Nickname:	Bono / U2 / Bono Vox / Bon / B-Man / The Mirrorball Man
Known for:	Moulin Rouge!, U2: Rattle and Hum, U2: Elevation 2001 Live from Boston
Birth name:	Paul David Hewson
Birthday:	10 May 1960, Dublin, Ireland
Height:	5' 7" (1.70 m)

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Free Image Hosting - Upload your favorite celebrity pictures. At one point in in their career, less than ten paying customers were on hand for a U2 show. In the early nineties, U2 was the biggest export in all of Ireland. He has written songs either for, or with, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash, Keith Richards, Luciano Pavarotti, Sinéad O'Connor, and Howie B. among several others. Wife Alison gave birth to their 4th child, John Abraham Hewson, 7 pounds 7 oz, in Dublin Ireland. Now has 2 daughters and 2 sons. [21 May 2001] Children: Jordan Hewson (born on his 29th birthday, 10 May 1989), Memphis Eve Hewson (born 7 July 1991), Elijah Bob Patricius Guggi Q (born 18 August 1999) and John Abraham (born 21 May 2001). Wrote a song with The Edge for Roy Orbison, "She's a Mystery To Me". It is included on Orbison's last album, Mystery Girl. Bono was a member of Band Aid but was absent when the ensemble came to perform "Do They Know It's Christmas?" on BBC TV's "Top of the Pops" (1964) leaving Paul Weller to mime the line Bono had sang on the record. Was one of the keynote speakers at Liberal Party of Canada's Leadership Convention in November 2003, where Paul Martin was elected as Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister of Canada. Sings the line 'well tonight, thank God it's them, instead of you' in the Band Aid 20 2004 cover of "Do They Know It's Christmas", the exact same line he sang on the original version back in 1984. Co-wrote (with The Edge) the theme song to GoldenEye (1995), performed by Tina Turner. [1995] He and his daughter Jordan share a birthday. She was born on his 29th birthday. In 2005 he was one of 166 people nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on Third World debt relief and increasing AIDS awareness. Was a school boy chess champion. His mother, Iris, died of a brain hemorrhage in 1974. Bono was just 14 years old. Was named by TIME Magazine as one of their 'Persons of the Year' for 2005 along with Bill Gates and Melinda Gates. Good friends with The Killers front-man Brandon Flowers. U2 won the Brit Award for International Group in 1990. U2 won the British Phonographic Industry Award for International Group in 1988. U2 won the 2004 Q Icon Award. Initiated "Product Red" along with Robert Shriver to raise money for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Resides in Killiney, County Dublin, Ireland and shares a villa in Èze, France and an apartment at The San Remo in New York City with The Edge. U2 were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame for their outstanding contribution to British music and integral part of British music culture. [11 November 2004] Bono's silhouette is used as the icon for the "Artists" tab of the music component of the iPhone and iPod Touch.

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