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, a general practitioner (physician) William Shakespeare (Australian 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 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