IMDb: Most Popular People Born In "Honolulu/ Hawaii/ USA" Most Popular People Born In "Honolulu/ Hawaii/ USA" 1-50 of 438 names. Sort by: STARmeter▲ | A-Z | Height | Birth Date | Death Date 1. Lauren Graham Actress, Gilmore Girls Lauren Graham was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Donna Grant and Lawrence Graham, a candy industry lobbyist. Her father was from New York and her mother was from the American South, and Lauren has Irish, English, and Scottish ancestry. She grew up in Northern Virginia, USA (Fairfax, Arlington, and Great Falls... 2. Jason Momoa Actor, Stargate: Atlantis Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa was born on August 1, 1979 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is the son of Coni (Lemke), a photographer, and Joseph Momoa, a painter. His father is of Hawaiian descent and his mother, who is from Iowa, is of mostly German ancestry. Jason was raised in Norwalk, Iowa by his mother. After high school... 3. Nicole Kidman Actress, Moulin Rouge!

Elegant blonde Nicole Kidman, known as one of Hollywood's top Australian imports, was actually born in Honolulu, Hawaii, while her Australian parents were there on educational visas. Kidman is the daughter of Janelle Ann (Glenny), a nursing instructor, and Antony David Kidman, a biochemist and clinical psychologist... 4. Maggie Q Actress, Nikita Margaret Denise Quigley was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to a father of Polish and Irish descent (originally based in New York) and a Vietnamese mother. Her parents met during the Vietnam War. Maggie has two older half-siblings from her mother's previous marriage, and two older sisters. The family moved to Hawaii and settled in Mililani... 5. Kelly Preston Actress, Jerry Maguire Kelly Preston was born on October 13, 1962 in Honolulu, Hawaii. A talented and captivating performer, Kelly first garnered international attention with her role as "Marnie Mason" in Ivan Reitman 's Twins , starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito . With her diverse character portrayals in films... 6.

Timothy Olyphant Actor, Justified From Timothy Olyphant's first screen appearances, such as his two-minute bit in The First Wives Club , to "Nicko", whose presence at times dwarfed the island in A Perfect Getaway , he has been a force to be reckoned with. Born in Hawaii, Timothy David Olyphant was raised in Modesto, California. He is the son of Katherine Lyon (Gideon) and John Vernon Bevan Olyphant... 7. Shannyn Sossamon Actress, A Knight's Tale Shannyn Sossamon, who credits her striking looks to a mix of English, French, Hawaiian, Dutch, Irish, Filipino, and German ancestry, was born Shannon Marie Kahololani Sossamon in Honolulu, Hawaii. At the age of one, Shannyn and her family moved to a new locale: Reno, Nevada. Her youth was spent at a dance studio... 8. Erin Gray Actress, Silver Spoons Erin Gray was born on January 7, 1950 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Gray moved with her family from Hawaii to California when she was eight years old and graduated from Pacific Palisades High School.

She was fifteen when a chance meeting with Nina Blanchard , head of one of Hollywood's top model agencies, convinced her what she wanted to do in life... 9. Tia Carrere Actress, True Lies Tia Carrere was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. While attending Sacred Hearts Academy, Tia was discovered in a Waikiki grocery store and landed the female lead in the indie movie Aloha Summer. Although her passion has always been singing (grandmother Rae took Tia to her first singing lesson at age ten)... 10. Nicole Scherzinger Self, The X Factor Nicole Scherzinger was born on June 29 in Honolulu, and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. While attending a performing arts high school, she won the Coca-Cola Classic Talent Contest and performed in many plays at The Actors Theatre of Louisville. She then furthered her studies majoring in theater arts at Wright State University before entering the premiere season of the WB's television show... 11. Keiko Agena Actress, Gilmore Girls 12. Kelly Hu Actress, X2 On February 13th, 1968, a girl of Chinese, English, and Hawaiian ancestry was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Her father, Herbert, was a salesman and her mother, Juanita, worked many odd jobs to help support the family. She has one older brother, Glenn. She is a former Miss Teen USA, and modeled in Japan and Italy for several months before deciding to relocate to L.A... 13. Angelique Cabral Actress, Life in Pieces 15. Tahj Mowry Actor, Baby Daddy Tahj Mowry, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, is known for playing the young prodigy on the Disney sitcom, Smart Guy . He is the son of Darlene Renee (Flowers), who eventually ended up managing the siblings' early career, and Timothy John Mowry, a police officer and a veteran of the war. His mother is of Afro-Bahamian descent and his father... 16. Teilor Grubbs Actress, Hawaii Five-0 17. Bette Midler Self, Fantasia 2000 Multi Grammy Award-winning singer/comedienne/author Bette Midler has also proven herself to be a very capable actress in a string of both dramatic and comedic roles. Midler was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on December 1, 1945.

She is the daughter of Ruth (Schindel), a seamstress, and Fred Midler, a painter... 18. Darin Brooks Actor, Blue Mountain State 23. Barack Obama Self, By the People: The Election of Barack Obama U.S. President Barack Hussein Obama II was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. His mother, Stanley Ann Dunham , was a white American from Wichita, Kansas. His father, Barack Obama Sr. , who was black, was from Alego, Kenya. They were both young college students at the University of Hawaii. When his father left for Harvard... 24. James Shigeta Actor, Die Hard Hawaiian-born James Shigeta was, for a time, the biggest East Asian U.S. star the country had known for decades. His up-and-down career reflected the country's changing interest in films with East Asian themes, but, when called upon, he filled both A-movie starring roles and minor T.V. guest appearances with the same cool and classy style... 25.

Keo Woolford Actor, Act of Valor Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Keo has starred as the King of Siam in a revival of The King and I at the London Palladium in London's West End, playing over 350 performances opposite Elaine Paige and Josie Lawrence. In New York City and Los Angeles, he appeared in numerous productions, including his own critically acclaimed, award winning one-man shows... 26. Don Stroud Actor, Django Unchained He's the son of Vaudeville great, Clarence Stroud , of the Stroud Twins and singer Ann McCormack , who toured the world with Frank Sinatra . Don grew up on the beach in Honolulu, Hawaii, where his stepfather, Paul Livermore , and his mother, Ann, owned and operated the popular "Embers Steak House" and nightclub where Ann performed nightly... 27. Elle McLemore Actress, Grease Live! 28. Carrie Ann Inaba Self, Live with Kelly and Michael Carrie Ann Inaba was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. She is of Japanese, Chinese, and Irish ancestry, and is the youngest of two children.

Carrie Ann grew up dancing the hula (native Hawaiian dance) and other dance forms. She also played the piano and violin and sang in the choir. She attended Hanahaouli School and then Punahou School... 29. Diana Ewing Actress, The Way We Were 35. Maxim Knight Actor, Falling Skies Maxim Knight stars in TNT's hit sci-fi drama "Falling Skies." Maxim's performance earned him a Young Artist Award in 2012. At 13, Maxim has over 60 film, television, commercial & voice over credits. At the tender age of 7, Maxim booked his first feature film, starring opposite Oscar winner Melissa Leo... 36. Jennifer Billingsley Actress, General Hospital Pretty, appealing and energetic blonde actress Jennifer Billingsley was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Jennifer was an army brat who grew up all over the world. She graduated with honors from Fort Smith Senior High School in Arkansas. Billingsley's initial claim to fame was her striking resemblance to Brigitte Bardot... 37. Keone Young Actor, Men in Black 3 39.

