Talk:Simon Le Bon

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Photo[edit]

There's no photo for Simon LeBon. Can somebody fix that? 154.20.187.23 03:50, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I just posted one I took... Andwhatsnext 04:16, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Haha very nice; I like it. 154.20.157.6 17:04, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Question[edit]

Does anyone know more about LeBons connection with Israel? Why was he there? Just travelling as a youth, or is he actually a jew? And where does Le Bon come from? Not quintessentially English sounding, sounds more French, any light? DW Celt 22:29, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I read that he was doing some volunteering there, and that his last name is of Huguenot origin. Tons about these two topics on many fansites and discussion boards. Just google :) 154.20.187.23 03:54, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There's nothing in the citation about a kibbutz or Israel. It should be removed unless confirmed. 73.18.133.200 (talk) 23:42, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No doubt he is from Huguenot origin... Now reading about Huguenots, they criticized catholisism and grew in number a lot in the 1500's in France and other European regions like the Netherlands, right after the Inquisition. So it won't be surprising and maybe himself is not aware of it. Any origin or religion, he is the best entretainer I've seen so far. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.28.214.127 (talk) 03:33, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Height[edit]

Le Bon always looks short on stage, anyone know what his height is? AntiVanity (talk) 07:55, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

He's actually tall. I think he's 6ft 2ins (1,88), about the same as John Taylor, possibly slightly shorter. The remaining members of Duran Duran are mostly average height (somewhat shorter). But there are lots of sites which discuss and analyse the heights of celebrities on the search engines. Some are quite interesting indeed. Evlekis (talk) 14:45, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've met SLB in person and trust me, he's tall. At 5'8" I'm above average on height for females and I had to look up to communicate with Simon. I'd estimate his height at 6'1" tall, maybe an inch shorter than John Taylor (the ex-geek extraordinaire of the band!) but still amongst the tallest of all the band members past or present. In contrast, I felt like Nick was about my height or an inch shorter and Warren -- well, I towered above that 5'4" muscleman. 207.193.30.184 (talk) 04:22, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Artistic talent" of a 6-year old?[edit]

'His mother encouraged his artistic talent when he was six years old by entering him in a screen test for a Persil washing powder TV advert; he won and starred as the little boy with the off-white shirt, but had no spoken lines.' (12/Feb/2015).

Appearing as a scruffy boy in an advert... 'artistic talent'? That really is pushing the boundaries of marketing hype to a pretty low depth!

Wikipedia as PR machine rather than 'encyclopaedia'! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.130.101.151 (talk) 22:36, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've added some neutrality issue tags. The whole article is pretty POV, but the early life seems to be peacocking as well. Joseph2302 (talk) 23:37, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"'artistic talent'? That really is pushing the boundaries of marketing hype to a pretty low depth!" Ummm... considering some of the dreck and obvious marketing ploys that pose as legit Wikipedia articles—it's a bit of an overreaction to call a child's appearance in a commercial "marketing hype". There isn't a huge leap of logic needed to see how Le Bon's mother might want to expose him to the camera if she thought he had talent, however small. And... I guess she was right, wasn't she? 2603:6080:EF04:DF70:1525:BCDA:2FA:8BB4 (talk) 18:39, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Comments[edit]

There is an RfC on the question of using "Religion: None" vs. "Religion: None (atheist)" in the infobox on this and other similar pages.

The RfC is at Template talk:Infobox person#RfC: Religion infobox entries for individuals that have no religion.

Please help us determine consensus on this issue. --Guy Macon (talk) 04:11, 23 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Simon Le Bon is agnostic. See his contribution ("Losing my Faith") to the Atheist's Guide to Christmas edited by Arian Sherin, The Friday Project, 2010  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.16.25.217 (talk) 08:37, 22 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Years Active[edit]

I edited the detail which read "1979" as there is no reference to 1979 in the text. Simon Le Bon did several jobs before joining Duran Duran in 1980, but "1979" is not relevant to anything in the text at all.

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