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<html> <head> <title>Barack Obama</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/208/000055043/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0>Barack Obama<img src="barack-obama-1-sized.jpg" height=321 width=240 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Barack Obama">AKA Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.Born: <a href="/lists/734/000106416/" class=proflink>4-Aug</a>-<a href="/lists/960/000105645/" class=proflink>1961</a> Birthplace: <a href="/geo/538/000069331/" class=proflink>Honolulu, HI</a> <a href="#FN1">[1]</a> Gender: Male Religion: Protestant <a href="#FN2">[2]</a> Race or Ethnicity: Multiracial Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Head of State Party Affiliation: DemocraticNationality: United States Executive summary: President of the United States, 2009-17Barack Obama is a multiracial American politician, though he refers to himself as African-American. He served as Democratic state senator in Illinois, and then as US Senator from that state, before being elected President in 2008. His father was an economics student from Nairobi, his mother a white American anthropology student when they married. They divorced<a href="#FN3">[3]</a> when Obama was young, and his father returned to Kenya. Obama was raised by his mother until about age 10, when his maternal grandmother in Honolulu took him in. He graduated with honors from Harvard Law School, where he was the first African-American to become Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Law Review. Obama practiced civil rights law, representing victims of housing and employment discrimination and working on voting rights legislation. He worked as a community organizer in a poor Chicago neighborhood. He has spoken against NAFTA and racial profiling, and for universal health care. From the start, he opposed war in Iraq. His campaign for Senate received an enormous boost when his opponent, Republican Jack Ryan, withdrew amid embarrassing allegations in his divorce from Star Trek actress <a href="/people/779/000025704/">Jeri Ryan</a>, that during their marriage he had tried to lure her to attend sex clubs in France. Obama received another boost when he was invited to address the 2004 Democratic Party convention in prime time. In the 2008 general election, Obama became the first African-American elected to the office of President of the United States, defeating Senator <a href="/people/914/000023845/">John McCain</a> from Arizona by a wide margin. In his 1995 memoir, Dreams from My Father, Obama admits that he used marijuana and cocaine as a teenager. It is thus ironic that if he were a foreign national, he would be denied admission to the United States based on his past drug use. Obama's net worth may be as high as several million dollars.<a href="#FN4">[4]</a><hr width=25% size=1 align=left><a name="FN1">[1] Kapiolani Maternity and Gynecological Hospital, Honolulu, HI. <a name="FN2">[2] Member of the United Church of Christ since the 1980s. Obama's father, while born into a Muslim family, had become atheist by the time he met Obama's mother, the secular Ann Dunham. Despite propaganda being distributed to the contrary, Barack Obama, the Senator, was never a practicing Muslim, and never attended extremist or Wahabbist madrassas. <a name="FN3">[3] Divorce decree final, 6 November 1980. <a name="FN4">[4] Estimated net worth of $1.3M, according to Money magazine, December 2007. See also Henry Blodget, "Barack Obama and His Money", Slate, 13 March 2007: "According to Obama's most recent public financial statements, he and his wife, Michelle, were worth between $500,000 and $2 million at the end of 2005 (excluding whatever equity they have in their $1.65 million Chicago house)." Presumably much of this is from pre-tax royalties of $1.2M for The Audacity of Hope. None of Obama's wealth is inherited. The Obama family's 2007 tax returns indicate a combined income of $4.2M, nearly all from book royalties. They paid $1.4M in federal taxes, with donations of $240K to charity. Father: <a href="/people/693/000342664/">Barack Hussein Obama, Sr.