Maile Flanagan Actress, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Maile Flanagan won an Emmy for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks in 2006. She was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. She lived in Bangkok, Nurnberg and Munich, and then attended Boston College. After Boston College, she was in the improv comedy troupe Every Mother's Nightmare with Wayne Wilderson... 40. Karen Steele Actress, Marty Karen Steele was born on March 20, 1931, in Honolulu, Hawaii. A former cover girl and model, she was one of the most strikingly beautiful actresses to ever work in film and television. She went to the University of Hawaii and to Rollins College in Florida before gracing our film screens with her first film in 1952... 41. Mark Edward Fischbach Actor, Five Nights at Freddy's: The Interview Perhaps one of the icons of famous Internet and YouTube stars is Markiplier. As of November 2016, his channel has over 15 million subscribers, over 6 billion total video views, and is the 21st most subscribed channel on YouTube.

Fischbach specializes in Let's Play gameplay commentary videos and indie games, commonly of survival horror and action video games... 42. Kam Fong Actor, Hawaii Five-O The Asian-American actor Kam Fong, best known for his co-starring role as Chin Ho in the original Hawaii Five-O TV series, was born Kam Tong Chun on May 27, 1918 in Honolulu, Hawaii. (The name Fong was the result of a teacher incorrectly teaching him how to write his name. The name stuck and he later took it as his legal name.) After graduating from high school... 43. Daniel Bess Actor, 24 44. Professor Toru Tanaka Actor, The Running Man Built like the proverbial Patton tank, Professor Toru Tanaka was arguably the successor to Harold Sakata as the archetypal Asian henchman who possessed incredible strength, and clobbered those foolish enough to tangle with him. Born Charles Kalani, he was a successful wrestler and served for over ten years in the US Armed Forces attaining the rank of sergeant... 45.

Pomaika'i Brown Actor, 50 First Dates Pomai Brown, was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on January 5, 1961 to Wilfred Ku'ualoha Brown and Amy Kaelehiwa Keko'olani. Being of Hawaiian decent (Keko'olani of Waipi'o), he attended and graduated from The Kamehameha Schools at Kapalama. He began his musical career playing the ukulele with Ka Hale Hula O Keko'olani at the age of 12 and continued on with Band... 46. IMDb: Most Popular People Born In "Hawaii/ USA" Most Popular People Born In "Hawaii/ USA" 1-50 of 769 names. Sort by: STARmeter▲ | A-Z | Height | Birth Date | Death Date 1. Jason Momoa Actor, Stargate: Atlantis Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa was born on August 1, 1979 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is the son of Coni (Lemke), a photographer, and Joseph Momoa, a painter.

His father is of Hawaiian descent and his mother, who is from Iowa, is of mostly German ancestry. Jason was raised in Norwalk, Iowa by his mother. After high school... 2. Tia Carrere Actress, True Lies Tia Carrere was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. While attending Sacred Hearts Academy, Tia was discovered in a Waikiki grocery store and landed the female lead in the indie movie Aloha Summer. Although her passion has always been singing (grandmother Rae took Tia to her first singing lesson at age ten)... 3. Nicole Kidman Actress, Moulin Rouge! Elegant blonde Nicole Kidman, known as one of Hollywood's top Australian imports, was actually born in Honolulu, Hawaii, while her Australian parents were there on educational visas. Kidman is the daughter of Janelle Ann (Glenny), a nursing instructor, and Antony David Kidman, a biochemist and clinical psychologist... 4. Lauren Graham Actress, Gilmore Girls Lauren Graham was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Donna Grant and Lawrence Graham, a candy industry lobbyist. Her father was from New York and her mother was from the American South, and Lauren has Irish, English, and Scottish ancestry.

She grew up in Northern Virginia, USA (Fairfax, Arlington, and Great Falls... 5. Auli'i Cravalho Actress, Moana 6. Timothy Olyphant Actor, Justified From Timothy Olyphant's first screen appearances, such as his two-minute bit in The First Wives Club , to "Nicko", whose presence at times dwarfed the island in A Perfect Getaway , he has been a force to be reckoned with. Born in Hawaii, Timothy David Olyphant was raised in Modesto, California. He is the son of Katherine Lyon (Gideon) and John Vernon Bevan Olyphant... 7. Erin Gray Actress, Silver Spoons Erin Gray was born on January 7, 1950 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Gray moved with her family from Hawaii to California when she was eight years old and graduated from Pacific Palisades High School. She was fifteen when a chance meeting with Nina Blanchard , head of one of Hollywood's top model agencies, convinced her what she wanted to do in life... 8.

Maggie Q Actress, Nikita Margaret Denise Quigley was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to a father of Polish and Irish descent (originally based in New York) and a Vietnamese mother. Her parents met during the Vietnam War. Maggie has two older half-siblings from her mother's previous marriage, and two older sisters. The family moved to Hawaii and settled in Mililani... 9. Kelly Preston Actress, Jerry Maguire Kelly Preston was born on October 13, 1962 in Honolulu, Hawaii. A talented and captivating performer, Kelly first garnered international attention with her role as "Marnie Mason" in Ivan Reitman 's Twins , starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito . With her diverse character portrayals in films... 10. Shannyn Sossamon Actress, A Knight's Tale Shannyn Sossamon, who credits her striking looks to a mix of English, French, Hawaiian, Dutch, Irish, Filipino, and German ancestry, was born Shannon Marie Kahololani Sossamon in Honolulu, Hawaii. At the age of one, Shannyn and her family moved to a new locale: Reno, Nevada. Her youth was spent at a dance studio...

11. Kelly Hu Actress, X2 On February 13th, 1968, a girl of Chinese, English, and Hawaiian ancestry was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her father, Herbert, was a salesman and her mother, Juanita, worked many odd jobs to help support the family. She has one older brother, Glenn. She is a former Miss Teen USA, and modeled in Japan and Italy for several months before deciding to relocate to L.A... 12. Teilor Grubbs Actress, Hawaii Five-0 18. Bette Midler Self, Fantasia 2000 Multi Grammy Award-winning singer/comedienne/author Bette Midler has also proven herself to be a very capable actress in a string of both dramatic and comedic roles. Midler was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on December 1, 1945. She is the daughter of Ruth (Schindel), a seamstress, and Fred Midler, a painter... 19. Tahj Mowry Actor, Baby Daddy Tahj Mowry, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, is known for playing the young prodigy on the Disney sitcom, Smart Guy .

He is the son of Darlene Renee (Flowers), who eventually ended up managing the siblings' early career, and Timothy John Mowry, a police officer and a veteran of the war. His mother is of Afro-Bahamian descent and his father... 20. Janel Parrish Actress, Pretty Little Liars 22. Sasha Barrese Actress, The Hangover Sasha Feline Barrese is the daughter of actress and model Katherine Barrese . Katherine was a model when she gave birth to baby Sasha. The two lived in Maui, Hawaii and soon moved to Paris, France. There, Katherine continued to model and take Sasha to work with her. Sasha got a lot of early modeling experience by going to the photo shoots with her mom... 23. Barack Obama Thanks, By the People: The Election of Barack Obama U.S. President Barack Hussein Obama II was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. His mother, Stanley Ann Dunham , was a white American from Wichita, Kansas. His father, Barack Obama Sr. , who was black, was from Alego, Kenya. They were both young college students at the University of Hawaii. When his father left for Harvard... 24.

