Shakespeare (surname)

Shakespeare is an English family name most commonly associated with William Shakespeare, an English playwright and poet. Other notable people with the surname include:

Related to the playwright

Anne Hathaway (wife of Shakespeare), his wife
Richard Shakespeare, his paternal grandfather
John Shakespeare, his father
Mary Shakespeare, his mother
Gilbert Shakespeare, his brother
Joan Shakespeare, his sister
Edmund Shakespeare, his youngest brother and an actor
Susanna Shakespeare, his daughter
Judith Shakespeare, his daughter
Hamnet Shakespeare, his son

Others

Abraham Shakespeare, American lottery winner and murder victim
Clive Shakespeare, English-born Australian pop guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Craig Shakespeare, English association football player and manager
Frank Shakespeare, American diplomat and media executive
Frank Shakespeare (rower), American rower
Sir Geoffrey Shakespeare, 1st Baronet, British Liberal politician
James Shakespeare, South Australian organist
Joseph A. Shakspeare, mayor of New Orleans
Nicholas Shakespeare, British novelist and biographer
Noah Shakespeare, Canadian politician noted for his involvement in the anti-Chinese movement
Olivia Shakespear, British novelist and playwright
Percy Shakespeare, British painter
Robbie Shakespeare, Jamaican musician and producer, of Sly and Robbie
Stanley Shakespeare, American football player
Stephan Shakespeare, founder of market research company YouGov and of 18 Doughty Street
Thomas Mitchell Shakespeare, Australian politician and newspaperman
Tom Shakespeare, 3rd Baronet, geneticist and sociologist
William Shakespeare (American football), American football player
William Shakespeare (Australian singer), stage name of John Cave
William Shakespeare (tenor), English singer, pedagogue, and composer
William Geoffrey Shakespeare, 2nd Baronet Shakespeare of Lakenham, general practitioner in Aylesbury
William Harold Nelson Shakespeare, cricketer for Worcestershire in the interwar period