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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:

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  • 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

    • 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 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

    • References

    Shakespeare (surname) Wikipedia
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