Lia Marie Johnson Actress, T@gged Lia was born in Wahiawa, Hawaii. She is part of a military family and has lived all over the United States including Florida and California. She has four younger sisters and a younger brother. Now that she is permanently located in Southern California she is excited to continue pursuing her acting dream. 25. Taylor Wily Actor, Forgetting Sarah Marshall 28. Sanoe Lake Actress, Blue Crush Sanoe Lake is a surfer, model and actress. She was born and raised in Kauai, Hawaii. Her name "Sànoe" means " The Mist of the Mountains." She was a known tomboy and thrill seeker when she was growing up earning herself the nickname "Sanoe boy." Sanoe was discovered at 15 years old by a manager on the beach of Oahu's North Shore when she came in from surfing... 29. Misti Traya Actress, Living with Fran Misti was student body president of the prestigious all girls school, Marlborough, in Los Angeles, California. She graduated in 1999, then headed to New York where she studied creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College. She graduated with a BA in May of 2003.

30. Julie McCullough Actress, Sharknado 31. Carrie Ann Inaba Self, Live with Kelly and Michael Carrie Ann Inaba was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. She is of Japanese, Chinese, and Irish ancestry, and is the youngest of two children. Carrie Ann grew up dancing the hula (native Hawaiian dance) and other dance forms. She also played the piano and violin and sang in the choir. She attended Hanahaouli School and then Punahou School... 32. Anthony Ruivivar Actor, Tropic Thunder 34. Candis Cayne Self, Making the Boys Candis was born as Brendan McDaniel in Hawaii. Brendan transitioned to Candis Cayne and became one of the United States' most popular and sought-after transgender actresses. Candis first made a name for herself at the famed NYC gay hot-spot "Boy Bar", where her performances drew raves. A classically trained dancer... 35. Elle McLemore Actress, Grease Live! 36. Karen Steele Actress, Marty Karen Steele was born on March 20, 1931, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

A former cover girl and model, she was one of the most strikingly beautiful actresses to ever work in film and television. She went to the University of Hawaii and to Rollins College in Florida before gracing our film screens with her first film in 1952... 37. Don Stroud Actor, Django Unchained He's the son of Vaudeville great, Clarence Stroud , of the Stroud Twins and singer Ann McCormack , who toured the world with Frank Sinatra . Don grew up on the beach in Honolulu, Hawaii, where his stepfather, Paul Livermore , and his mother, Ann, owned and operated the popular "Embers Steak House" and nightclub where Ann performed nightly... 38. Scott Coffey Actor, Ferris Bueller's Day Off 42. Kristina Anapau Actress, Black Swan Kristina Anapau is an actress on the big and small screen. Born in Hawaii, Kristina Anapau spent her youth studying classical ballet, music and theatre. She graduated from high school at the age of 15 and, that same year, began her studies at The University of Hawaii. With dreams of pursuing a professional dance career... 43.

Maile Flanagan Actress, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Maile Flanagan won an Emmy for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks in 2006. She was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. She lived in Bangkok, Nurnberg and Munich, and then attended Boston College. After Boston College, she was in the improv comedy troupe Every Mother's Nightmare with Wayne Wilderson... 44. Clyde Kusatsu Actor, Paradise Road 46. Professor Toru Tanaka Actor, The Running Man Built like the proverbial Patton tank, Professor Toru Tanaka was arguably the successor to Harold Sakata as the archetypal Asian henchman who possessed incredible strength, and clobbered those foolish enough to tangle with him. Born Charles Kalani, he was a successful wrestler and served for over ten years in the US Armed Forces attaining the rank of sergeant... 47. Maxim Knight Actor, Falling Skies Maxim Knight stars in TNT's hit sci-fi drama "Falling Skies." Maxim's performance earned him a Young Artist Award in 2012.

At 13, Maxim has over 60 film, television, commercial & voice over credits. At the tender age of 7, Maxim booked his first feature film, starring opposite Oscar winner Melissa Leo... 48. Keo Woolford Actor, Act of Valor Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Keo has starred as the King of Siam in a revival of The King and I at the London Palladium in London's West End, playing over 350 performances opposite Elaine Paige and Josie Lawrence. In New York City and Los Angeles, he appeared in numerous productions, including his own critically acclaimed, award winning one-man shows... 49. Obama’s favorite island eateries - Travel - Destination Travel - US and Canada | NBC News Obama’s favorite island eateries Hawaii offers plenty to satisfy a presidential palate Below: Advertise Eugene Tanner / AP file Rainbow Drive-In in Kapahulu, Hawaii, is known for its delicious local food served up in a box. President Barack Obama, who was raised on Oahu, has been known to visit the drive-in to pick up a meal with his family while vacationing on Oahu.

updated 3/19/2009 10:01:08 AM ET 2009-03-19T14:01:08 - HONOLULU — President Barack Obama doesn't need a restaurant guide when he visits Hawaii. When the island icon comes home to visit family and vacation, he knows exactly where and what to eat. His favorites range from Hawaii's top fine-dining establishments to walk-up windows where $10 could buy a carb-rich feast. Michelle Obama once said, "You can't really understand Barack until you understand Hawaii." And there's no way to truly experience Hawaii without tasting the local "grinds." During his past two visits to Honolulu, where he was born and raised, Obama provided a glimpse of what pleases his presidential palate. While he has undoubtedly become a fan of Chicago fare, he didn't experience deep-dish pizzas or Italian beef sandwiches growing up. The closest young Obama got to snow was slurping a Hawaiian shave ice. "I'm going to get a plate lunch," Obama proclaimed, moments after arriving in Honolulu on his August vacation. Advertise The name "plate lunch" doesn't quite do it justice.

It should be called: heaping pile of rice and meat crammed into a plastic foam container that could feed a small family, costs about $6, will require a couple of Rolaids and induce a two-hour nap. And if there's nothing on the plate that's deep fried, soaked in mayonnaise, smothered in gravy or doubles your bad cholesterol level, it's not a true plate lunch. That could account for why the health-conscious president we see now was pleasantly plump during his childhood when he was known as "Barry." Report: Airlines collecting $36.1B in fees this year Plate lunches have been a part of Hawaii for decades. They are believed to have originated in the 19th century plantation era, when sugarcane workers brought rice, pickled vegetables and other leftovers from dinner and took a lunch break together in the shade. Decades later, "lunch wagons" started delivering plate lunches to laborers, much like they do today. Plate lunches reflect the state's multicultural population, with Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian and American influences.

There are literally hundreds of combinations of plate lunches to choose from, and some places now offer gourmet selections and more healthy choices with brown rice and tossed salads, instead of the traditional white rice and macaroni salad. Plate lunches are widely available from white lunch wagons parked around downtown and at many restaurants. The best spots don't show up in tour books, but the locals prefer it that way, because the lines are already too long. Besides plate lunches, island cuisine often focuses on fresh fish and vegetables grown locally with seasonings borrowed from across the Pacific Rim. At one point during his last visit, Obama offered journalists a shave ice. Hawaii's shave ice is a monster version of the snow cone, featuring fine-shaved powder with no icy chunks and a long list of tropical flavors. "Guys, here's your chance," Obama said. "No? I'm telling you, this is really good." © 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Photos: Presidential journey Related slideshows Michelle Obama and her two daughters, Malia and Sasha, walk offstage as President-elect Barack Obama addresses supporters during his election night party at Grant Park in Chicago.

