Bono Born: Rock Star Turned Global Activist
He was born Paul Hewson in Dublin in 1960 and has spent most of his adult life arguing that the world could be better if people paid attention. Bono formed U2 at 14 with three school friends and never really stopped. The Joshua Tree in 1987 made them the biggest band on earth. He also co-founded the ONE Campaign to fight extreme poverty, lobbied world leaders at Davos and Gleneagles, and met more heads of state than most ambassadors. Some people find this insufferable. The debt relief campaigns he championed saved millions of lives.
May 10, 1960
66 years ago
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