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William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

(1564–1616), an English playwright and poet. Other notable people with the surname include:

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Anne Hathaway (wife of Shakespeare) Anne Hathaway (1556 – 6 August 1623) was the wife of William Shakespeare, an English poet, playwright and actor. They were married in 1582, when Hathaway was 26 years old and Shakespeare was 18. She outlived her husband by seven years. V ...

( 1555– 1623), his wife *

Richard Shakespeare Richard Shakespeare (1490 – before 10 February 1561) was a husbandman of Snitterfield, Warwickshire, four miles (6.5 km) north-northeast of Stratford-upon-Avon, the father of John Shakespeare and the grandfather of William Shakespeare. Life ...

(1490– 1561), his paternal grandfather *

John Shakespeare John Shakespeare (c. 1531 – 7 September 1601) was an English businessman in Stratford-upon-Avon and the father of William Shakespeare. He was a glover and whittawer ( leather worker) by trade. Shakespeare was elected to several municipal ...

( 1531–1601), his father *

Mary Shakespeare Mary Shakespeare ( née Arden; c. 1537 — September 1608) was the mother of William Shakespeare. Biography Mary was born about 1536 in Wilmcote, the daughter of Robert Arden, a gentleman farmer and junior descendant of the Arden family, who ...

( 1537–1608), his mother *

Gilbert Shakespeare Gilbert Shakespeare (baptised 13 October 1566, buried probably 3 February 1612) was a 16th-/17th-century English haberdasher, and a younger brother of playwright and poet William Shakespeare. His name is found in local records of Stratford-upo ...

(1566– 1612), his brother *

Joan Shakespeare Joan Shakespeare (married name Joan Hart; baptised 15 April 1569 – buried 4 November 1646) was the sister of William Shakespeare. She is the only member of the family whose known descendants continue down to the present day. Life Joan was Shake ...

(1569–1646), his sister *

Edmund Shakespeare Edmund Shakespeare (1580 in Stratford-upon-Avon – buried 31 December 1607 in London) was a 16th- and 17th-century English actor, and the brother of William Shakespeare. Life He was the youngest child of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden and t ...

(1580–1607), his youngest brother and an actor * Susanna Shakespeare ( 1583–1649), his daughter *

Judith Shakespeare Judith Quiney (baptised 2 February 1585 – 9 February 1662), , was the younger daughter of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway and the fraternal twin of their only son Hamnet Shakespeare. She married Thomas Quiney, a vintner of Stratfo ...

( 1585– 1662), his daughter *

Hamnet Shakespeare Hamnet Shakespeare (baptised 2 February 1585 – buried 11 August 1596) was the only son of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway, and the fraternal twin of Judith Shakespeare. He died at the age of 11. Some Shakespearean scholars spe ...

( 1585– 1596), his son

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* Abraham Shakespeare ( 1966–2009), American lottery winner and murder victim *

Clive Shakespeare Clive Richard Shakespeare (3 June 194715 February 2012) was an English-born Australian pop guitarist, songwriter and producer. He was a co-founder of pop rock group Sherbet, which had commercial success in the 1970s including their number-one ...

(1949–2012), English-born Australian pop guitarist, songwriter, and producer *

Craig Shakespeare Craig Robert Shakespeare (born 26 October 1963) is an English football coach and former player who was most recently the assistant manager of Norwich City. A midfielder, he began his playing career with Walsall, where he made over 350 appear ...

(born 1963), former association football player and manager *

Frank Shakespeare Francis Joseph Shakespeare (April 9, 1925 – December 14, 2022) was an American diplomat and media executive. He was the president of CBS before entering public service. He served as the United States ambassador to Portugal from 1985 to 1986 a ...

(1925–2022), American diplomat and media executive * Frank Shakespeare (rower) (born 1930), American rower * Sir

Geoffrey Shakespeare Sir Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare, 1st Baronet (23 September 1893 – 8 September 1980) was a British Liberal Party politician. Life Born in Norwich, the second son of Rev. John Howard Shakespeare, secretary of the Baptist Union of Great Brit ...