Obama was a community organizer in Chicago in the 1980s. He returned to the Windy City after earning his law degree, taught at the University of Chicago and eventually entered politics. Now, the Obamas live in the Kenwood area of Chicago, an affluent, educated neighborhood on the South Side. (Morry Gash / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation Obama and his daughters walk the beach during their vacation in Kailua, Hawaii, on Aug. 12, 2008. Obama was born in Honolulu and lived with his mother and grandparents in a two-bedroom apartment. He moved to Jakarta, Indonesia, in 1967 after his mother married an Indonesian man. Obama returned to Hawaii when he was 10 and lived with his grandparents until he was 18. (Marco Garcia / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation Advertise Obama (red shirt) is seen with family and friends at the Pali Lookout in Honolulu. (Alex Brandon / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation The steep trail to the Makapuu lighthouse is one of Barack Obama's favorite hikes in his hometown of Honolulu. Here, a hiker and her dog make their way along the picturesque trail.

(Lucy Pemoni / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation In 1971, when he was 10 years old, Barry Obama enrolled at the private Punahou School in Honolulu and entered an unfamiliar world of privilege. Despite feeling out of place, he eventually prospered at the school. Today, tuition tops $16,000 per year at the exclusive institution. (Lucy Pemoni / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation Indonesian school girls run on the playground at the SDN Menteng 1 school in Jakarta, Indonesia. President-elect Barack Obama attended the school when he was a child. (Ed Wray / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation Local boys in Kogelo village, Kenya, admire a painting featuring President-elect Barack Obama, center, alongside, from left, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, current U.S. President George W. Bush and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, during a gathering of people on Nov. 4, 2008. Obama's late father was from Kogelo, a village in western Kenya, and his half-brother, step-grandmother and other relatives still live there.

(Matt Dunham / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation Obama graduated from Harvard Law School in 1991. This is a view of Langdell Hall at the school's campus in Cambridge, Mass. While there, Obama served as president for the Harvard Law Review. (Harvard Law School / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation Advertise Barber Tony Coye talks about President-elect Barack Obama as he cuts Kenneth Clay's hair at the Hyde Park Hair Salon in Obama's Hyde Park neighborhood in Chicago. (M. Spencer Green / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation This is a curbside view of the Chicago home of President-elect Barack Obama. Places that U.S. presidents have called home often become major tourist attractions, from estates at Mount Vernon and Monticello, to Hodgenville, Ky., where Abe Lincoln's log cabin once stood. (Jerry Lai / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation Advertise Occidental College students celebrate in Samuelson Campus Pavilion on the Eagle Rock campus in Los Angeles, Calif., as alumnus Barack Obama is officially announced the 44th president of the United States on Nov. 4, 2008.

(Marc Campos / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation Editor's note: This image contains graphic content that some viewers may find disturbing. Click to view the image, or use the buttons above to navigate away. This image contains graphic content that some viewers may find disturbing. Click to view the image, or use the buttons above to navigate away. This image contains graphic content that some viewers may find disturbing. Click to view the image, or use the buttons above to navigate away. Obama's Childhood Obama Childhood Barack Obama Sr. was awarded a joint scholarship by Kenyan-based Airlift Africa Project and the African-American Students Foundation, which led to him enrolling in the University of Hawaii in Honolulu in the fall of 1959 to pursue a degree in Economics. Free-spirited Wichita-born Stanley Ann Dunham enrolled there several months earlier, pursuing a Mathematics degree. As luck would have it, both the 23-year old Obama Sr. and the 17-year Dunham signed up for the same basic Russian language class for some extra credits. The pair met, and romance blossomed.

A few months later, Dunham moved into Obama Sr.’s rented unit at 625 11th Ave Honolulu, and President Barack Obama was conceived here sometime in early December 1960. 625 11th Ave Honolulu View Larger Map Dunham, already a scandalous figure in the community owing to her relationship with Obama Sr., dropped out of the university after learning of her pregnancy. The couple wedded a little over a month later on Groundhog Day in the small coastal town of Wailuku in Maui. Barack Hussein Obama II was born half a year later on August 4, 1961. But the marriage proved to be a short- lived affair after Dunham discovered that Obama Sr. hid about an earlier marriage, and an existing wife in his homeland Kenya. Their relationship broke down irretrievably. A heartbroken Dunham, with the one-month old Obama Jr. in tow, moved to Seattle and attended a program at the University of Washington. She stayed in a rented apartment there, juggling baby Obama with her studies. Meanwhile, back in Hawaii, Obama Sr. graduated and was quickly offered another scholarship, this time by Harvard, to pursue a Ph.D. in Economics.

He left in September 1962, just missing Dunham’s return, who moved in back with her parents. Not much is known of their life in the next two years, beyond the fact that Dunham’s parents, Stanley and Madelyn Lee, proved to be doting grandparents to the young Obama. With the support of her parents, Dunham re-enrolled in the University of Hawaii to pursue a degree in Cultural Anthropology. She filed for divorce in January 1964, and Obama Sr. did not contest it. Stanley with Obama During her free time, Dunham began spending time in the new East-West Center campus, a Congress-funded initiative designed to forge and build relationships between the American academic and professional community and their Asian counterparts. It was here, in the Center’s 21-acre, six building compound, located adjacent to the University of Hawaii, that Dunham met and subsequently fell in love with, Lolo Soetoro. Soetoro, a 29-year old government-sponsored Indonesian student, was in the third year of his Geography degree. The couple dated, and was married on March 15, 1965, in a civil ceremony in Molokai.

Dunham and the young Obama, affectionately called Barry by his family, moved into Soetoro’s rented house at 3326 Oahu Avenue in Upper Manoa. Soetoro, after obtaining his degree, returned to Indonesia in 1966. Dunham graduated in 1967 and promptly moved to Indonesia with six-year old Obama to join her husband. Soetoro’s early employment remains a source of contention, although the most popularly accepted theory was either as a Surveyor or Colonel with the Indonesian Army. However, based on several passages from President Obama’s 1995 bestseller, Dreams of My Father, the latter seems more likely. Dreams of My Father, page 25 I noticed a series of indented scars that ran from his ankle halfway up his shin. “What are those?” “Leech marks,” he said. “From when I was in New Guinea. They crawl inside your army boots while you’re hiking through the swamps. At night, when you take off your socks, they’re stuck there, fat with blood. You sprinkle salt on them and they die, but you still have to dig them out with a hot knife.”….

I asked Lolo if it had hurt. “Of course it hurt,” he said, taking a sip from the jug. “Sometimes you can’t worry about hurt. Sometimes you worry only about getting where you have to go.”…. “Have you ever seen a man killed?” I asked him. He glanced down, surprised by the question. “Have you?” I asked again. “Yes,” he said. I thought for a moment. “Why was the man killed? The one you saw?” “Because he was weak.” “That’s all?” Lolo shrugged and rolled his pant leg back down. “That’s usually enough. Men take advantage of weakness in other men. They’re just like countries in that way. The strong man takes the weak man’s land. He makes the weak man work in his fields. If the weak man’s woman is pretty, the strong man will take her.” He paused to take another sip of water, then asked, “Which would you rather be?” I didn’t answer, and Lolo squinted up at the sky. “Better to be strong,” he said finally, rising to his feet. “If you can’t be strong, be clever and make peace with someone who’s strong.

