Bob Geldof

E351995
human

Bob Geldof is an Irish singer, songwriter, and activist best known for fronting the Boomtown Rats and organizing major charity events like Live Aid and Band Aid.

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Label Occurrences
Bob Geldof canonical 9
Geldof 1
Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
awardReceived Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
Nobel Peace Prize ⓘ
surface form: Nobel Peace Prize nomination
birthName Bob Geldof self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof
child Fifi Trixibelle Geldof ⓘ
Peaches Geldof ⓘ
Pixie Geldof ⓘ
citizenship Ireland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
coCreatorOf Band Aid ⓘ
coOrganizerOf Live 8 ⓘ
Live Aid concert ⓘ
surface form: Live Aid
countryOfBirth Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1951-10-05 ⓘ
educatedAt Blackrock College ⓘ
familyName Bob Geldof self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Geldof
genre new wave ⓘ
punk rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
givenName Robert ⓘ
honorificTitle Sir ⓘ
instrument guitar ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
knownFor famine relief activism ⓘ
organizing large-scale charity concerts ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf The Boomtown Rats ⓘ
name Bob Geldof self-link ⓘ
notableWork Band Aid ⓘ
surface form: Band Aid (charity supergroup)

I Don't Like Mondays ⓘ
Live 8 ⓘ
surface form: Live 8 (2005 benefit concerts)

Live Aid concert ⓘ
surface form: Live Aid (1985 benefit concert)

The Boomtown Rats ⓘ
surface form: The Boomtown Rats (band)
occupation activist ⓘ
actor ⓘ
author ⓘ
musician ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
radio presenter ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
television presenter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Dún Laoghaire ⓘ
positionHeld lead singer of The Boomtown Rats ⓘ
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
spouse Paula Yates ⓘ
subjectOf The Wall ⓘ
surface form: The Wall (film)

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We Are the World → vocalPerformanceBy → Bob Geldof ⓘ
BRIT Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music → hasRecipient → Bob Geldof ⓘ
The Secret Policeman’s Ball → hasParticipant → Bob Geldof ⓘ
Live Aid concert → organizedBy → Bob Geldof ⓘ
subject surface form: Live Aid
Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas? → composer → Bob Geldof ⓘ
subject surface form: Do They Know It’s Christmas?
Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas? → lyricist → Bob Geldof ⓘ
subject surface form: Do They Know It’s Christmas?
Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas? → organizedBy → Bob Geldof ⓘ
subject surface form: Do They Know It’s Christmas?
USA for Africa → hasMember → Bob Geldof ⓘ
Bob Geldof → name → Bob Geldof self-link ⓘ
Bob Geldof → birthName → Bob Geldof self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof
Bob Geldof → familyName → Bob Geldof self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geldof