Michelle Obama

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is the wife of the 44th and incumbent President of the United States, Barack Obama, and is the first African-American First Lady of the United States. Raised on the South Side of Chicago, Obama attended Princeton University and Harvard Law School before returning to Chicago and to work at the law firm Sidley Austin, where she met her future husband. Subsequently, she worked as part of the s... More

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  • Jan 17, 1964 (age 48 years)

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  • 1.8 m (5.9 ft )

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  • Michelle Robinson,
  • Michelle Robinson Obama,
  • Michelle LaVaughn Robinson,
  • First lady Michelle Obama,
  • The Closer,
  • FLOTUS,
  • Renaissance

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  • Oct 3, 1992

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  • 1981
  • 1981
  • 1985
  • 1985
  • 1988
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  • 1
  • 2009
  • Heroes & Icons
  • 93
  • 2009
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Time 100 of 2009

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  • Aug 25, 2008

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  • 2009

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  • The Closer
  • Renaissance
  • FLOTUS
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