# 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 [id] (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 Tarin (born 1971), Afghan politician and women's rights activist
* 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