Barack Obama was born in Kenya.

The U.S. former President Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 4, 1961.

Barack Obama is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. Obama was born at 7.24 pm on August 4, 1961, at the Kapiolani Maternity and Gynecological Hospital in Honolulu city. His parents were Barack Hussein Obama and Stanley Ann Dunham. The official birth certificate was signed by the delivery doctor, Obama's mother, and the district registrar.

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