
Barack Obama BiographyBarack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on August 4, 1961. The name “Barack” means “one who is blessed.” And when Barack was young his family and friends called this blessed young boy “Barry” for short. His father, Barack Obama, Sr., was from Kenya, and his mother, Ann Dunham, was from Kansas. His parents met at the University of Honolulu when they were students (his father was attending on scholarship).Barack’s parents separated when he was two years old and then divorced when he was four, and his father eventually returned to Kenya. His mother later married another foreign student, Lolo Soetoro, who was from Indonesia; and in 1967, Barack moved with his new stepfather and mother to Jakarta,...