Barack Obama

44th President of the United States (2009–2017)

Born: 4 August 1961, Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
Age: 65
Birth name: Barack Hussein Obama II

Barack Obama, born Barack Hussein Obama II on 4 August 1961 in Honolulu, is an American politician, lawyer and writer who served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. He studied political science and international relations at Columbia University, earned a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009. His memoir A Promised Land was published in November 2020. On X, his BarackObama account had about 133.3 million followers in February 2023, and his YouTube channel had about 680,000 subscribers in November 2025.