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derived from

Rhondda Rhondda , or the Rhondda Valley ( ), is a former coalmining area in South Wales, historically in the county of Glamorgan. It takes its name from the River Rhondda, and embraces two valleys – the larger Rhondda Fawr valley (, 'large') and t ...

, which is a

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name. Notable people with the name include: *

Rhonda Adams Rhonda is a given name derived from Rhondda, which is a Welsh name. Notable people with the name include: * Rhonda Adams (born 1971), American model and actress * Rhonda Bates (born 1949), American actress *Rhonda Belle Martin (1907–1957), Am ...

(born 1971), American model and actress *

Rhonda Bates Rhonda Bates (born 1949) is a former American actress. In 1978, she starred in the NBC mini-series ''Rollergirls.'' She played Evelyn Thadburn on the NBC sitcom ''CPO Sharkey''. Standing 6 ft 2 in tall, she is well known for her height. Early ...

(born 1949), American actress *

Rhonda Belle Martin Rhonda Belle Martin (née Thomley; November 4, 1906 – October 11, 1957) was an American serial killer and family annihilator who was executed by the state of Alabama for the murder of Claude Carroll Martin, her fourth husband, in 1951. Martin's ...

(1907–1957), American serial killer *

Rhonda Britten Rhonda Britten (born Rhonda Wiitanen in Two Harbors, Minnesota) Rhonda Britten has appeared in over 600 episodes of reality television, authored four bestsellers including her seminal work "''Fearless Living"'' (translated into 16 languages), a ...

(born 1960), the founder of the Fearless Living Institute, speaker and bestselling author *

Rhonda Burchmore Rhonda Suzanne Burchmore Medal of the Order of Australia, OAM (born 15 May 1960) is an Australian entertainer, most notable as an actress, recording artist and singer in musical theatre, she has appeared in numerous television shows and briefly ...

(born 1960), Australian entertainer *

Rhonda Byrne Rhonda Byrne ( ; née Izon; born 1951, Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian television writer and producer. Her book '' The Secret'' is based on the pseudoscientific belief of the law of attraction, which claims that thoughts can change a p ...

(born 1951), Australian television writer and producer *

Rhonda Cator Rhonda Maree Cator (born 23 August 1966) is an Australian retired badminton player. Career Cator competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Anna Lao, and they lost in quarterfinal to Lin Yan Fen and Yao Fen. Th ...

(born 1966), retired badminton player from Australia *

Rhonda Cornum Rhonda L. Cornum (born October 31, 1954) is a retired United States Army officer and the Director of Health Strategy for TechWerks. She is a surgeon, board-certified in urology, having earned a doctorate in biochemistry and nutrition from Cornell ...

, Ph.D., M.D., captured during the Gulf War and molested by her Iraqi captors * Rhonda Corvese, Toronto-based international independent curator *

Rhonda Faehn Rhonda Faehn (born April 28, 1971) is an American college gymnastics coach and former college and elite gymnast. Faehn was the head coach of the Florida Gators women's gymnastics team of the University ...

(born 1971), American college gymnastics coach and former college and elite gymnast *

Rhonda Fleming Rhonda Fleming (born Marilyn Louis, August 10, 1923 – October 14, 2020) was an American film and television actress and singer. She acted in more than 40 films, mostly in the 1940s and 1950s, and became renowned as one of the most glamor ...

(1923–2020), American film and television actress *

Rhonda Galbally Rhonda Galbally AC has been a CEO, chair and board member for over thirty years, across business and the not for profit sector, the public sector and philanthropy. As a woman with a lifelong disability, Galbally first began focusing on disabil ...

(born 1948), Australian, currently the Chair of the Royal Women's Hospital Melbourne * Rhonda Ganz, Canadian poet and illustrator *

Rhonda Glenn Rhonda Glenn (May 6, 1946 – February 12, 2015) was an American sportscaster, author and a manager of communications for the United States Golf Association (USGA) beginning in 1996 until her retirement in May 2013. The next year, she won the G ...

