current events | January 16, 2026

The Greatest 20th Century Anthropologists

Birthdate: November 29, 1942

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Wichita, Kansas, United States

Died: November 7, 1995

Ann Dunham was the mother of former U.S. President Barack Obama. She was an economic anthropologist and worked for the betterment of rural Indonesian women. She had met Barack Obama Sr. while studying at the University of Hawaii. She had worked with USAID, the Ford Foundation, and Bank Rakyat Indonesia.