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Anita Ekberg
Anita Ekberg (Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg, 1931–2015) was a Swedish actress and model, Miss Sweden and star of Fellini's La dolce vita (1960); her Trevi Fountain scene with Marcello Mastroianni made her a cinema icon.
Anita Garibaldi
Anita Garibaldi, born Ana Maria de Jesus Ribeiro in Laguna, Brazil, in 1821, fought alongside Giuseppe Garibaldi in Brazil, Uruguay, and Italy, dying near Ravenna in 1849.
Anita Harris
Anita Harris (Anita Madeleine Harris, born 1942) is an English singer and actress known for the 1967 hit Just Loving You and Carry On films Follow That Camel and Carry On Doctor; later a variety and pantomime performer.
Anita Hassanandani
Anita Hassanandani, born Natasha Hassanandani (also credited as Natassha), is an Indian actress known for Telugu film Nuvvu Nenu, Kkavyanjali, Shagun in Yeh Hai Mohabbatein, Naagin 3, and Suman Indori.
Anita Hill
Anita Hill (born 1956) is an American lawyer and Brandeis University professor who testified in 1991 that Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas sexually harassed her; Thomas was confirmed 52-48, and her testimony transformed U.S. workplace sexual harassment law and awareness.
Anita Ho-Baillie
Anita Ho-Baillie is an Australian engineer and photovoltaics researcher who holds the John Hooke Chair of Nanoscience at the University of Sydney, where her team set certified efficiency records for perovskite–silicon tandem solar cells.
Anita K. Hopper
Anita K. Hopper is an American yeast molecular geneticist at Ohio State known for her studies of tRNA processing and trafficking, elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2021.
Anita K. Jones
Anita K. Jones is an American computer scientist and University Professor Emerita at the University of Virginia, known for work on operating systems and computer security.
Anita Kucharska-Dziedzic
Anita Kucharska-Dziedzic (born 1972 in Wołczyn) is a Polish politician of the New Left who has served in the Sejm since 2023, as vice-chair of the Left club.
Anita Lane
Anita Lane, also Anita Louise Lane, was an Australian singer-songwriter and lyricist (1960-2021) who co-wrote Birthday Party and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds songs such as "From Her to Eternity" and recorded the solo albums Dirty Pearl and Sex O'Clock on Mute Records. Not the ANITA Antarctic neutrino experiment or Anita Blake fiction.
Anita Lonsbrough
Anita Lonsbrough (Anita Porter), born 1941 in York, British swimmer; 1960 Rome Olympic 200m breaststroke gold in world record 2:49.5; first female BBC Sports Personality of the Year 1962; first British female Olympic flagbearer 1964.
Anita Magsaysay-Ho
Anita Magsaysay-Ho (1914–2012) was a Filipino modernist painter and the only woman among the Thirteen Moderns, known for post-Cubist depictions of Filipino women working in farms, markets, and homes.
Anita Mahto (अनीता महतो)
Anita Mahto (अनीता महतो) refers to two women: Anita Kisku alias Babita Mahto, a CPI (Maoist) area committee member who surrendered in Giridih, Jharkhand in 2026, and Anita Devi Mahto, an RJD politician and wife of Ashok Mahto who won Bihar's Warsaliganj seat in 2025.
Anita Malfatti
Anita Malfatti was a Brazilian painter and pioneer of modern art in Brazil, whose 1917 solo exhibition in São Paulo sparked the controversy that fueled Brazilian modernism.
Anita Max Win Tour
Anita Max Win Tour, also styled Anita Max Wynn, was Drake's 2025 Australia and New Zealand arena tour, his first Oceania run since 2017: 12 sold-out shows grossing $30,330,035 before four remaining dates were cancelled.
Anita Morris
Anita Morris, also Anita Rose Morris, American actress, dancer, and singer (1943-1994) from Durham, North Carolina; Tony-nominated and Drama Desk-winning for Carla in Broadway's Nine, also known for Ruthless People and The Hotel New Hampshire.
Anita Mui (梅艳芳)
Anita Mui (梅艷芳, 1963–2003), Hong Kong Cantopop diva and actress, five-time Most Popular Female Singer, Best Actress for Rouge, died of cervical cancer after eight farewell Coliseum concerts.
Anita Nagar Singh Chouhan
Anita Nagar Singh Chouhan is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician, born in 1984, who has represented the Ratlam constituency of Madhya Pradesh in the Lok Sabha since 2024.
Anita Nall
Anita Nall (Nadia Anita Louise Nall-Richesson), American swimmer born 1976, won gold, silver, and bronze at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and set two 200 m breaststroke world records in one day at the 1992 US Trials.
Anita Orbán
Anita Orbán (Orbán Anita, born 1974) is a Hungarian economist, diplomat and former energy executive; foreign minister and deputy prime minister since 12 May 2026 under PM Péter Magyar, unrelated to Viktor Orbán; previously energy security ambassador 2010–2015 and executive at Cheniere, Tellurian and Vodafone.
Anita Pallenberg
Anita Pallenberg, German-Italian actress, model, and Rolling Stones muse; partner of Brian Jones then Keith Richards; starred in Performance (1970), Barbarella, and Candy; died 2017 aged 73.
Anita Pointer
Anita Pointer (1948–2022), American singer-songwriter and founding member of the Pointer Sisters; co-wrote and sang lead on "Fairytale," the 1975 country Grammy winner, and "I'm So Excited."
Anita Raj
Anita Raj (Anita Raaj), Indian actress and producer born 1962 in Bombay, daughter of actor Jagdish Raj; 1980s Hindi films like Prem Geet, Ghulami, Clerk, later TV roles in 24: India, Ek Tha Raja Ek Thi Rani, Choti Sarrdaarni, and Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai.
Anita Rani
Anita Rani, British broadcaster born 1977 in Bradford, presenter of BBC's Countryfile, The One Show and Radio 4's Woman's Hour; author of The Right Sort of Girl and host of the Sisters of Defiance podcast.
Anita Rapp
Anita Rapp (Anita Rapp-Ødegaard), born 1977 in Lillehammer, is a Norwegian former midfielder who won Olympic gold in women's football at Sydney 2000, earned 62 caps with 12 goals, and played for Asker and New York Power.
Anita Roddick
Anita Lucia Roddick (1942–2007) was a British businesswoman and campaigner who founded The Body Shop in Brighton in 1976, building it into a global cosmetics chain known for opposing animal testing.
Anita Sarkeesian
Anita Sarkeesian, born 1983, is a Canadian-American feminist media critic whose series Tropes vs. Women in Video Games critiqued female stereotypes, earning a Peabody Award, and drew years of online harassment.
Anita Shukla
Anita Shukla is an American biomedical engineer and Elaine I. Savage Professor of Engineering at Brown University whose lab develops nanoparticles, coatings, and hydrogels to treat and detect infections.
Anita Somani
Anita Somani is an American physician and Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 8th district, serving Dublin and Worthington after three decades as an OB/GYN in Columbus.
Anita Sowińska
Anita Sowińska is a Polish politician who has served as Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Climate and Environment since 2023, after sitting in the Sejm from 2019.