Trivia

Is narrowly beaten by Eleanor Roosevelt as the tallest United States First Lady. Michelle Obama is slightly shorter than 5'11", Roosevelt was slightly shorter than 6'.

Graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. in Sociology, and went on to earn a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

First U.S. First Lady of African-American ancestry.

Conceived both her daughters through IVF after suffering a miscarriage.

Sister of basketball player, coach and author Craig Robinson.

The movie she saw on her first date with Barack Obama was Do the Right Thing (1989).

Is a fan of The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961).

Shared the cover of the April 2009 issue of Oprah Winfrey's O magazine, becoming the first person other than Winfrey to appear on its cover.

(White House - June 2010) When President Barack Obama hosted the "Gershwin Prize for Popular Song" event honoring former Beatle Paul McCartney, Paul sang his love song "Michelle" especially for the First Lady.

One of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World. (2013).

Signed one book deal as two separate memoirs with Barack reportedly worth $60 million.[May 2017].

Her nickname from the secret service is "Renaissance".

As part of the deal, the publishers will donate one million books in the Obama family's name to First Book: a nonprofit organization.

Has 2 daughters: Malia Obama (b. July 4, 1998) & Sasha Obama (b. June 10, 2001) with husband, Barack Obama.

Her brother is the head coach of the Oregon State basketball team.

First Lady's mother, Marian Robinson, lived part-time at the White House, becoming the first Presidential in-law to live in the executive mansion since Elvira "Minnie" Doud, Mamie Eisenhower's mother. Doud "wintered" in the White House from 1953 between 1960.

Counts Stevie Wonder as one of her all-time favorite artists.

For her various State of the Union and public appearances the First Lady has been clothed by the likes of Ralph Lauren, Jason Wu, Michael Kors, Barbara Tfank, Rachel Roy, Isaac Mizrahi, Narciso Rodríguez, Zac Posen, etc.

Sister-in-law of Maya Soetoro-Ng.

In-law relative of Konrad Ng.

While as First Lady, Meredith Koop was her stylist.

Daughter-in-law of Barack Obama Sr..