|
Full
Name |
Barack Hussein Obama |
|
Nick
Names |
Barry |
|
|
Profession |
U.S. senator from
Illinois |
|
Date of Birth |
August 4, 1961 Queen's
Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii |
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Birth
Place |
Honolulu, Hawaii |
|
Nationality |
American |
|
Height |
6' 1½" (1.87m) |
|
Religion |
United Church of
Christ |
|
Family |
Father:
Barack Obama Sr.,
Mother: Ann Dunham
Grandfathers: Stanley Dunham, Hussein Onyango
Obama
Grandmother: Madelyn Dunham
Step mothers: Kezia,
Ruth
Step brothers: Roy,David, Bernard ,George
and Abo
Step
father: Lolo Soetoro
Stepsisters: Maya Soetoro, Auma |
|
School |
Besuki
School Djakarta , Indonesia
Punahou Academy, Hawaii, United States |
|
College |
*
Harvard University , Juris Doctor, Law, 1988 —
1991
* Columbia University in the City of New York,Bachelor
of Arts, Political Science, concentration in International
Relations, 1981 — 1983
* Occidental College, Political Science 1979 —
1981 |
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Political Party |
Democrat |
|
Ancestry |
Scotland, Ireland,
Cherokee Indian, Lueo people of Kenya |
|
Heroes in his
life |
Martin Luther King
Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, Cesar Chavez |
|
Earlier jobs |
* Senator, United
States Senate, 2005-present
* Senator, Illinois State Senate, 1997-2004
* Taught Constitutional Law at the University
of Chicago
* Worked for Developing Communities Project in
Chicago's South Side for $10,000 a year |
|
Marriage |
Married Michelle
on October 18, 1992 by Reverend Wright at Trinity
United Church of Christ in Chicago |
|
Rose to fame |
After his stirring
speech at Democratic National Convention in 2004 |
|
If not a politcian |
He would have been
an architect |
|
Smoking |
Quit smoking before
his Democratic campaign began following his wife's
advice. |
|
Favourite restaurant |
Italian Fiesta Pizzeria
in Hyde Park, Chicago, IL. |
|
Favourite game |
Basketball |
|
Past time |
writing, spending
time with his kids |
|
Grammy Award |
Won a Grammy in
2006 for best spoken album for his reading of
"Dreams From My Father." |
|
Presidential
candidacy |
Announced his candidacy
for President of United States on February 12,
2007 |
|
Facts |
*. Barack means
"one who is blessed" in Swahili and
in Hebrew means 'Flash of lightning'
* At the time
of his birth his parents were students at the
East-West Center at the University of Hawaii
at Manoa.
* His mother
believed that organized religion was closed
minded and she made him learn about all the
major religions of the world.
* He had experimented
drugs in his school years.
* Became the
first African American to be the Editor of Harvard
Law Review, 1990
* There is a
school named after him in Kenya.
* In 1982 his
father died in a car accident.
* His wife is
also a lawyer
* Is a very good
poker player
* In 2006, he
toured five African countries, including a visit
to Nyangoma-Kogelo, Kenya, his late father's
hometown.
* His advisers
are former Congressman Abner Mikva, business
school professor Austan Goolsbee
*In 2000 ran
for a U.S. House seat but lost primary to former
Black Panther Bobby Rush.
* Won the U.S.
Senate seat in Illinois, defeating Alan Keyes
in November 2004. It was the first time in history
a Senate general election race was between two
African-American candidates.
*Spends every
Christmas in Hawaii where his grandmother and
sister still live.
*Do
The Right Thing was
the movie Barack and his future wife Michelle
Obama saw on their first date. |
|
Books |
* Dreams from My
Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack
Obama
* The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming
the American Dream by Barack Obama |
|
Notable supporters |
Oprah Winfrey, George
Clooney, Macy Gray, Halle Berry, Jodie foster,
Will Smith, Adam Arkin, Tom Hanks, Paul Newman,
Isaiah Washington, Joanne Woodward and Tom Skerritt |
|
Residence |
A three-story brick
home in Hyde Park worth $1.65 million. |
|
Quote |
If you're walking
down the right path and you're willing to keep
walking, eventually you'll make progress. |
