1941 - Today
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career spanning more than 60 years. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" (1963) and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" (1964) became anthems for the civil rights and antiwar movements. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Dylan has received more than 31,410,288 page views. His biography is available in 133 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 124 in 2019). Bob Dylan is the 8th most popular musician (up from 10th in 2019), the 82nd most popular biography from United States (up from 85th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Musician.
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter and poet. He is most famous for his protest songs during the 1960s, which include "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'."
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Among musicians, Bob Dylan ranks 8 out of 2,662. Before him are Bob Marley, Michael Jackson, Niccolò Paganini, Franz Liszt, John Lennon, and Louis Armstrong. After him are Jimi Hendrix, Leonard Cohen, Elton John, Clara Schumann, Paul McCartney, and Leopold Mozart.
1945 - 1981
HPI: 84.72
Rank: 2
1958 - 2009
HPI: 82.75
Rank: 3
1782 - 1840
HPI: 82.33
Rank: 4
1811 - 1886
HPI: 82.13
Rank: 5
1940 - 1980
HPI: 80.02
Rank: 6
1901 - 1971
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 7
1941 - Present
HPI: 76.86
Rank: 8
1942 - 1970
HPI: 76.63
Rank: 9
1934 - 2016
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 10
1947 - Present
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 11
1819 - 1896
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 12
1942 - Present
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 13
1719 - 1787
HPI: 74.56
Rank: 14
Among people born in 1941, Bob Dylan ranks 5. Before him are Kim Jong-il, Hayao Miyazaki, Slobodan Milošević, and Alex Ferguson. After him are Joan Baez, Bernardo Bertolucci, Sergio Mattarella, Charlie Watts, Richard Dawkins, Cesária Évora, and Krzysztof Kieślowski.
1941 - 2011
HPI: 79.58
Rank: 1
1941 - Present
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 2
1941 - 2006
HPI: 77.79
Rank: 3
1941 - Present
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 4
1941 - Present
HPI: 76.86
Rank: 5
1941 - Present
HPI: 76.05
Rank: 6
1941 - 2018
HPI: 73.21
Rank: 7
1941 - Present
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 8
1941 - 2021
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 9
1941 - Present
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 10
1941 - 2011
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 11
1941 - 1996
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, Bob Dylan ranks 82 out of 18,182. Before him are John Dewey (1859), James Dean (1931), Woodrow Wilson (1856), Robin Williams (1951), Bill Clinton (1946), and Woody Allen (1935). After him are Jack Nicholson (1937), Samuel Morse (1791), Jeff Bezos (1964), Jimi Hendrix (1942), Tina Turner (1939), and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929).
1859 - 1952
HPI: 77.23
Rank: 76
1931 - 1955
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 77
1856 - 1924
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 78
1951 - 2014
HPI: 77.06
Rank: 79
1946 - Present
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 80
1935 - Present
HPI: 76.92
Rank: 81
1941 - Present
HPI: 76.86
Rank: 82
1937 - Present
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 83
1791 - 1872
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 84
1964 - Present
HPI: 76.68
Rank: 85
1942 - 1970
HPI: 76.63
Rank: 86
1939 - Present
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 87
1929 - 1994
HPI: 76.56
Rank: 88
Among musicians born in United States, Bob Dylan ranks 3. Before him are Michael Jackson (1958) and Louis Armstrong (1901). After him are Jimi Hendrix (1942), Madonna (1958), Ray Charles (1930), Scatman John (1942), Miles Davis (1926), Frank Zappa (1940), Ronnie James Dio (1942), B.B. King (1925), and Brian Wilson (1942).
1958 - 2009
HPI: 82.75
Rank: 1
1901 - 1971
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 2
1941 - Present
HPI: 76.86
Rank: 3
1942 - 1970
HPI: 76.63
Rank: 4
1958 - Present
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 5
1930 - 2004
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 6
1942 - 1999
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 7
1926 - 1991
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 8
1940 - 1993
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 9
1942 - 2010
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 10
1925 - 2015
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 11
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 12