When you run for President of the United States, there are very few secrets left uncovered by the media. Barack Obama seemed to burst on the political scene from out of nowhere a couple of years ago, but here are 7 Things You Don’t Know About: Barack Obama.

1. Many know that he is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, but his college career began at Occidental College in Los Angeles, California.
2. Barack and Michelle Obama met in 1988.
3. Famous people who share Barack Obama’s birthday (August 4th): Elizabeth (Queen Mother), Louis Armstrong, Billy Bob Thornton, Roger Clemens, and Jeff Gordon.
4. Barack Obama has claimed that if he had to choose an alternate career it would’ve been that of an architect.
5. In his first three years in the United States Senate, Barack Obama received honorary degrees from: Knox College, University of Massachusetts Boston, Northwestern University, Xavier University of Louisiana, Southern New Hampshire University, and Howard University.
6. Barack Obama’s first book, “Dreams Of My Father”, was written and published before his first run for public office.
7. Barack Obama’s father is from Kenya where after a 2006 Congressional visit, a school was renamed the Senator Barack Obama Primary School.

Barack Obama, win or lose, will go down in history as one of the more interesting political personalities and stories of our time.