FACTBOX-Barack Obama, Democratic U.S. presidential candidate

(Reuters) - U.S. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois is the Democratic candidate for president in Tuesday's election. Following are some of his biographical details:

Age: 47

Birth date: August 4, 1961

Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii

Education: Columbia University; Harvard Law School

Wife: Michelle Robinson

Children: Two daughters

Religious affiliation: United Church of Christ

Family: Barack Obama was born in Hawaii to a Kenyan father and a white American mother. His father, Barack Obama Sr., married his mother, Ann Dunham, while studying at the University of Hawaii. The couple separated two years after Obama was born. His father ultimately returned to Kenya, where he became a noted economist. He died in a car accident in 1982.