What were Barack Obama's names?

Answer 1

He was born in Hawaii in 1961 as Barack Hussein Obama II. For a time, he wanted to be called Barry, but ultimately reverted back to his birth name.

A group of people called the "Birthers" continue to insist the president is foreign-born, and they also assert that he has used fake names. Some Birthers were hoaxed by a 2009 April Fool's Day posting which stated that a (mythical) group called "Americans for Freedom of Information" had released copies of President Obama's college transcripts from Occidental College. The transcript supposedly indicated that Obama, under the name Barry Soetoro, "received financial aid as a foreign student from Indonesia." But fact-checking websites like snopes.com quickly debunked this false claim, showing that not only was the group fictional but no such records exist, since President Obama did not apply for aid as a foreign student nor use the name Barry Soetoro. There are some excellent refutations of the major conspiracy theories about the president at the link below.