But always better to be strong yourself. Always.” Dreams of My Father, page 27 "Still, something had happened between her and Lolo in the year that they had been apart. In Hawaii he had been so full of life, so eager with his plans. At night when they were alone, he would tell her about growing up as a boy during the war, watching his father and eldest brother leave to join the revolutionary army, hearing the news that both had been killed and everything lost, the Dutch army’s setting their house aflame, their flight into the countryside, his mother’s selling her gold jewelry a piece at a time in exchange for food. Things would be changing now that the Dutch had been driven out, Lolo had told her; he would return and teach at the university, be a part of that change. He didn’t talk that way anymore. In fact, it seemed as though he barely spoke to her at all, only out of necessity or when spoken to, and even then only of the task at hand, repairing a leak or planning a trip to visit some distant cousin. It was as if he had pulled into some dark hidden place, out of reach, taking with him the brightest part of himself.

On some nights, she would hear him up after everyone else had gone to bed, wandering through the house with a bottle of imported whiskey, nursing his secrets. Other nights he would tuck a pistol under his pillow before falling off to sleep. Whenever she asked him what was wrong, he would gently rebuff her, saying he was just tired." Much later in the book, Obama would recount his experiences living in Indonesia, a chapter in his life that profoundly affected both him and his mother. More importantly, he began to understand the naiveté of his mother, of her habit of only seeing the best in everyone and of her constant battle for acceptance. Obama spent his first three years of primary school in SD Fransiscus Asisi (St. Francis of Asisi), a Catholic school under the auspices of the St. Francis of Asisi Church in Jakarta. A statue of young Obama in front of SD Franciscus Asisi in Jakarta Three years later, with the help of his brother, Soetoro managed to secure a job with Mobil Oil Co, as an executive in their government relations office.

The family moved to a new house near Central Jakarta, and Obama was transferred to the nearby government-run Menteng State Elementary School for the next year and a half. Dunham also found a new job as the Director of the Indonesian Institute of Management, Education and Development. On August 15, 1970, Dunham gave birth to Maya Kassandra Soetoro, and life appeared to be perfect for the young family. However, Dunham began to have reservations about the education of his son. Despite the daily three-hour early-morning tutoring she gave Obama, she feared that her son will lose his identity and culture growing up in a foreign land. And thus, in 1971, Dunham decided to send Obama back to Hawaii to live with his grandparents. Obama, with his 9th grade class in 1976 The ten-year old Obama returned to Hawaii in the summer of 1971 into the eagerly awaiting embrace of his grandparents, Stanley and Madelyn. They promptly enrolled him into the Punahou School, one of the top private schools in Hawaii, where he will stay until graduation eight years later. His schoolmates at the time included AOL founder Steve Case and Hollywood actress, Kelly Preston.

Young Obama received a surprise several months later when his biological father, Obama Sr., came to visit. The older Obama took his son to a jazz concert, featuring the legendary jazz pianist, David Brubeck. It proved to be the first and only time they would meet. Obama Sr. would pass away eleven years later in a car crash. Obama Sr. and Obama Jr. His mother returned to Hawaii the following year with his half-sister Maya after obtaining a scholarship to pursue an M.A in Anthropology from the University of Hawaii. She graduated three years later, and planned on bringing Obama back with her to Indonesia. However, Obama chose to stay behind with his grandparents and finish high school at Punahou. Dunham returned again two years later to complete her Ph.D, and once again, Obama declined to follow her when she returned to Indonesia in 1978. Obama was a respected and well-liked student in his school. He played as a forward in the school’s basketball team and won the 1979 State Championship. He was in the Choir Club and became one of the editors of the school magazine. Outside the school, Obama was an avid surfer, a fan of jazz and loves fishing.

His former homeroom teacher, Eric Kusunoki, remarked in an interview 28 years later, “I knew he would do well. He was very gifted, and I knew he'd do great things." Years later, Obama would admit to experimenting with drugs and consuming alcohol as a high schooler. He graduated in 1979, and his journey into adulthood officially began. Barack Obama -- Indonesia The Soetoro house in Jakarta, Indonesia, and the bedroom that Obama shared with a houseboy "It was a very poor area when the family came here," said Coenraad Satjakoesoemah, 79, a retired airline manager and a neighborhood leader. "There were still dirt roads, only a few houses and lots of large trees." In Satjakoesoemahï¿½s living room, Obamaï¿½s mother taught English to the neighborhood women, including his wife, Djumiati.While the residents regarded Obamaï¿½s mother as a "free spirit," Barry, who was chubby, was referred to as the "boy who runs like a duck," said Mrs. Satjakoesoemah, 69.

Sometime in the third grade, after his family moved to a different part of the city, Obama transferred to Elementary School Menteng 1, possibly the most famous primary school in Indonesia. Founded as a Dutch colonial school in 1934, it has long drawn the children of the countryï¿½s ruling class because of its location in Menteng, traditionally the wealthiest residential neighborhood in Jakarta. Nowadays, though many wealthy Indonesians send their children to international schools here, the Menteng public school still draws the children of the elite, so much so that the principal, Hasimah, said she could "count on one hand" the students, out of a total of 400, who are not driven to school every day by their parents or drivers. Obamaï¿½s family stayed instead in a humble neighborhood called Matraman-Dalam, on a short block of single-story, detached houses, a stoneï¿½s throw from a traditional Indonesian neighborhood of narrow, winding streets. Obamaï¿½s family rented the guest house inside a compound belonging to a prominent physician.

There, according to the neighborhoodï¿½s longtime residents, the young Obama, who had already experienced differences in class and religion in his short stay in Indonesia, was exposed to another aspect of Jakartaï¿½s diversity. His nanny was an openly gay man -- actually, a transvestite -- who, in keeping with Indonesiaï¿½s relaxed attitudes toward homosexuality, carried on an affair with a local butcher, longtime residents said. The nanny later joined a group of transvestites called Fantastic Dolls, who, like the many transvestites who remain fixtures of Jakartaï¿½s streetscape, entertained people by dancing and playing volleyball. Obama was known as the "boy who runs like a duck." With a transvestite nanny and sharing his room with a "houseboy," it's no wonder! Lolo Was Liaison To The Suharto Regime Lolo Soetoro had been an official of the Director General's office in the TNI Topography division of the Indonesian Army. He later becomes an executive with American Mobil Corporation, where he is a key liaison between the oil company and the Suharto regime. Suharto had been installed as the American friendly Indonesian President in 1967.

Obama writes, "Looking back, I'm not sure Lolo ever fully understood what my mother was going through ... why the things he was working so hard to provide for her seemed only to increase the distance between them ... He landed a job in the government relations department of an American oil company. ... Sometimes I would overhear him and my mother arguing in their bedroom, usually about her refusal to attend his company dinner parties, where American businessmen from Texas and Louisiana would slap Lolo's back and boast about the palms they had greased to obtain the new offshore drilling rights, while their wives complained to my mother about the quality of Indonesian help. He would ask her how it would look for him to go alone, and remind her that these were her own people, and my mother's voice would rise to almost a shout." "They [the Americans] are not my people!" There was at least the suggestion of violent discord between them. When Anna refused to go with her husband to socialize with American executives in Jakarta when he was working for an Indonesian oil company, and after coming home late from a teaching job servants saw her with a towel covering up blood on her face, although nobody ever confirmed any domestic violence.

