List of Famous people named Rosa

Visolela Rosalinda "Rosa" Namises, nicknamed the "Rosa Luxemburg of Namibia", is a Namibian politician, human-rights activist and reigning chief of the /Khomanin people. She is a former Member of Parliament and founding member and former secretary-general of the Namibian Congress of Democrats (CoD). A prominent voice on gender issues, human-rights violations, and violence against women and children in Namibia, she is the director of Woman Solidarity Namibia and works at the Dolam Residential Child Care centre, a day-care centre for vulnerable children.

Rosa María Valdeón Santiago is a Spanish politician and physician. Rosa Valdeón is a member of the People's Party of Castile and León. Rosa Valdeón was the Minister of Economy and Finance of Castile and León, in office from 8 July 2015 to 10 September 2016. She was the mayor of Zamora from 2007 to 2015. Rosa Valdeón was also the procurator of the Cortes of Castile and León. Rosa Valdeón held the position of general director of public health at the Junta of Castile and León from 2001 to 2003.

Rosa Maria Correia dos Santos Mota, GCIH, GCM is a Portuguese former marathon runner, one of her country's foremost athletes, being the first sportswoman from Portugal to win Olympic gold. Mota was the first woman to win multiple Olympic marathon medals as well as being the only woman to be the reigning European, World, and Olympic champion at the same time. On the 30th Anniversary Gala of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) she was distinguished as the greatest female marathon runner of all time.

Rosa Sucher, née Hasselbeck, was a German operatic soprano renowned for her Wagnerian performances.

Rosa Lúcia Benedetti Magalhães is a Brazilian professor and artist. She is best known as the most successful carnival designer in Rio de Janeiro, with six championships won since 1984, when the Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí was built. Designing carnival parades since 1971, Rosa likes telling historic events in her designs, such as the discovery of Brazil (2000), the life and creations of Hans Christian Andersen (2005), Don Quixote (2010), and the corruption scandal that led to the construction of the Versailles Palace in France (2017).

Rosa María Bartra Barriga is a Peruvian lawyer, politician and pharmaceutical chemist who served as a congressman for La Libertad from 2016 to 2020. She successfully ran for the post of parliamentarian in the 2016 elections with the fujimorism party, Popular Force and in the 2020 elections with National Solidarity, not obtaining the seat, being invited by these two political organizations on both occasions.

Rosa María Britton was a Panamanian doctor and novelist.

Rosa Aguilar Rivera is a Spanish politician who was the Minister of Rural and Marine Environment between 2010 and 2012. She is a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. She also was the mayor of Córdoba between 1999 and 2009. She was shortlisted for the 2008 World Mayor award.

Rosa Lluch Bramon is a Spanish historian, university professor, and academic secretary of the History and Archeology Department of the University of Barcelona.

Rosa Albach-Retty was an Austrian movie and stage actress.