Obama was born on August 4 , 1961 , at Kapiolani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital ( now Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children ) in Honolulu , Hawaii , and would become the first President to have been born in Hawaii .
Obama was born on August 4 , 1961 in Kapiʻolani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital ( now Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children ) in Honolulu , Hawaii and is the first President to have been born in Hawaii .