• Rita (given name)
  • Rita (Indian singer) (born 1984)
  • Rita (Israeli singer) (born 1962)
  • Rita (Japanese singer)
• Eliza Humphreys (1850–1938), wrote under the pseudonym Rita

• Djarrit, also known as Rita, a community in the Marshall Islands
• 1180 Rita, an asteroid
• Rita, West Virginia
• Santa Rita, California (disambiguation), several places

Music

• Rita (opera), an 1841 opera by Gaetano Donizetti
• Rita (album), a 2005 album by Rita Guerra
• "Rita", a 1972 song by Arthur Conley
• "Rita", a 1976 song by Marcel Khalife
• "Rita", a 1967 song by The Men (pop rock band)
• "Rita", a song by Powderfinger from the 2003 album Vulture Street

Film, television, and theater

• Rita (1959 film), a 1959 Australian television play
• Rita (2009 Italian film), a 2009 Italian film
• Rita (2009 Indian film), a 2009 Marathi film directed by Renuka Shahane
• Rita (TV series), a Danish television show
• RITA Award, an award for romantic fiction
• Educating Rita, a 1980 stage play by Willy Russel