List of Famous people named Roberta
Roberta McCain
Roberta Wright McCain was an American socialite and oil heiress. She was the wife of U.S. Naval Admiral John S. McCain Jr., and the mother of politician John S. McCain III and stage actor and journalist Joe McCain. McCain was active in the Navy Wives Clubs and her Capitol Hill home was a popular salon for lawmakers and politicians. In 2007 and 2008, she actively campaigned in support of her son John during his presidential bid.
Roberta Vinci
Roberta Vinci is a retired Italian tennis player. She is the winner of five Grand Slam tournaments in doubles. Until 6 April 2015, she held the position of world No. 1 in doubles, and reached a career-high of No. 7 in singles in May 2016. She is the fourth Italian woman to have reached the top 10 in singles, having attained the rank after Flavia Pennetta, Francesca Schiavone and Sara Errani. At 33 years and 4 days old, she became the oldest player ever to make her first appearance in the top 10.
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 Bethânia (24.3 million), with 15 million discs sold so far. She got her start in the music industry singing in the clubs of São Paulo, Brazil. Among her greatest successes are A Majestade O Sabiá, Vá Com Deus, and Sol da Minha Vida the disc that sold 750,000 copies in the early 1990s.
Roberta S. Jacobson
Roberta S. Jacobson is an American diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to Mexico from June 2016 to May 2018. She previously served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs from March 30, 2012, to May 5, 2016. The United States Senate approved her nomination as U.S. Ambassador to Mexico on April 28, 2016. In March 2018, Jacobson announced her resignation effective May 5. Foreign Policy reported on January 18, 2021 that Jacobson would be in charge of Mexico–United States border affairs at the National Security Council under President Joe Biden.
Roberta Williams
Roberta Williams is an American video game designer, writer, and a co-founder of Sierra On-Line, who developed her first game while living in Simi Valley, California. She is most famous for her work in the field of graphic adventure games with titles such as Mystery House, the King's Quest series, and Phantasmagoria. She is married to Ken Williams and retired in 1999. Roberta Williams is one of the most influential PC game designers of the 1980s and 1990s, and has been credited with creating the graphic adventure genre.
Roberta Sá
Roberta Varela de Sá is a Brazilian singer.
Roberta Ratzke
Roberta Silva Ratzke is a Brazilian female volleyball player. She is part of the Brazil women's national volleyball team. With her club Rio de Janeiro she competed at the FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship in 2013, 2015 and 2016.
Roberta Guaspari
Roberta Guaspari is an American violinist and music educator. She is known for her work in Harlem, New York, where she taught during the 1980s and 1990s to keep music alive in inner-city schools. She was portrayed on film by Meryl Streep in Music of the Heart (1999), written by Pamela Gray for which Streep was nominated for an Academy Award as Guaspari. Guaspari was also the subject of the 1995 documentary Small Wonders. As of 2017, she is still an instructor of violin with Opus 118 in New York City.
Roberta Rodrigues
Roberta Rodrigues is a Brazilian actress. Born in Vidigal, Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigues started acting when she was 16 in a local theater group, Nós do Morro. In 2002, she debuted in City of God, and later was cast in several Rede Globo's telenovelas.
Roberta Lombardi
Roberta Lombardi is an Italian politician.