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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: Other notable people with the surname include:
The standard spelling of the surname as "Shakespeare" was the most common published form in Shakespeare's lifetime, but it was not one used in his own handwritten signatures. It was, however, the spelling used as a printed signature to the dedications of the first editions of his poems Venus and Adonis in 1593 and The Rape of Lucrece in 1594.
William Shakespeare [a] (c. 23 [b] April 1564 – 23 April 1616) [c] 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.
Its central notion is that the name "Shakespeare" is an anglicised translation of an Italian immigrant's surname. But no historical documents proved those claims: in fact Michelangelo Florio lived in England only from 1 November 1550, when he arrived in the City of London, until 1554, when Mary Tudor ascended to the throne and she re ...
Shakespeare (surname) HMS Shakespeare, a list of ships HMS Shakespeare, a Thornycroft type destroyer leader launched in 1917; HMS Shakespeare, an S-class submarine launched in 1941; Shakespeare baronets, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom; Shakespeare Bridge, Los Angeles, California; Shakespeare Fishing Tackle
Jessica (originally Iessica, also Jesica, Jesika, Jessicah, Jessika, or Jessikah) [1] is a female given name of Hebrew origin.. The oldest written record of the name with its current spelling is found as the name of the Shakespearean character Jessica, from the play The Merchant of Venice.
Yorick is an unseen character in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.He is the dead court jester whose skull is exhumed by the First Gravedigger in Act 5, Scene 1, of the play. . The sight of Yorick's skull evokes a reminiscence by Prince Hamlet of the man, who apparently played a role during Hamlet's upbringin
Dorothy Shakespear (1886–1973), English artist; Ethel Shakespear (1871–1946), English geologist, public servant and philanthropist; Henry Shakespear Thuillier (1895–1982), British Army officer