William Shakespeare (1564–1616) was an English poet, playwright and actor.
William Shakespeare may also refer to:
People
- William Shakespeare (tenor) (1849–1931), English tenor singer, pedagogue, and composer
- William Shakespeare (inventor) (1869–1950), inventor of the level-winding fishing reel
- William Shakespear (explorer) (1878–1915), explorer of the Arabian Peninsula
- William Harold Nelson Shakespeare (1893–1976), British aviator and sportsman
- William Shakespeare (American football) (1912–1974), American football player
- William Geoffrey Shakespeare (1927–1996), 2nd Baronet Shakespeare of Lakenham, general practitioner in Aylesbury
- William Shakespeare (singer) (1948–2010), stage name of Australian singer John Stanley Cave
Other uses
- William Shakespeare (essay), an 1864 book-length essay by Victor Hugo
- Will Shakespeare (TV series), an ITC Entertainment TV series about the playwright
- Statue of William Shakespeare (New York City), an 1870 statue by John Quincy Adams Ward
- The William Shakespeare, a British Railways train during the 1951 Festival of Britain
See also
- Shakespeare (surname)
- Shakespeare (disambiguation)
- William Shakespeare Burton (1824–1916), Victorian painter