In the March 2007 issue of American Baby magazine, we asked you, in light of St. Patrick's Day, which of the following celebrities does not have an Irish-named lad: Laura Bennett, Bono, Chris O'Donnell, or Sharon Stone.
ANSWER! For Paul David Hewson -- better known as Bono -- Christian faith trumps Irish nationality when it comes to baby-naming. The Dublin-born rocker and his wife, Alison Stewart, have four children with Hebrew names: daughters Jordan and Memphis Eve and sons Elijah Bob Patricius Guggi and John Abraham. Bono is the front man for the band U2. However, his tireless humanitarian work, particularly in the fight against AIDS and the economic development of Africa, earned him Time magazine's Person of the Year in 2005, along with Bill and Melinda Gates. He lives with his family near Dublin but has a villa in the South of France and an apartment in Manhattan.
Talk about working mom of the year! Laura Bennett radiated on Season 3 of Project Runway as the red-maned, red-lipped architect who was flawlessly coiffed and amazingly calm -- despite being a mother of four young sons and pregnant with her fifth one! She and hubby Peter (also an architect) are parents to Peik, 10; Truman, 7; Pierson, 4; Larson, 3; and the Irish-named Finlay, who was born shortly after her stint on PR, in December 2006. Bennett is also mom to daughter Cleo, 18. Originally from New Orleans, Bennett now works part-time at her husband's design firm, Shelton, Mindel & Associates, in New York.
Chris O'Donnell is one of seven children from an Irish-Catholic family on Chicago's affluent North Shore. Fame came his way thanks to his performance in the 1995 film Circle of Friends and it was concreted with his role as Robin in the Batman films. He and wife Caroline Fentress, his sweetie from Boston University, have four offspring: a daughter, Lilly Ann, and sons Christopher Eugene, Charles McHugh, and the Irish-named Finley. O'Donnell starred as Meredith Grey's boyfriend, Finn, on the hit show Grey's Anatomy.
Between 2005 and 2006, the currently unmarried Stone adopted three sons who she blessed with Irish monikers: Roan, Laird Vonne, and Quinn. Though she possesses the sophistication of a European star like Catherine Deneuve, Stone was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, to a blue-collar family with Irish roots. She broke into movies via modeling with the Ford agency in New York. Stone, who practices Buddhism, became a star with 1992's Basic Instinct, in which she played history's sexiest serial killer. She currently lives in Beverly Hills and on a ranch in New Zealand.