Rosalba is a feminine personal name, derived from the

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

'' rosa alba'', the white rose. Although known in English, the name is especially associated with Italy, and is also common in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries, where it is also a surname. It may refer to any of the following individuals:

People

* Rosalba Bernini (ca. 1762-1829), Italian pastellist *

Rosalba Carriera Rosalba Carriera (12 January 1673 – 15 April 1757) was an Italians, Italian Rococo painter. In her younger years, she specialized in portrait miniatures. Carriera would later become known for her pastel portraits, helping popularize the medium ...

(1673–1757), Venetian painter and portraitist of the

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style * Rosalba Casas (born 1950), professor of history and socio-politics at Montreal University * Rosalba Gualito Castañeda (born 1966), Mexican politician * Rosalba Cimino (born 1990), Italian politician * Rosalba Rincon Castell (1934–2014), Colombian fencing instructor *

Rosalba Ciarlini Rosalba Scotia Ciarlini Rosado (Mossoró, October 26, 1952) is a medical doctor and Brazilian politician. Affiliated with the PP, she was the governor of the state of Rio Grande do Norte. Early years Rosalba Ciarlini was born on October 26, ...

(born 1952), Brazilian politician *

Rosaria Console Rosaria Console, better known as Rosalba (born 17 December 1979 in Martina Franca, Taranto) is an Italian long-distance runner who specializes in the half marathon and marathon. Biography She won four medals, one of these at junior level, at the ...

(born 1979), Italian long-distance runner, better known as "Rosalba." * Rosalba Forciniti (b. 1986), member of the 2012 Italian Olympic

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team * Rosalba Morales (born 1998), Colombian weightlifter *

Rosalba Neri Rosalba Neri (born 19 June 1938) is a retired Italian actress. Early life Born in Forlì, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Neri was regarded for her beauty even in youth, winning a beauty pageant when she was still young. Eventually pursuing an acting ...

(born 1939), Italian actress also known by the name "Sara Bey" or "Bay" * Rosalba Patiño (born 1960), Colombian chess player *

Rosalba Pedrina Rosalba Pedrina is an Italian artist and art teacher living in Vicenza, Italy. Biography Rosalba Pedrina was born in Clusone, Italy on 14 August 1944, during the Second World War. She was raised in Povolaro, a small town outside Vicenza in the n ...

(born 1944), Italian artist *

Rosalba Perna Rosalba Perna is an Italian and American theoretical astrophysics, astrophysicist whose research concerns high-energy cosmic sources including gamma-ray bursts and neutron star mergers. She has also studied exoplanets and the growth of supermassi ...

, Italian and American astrophysicist *Rosalba Pippa (born 1982), Italian singer and actress, also known by her stage name,

Arisa Rosalba Pippa (born 20 August 1982), better known by her stage name Arisa, is an Italian singer, actress, and television personality. Early life Arisa was born in Genoa. A week after her birth, her family moved back to their original hometown, ...

* Rosalba De la Cruz Requena (born 1954), Mexican politician *

Rosalba Rolón Rosalba Rolón (born 25 August 1951) is a Puerto Rican actress and director, who is known for being the founder and current artistic director of the Pregones Theater Company, a Bronx-based touring company that focuses on Latinx stories. Early l ...

(born 1951), Puerto Rican actress and director *

Rosalba Todaro Rosalba C. Todaro (died 18 December 2022)
was an economist and Senior Re ...

(1941-2022), Chilean economist and scholar of women's economic issues

Surname

Simone Rosalba Simone Rosalba (born January 31, 1976) is an Italian retired volleyball player. He won the bronze medal with the men's national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Playing as an outside hitter, he claimed his first medal (bronze) for the ''Azzurri ...

(b. 1976), a member of the 2000 Italian Olympic

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team.

Fictional characters

*Rosalba, a character in ''

The Rose and the Ring ''The Rose and The Ring'' is a satirical work of fantasy fiction written by William Makepeace Thackeray, originally published on Christmas in 1854, though the first edition is dated 1855. It criticises, to some extent, the attitudes of the monar ...

'', a novel by

William Makepeace Thackeray William Makepeace Thackeray ( ; 18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was an English novelist and illustrator. He is known for his Satire, satirical works, particularly his 1847–1848 novel ''Vanity Fair (novel), Vanity Fair'', a panoramic portra ...

. *Rosalba, a character in ''

The Rose Rent ''The Rose Rent'' is a medieval mystery novel set in the summer of 1142 by Ellis Peters. This is the thirteenth novel in The Cadfael Chronicles, first published in 1986. It was adapted for television in 1997 by Carlton and Central for ITV ...

'', a mystery novel by

Ellis Peters Edith Mary Pargeter (28 September 1913 – 14 October 1995), also known by her pen name Ellis Peters, was an English author of works in many categories, especially history and historical fiction, and was also honoured for her translations of ...

, dramatized in an episode of the TV series ''

Cadfael Brother Cadfael is the main fictional character in a series of historical murder mysteries written between 1977 and 1994 by the linguist-scholar Edith Pargeter under the name Ellis Peters. The character of Cadfael himself is a Welsh Benedic ...

''.

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