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Bob Geldof

Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof (born 5 October 1951) is an Irish musician, actor, and social activist. In music, he is known as the leader of the Irish punk-rock group The Boomtown Rats (after the band's breakup in 1986 he began a solo career). His role in the film The Wall by the group Pink Floyd is widely known. In 1984 he and Midge Ure founded the charity supergroup Band Aid to raise money to help starving children in Ethiopia, after which, in the following year, they organized the charity concert Live Aid. In 2005 he organized the charity festival Live 8, held in the G-eight countries. He also assisted as a consultant on the ONE Campaign project created by the Irish humanist Bono. In 2006 and 2008 he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and received the title of Man of Peace for his outstanding contribution to the support of international social justice and peace, as well as many other awards and nominations. Bob Geldof is an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire; although in the press and conversation he is sometimes called Sir Bob Geldof, he is not formally entitled to the prefix Sir, as he is not a subject of the Queen of England.