Simon Le Bon

Person

Born

1958-10-27

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Film & TV

Acting · Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Simon John Charles Le Bon is a British singer, best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the new wave band Duran Duran and its offshoot Arcadia. Simon Le Bon was a member of the local church choir from a young age, and was trained as an actor. However, in 1980, he auditioned to join the pop group Duran Duran. Before long, Duran Duran became one of the biggest music acts of the decade…

Known for

• Duran Duran @ Baloise Session 2025 — Self : Singer & Lead vocals2025
• The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas? — Self2024
• Platinum Party at the Palace — Self - Duran Duran2022
• Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony — Self - Duran Duran2022
• The Sound of 007 — Self - Duran Duran2022
• Duran Duran: A Hollywood High — Self2022
• 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self - Duran Duran, Inductee2022
• Duran Duran: Future Past - Live in Concert on DREAMSTAGE — Self2021
• Radio 2 In Concert: Duran Duran — Self2021
• Duran Duran at the BBC — Self2021

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

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Listeners

3,338

Total plays

17,007

Simon John Charles Le Bon (born October 27, 1958) is the lead singer and lyricist of the pop/rock band Duran Duran. Le Bon's ex-girlfriend, Fiona Kemp (a barmaid at the Rum Runner nightclub where Duran Duran was rehearsing), introduced him to the band in May of 1980, recommending him as a potential vocalist. As band legend has it, he turned up for the audition wearing pink leopard-print trousers, and carrying a notebook containing a large collection <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Simon+Le

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2

   · 2014 · cited 84,886x

2. Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses

   · 2003 · cited 51,629x

3. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

   · 2021 · cited 41,243x

4. PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR): Checklist and Explanation

   · 2018 · cited 33,274x

5. Quantifying heterogeneity in a meta‐analysis

   · 2002 · cited 31,436x

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Key dates

Born

27 October 1958

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Charles

Gender

male

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

Bushey

Spouse

Yasmin Le Bon

Child

Amber Le Bon

Occupation

musician

Languages spoken

English language

Genre

new wave