Rossana Fernández-Maldonado is a Peruvian actress, singer and TV host descending from Italian roots. In 2006 she joined the cast of Mi problema con las mujeres, which was nominated for International Emmy for Best Comedy. In her country, she has starred in the musicals Cabaret and Amor sin barreras (West Side Story).
Rossana Hu, also known as Hu Rushan, is an architect and interior designer who works in China and was born and raised in Taiwan. Hu is a partner in Neri & Hu, a design and research organization in Shanghai founded in 2004.
Rossana Lacayo de Herguedas, known professionally as Rossana Lacayo, is a Nicaraguan photographer, scriptwriter, and filmmaker. She is considered a pioneer of Nicaraguan cinema as stated by the Nicaraguan Cultural Institute. In 2003 she founded Gota Films (Nicaragua) an independent film company. She is a member of ANCI (Nicaraguan Association of Cinematography, in Spanish Asociación Nicaragüense de Cine).
Rossana Rossanda (23 April 1924 – 20 September 2020) was an Italian left-wing politician, journalist, and feminist. At a very young age, she took part in the Italian resistance and, following the end of World War II, she joined the Italian Communist Party (PCI). After a short period, secretary Palmiro Togliatti named her responsible for culture in the party. She was elected for the first time to the Italian Chamber of Deputies in 1963.
Though ROSSANA is the Italian version of ROXANA, ROSSANE is the variant used specifically to refer to the Bactrian wife of Alexander the Great. The final syllable is pronounced with a short "eh" sound rather than the "ah" of Rossana.