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Born: 24 May 1941 · Age: 85
Bob Dylan is 85 years old as of October 2026. He was born on 24 May 1941.
American singer-songwriter of Blowin' in the Wind and Like a Rolling Stone, the first musician to win the Nobel Prize in Literature
Did you know?He changed his name in honour of the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas after moving to New York in the early sixties.
Bob Dylan proved that a popular song could carry the weight of poetry. In the early 1960s his songs, such as Blowin' in the Wind and The Times They Are a-Changin', became anthems of the civil rights and anti-war movements. He then shocked folk purists by going electric at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, helping to merge folk and rock. His lyrics, full of vivid imagery and shifting meanings, changed what songwriters believed was possible. In 2016 he became the first musician to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Described as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his 69-year career.
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“The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind.”
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American singer-songwriter, born 1941
Bob Dylan was born in Duluth on 24 May 1941.
He was born Robert Zimmerman.
He wrote Blowin' in the Wind and Like a Rolling Stone.
He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016.
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Did you know?He is the only musician to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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