Fatuma Roba

Fatuma Roba is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, best known for being the first African woman to win a gold medal in the women's Olympic marathon race, at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and for winning three successive Boston Marathons. ^{Fatuma Roba, Ethiopian runner}

18 December 1973

Born on the same birth day (18 December): Abe Burrows • Boris Volynov • Bridgit Mendler • Charles Wesley • Chas Chandler • Countess Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg • Daniel Cleary • Edwin Howard Armstrong • George Stevens • Henrietta Edwards • Jack Brooks (American politician) • Joel Hirschhorn • Joseph Stalin • Kazuhide Uekusa • Korapat Kirdpan • Rachel Griffiths • Ramsey Clark • Richard Maury • Steven Spielberg • Trish Stratus

Born in the same month (December 1973): Corliss Williamson • Damien Rice • Eddie Fisher (drummer) • Erick Wainaina • Fabio Artico • Hasan Vural • Jason Behr • Kate Rusby • Konstadinos Gatsioudis • MC Frontalot • Mina Caputo • Monica Seles • Rusty LaRue • Steve Gibb • Tomasz Radzinski • Tyra Banks