Barack Obama Sr.

economist and father of Barack Obama Jr. (1934–1982)

Barack Obama Sr. (1934–1982) was a Kenyan economist and father of Barack Obama Jr. Obama was born in Nyang'oma Kogelo on 18 June 1934. He died in Nairobi on 24 November 1982, at the age of 48.

Obama worked in economics.

Obama was elected to Phi Beta Kappa Society. He was educated at Harvard University, University of Hawaiʻi System and Maseno School.

Obama was the son of Hussein Onyango Obama and Habiba Akumu Obama. He married Stanley Ann Dunham and Ruth Ndesandjo. He had four recorded children, Barack Obama, Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo, George Hussein Onyango Obama and Malik Obama. He is recorded as following atheism. The recorded cause of death is traffic collision.

Barack Obama Sr. is covered in 31 language editions of Wikipedia, a rough measure of how far the name has carried beyond Kenya.

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