Bob Dylan, from his real name Robert Dylan (legally Robert Allen Zimmerman), is an American singer-songwriter born May 24, 1941. He is often considered one of the greatest songwriters of all time and has been a major figure in popular culture during a career that spans spans more than 60 years. He has sold tens of millions of albums, written over 500 songs recorded by over 2 artists and performed around the world, setting the standard for lyric writing. Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. Bob Dylan is an iconic musical artist, hailed as one of the greatest lyricists of all time, whose prolific and influential career has marked music history since the 1960s.