Barack Obama was known as "Barry" in his youth, but asked to be addressed with his given name during his college years.Besides his native English, Obama speaks Indonesian at the conversational level, which he learned during his four childhood years in Jakarta.He plays basketball, a sport he participated in as a member of his high school's varsity team.
Obama is a well known supporter of the Chicago White Sox, and threw out the first pitch at the 2005 ALCS when he was still a Senator.In 2009, he threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the all star game.He is also primarily a Chicago Bears fan in the NFL, but is known to also support the Pittsburgh Steelers,and openly rooted for them in their victory in Super Bowl XLIII while wearing a White Sox jacket. 12 days after Obama took office as President