Saebarkah Soetoro -- Is That You Barry? Chris Strunk is in opposition to a summary judgment filed by the DOJ in the case Strunk v DOS et al. DCD 08-cv-2234 and seeks further disclosure in regards to DOS spoliation of documents in regards to my request under FOIA the passport and related records of Stanley Ann Dunham et al.. I have been awaiting these records and more since October 2008 when I first filed a FOIA request related to my active case in New York Supreme Court where the records will be used when the disposition of the Summary Judgment is complete; Hopefully, I will receive the additional records that exist from 1960 onward too. Clearly when the DOS release is combined with the US Customs and Immigration service release to Ken Allen amounting to about 90 pages shows that Lolo Soetoro and Ann Soetoro were having difficulties that would only explain the removal of BHO from her passport in 1968 especially since the Indonesian Government in Soetoroï¿½s words, any American, was in jeopardy there in Indonesia due to the anti-American feelings" is shown at page 103 of attached to the U.S.

Government memo of January 12, 1966 with pages marked 000077 through 000080 therein at page 000078 regarding Lolo Soetoros request for a INA section 212(e) waiver and two year extension for his stay in the USA with Ann Soetoro, (that according to the US Government document of August 6, 1968 all three returned to Indonesia on July 20, 1966); Soetoro states: "Most importantly, anti-American feeling has reached a feverish pitch under the direction of the Indonesian communist party, and I have been advised by both family and friends in Indonesia that it would be dangerous to endeavor to return with my wife at the present time. Of secondary importance is the fact that my wife does not yet speak Indonesian.

Not only would she be forced to cut short her college education, but she would be left in a position of isolation in the community." It appears from the cross comparison on both the Customs and DOS FOIA released documents that on October 20, 1971 Stanley Ann Dunham Soetoro (SADS) and BHO (a.k.a Saebarkah Soetoro) together boarded Pan Am Airlines Flight 812 unaccompanied by Lolo M.

Soetoro in Djakarta Indonesia and arrived in Honolulu Hawaii on October 21, 1971 and sought entry into the USA on an expired Passport issued July 19, 1965 according to the DS 1423 Form for REQUEST BY UNITED STATES NATIONAL FOR AND REPORT OF EXCEPTION TO SECTION 53.1, TITLE 22 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS with use of the expired Passport of July 19, 1965 shown as page 6 of It is important to discover whether or not based upon SADSï¿½ August 13, 1968 Passport Renewal Application to DOS shown as page 3 and 4 of SADS excluded Saebarkah Soetoro (BHO)from her Passport of July 19, 1965; and therefore, left no way for BHO who is presumed to also have the right to an Indonesian Passport under Lolo Soetoro to reenter the USA with SADS except by use of the expired July 19 1965 passport. That Declarant among other items of interest in the analysis presented by Dr.

Corsi in his Worldnet Daily Article (WND) takes issue with the insinuation that the 1965 edition of SADS passport was only good for 3 years when in fact it was to expire July 18, 1970 according to the actual reference by the US Government shown in the upper right corner of the application located at page 3; however in August 13 1968 SADS made an early application to renew the 1965 to remove BHO (a.k.a. Saebarkah Soetoro) from her own passport. At that time, Lolo Soetoro was in a difficult effort with the State Department and US Customs and Immigration to obtain reentry into the USA and needed to reflect Saebarkah Soetoro (BHO) as an Indonesian for his own safety. That Saebarkah Soetoro (BHO) according to his own writing in 1971 would re-enter back into the USA to live with his Grandma Madelyn Dunham.

Except for the fact that the Exception request for use of the expired July 19, 1965 passport without use of an American passport as Saebarkah Soetoro as an Indonesian citizen which he was also entitled to an Indonesian Passport made without being on SADS renewed Passport of August 13 1968 made it easier for Saebarkah Soetoro / BHO to travel and obtain a renewed Indonesian Passport, rather than a British or even Kenyan passport that would be more difficult to explain or obtain to the Indonesian Government (having a USA passport there in Indonesian would dangerously expose Lolo Soetoro to government scrutiny since BHO was born in Kenya not the USA was adopted by Lolo Soetoro as a Indonesian citizen).

Thereafter 1971, Saebarkah Soetoro living in the USA went to the Indonesian Embassy in Hawaii to obtain or renew the Indonesian passport as part of his college funding program and that in 1981 through 1984 was then used while attending Columbia University to enter Indonesia, Pakistan and Afghanistan while working for Zbigniew Brzezinski then of the Scholl of Foreign Affairs and the National Security Council with the Carter Administration and Reagan Administration transition. Lolo Soetoro's Records Sister Maya Obama's half-sister, Maya Kassandra Soetoro, was born on August 15, 1970, in Jakarta, Indonesia. Anna registered her birth as " born in Honolulu " shortly after her birth, as well. Maya would have a State of Hawaii Certification of Live Birth (COLB), just like the one Obama posted on the Internet. Maya would also attend the private Punahou School.

It was Maya, who has said that Obama was legally adopted by her father, Lolo Soetoro, and Maya also said, "There was always a joke between my mom and Barack that he would be the first black president." Obama Has A Passport Obama visited Australia as a boy when he passed through Sydney from Indonesia, where he lived with his mother for four years, during trips to visit his grandparents in Hawaii. He is said to have enjoyed his stops in Sydney, especially the beaches. This tells us that Barack Obama had a passport. The question is, was it an American passport or an Indonesian passport. The Drop Off In 1971, Ann took Barack Jr. back to Hawaii to live with her parents, who lived in a modest two-bedroom Honolulu apartment, at 1617 S. Beretania St., in order to save money for Obamaï¿½s tuition to attend the Punahou Academy, an elite private school. Madelyn would live at that address until her death on November 2nd, 2008. Anna and Obama's half-sister Maya returned to Indonesia.

Except for occasional visits to Hawaii, Dunham, who traveled throughout Southeast Asia on business, would remain based in Jakarta for the remainder of her life. Splitsville Anna filed for divorce from Lolo Soetoro on June 15th, 1980. The divorce was granted on August 28th, 1980, took effect on November 5th, 1980, and closed on November 26,1988. The documents show Anna and Lolo were "lawfully married to each other" and "have 1 child below age 18 and 1 child above age 18 but still dependent on the parties for education." Lolo was not required to pay any support and Anna resumed the use of Stanley Ann Dunham as her name. Further documentation has been uncovered by independent investigators. These documents, "Information Concerning Child Care" ( page1 and page2 ), signed on June 15, 1980, (click to enlarge) show that: Lolo and Anna ceased living together in August of 1974. Lolo visited every three months for the purpose of seeing Maya, his daughter.

Lolo had not contributed to the support of Anna and the two children since 1974, was living with another woman and wished to remarry. Under living arrangements, the documents states, "oldest child in university and mother resides with youngest child in 4 bedroom home provided by mother's employer (USAID); household includes 2 full-time live-in domestics." "Mother's work hours coincide with youngest child school hours so child care not a problem." "Mother spends approximately $300 per month on domestic help, including after hours babysitting, if necessary." And, this is interesting, although Maya was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, of an Indonesian father, Anna claims, "both mother and child are U. S. citizens, while father is an Indonesian citizen." Soetoro Divorce Was There An Adoption Obama arrived in Indonesia at about the age of five according to most accounts, although it was possible he arrived at the age of six, according to a few sources.

