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1. Bob Dylan
   Bob Dylan is considered to be one of the most influential singer/songwriters of all time. With a career that has lasted more than five decades and still goes strong, Bob Dylan has brought to music today a grand lyrical depth to the rock and roll community. Bob Dylan was born Robert Allen Zimmerman, but had his name legally changed his name to Bob Dylan in praise of one of his favorite writers, Dylan Thomas. Dylan learned to play the harmonica and the piano at the age of 10, and he is self taught on the guitar. His musical style is famous for being reminiscent of folk, country/blues, rockabilly, rock n' roll, swing and jazz incorporations. Dylan's lyrics have included politics, social commentary, philosophy, and literary influences.
2. Bob Dylan -- Recordings
   Bob Dylan is one of the most important--and most enigmatic--popular artists of the twentieth century. For over thirty years, his work has deeply influenced contemporary culture and society and he has become an international cultural icon and a talismanic figure for several generations. Among his numerous awards, he has received an honorary degree from Princeton University and the Commandeur des Artes et des Lettres, the highest cultural award that France presents to foreigners. In 1997, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
3. Bob Dylan -- Woody Guthrie
   Bob Dylan was born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24th, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota. He was raised in Hibbing, Minnesota, where he began writing poems as a child. He taught himself how to play guitar and piano in his early teens and formed a couple of bands. Influenced by the early rock of Elvis Presley, Little Richard and country and folk singers Hank Williams and Woody Guthrie, Dylan was destined to become famous.
4. Cole and Dylan Sprouse
   Identical twins Cole and Dylan Sprouse star as identical twins Cole and Dylan Martin, a pair of soccer playing brothers that just aren't very good at the sport. Their dad, Presscott (Tom Arnold), is supposed to coach their team, but when he's called away on business, mom Mandy (Lori Sebourn-Carhart) steps in. Not surprisingly, the Martin boys - along with their teammates - aren't too keen on being trained by a housewife with limited knowledge of soccer. But when Cole and Dylan spot a mysterious stranger named Rudy (Bill Dawes) with some impressive moves, they recruit the man to become their new coach.
5. Bob Dylan -- New York
   Bob Dylan's recruitment of the Hawks, with Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, and Garth Hudson, occurred during this period. Later known as The Band, they were playing roadhouses in Toronto, in the South, and when the call came in from Dylan, on the New Jersey coast. Robbie went to New York with Levon to check out Dylan, and the entire band joined Dylan for a set of shows in the U.S. After much booing and heckling, Levon decided not to go on the European leg of the tour, and Dylan recruited Mickey Jones. The lineup for the Live 1966 concert: Robbie Robertson, guitar; Rick Danko, bass; Garth Hudson, organ; Richard Manuel, piano; and Mickey Jones, drums.
6. Tom Jones -- Sir Tom
   Tom Jones (aka Sir Thomas Jones Woodward) is touring and amazing audiences with his powerful voice. If you miss his tour look for him in Vegas at the MGM Grand Hollywood Theatre.
7. Michelle Pfeiffer -- John Henry
   In the film, Marine-turned-teacher Louanne Johnson (Michelle Pfeiffer) uses the music of Bob Dylan to motivate her students, but the real Johnson used rap music. Johnson has been quoted as saying the characters in "Dangerous Minds" are "composites" -- fictionalized characters inspired by the lives and personalities of several real-life students combined into a few characters.
8. Keira Knightley -- Rupert Friend
   Lindsay Lohan and Keira Knightley are set to light up the screen together in a film about Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, in which they play women who are sexually attracted to each other. The story revolves around the wordsmith and his wife Caitlin, and a real-life incident in which her childhood friend Vera Phillips, played by Knightley, and her future husband open fire on Thomas’ home with a machine gun and a hand grenade.
9. Keira Knightley -- Role
   Knightley became a bona fide star as a result of her role in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, though she wasn't paid like one. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer locked her in to the first two films at scale; Knightley finally finagled a raise, to $5 million, for this summer's At World's End. The new face of Chanel, Knightley is currently filming The Edge of Love, about poet Dylan Thomas' lovers, with Sienna Miller. Her original co-star was said to have been Lindsay Lohan, but the Hollywood wild child pulled out days before the film began shooting.
10. England -- James Milner
    Only two rulers of England have borne the name James. The hatred felt for the second of these, because of his attempts to rule despotically and to restore the Roman Catholic religion, is probably the most important reason why the name fell into disuse.

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