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:
Anne Hathaway (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
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 assistant manager for Leicester City F.C.
Frank Shakespeare (born 1925), American diplomat and media executive
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 (born 1953), 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 (cricketer) (1883–1976), cricketer for Worcestershire in the interwar period
William Shakespeare (singer) (born 1950), 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 Shakespear (explorer) (1878–1915), explorer of the Arabian Peninsula
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