Bob Geldof

Bob Geldof is an Irish singer, songwriter, and political activist who first came to fame as the lead singer of the Boomtown Rats. Born in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland in 1951, he organised the Band Aid charity single Do They Know It's Christmas? in 1984 and the Live Aid concerts in 1985, raising tens of millions of pounds for famine relief in Ethiopia. He was awarded an honorary knighthood in 2006 and has remained active in humanitarian causes.