Bono Trivia

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Children: Jordan (born on his 29th birthday, 10 May 1989), Memphis Eve (born 7 July 1991), Elijah Bob Patricius Guggi Q (born 18 August 1999) and John Abraham(born 21 May 2001). (imdb.com)

U2 won the Brit Award for International Group in 1990. (imdb.com)

U2 won the 2004 Q Icon Award. (imdb.com)

U2 won the British Phonographic Industry Award for International Group in 1988. (imdb.com)

U2 won the Brit Award for International Group in 1989. (imdb.com)

Bono's silhouette is used as the icon for the "Artists" tab of the music component of the iPhone and iPod Touch. (imdb.com)

Natural hair color is red. (imdb.com)

Son with Stewart, Elijah Bob Patricius Guggi Q (imdb.com)

Ranked #17 on VH1`s 100 Sexiest Artists. (imdb.com)

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] (imdb.com)

Fan of Elvis Presley. (imdb.com)

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. (imdb.com)

The U2 songs "I Will Follow", "Mofo", "Out of Control" and "Tomorrow" focus on his mother`s death. (imdb.com)

Initiated "Product Red" along with Robert Shriver to raise money for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. (imdb.com)

Was named in the annual honor list as an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE). (imdb.com)

U2 won the 2001 Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution. (imdb.com)

U2 won the Brit Award for International Group in 1989 and 1990. (imdb.com)

Was featured twice as a contestant on MTV`s Celebrity Deathmatch. In 2006 he fought Chris Martin in the episode "Changing Of The Guard", even though he was killed by Yoko Ono in the 1999 episode "Celebrity Deathmatch International". (imdb.com)

Good friends with The Killers front-man Brandon Flowers. (imdb.com)

First Grammy-winning artist to say "fuck" during the 1994 live Grammy telecast (imdb.com)

Was named by TIME Magazine as one of their `Persons of the Year` for 2005 along with Bill Gates and Melinda Gates. (imdb.com)

Illustrated the children`s book "Peter and the Wolf" with his daughters Jordan and Eve in 2003. The royalties went to the Irish Hospice Foundation. (imdb.com)

His mother, Iris, died of a brain hemorrhage in 1974. Bono was just 14 years old. (imdb.com)

Voted the most powerful personality in the music industry by music execs. (imdb.com)

Was a school boy chess champion. (imdb.com)

Mother`s name was Iris. (imdb.com)

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. (imdb.com)

Along with his wife Ali Hewson and New York designer Rogan, he created the high-fashion casual wear line called "Edun" (which is "nude" spelled backwards and pronounced Eden). It was designed as a socially conscious company to support developing countries. (imdb.com)

He and his daughter Jordan share a birthday. She was born on his 29th birthday. (imdb.com)

Supports Celtic Football club (imdb.com)

Co-wrote (with The Edge) the theme song to GoldenEye (1995), performed by Tina Turner. [1995] (imdb.com)

U2 were voted the 22nd Greatest Rock `n` Roll Artists of all time by Entertainment Weekly. (imdb.com)

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. (imdb.com)

Addressed the British Labour Party annual conference in Brighton, England. [29 September 2004] (imdb.com)

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. (imdb.com)

He is the only person, who has been nominated for an Oscar, Grammy, Golden Globe, and for the Nobel Prize. (imdb.com)

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. (imdb.com)

His stage name comes from Bono Vox, a hearing aid retailer. Bono Vox is Latin for "good voice" (imdb.com)

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. (imdb.com)

His father, Robert Hewson, died of cancer in Dublin. [21 August 2001] (imdb.com)

Children: Jordan Hewson (born on his 29th birthday, 10 May 1989), Eve Hewson (born 7 July 1991), Elijah Bob Patricius Guggi Q (born 18 August 1999) and John Abraham (born 21 May 2001). (imdb.com)

Vocalist, guitarist and songwriter of U2. (imdb.com)

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] (imdb.com)

Wrote the song "The Sweetest Thing" after missing his wife`s birthday. When the song was rerecorded, his wife, Ali Hewson, received all the proceeds of its sale. She gave them, in turn to a charity for victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. (imdb.com)

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. (imdb.com)

Luciano Pavarotti called Bono`s father relentlessly, so that he would try and convince his son to write a song for him. (imdb.com)

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. (imdb.com)