</a> (economist, b. 18-Jun-1936, d. 24-Nov-1982 automobile accident) Mother: <a href="/people/942/000342913/">Stanley Ann Dunham</a> (b. 29-Nov-1942, d. 7-Nov-1995 uterine cancer) Father: Lolo Soetoro (stepfather, d. 1987) Sister: Maya Soetoro-Ng (half-sister, history teacher, b. 1971) Brother: George Obama (half-brother, Kenyan) Brother: Mark Ndesandjo (novelist, half-brother by Obama Sr's third wife) Wife: <a href="/people/591/000135186/">Michelle Obama</a> (m. 3-Oct-1992, two daughters) Daughter: Malia Ann (b. 4-Jul-1998) Daughter: Natasha ("Sasha", b. 10-Jun-2001)     High School: <a href="/edu/880/000111547/">Punahou School, Honolulu, HI (1979)</a>     University: <a href="/edu/591/000082345/">Occidental College</a>     University: <a href="/edu/477/000068273/">BA Political Science, Columbia University (1983)</a>     Law School: <a href="/edu/404/000127023/">JD, Harvard Law School (1991)</a>     Lecturer: <a href="/edu/520/000068316/">Constitutional Law, University of Chicago (1992-2004)</a>     <a href="/gov/536/000042410/">US President</a> (2009-17)     <a href="/gov/242/000052086/">US Senator, Illinois</a> (2005-08, resigned)     <a href="/gov/103/000121737/">Illinois State Senate</a> 13th (1997-2004)     <a href="/company/955/000122589/">Sidley Austin</a> summer associate     <a href="/company/581/000055416/">Baskin-Robbins</a> teen years     <a href="/media/269/000062083/">Harvard Law Review</a> President     <a href="/org/570/000167069/">Hillary Clinton for President</a> $2,300 (Jun-2008)     <a href="/org/506/000122140/">Joyce Foundation</a> Board of Directors (1994-2001)     <a href="/org/684/000167183/">Obama for America</a> Candidate     <a href="/org/085/000355017/">Obama for Congress 2000</a> Candidate     <a href="/org/037/000171521/">Obama for Illinois</a> Candidate     <a href="/org/970/000354905/">Obama Victory Fund 2012</a> Candidate     <a href="/org/346/000352287/">Priorities USA</a> Beneficiary     <a href="/event/935/000401729/">Audience with the Pope</a> <a href="/people/711/000362622/">Pope Francis</a> (Mar-2014)     <a href="/honors/901/000044769/">Grammy</a> 2008 for The Audacity of Hope (spoken word)     <a href="/honors/901/000044769/">Grammy</a> 2006 for Dreams From My Father (spoken word)     <a href="/honors/211/000068007/">Nobel Peace Prize</a> 2009     <a href="/honors/823/000043694/">Silver Buffalo</a> 2010     <a href="/honors/347/000059170/">Time Person of the Year</a> 2008     <a href="/honors/347/000059170/">Time Person of the Year</a> 2012     <a href="/group/112/000172593/">Funeral: Tim Russert (2008)</a>     <a href="/group/559/000206938/">Funeral: Ted Kennedy (2009)</a>     <a href="/group/201/000240478/">Funeral: Robert Byrd (2010)</a>     <a href="/group/539/000379399/">Funeral: Nelson Mandela (2013)</a>     <a href="/group/750/000091477/">Dubya Nickname</a> Rock, 'Bama     <a href="/lists/050/000140627/">Secret Service Codename</a> Renegade     <a href="/lists/580/000055415/">Kenyan Ancestry</a> Paternal     Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/352/000083103/">Marijuana</a>, <a href="/lists/353/000083104/">Cocaine</a>, <a href="/lists/862/000128478/">Former Smoker</a>     FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR     <a href="/films/671/000404456/">Fahrenheit 11/9 (6-Sep-2018)</a> · Himself     <a href="/films/940/000406719/">The Red Pill (7-Oct-2016)</a> · Himself     <a href="/films/070/000402858/">13th (30-Sep-2016)</a> · Himself     <a href="/films/548/000404333/">Before the Flood (9-Sep-2016)</a> · Himself     <a href="/films/855/000406634/">Weiner (24-Jan-2016)</a> · Himself     <a href="/films/459/000383307/">America (4-Jul-2014)</a> · Himself     <a href="/films/981/000386820/">Mitt (17-Jan-2014)</a> · Himself     <a href="/films/242/000387078/">War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State (19-Apr-2013)</a> · Himself     <a href="/films/758/000385600/">Ethos (10-Feb-2011)</a> · Himself     <a href="/films/873/000215228/">By the People: The Election of Barack Obama (7-Aug-2009)</a> · Himself     <a href="/films/588/000085333/">Tanner on Tanner (5-Oct-2004)</a> · Himself Official Website: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/president_obama/" target=_blank>http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/president_obama/</a> Author of books: Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (<tt>1995</tt>, memoir) The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (<tt>2006</tt>, nonfiction) <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;">New! 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