Reading Space separated input in python

the_string = input()
name, age = the_string.split()

In Python 2, use raw_input instead of input.

If you have it in a string, you can use .split() to separate them.

>>> for string in ('Mike 18', 'Kevin 35', 'Angel 56'):
...   l = string.split()
...   print repr(l[0]), repr(int(l[1]))
...
'Mike' 18
'Kevin' 35
'Angel' 56
>>>