Fatuma is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Fatuma Abdulkadir Adan
Fatuma Abdulkadir Adan (born ) is a Kenyan lawyer and peace ambassador. She is a recipient of the Stuttgart Peace Prize.
Life
Adan was born to parents who were from two warring tribes in Marsabit, Northern Kenya. After her training as a lawye ...
, Kenyan lawyer and peace ambassador
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Fatuma Abdullahi Insaniya
Fatuma Abdullahi Insaniya (, ) is a Somali diplomat. She is the Ambassador of Somalia to the United States, based at the Somali embassy in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washing ...
, Somali diplomat
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Fatuma Ali Saman
Fatuma Ali Saman (born 1968) is a Kenyan educationist and women's rights campaigner and a board member of Kenya's Independent Policing Oversight Authority (KIPOA).
Early life
Fatuma Ali Saman was born in Mandera, Northern Kenya in 1968. She los ...
, Kenyan educationist and women's rights campaigner
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Fatuma binti Yusuf al-Alawi
Fatuma binti Yusuf al-Alawi (c. 1650 – 1715) was a queen of Unguja in pre-Sultanate Zanzibar. A supporter of the Portuguese in their war against Oman, she sent supplies to the Europeans at the Siege of Fort Jesus. She was captured during the ...
, queen of Unguja in pre-Sultanate Zanzibar
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Fatuma Gedi
Fatuma Gedi is a Kenyan politician from Wajir town. A former member of the National Assembly from Wajir county. The former Women representative for Wajir county. In 2017 she won the seat through Party for development and reform, under the reig ...
, Kenyan politician
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Fatuma Ibrahim Ali
Fatuma Ibrahim Ali () is a Kenyan politician. She has been a Commissioner of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights. Ali was a Member of the 11th Session of the Kenyan Parliament representing the Wajir County. She was elected to the positi ...
, Kenyan politician
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Fatuma Ndangiza
Fatuma Ndangiza (born 1968) is a women's rights advocate, policy expert, and politician. As of January 2024, she is serving her second term as a Rwandan member of the East African Legislative Assembly. Born and raised in a refugee camp in Ugand ...
, (born 1968), Rwandan policy expert and politician
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Fatuma Roba
Fatuma Roba (; born 18 December 1973) 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 B ...
, Ethiopian long-distance runner
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Fatuma Sado
Fatuma Sado Dergo (born 11 October 1991) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in marathon races. She has a personal best of 2:26:09 hours and has won marathons in Hamburg, Los Angeles and Xiamen.
Fatuma signed up with athletics (spor ...
, Ethiopian long-distance runner
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