, American sportscaster, author and a manager of communications for the United States Golf Association (USGA) *

Rhonda Gouge Rhonda Gouge (born 1955) is a bluegrass and gospel musician from Ledger, North Carolina. She is a recipient of the 2023 North Carolina Heritage Award. Music career Gouge was born in McDowell County, North Carolina but has spent her whole life ...

(b1955), Bluegrass musician *

Rhonda Harper Rhonda Harper is an American surfer and surf coach and the founder of ''Black Girls Surf'', a nonprofit organization that works to help young women of color to become professional surfers. Early life and education Harper was born in Kansas ...

, American surfer and surf coach * Rhonda Jo Petty (born 1955), American pornographic actress *

Rhonda Keenum Rhonda Newman Keenum (born 1961) is an American political advisor working as a lobbyist for The WIT Group. Keenum had previously served in the administration of President George W. Bush. Career Rhonda Keenum served as director of the Office of Pu ...

, lobbyist for The WIT Group and former Republican operative who worked for President George W. Bush *

Rhonda Kirkland Rhonda Kirkland is a Canadian politician. She was elected Member of Parliament for Oshawa in the 2025 Canadian federal election The 2025 Canadian federal election was held on April 28, 2025, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canad ...

, Canadian politician *

Rhonda Kramer Rhonda Kramer is a Los Angeles, United States, Freeway traffic reporter. Rhonda began her radio career in 1978 at KFOX-FM in Redondo Beach as the afternoon drive air personality. After working at KFOX-FM for about a year, KHJ was looking for an ...

, Los Angeles, United States, reporter *

Rhonda Paisley Rhonda Paisley (born 1960) is a Northern Irish author and former unionist politician. She is the second daughter of the former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader and Northern Ireland's former First Minister Ian Paisley and lives with her mot ...

(born 1960), artist, author, and former politician from Northern Ireland *

Rhonda Pearlman Rhonda Pearlman is a fictional character on the HBO drama ''The Wire'', played by actress Deirdre Lovejoy. Pearlman has been the legal system liaison for all of Lieutenant Cedric Daniels' investigations on the show. Later in the series, she begin ...

, fictional character on the HBO drama ''The Wire'', played by actress Deirdre Lovejoy *

Rhonda Rajsich Rhonda Rajsich (born October 7, 1978) is an American racquetball player. She has been World Champion in Women's Singles twice, and Pan American Champion 6 times (4 times in Women's Singles & twice in Women's Doubles), as well as US Open champ ...

(born 1978), American racquetball player *

Rhonda Roland Shearer Rhonda Roland Shearer is an American sculptor, scholar, and journalist, who founded the nonprofit organization Art Science Research Laboratory with her late husband Stephen Jay Gould. The mission statement avows that the lab aims to "infuse intel ...

, American sculptor, scholar and journalist *

Rhonda Rompola Rhonda Lee Rompola (born March 9, 1960) is an American college basketball coach who was most recently the head women's basketball coach at Southern Methodist University (SMU) from 1991 to 2016. Early life and education Rompola was born and raise ...

, the head women's basketball coach at SMU *

Rhonda Ross Kendrick Rhonda Ross Kendrick (born Rhonda Suzanne Silberstein; August 14, 1971) is an American singer and actress. Kendrick is the daughter of singer and actress Diana Ross and Motown Records founder Berry Gordy. She was raised by her mother and Robert ...

(born 1971), American actress *

Rhonda Rucker Sparky (James) and Rhonda Rucker are a performing duo. They travel to various places to sing folk and traditional music. They have been nominated for musical awards. Combined, they have released 16 albums. Ten of these albums were together. Their ...

