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): Bobby Keyes (rugby league) • Celia Johnson • Countess Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg • Emil Starkenstein • Fletcher Henderson • Gerald Barry (British Army officer) • Gladys Cooper • James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry • Joseph Stalin • Josh Dallas • Marc Rich • Michael Moorcock • Nancy Ryles • Pierre Nkurunziza • Ron White • William Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken

Born in the same month (December 1973): Chris Harris (wrestler) • Corliss Williamson • Fabien Pelous • Jan Ullrich • Liu Dong • Luboš Motl • Marc Blume • Mike Jackson (footballer, born 1973) • Monica Seles • Nobuhiko Matsunaka • Rusty LaRue • Shandon Anderson • Stacey Abrams • Steve Menzies • Themba Mnguni • Tyra Banks • Wilson Cruz