At some time, Lolo Soetoro adopted Barry, and Barry would have automatically become an Indonesian citizen according to the countryï¿½s laws in the 1960ï¿½s, which stipulated any child is immediately granted Indonesian citizenship upon completion of the adoption process. As evidence that an adoption occurred, there are the following artifacts: 1. The registration document from the Roman Catholic, Franciscus Assisi Primary School, in Jakarta, Indonesia. Barry Soetoro is registered as a "citizen" of Indonesia. 2. According to Indonesian legal experts, only Indonesian citizens could attend state-operated public schools. 3. In the divorce documents ( page1 and page2 ), Lolo Soetoro is described as "father" -- "husband has not contributed to support of wife and children" -- "oldest child in university" -- and this curious note, "both mother and child are U. S. citizens while father an Indonesian citizen" There is accumulating evidence that Anna was something of an expert at taking advantage living abroad, while carefully keeping one foot in the US of A for herself and her children.

Previously Unknown Obama Stepsister Dies Bridgette is reporting a previously unknown stepsister of Barack Obama died unexpectedly on Februay 26, 2010. The Indonesian obituaries also state Lia was born in 1957, and that she had three children with her husband, Edi Sobah, with whom she lived in West Java, Indonesia. The obituaries identified Lia as having been adopted by Lolo Soetoro, Obama's stepfather, and Ann Dunham Obama Soetoro, Obama's mother. Internet researchers made the link between Obama and his stepsister, Holiyah "Lia" Soetoro Sobah, after translating from obituaries published in Indonesia. The surfacing of Lia as an adopted child of Lolo Soetoro and Dunham raises the question of whether Barack Obama himself might have been adopted officially as Lolo Soetoro's stepson while in Indonesia from 1967-1971.

Even though Obama makes no mention in "Dreams from My Father" of having had an Indonesian stepsister, the Indonesian obituaries make clear that Obama slept in the same room as his stepsister while the two of them grew up together in the Soetoro home in Jakarta. According to the Indonesian obituaries, Barry Soetoro and Lia Soetoro were always together, playing, traveling on family vacations and even bathing. A photograph of Lia shows her holding a monkey doll and wearing clothes given her by Madelyn Dunham, Obama's maternal grandmother, when Lia visited Hawaii for three months. The visit apparently was in 1971, the year Obama left Indonesia permanently. Corsi says there is nothing on the public record to indicate that Obama sent any condolences, or even acknowledged the death of his stepsister. The Obama mythology insists Obama was in Indonesia from ages 6 to 10, and left in 1971, but we know Obama attended third grade at the Noelani Primary School in 1969, and here 's the evidence.

Obama's Half-Sister Joins Eligibility Talk-Show Tour Bob Unruh is reporting Obama's half-sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, has joined other celebrities apparently on a tour of talk shows endorsing the belief that Obama is eligible to be president of the United States, even though suspicions about a foreign birth have not been disproven, because his original long-form, hospital-generated birth certificate and other documents remain concealed. From a constitutional standpoint and since Obama's father was a Kenyan national, Obama was not a "natural born Citizen" as the U.S. Constitution requires for presidents, irrespective of birth location. Soetoro responded to questions about her brother's eligibility and his newly announced campaign to stay in office for another four years. "I think it's unfortunate," she told Morgan when asked about the controversy. "He was born in Hawaii. There is a tremendous amount of proof that has already been presented," she said. Is this the same Maya Spoetoro-Ng who said that Obama was born a Queens Medical Center, contradicting the official story that Obama was born at the Kapiolani Hospital?

Is this the same Maya Spoetoro-Ng who said, i n an April, 2007, interview with the New York Times, "My whole family was Muslim, and most of the people I knew were Muslim." ( Alternate link ) -- I assume Maya thinks of her brother, Barack (aka Barry, aka Soebarkah ), as a member of her family? Is this the same Maya Spoetoro-Ng who recalled that the family attended the mosque "for big communal events." Lolo Soetoro (Geographer) - Pics, Videos, Dating, & News Lolo Soetoro Male Born Jan 2, 1935 Lolo Soetoro, also known as Lolo Soetoro Mangunharjo or Mangundikardjo, was the Indonesian stepfather of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States of America.

related links Report Comes As Sheriff Joe's Posse Probes Birth Record Released By White House Wnd.Com Google News - Sep 21, 2011 'The aim was to &quot;dupe birthers&quot; into believing Obama had relinquished his US citizenship when he was in Indonesia as a child with his step-father <mark>Lolo Soetoro</mark> and his mother. Exhibit 1 shows the forged Certificate of Loss of Nationality form,' What's Difference Between A Lie And Bad Information? Opelousas Daily World Google News - Sep 18, 2011 '<mark>Lolo Soetoro</mark> (Obama&#39;s stepfather) born: Jan. 2, 1935 and died: March 2, 1987 at the age of 52. Step father was 6 years old when WW II started and 10 years old when it ended. Making him the youngest veteran in the war. Watch the video â this comes' Newest 'fight Smears' Campaign Office Following News Agency, Others Wnd.Com Google News - Sep 15, 2011 '...

the 2008 presidential campaign, the Associated Press published an image of a document that showed Obama&#39;s religion as &quot;Islam&quot; and his citizenship &quot;Indonesian&quot; when he lived in the Muslim-majority nation with his mother and stepfather, <mark>Lolo Soetoro</mark>' Naciones Ã¡rabes Y Musulmanas Con PetrÃ³leo: PrepÃ¡rense Para Ser Divididas Y ... Aporrea.Org Google News - Sep 12, 2011 'Coronel <mark>Lolo Soetoro</mark> sacado de su entrenamiento con la CIA en el Centro Oriente-Occidente de la Universidad de Hawaii, quien contrajo matrimonio con la madre de Barack Obama, Stanley Ann Dunham, antes de ser llamado a servicio activo para ayudar en el' Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Lolo Soetoro. CHILDHOOD 1935 Birth Born on January 2, 1935. TWENTIES Show Less Soetoro earned his bachelor's degree in geography from Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta.

In 1962, Soetoro, then a civilian employee of the Indonesian Army Topographic Service, obtained an East-West Center grant for graduate study in geography at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He arrived in Honolulu in September 1962 and graduated from the university with a M.A. in geography in June 1964. … Read More After living in Seattle, Washington, with her infant son Barack from September 1961 to June 1962 while taking classes at the University of Washington, Ann Dunham returned to Honolulu and resumed her undergraduate education at the University of Hawaii in January 1963. Read Less 1964 29 Years Old In January 1964 she filed for divorce from her estranged husband, Barack Obama Sr., who had left Hawaii in June 1962 to pursue graduate study at Harvard University. THIRTIES 1965 30 Years Old Soetoro and Dunham met at the East-West Center while both were students at the University of Hawaii. Soetoro and Dunham married in Hawaii in 1965.

1966 31 Years Old Soetoro, a geographer, returned to Indonesia in 1966, to help map Western New Guinea for the Indonesian government, while Dunham and her son moved into her parents' house in Honolulu to complete her studies at the University of Hawaii; she earned a B.A. in anthropology in 1967. … Read More Her son attended kindergarten from 1966 to 1967 at Noelani Elementary School in Honolulu. Read Less 1967 32 Years Old In 1967, Dunham and her six-year-old son moved to Jakarta to rejoin Soetoro. … Read More The reunited family initially lived in a new modest stucco and red tile house at 16 Kyai Haji Ramli Tengah Street in a newly-built neighborhood in the Menteng Dalam administrative village of the Tebet subdistrict in South Jakarta for two and a half years, and owned a new Japanese motorcycle.