, folk musician from Louisville, Kentucky *

Rhonda Shear Rhonda Honey Shear (born November 12, 1954) is an American television personality, comedienne, actress, and entrepreneur. She is known for her role as a host in the 1990s USA Network's weekend B movie show, '' USA Up All Night''. In 2001, she st ...

(born 1954), American television personality, comedian, and actress *

Rhonda Sing Rhonda Ann Sing (February 21, 1961 – July 27, 2001) was a Canadian professional wrestler. After training with Mildred Burke, she wrestled in Japan under the name Monster Ripper. In 1987, she returned to Canada and began working with Stampede ...

(1961–2001), Canadian professional wrestler * Rhonda Sivarajah, Minnesota Republican politician *

Rhonda Thorne Rhonda Thorne (born 6 February 1958, in Toowoomba, Queensland) (also known as Rhonda Clayton AM 1and Rhonda Shapland) is an Australian former World No. 1 squash player. She was one of the leading players on the international squash circuit i ...

(born 1958), former World No. 1 squash player from Australia *

Rhonda Vincent Rhonda Lea Vincent (born July 13, 1962) is an American Bluegrass music, bluegrass singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Vincent's music career began when she was a child in her family's band The Sally Mountain Show, and it has spanne ...

(born 1962), bluegrass singer, songwriter, mandolin player, guitarist and fiddle player *

Rhonda Volmer ''Big Love'' is an American drama television series created by Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer that aired on HBO from 2006 to 2011. It stars Bill Paxton as the patriarch of a fundamentalist Mormon family in contemporary Utah that practices po ...

, fictional character in the HBO series ''Big Love'' * Rhonda Watkins (born 1987), Trinidad and Tobago long jumper *

Rhonda Wellington Lloyd This is a list of characters from the Nickelodeon animated TV series ''Hey Arnold!'', where most residents live in the fictional coastal city of Hillwood, in the state of Washington. Main characters Arnold Shortman Arnold Phillip Shortman (v ...

, fictional character in the Nickelodeon television series ''

Hey Arnold! ''Hey Arnold!'' is an American animated sitcom created by Craig Bartlett for Nickelodeon. It originally aired from October 7, 1996, to June 8, 2004. The show centers on fourth grader Arnold Shortman, who lives with his grandparents in an inner ...

'' * Rhonda M. Williams (1957–2000), American economist and activist

Fictional characters

*Rhoda, a character in the 2009 American romantic comedy-drama movie ''

500 Days of Summer ''(500) Days of Summer'' is a 2009 American romantic comedy film directed by Marc Webb, written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, and produced by Mark Waters. The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel as Tom and Summer re ...

'' *Rhonda, a character in the film ''

A Cinderella Story ''A Cinderella Story'' is a 2004 American teen romantic comedy film directed by Mark Rosman, written by Leigh Dunlap and starring Hilary Duff, Chad Michael Murray, Jennifer Coolidge, and Regina King. A modernization of the classic ''Cinderel ...

'' *Rhonda Johnson, a recurring character in the ABC television series ''

Black-ish ''Black-ish'' (stylized as black·''ish'') is an American sitcom television series created by Kenya Barris. It aired on ABC from September 24, 2014, to April 19, 2022, running for eight seasons with 176 episodes. ''Black-ish'' follows an uppe ...

'' *Rhonda Kreske, a supportive character in the videogame ''

Dead Rising 3 ''Dead Rising 3'' is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Capcom Vancouver and published by Microsoft Studios. The game was released as a launch title for the Xbox One platform on November 22, 2013; a Microsoft Windows port published by Ca ...

'' *Rhonda Ritter, a character in the film ''

Grease 2 ''Grease 2'' is a 1982 American Musical film, musical romantic comedy film, and a standalone sequel to the Grease (film), 1978 film ''Grease'', adapted from the 1971 Grease (musical), musical of the same name by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. Orig ...

'' *Rhonda Wellington Lloyd, a character in Nickelodeon animated TV series ''

Fictional characters

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