List of Famous people named Uta
Uta Abe
Uta Abe is a Japanese judoka.
Uta Ranke-Heinemann
Uta Ranke-Heinemann is a German theologian, academic, and author. She holds the (nondenominational) chair of History of Religion at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Essen, her birthplace.
Uta Kargel
Uta Kargel is a German Playboy model, actor, and voice actor
Uta Pippig
Uta Pippig is a retired German Long-distance runner, and the first woman to officially win the Boston Marathon three consecutive times (1994–1996). She also won the Berlin Marathon three times ; the 1993 New York City Marathon; represented Germany at the Olympic Games in 1992 and 1996, and won a bronze medal at the 1991 World 15km Road Race Championship. Her marathon best of 2:21:45 set in Boston in 1994, made her the third-fastest female marathon runner in history at that time. She is a dual citizen of Germany and the United States.
Uta Briesewitz
Uta Briesewitz is a German cinematographer and television director. She is known for her collaborations with film director Brad Anderson.
Uta Taeger
Uta Frith
Uta Frith is a German developmental psychologist working at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London. She has pioneered much of the current research into autism and dyslexia, and has written several books on the two subjects arguing for autism to be considered a mental condition rather than being caused by parenting. Her book Autism: Explaining the Enigma introduces the cognitive neuroscience of autism. She is credited for creating the Sally-Anne test along with fellow scientist Alan Leslie and Simon Baron-Cohen. She also pioneered the work with child dyslexia. Among the students she has mentored are Tony Attwood, Maggie Snowling, Simon Baron-Cohen and Francesca Happé.
Uta Würfel
Uta Titze-Stecher
Uta Zapf
Uta Zapf is a German politician and member of the Bundestag (SPD).