberta Washington Architects in 1983, which, at the time, was one of very few architecture firms in the United States led by an African-American woman. She was a Commissioner o ...
, American architect *
Roberta Weiss Roberta Weiss (born November 15, 1961 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian actress. She sometimes works professionally as Roberta Bizeau. Weiss played Flame Beaufort on NBC's soap opera '' Santa Barbara''. Weiss is Jewish. Career Wei ...
(born 1961), Canadian actress * Roberta Williams (born 1953), American video game designer and writer * Roberta Wilson (1896–1977), American silent film actress * Roberta Whyte (1897–1979), English Royal Air Force nursing administrator * Roberta Wohlstetter (1912–2007), American military historian * Roberta Woodgate (born 1956), Canadian nurse * Roberta Zambrano (born 1971), Ecuadorian politician


Fictional characters

*Rosarita "Roberta" Cisneros, from the anime and manga series ''
Black Lagoon ''Black Lagoon'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rei Hiroe. It has been published in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Sunday Gene-X'' since April 2002, with its chapters colle ...
'' * Roberta Tubbs, from the animated series ''The Cleveland Show'' {{given name English feminine given names Germanic feminine given names Bulgarian feminine given names Italian feminine given names Romanian feminine given names Sammarinese given names