Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Bono |
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Birthdate | May 10, 1960 |
Birth Place | Dublin, Ireland |
Age (in 2024) | 64 Years Old |
Zodiac | Taurus |
Occupation | Rock Singer |
Bono is best known as Rock Singer who has born on May 10, 1960 in Dublin, Ireland. Currently, Bono is 64 years, 6 months and 11 days old. Bono will celebrate 65th birthday on Saturday, 10th of May 2025. Below the countdown to Bono upcoming birthday.
Born Paul David Hewson, he is the frontman of U2, known for such hits as "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and "Beautiful Day." The band has earned over 20 Grammy Awards and has sold over 150 million records. He is also a well-known philanthropist who has championed causes in his native Ireland, in Africa, and all over the world.
He spent his childhood singing. Growing up on O'Connell Street in a suburb of Dublin, he earned his nickname "Bono" from the phrase "Bono Vox of O'Connell Street," which means "good voice of O'Connell Street."
He was named the Time Person of the Year in 2005, along with Bill and Melinda Gates. He performed, along with his band, in the Super Bowl XXXVI Halftime Show, the first one after the 9/11 attacks.
He married Ali Hewson on August 21, 1982 and they raised four children, Eve, Jordan, Elijah and John. He wrote and dedicated the song "The Sweetest Thing" to his wife after missing her birthday.
He is joined in U2 by The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr.
Bono is 64 years old today.
Bono was born on May 10, 1960 in Dublin, Ireland.
Bono zodiac sign is Taurus.
Bono was best known as Rock Singer.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Bono's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Bono's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1961 | Air France Flight 406 is destroyed by a bomb over the Sahara, killing 78. |
1962 | Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk. |
1967 | The Northrop M2-F2 crashes on landing, becoming the inspiration for the novel Cyborg and TV series The Six Million Dollar Man. |
1969 | Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill. |
1975 | Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder. |
1993 | In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills over 200 workers. |
1994 | Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president. |
1996 | A blizzard strikes Mount Everest, killing eight climbers by the next day. |
1997 | The 7.3 Mw Qayen earthquake strikes Iran's Khorasan Province killing 1,567 people. |
2002 | FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Russia for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds. |
2005 | A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 20 m from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate. |
2012 | The Damascus bombings are carried out using a pair of car bombs detonated by suicide bombers outside a military intelligence complex in Damascus, Syria, killing 55 people. |
2013 | One World Trade Center becomes the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. |
2017 | Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the last footholds of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Al-Tabqah, bringing the Battle of Tabqa to an end. |
2022 | Queen Elizabeth II misses the State Opening of Parliament for the first time in 59 years. It was the first time that a new session of Parliament was opened jointly by the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge acting as Counsellors of State. |
1981 | The birth of Humberto Suazo, Chilean footballer |
1983 | The birth of Gustav Fridolin, Swedish journalist and politician, Swedish Minister of Education |
1984 | The birth of Edward Mujica, Venezuelan baseball player |
1985 | The birth of Ryan Getzlaf, Canadian ice hockey player |
1985 | The birth of Jon Schofield, English canoe racer |
1987 | The birth of Wilson Chandler, American basketball player |
1990 | The birth of Salvador Pérez, Venezuelan baseball player |
1990 | The birth of Ivana Španović, Serbian long jumper |
1995 | The birth of Missy Franklin, American swimmer |
1995 | The birth of Gabriella Papadakis, French ice dancer |
1996 | The birth of Tyus Jones, American basketball player |
1996 | The birth of Kateřina Siniaková, Czech tennis player |
1997 | The birth of Brittany Broski, American comedian and singer |
1997 | The birth of Richarlison, Brazilian footballer |
1998 | The birth of Priscilla Hon, Australian tennis player |
2002 | The death of Yves Robert, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1920) |
2003 | The death of Milan Vukcevich, Serbian-American chemist and chess player (b. 1937) |
2006 | The death of Soraya, Colombian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1969) |
2008 | The death of Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (b. 1928) |
2010 | The death of Frank Frazetta, American illustrator and painter (b. 1928) |
2012 | The death of Horst Faas, German photographer and journalist (b. 1933) |
2012 | The death of Carroll Shelby, American race car driver and designer (b. 1923) |
2012 | The death of Gunnar Sønsteby, Norwegian captain and author (b. 1918) |
2015 | The death of Chris Burden, American sculptor, illustrator, and academic (b. 1946) |
2018 | The death of David Goodall, Australian botanist and ecologist (b. 1914) |
2019 | The death of Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, Spanish politician and chemist (b. 1951) |
2020 | The death of Betty Wright, American soul singer (b. 1953) |
2021 | The death of Pauline Tinsley, British soprano (b. 1928) |
2022 | The death of Bob Lanier, American professional basketball player (b. 1948) |
2022 | The death of Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician (b.1934) |
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