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Shakespeare is an
English family name most commonly associated with
William Shakespeare (1564–1616), an English playwright and poet. Other notable people with the surname include:
Related to the playwright
Anne Hathaway (wife of Shakespeare) (
c. 1555–
c. 1623), his wife
Richard Shakespeare (1490–
c. 1561), his paternal grandfather
John Shakespeare (
c. 1531–1601), his father
Mary Shakespeare (
c. 1537–1608), his mother
Gilbert Shakespeare (1566–
c. 1612), his brother
Joan Shakespeare (1569–1646), his sister
Edmund Shakespeare (1580–1607), his youngest brother and an actor
Susanna Shakespeare (
c. 1583–1649), his daughter
Judith Shakespeare (
c. 1585–
c. 1662), his daughter
Hamnet Shakespeare (
c. 1585–
c. 1596), his son
Others
Abraham Shakespeare (
c. 1966–2009), American lottery winner and murder victim
Clive Shakespeare (1949–2012), English-born Australian pop guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Craig Shakespeare (born 1963), former association football player and manager
Frank Shakespeare (1925–2022), American diplomat and media executive
Frank Shakespeare (rower) (born 1930), American rower
Sir
Geoffrey Shakespeare , 1st Baronet (1893–1980), British
Liberal politician
James Shakespeare (
c. 1840–1912), South Australian organist
Joseph A. Shakspeare (1837–1896), mayor of
New Orleans
Nicholas Shakespeare (born 1957), British novelist and biographer
Noah Shakespeare (1839–1921), Canadian politician noted for his involvement in the anti-Chinese movement
Olivia Shakespear (1863–1938), British novelist and playwright
Percy Shakespeare (1906–1943), British painter
Robbie Shakespeare (1953–2021), Jamaican musician and producer, part of
Sly and Robbie
Stanley Shakespeare (1963–2005),
American football player
Stephan Shakespeare (born 1957), founder of market research company
YouGov and of 18 Doughty Street
Tom Shakespeare , 3rd Baronet (born 1966), geneticist and sociologist
William Shakespeare (American football) (1912–1975),
American football player
William Shakespeare (singer) (1948–2010), stage name of Australian singer John Cave (also known as John Cabe or Billy Shake)
William Shakespeare (tenor) (1849–1931), English tenor, pedagogue, and composer
William Geoffrey Shakespeare (1927–1996), 2nd Baronet Shakespeare of Lakenham, general practitioner in
Aylesbury
William Harold Nelson Shakespeare (1883–1976), cricketer for
Worcestershire in the interwar period
See also