From January 1968 to December 1969, Dunham taught English and was an assistant director of the Lembaga Persahabatan Indonesia Amerika (LIA)âthe Indonesia-America Friendship Instituteâwhich was subsidized by U.S. government. Obama attended the Indonesian-language Santo Fransiskus Asisi (St. Francis of Assisi) Catholic School around the corner from their house for 1st, 2nd, and part of 3rd grade. Read Less Show Less In 1970, with his financial situation improved by a new job in government relations at Union Oil Company, Soetoro moved his family two miles north to a rented house at 22 Taman Amir Hamzah Street in the Matraman Dalam neighborhood in the Pegangsaan administrative village of the Menteng subdistrict in Central Jakarta, with a car replacing their motorcycle. … Read More From January 1970 to August 1972, Dunham taught English and was a department head and a director of the Lembaga Pendidikan dan Pengembangan Manajemen (LPPM)âthe Institute of Management Education and Development.

Obama attended the Indonesian-language government-run Besuki School one and half miles east in the exclusive Menteng administrative village of the Menteng subdistrict for part of 3rd grade and for 4th grade. Read Less In mid-1970, between 3rd and 4th grades at the Besuki School, Obama spent the summer in Hawaii with his grandparents, Stanley and Madelyn Dunham, and interviewed for admission to the Punahou School in Honolulu. On August 15, 1970, Soetoro and Dunham had a daughter, Maya Kassandra Soetoro. 1971 36 Years Old In mid-1971, Obama moved back to Hawaii to live with his grandparents and attend Punahou School starting in 5th grade. … Read More A year later, in August 1972, Dunham, with the help of her employer (LPPM), obtained an Asia Foundation grant to begin graduate study in anthropology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She and her daughter moved back to Hawaii where they rejoined Obama.<br /><br /> Dunham completed her coursework at the University of Hawaii for a M.A.

in anthropology in December 1974, and after three years in Hawaii, returned with her daughter to Jakarta in 1975 to complete her contract with LPPM and do anthropological field work. Obama chose to stay with his grandparents in Hawaii to continue attending Punahou School for high school. Read Less FORTIES 1976 41 Years Old In 1976, Dunham and her daughter moved to Yogyakarta, living for half a year with Soetoro's 76-year-old mother. During their years in Indonesia, Dunham became increasingly interested in the country's culture, while Soetoro became more interested in Western culture, and their relationship was in conflict over differing values. Their divorce became final on November 6, 1980. … Read More In his 1995 memoir Dreams from My Father, Obama described Soetoro as well-mannered, even-tempered, and easy with people; he wrote of the struggles he felt Soetoro had to deal with after his return to Indonesia from Hawaii.

He described his stepfather as following "a brand of Islam that could make room for the remnants of more ancient animist and Hindu faiths." In a 2007 article, Chicago Tribune foreign correspondent Kim Barker reported that Soetoro "was much more of a free spirit than a devout Muslim, according to former friends and neighbors." Read Less 1980 45 Years Old Soetoro married Erna Kustina in 1980 and had two children, a son, Yusuf Aji Soetoro (born 1981) and daughter, Rahayu Nurmaida Soetoro (born 1987). FIFTIES 1987 52 Years Old Soetoro died, age 52, on March 2, 1987 of liver failure, and was buried in Tanah Kusir Cemetery, South Jakarta. Original Authors of this text are noted on . Barack Obama’s Hawaii | GoHawaii.com Barack Obama’s Hawaii “You can’t really understand Barack until you understand Hawaii.” ~ Michelle Obama Hawaii will always be home for President Barack Obama.

There can be no doubt that growing up in this idyllic, multicultural setting was a major influence in shaping who Obama is today. Kamaaina: Local at Heart The Hawaiian word kamaaina means someone who is native born or who has lived in Hawaii for some time. When Barack Obama returns to Hawaii with his family, he comes as a kamaaina, a local who knows where to go, where to eat and what to do. Here are a few places President Obama has visited on his trips back to Oahu: Activities Pearl Harbor - Chief historian Daniel A. Martinez gave the Obama family a tour of the USS Arizona Memorial. Hanauma Bay – Located on the southeast coast of Oahu, this Marine Life Conservation District is Oahu’s most popular snorkeling destination. This is also near Sandy Beach, one of President Obama’s favorite beaches growing up, as well as the Halona Blowhole, near the area where his mother’s ashes were scattered. Nuuanu Pali Lookout – This scenic spot atop Windward Oahu’s peaks was the site of a fierce battle lead by King Kamehameha I. Golf on Oahu – President Obama has played rounds at Olomana Golf Links and Royal Hawaiian Country Club.

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl – One of the country’s most prominent national cemeteries for the armed forces. President Obama’s grandfather is buried here. Food Plate lunch – Like most locals, President Obama frequents the restaurants of Kapahulu on the outskirts of Waikiki . He’s been known to get a local style plate lunch from the Rainbow Drive-In and the 24-hour Oahu mainstay, Zippy’s. Shave Ice – On a recent visit, President Obama and his daughters cooled off with a shave ice, the local version of a snow cone, at Island Snow in Kailua . Matsumoto Shave Ice on the North Shore is another famous shop and spots like Waiola Shave Ice in Kapahulu are popular with locals. Spam musubi – During a recent holiday visit, President Obama reportedly bought two spam musubis while enjoying a day of golf at the Olomana Golf Links. A sure sign that President Obama is a true local, Spam musubi is a popular Hawaii snack consisting of a Japanese onigiri, or rice ball, with a slice of cooked spam on it and wrapped with nori, or dried seaweed.

USA Today: Eat at Obama's favorite Hawaii restaurants Ohana: Barack Obama's Family Barack Obama was born on August 4, 1961 at the Kapiolani Hospital for Women & Children in the city of Honolulu on the island of Oahu . Honolulu is home to the majority of Hawaii’s diverse population and it was here at the University of Hawaii that Barack’s father and mother, Barack Obama Sr. and Ann Dunham, met. Raised in Hawaii until he was six, Obama spent four years in Indonesia after his mother remarried. Obama returned to Hawaii at age ten to attend the prestigious Punahou School, where Steve Case, co-founder of AOL, and golf phenom Michelle Wie also attended. Far from a Presidential hopeful, Obama played on the state championship basketball team and dreamed of becoming a pro basketball player. Obama lived with his maternal grandfather and grandmother, Stanley and Madelyn Dunham, a few blocks from school in the neighborhood of Makiki, just ten minutes away from Waikiki . He spent his youth enjoying picnics at the scenic Puu Ualakaa State Park near his home and Kapiolani Park in Waikiki as well as body surfing at Sandy Beach on the eastern tip of Oahu.

He even worked at a Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream on South King Street that still exists today. Obama continued on to Columbia and Harvard Law but made frequent visits back to see his ohana, or family, in Hawaii. His mother, who earned a Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Hawaii, died of cancer in 1995. Obama’s grandmother “Toot,” short for tutu (Hawaiian for grandmother), passed away in Hawaii just two days before Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States. Aloha: The Spirit of Obama Beyond Hawaii’s natural beauty, the islands are a place of incredible diversity. Dating back to plantation days, Hawaii has been home to a multicultural mix of people. It is this culture of acceptance and aloha that has had a profound affect on Barack Obama and will continue to influence him in the future. “What’s best in me, and what’s best in my message, is consistent with the tradition of Hawaii.” ~ Barack Obama

Question: What notable person was born in Honolulu and lived in Jakarta for part of his childhood?
Answer: Barack Obama