William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

male, deceased (1616)
poet, macbeth, hamlet, English poet, Authors whose works are in the public domain, Lord Chamberlain's Men…Shakespearean actor, Shakespearean authorship question, Shakespeareanauthorship, authorship of the works attributed to him
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright now widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language and the world's...
Earl Of Oxford

Earl Of Oxford

male
prime minister, Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, Asquith family, Earldoms, Robert Harley, Herbert Asquith…Shakespeareanauthorship
Earl of Oxford was one of the older titles in the English peerage, and was held for several centuries by the de Vere family from 1141. It finally...
Mary Sidney

Mary Sidney

female, deceased (1621)
Renaissance writer, Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, Shakespeareanauthorship, Women writer, countess, Women of the Tudor period
Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke née Mary Sidney, was one of the first English women to achieve a major reputation for her literary works, t...
Henry Neville

Henry Neville

male, deceased (1615)
Rebel, diplomat, Member of the pre-1707 English Parliament, Alumni of Merton College, Oxford, from Waltham St Lawrence, English…Shakespeareanauthorship
Sir Henry Neville (c. 1562 - July 10, 1615) was an English diplomat, courtier and distant relative of William Shakespeare. A theory put forward in...
J. Thomas Looney

J. Thomas Looney

male, deceased (1944)
Shakespearean authorship question, authorship, Lancastrian, shakespeare, gateshead, edward de vere…Shakespeareanauthorship
John Thomas Looney, pronounced "Loney", was the originator of a theory about the authorship of Shakespeare's plays. Looney is listed in Ward's...
Edward Dyer

Edward Dyer

male, deceased (1607)
Shakespeareanauthorship, From Somerset, southwark, order of the garter, courtier, rosicrucian
Sir Edward Dyer was an English courtier and poet. The son of Sir Thomas Dyer, Kt., he was born at Sharpham Park, Somerset. He was educated,...
William Stanley 6th Earl of Derby

William Stanley 6th Earl of Derby

male, deceased (1642)
Shakespeareanauthorship, Elizabeth de Vere, Anne Cecil, player, mary tudor, Earl in the Peerage of England
William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby was an English nobleman. He was a son of Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby and Lady Margaret Clifford. His mother...

George Greenwood

male, deceased (1928)
Peterborough, eton college, Old Etonian, British, activist, Non-fiction writer…Shakespeareanauthorship, Shakespeare authorship
Sir George Greenwood, born George Granville Greenwood, was the second son of John Greenwood, Q.C. Educated at Eton, he was in the "select" for the...

Calvin Hoffman

male, deceased (1987)
historian, Much Ado About Something, American, Marlovian theory, Marlowe-as-Shakespeare, deptford…Shakespeareanauthorship
Calvin Hoffman (died 1987) was an American theater press agent and writer who popularized the controversial notion that playwright Christopher...
Roger Manners 5th Earl of Rutland

Roger Manners 5th Earl of Rutland

male, deceased (1612)
architect, Shakespearean authorship question, architecture, masques, Shakespeareanauthorship, masque
Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland (6 October 1576 - 26 June 1612) was the son of John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland. He married Elizabeth Sidney...