Who are these people?

[pep]

It was Pep who said he was thinking of an English singer.  I never said he was correct.

 

John Francis Bongiovi, Jr. a/k/a Jon Bon Jovi, American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor, is indeed the correct answer.  He is far better know as a singer than as an actor.  His first film role was in the 1990 movie Young Guns II in which he played the long haired corpse in a coffin.

 

Congratulations W L.  You win and you are on the hook for the next challenge.

Didn't he feature in Allie Mcbeal for a season?

[Ieshwar]

Well, in fairness, I did guess him as an actor and a singer that's why I asked if he was both before posing my idea

 

Here's something easy and modern:

 

Looks like Daniel Radcliffe

[paya]

Looks like Daniel Radcliffe

 

Damn, Ieschwar beat me to it! (

[W_L]

Looks like Daniel Radcliffe

 

You got it, he has one of those faces that you remember, especially if your from our generation.

[Ieshwar]

Of course, i'm from your generation. I'm just 23. It was kind of obvious. I had seen the Harry Potter movies like hundreds of times. 

 

Okay, my turn. I wonder if this one is difficult. Maybe not. You guys seem to know everyone.

 

 

So?

[paya]

Is he a writer?

[Ieshwar]

Yup. 

[Celethiel]

is he angry... a lot?

[Ieshwar]

Umm, I don't think so.

 

Okay, he's a French writer, though he has traveled the world a lot. 

 

Another hint? 

[paya]

I thought he was an anglophone, if he's French then I don't know

[Ieshwar]

Okay, so another hint. Like my last picture, he's a Nobel Prize Winner in Literature too. A much more recent winner. 

[W_L]

2008 winner to be exact, but I had to look up his nobel prize to page to find his name, so I cannot claim it.

 

I seriously never read any of his work and I do read french

 

Here's a hint, it is not Claude Simon, who I actually did atleast know about

[Red_A]

he's has also published in english translation

[Zombie]

So, a well-travelled French literary Nobel laureate who doesn't go around ripping people's heads off ... nope, no idea

Btw thanks Mike for feeding the clues on JBJ, and apologies for the disgraceful slur on your undoubtedly magnificent wardrobe
 

[podga]

[Ieshwar]

Ok, some final hints.

 

Like Claude Simon who was born on an island (Madagascar), our author here also was born an island- Mauritius. Yes, He's half French, half Mauritian.

 

He's particularly focused on environment, especially deserts.

 

So any guesses?

 

Let's continue it for next twelve hours and then I'll give the name even if no one gets it. 

[MikeL]

While we await some guesses on Ieshwar's current challenge, here's a follow up to a recent challenge.  The Netherlands has a new king:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by3z_aNbbdo&feature=player_embedded

[Slytherin]

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Edited May 1, 2013 by slytherin

[Ieshwar]

Nope, not Jules Verne. 

 

It's JMG Le Clezio, French-Mauritian author who won the 2008 Nobel Prize for Literature as an "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization".

 

Btw, I made a mistake in the post above. Clezio wasn't born on Mauritius; his father was. But he is Mauritian though. So, Oopsie.  

 

Another who sees this can have a go at the next challenge.

 

Cheers

Ieshwar

[Zombie]

"Nobel Prize for ... sensual ecstasy" - I'm guessing EL James won't be on the short list

[MikeL]

OK.  Here's the next challenge:

 

[MikeL]

Over 24 hours and no guesses...sigh.  Not even any pleas for hints.

 

OK.  He is considered a hero by Americans and Europeans alike.

[podga]

Is that a West Point uniform? Patton?

[joann414]

Looks like a royal naval officer

[Palantir]

Leader of the march at the 'Big Parade' with 76 trombones?