Bob Dylan is an American folk-rock singer-songwriter. He is known for poetic, often obtuse lyrics with politically and socially charged lyrics. There are other musicians and songwriters who are compared to Bob Dylan in that they share these attributes.

• The Aboriginal Bob Dylan: Archie Roach (The Australian Journal of Media and Culture [1])
• The African Bob Dylan: Ismael Lô ([2])
• The Bob Dylan of Argentina: Leon Gieco (Alejandro Lerner [3])
• The Bob Dylan of Australia:
  • Kev Carmody ([4])
  • Paul Kelly (Tracy Tormé, [5])
• The Bob Dylan of Brazil: Caetano Veloso (NPR, [6])
• The Bob Dylan of Chile: Victor Jara ([7])
• The Bob Dylan of China: Yang Yi (European Association of Chinese Studies [8])
• The Bob Dylan of Cuba: Carlos Varela ([9])
• The Czech Bob Dylan:
  • Robert Kresten (Boulder Weekly [10])
  • Jaromír Nohavica (Petr Zelenka , [11])
• The Bob Dylan of Denmark: Erik Skaloe (The Wesleyan Argus [12])
• The Bob Dylan of Germany: Wolf Biermann ([13])
• The Bob Dylan of Greece:
  • George Dalaras ([14])
  • Dionysis Savvopoulos ([15])
• The Inuit Bob Dylan: Willie Thrasher ([16])
• The Bob Dylan of Ireland: Christy Moore [17]
• The Bob Dylan of Jamaica:
  • Barry Brown ([18])
  • Bob Marley (Andy Summers [19])
• The Bob Dylan of Japan:
  • Yosuke Inoue ([20])
  • Shoukichi Kina (Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University [21])
• The Bob Dylan of Malaysia: Amir Yussof (The Washington Post [22])
• The Bob Dylan of Romania: Alexandru Andries (All Things Considered [23])
• The Bob Dylan of Russia: Boris Grebenshchikov ([24])
• The Bob Dylan of Senegal: Ismael Lô (City of Johannesburg, [25])
• The Bob Dylan of South Africa:
  • David Kramer (New York Times, [26])
  • Vusi Mahlasela (Dave Matthews, [27])
• The Bob Dylan of Trinidad and Tobago: André Tanker (Guardian Unlimited [28])
• The Bob Dylan of Vietnam: Trinh Cong Son (Joan Baez, [29])
• The Bob Dylan of Wales: Meic Stevens (BBC, [30])
• The West African Bob Dylan: Babou Mal
• The Bob Dylan of Xinjiang: Abdulla Abdurehim Time East Asia ([31])