, 1st Baronet (1893–1980), British

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politician * James Shakespeare ( 1840–1912), South Australian organist *

Joseph A. Shakspeare Joseph Ansoetegui Shakspeare (April 12, 1837 – 22 January 1896) was an American politician in Louisiana; he served as the elected mayor of New Orleans from 1880 to 1882 and from 1888 to 1892. He previously was elected for one term in the st ...

(1837–1896), mayor of

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Nicholas Shakespeare Nicholas William Richmond Shakespeare FRSL (born 3 March 1957) is a British novelist and biographer, described by the ''Wall Street Journal'' as "one of the best English novelists of our time". Biography Born in Worcester, England to diplomat ...

(born 1957), British novelist and biographer *

Noah Shakespeare Noah Shakespeare (January 26, 1839 – May 13, 1921) was a Canadians, Canadian politician from British Columbia noted for his involvement in the anti-Chinese movement. Shakespeare was born in Staffordshire, Staffordshire, England, arriving ...

(1839–1921), Canadian politician noted for his involvement in the anti-Chinese movement *

Olivia Shakespear Olivia Shakespear (; 17 March 1863 – 3 October 1938) was a British novelist, playwright, and patron of the arts. She wrote six books that are described as "marriage problem" novels. Her works sold poorly, sometimes only a few hundred cop ...

(1863–1938), British novelist and playwright *

Percy Shakespeare Percy Shakespeare (28 February 1906 – 25 May 1943
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(1906–1943), British painter *

Robbie Shakespeare Robert Warren Dale Shakespeare (27 September 1953 – 8 December 2021) was a Jamaican bass guitarist and record producer, best known as half of the reggae rhythm section and production duo Sly and Robbie, with drummer Sly Dunbar. Regarded as ...

(1953–2021), Jamaican musician and producer, part of

Sly and Robbie Sly and Robbie were a prolific Jamaican rhythm section and production duo, associated primarily with the reggae and dub genres. Drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare teamed up in the mid-1970s after establishing themselves separa ...

* Stanley Shakespeare (1963–2005),

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

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Stephan Shakespeare Stephan Adrian Shakespeare (né Kukowski; born 9 April 1957) is the German-British co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the British Internet-based market research and opinion polls company YouGov. In 2012, Shakespeare was appointed a ...

(born 1957), founder of market research company

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and of 18 Doughty Street *

Tom Shakespeare Sir Thomas William Shakespeare, 3rd Baronet, (born 11 May 1966) is an English sociologist and bioethicist. He has achondroplasia and uses a wheelchair. Early life and education Son of Sir William Geoffrey Shakespeare, 2nd Baronet, and Susan M ...

, 3rd Baronet (born 1966), geneticist and sociologist *

William Shakespeare (American football) William Valentine Shakespeare (September 27, 1912 – January 17, 1974) was an American football player. He played at the halfback position, and also handled punting, for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football teams from 1933 to 1935. He ...

(1912–1975),

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William Shakespeare (singer) William Shakespeare (19 November 19485 October 2010) was the stage name of Australian glam rock singer, born as John Stanley Cave, also known as John Cabe or Billy Shake. He had two Australian hit singles, " Can't Stop Myself from Loving You ...

(1948–2010), stage name of Australian singer John Cave (also known as John Cabe or Billy Shake) *

William Shakespeare (tenor) William Shakespeare (16 June 1849 – 1 November 1931) was an English tenor, teacher and composer. Life John William Thomas Shakespeare was born in Croydon England on 16 June 1849. In 1866 he won a King's Scholarship to study at the Royal Ac ...

(1849–1931), English tenor, pedagogue, and composer * William Geoffrey Shakespeare (1927–1996), 2nd Baronet Shakespeare of Lakenham, general practitioner in

Aylesbury Aylesbury ( ) is the county town of Buckinghamshire, South East England. It is home to the Roald Dahl Children's Gallery, David Tugwell`s house on Watermead and the Waterside Theatre. It is in central Buckinghamshire, midway between High Wy ...

* William Harold Nelson Shakespeare (1883–1976), cricketer for

Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see His ...

in the interwar period

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