Here’s The People Who Inspired Some Of The Most Popular Songs Ever Written.

When you're an artist, whether you're a painter, writer, or singer, there's usually a human inspiration behind your greatest works. Those people that have touched you so deeply that you can't help but personify them in song, or in a painting. Those people are your muse, your reason for creating. We've put together a list of people that have been the inspiration behind some of your favorite songs.

The whole world became silent when Princess Diana was killed in a car crash in 1997. When Sir Elton John was chosen to perform a song at her funeral, he chose the iconic “Candle in the Wind," that was written about Marilyn Monroe in 1973.