Complete alphabetical list of signatories

Total published signatories: 5595 verified.

Name Position and affiliation, or personal comment Date signed
Richard R. Wilson, J.D.

WA

10/03/20
Ms. Sue Wilson, M.Ed.

TAS

07/31/14
Helle Wilsted

02/20/25
Dr. Mary Ann Wimsatt, Ph.D.

02/24/10
Peggy Darling Wines

05/27/14
Janet A. Wingate, M.A.

The existing evidence convinces me that the man from Stratford is extremely unlikely to have written the works of Shakespeare.

09/20/15
Richard Winger

Editor, "Ballot Access News"

04/17/10
Mr. Michael B. Wingo, M.F.A.

Artist

07/28/20
David S. Winokur

Misamis Occidental

12/15/17
Mrs. Christine Elizabeth Winter, Ed.D.

Company Director

09/09/07
Mr. Joseph David Winter

Poet and translator.

11/18/08
Ms. Nancy Elizabeth Winters, M.A.

Retired lady in Canada who knew of the problem of authorship at the age of thirteen.

02/24/19
Daniel Wirth, M.F.A.

Actor and Director

05/13/14
Steven P. Wise

Say it ain't so, Will.

08/04/08
Dr. Robin Wiseman

Impossible Shakspere was author - group theory best.

09/09/07
Mr. Stephen Douglas Wismar, J.D.

04/25/20
Mr. Albert V. Witham, J.D.

I've researched the identity question since 1949; first, having accepted William Stanley, the 6th Earl of Derby; then, Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford,

12/12/10
Ms. Susan K. Witherow

11/15/09
Dr. Gary A. Withers, J.D.

Executive Vice President, Concordia University, Portland

04/24/07
Lizbeth Jane Withers

There are some things which one knows in one's heart.

10/12/07
Ms. Kathleen Wittbold, M.A.

MA - British Literature (Emory University)

05/25/18
Mr. Richard Franklin Wivell

Descendant of Abraham Wivell, author of the Enquiry into the Authenticity of the Shakespeare Portraits

10/28/16
Ms. Jo Wodak, M.A.

12/15/13
Dave Wodehouse

04/14/21
Prof. Armin Wolf

Max-Planck-Institut für Europäische Rechtsgeschichte (retired)

12/08/08
Mr. Robert Wolf, M.A.

American writer and journalist; recipient of Bronze Medal Award for radio commentary, Sigma Delta Chi Award, both from the Society of Professional Journalists

04/28/16
Colin C Wolfe, M.S.

Writer; actor and director of Shakespearean plays

08/27/11
Stephan Patrick Wolfert, M.F.A.

Actor/Writer/Director, former US Army Officer; founder of DE-CRUIT, which uses Shakespeare to heal trauma for veterans; creator of award-winning show Cry Havoc!

01/28/25
Mary Wolff

09/10/07
Mr. David Wolk

My father would have signed immediately. At one point he attended a trial in Washington presided over by a Supreme Court Justice. He loved that day...

02/18/25
Ms. Lisa Nicole Wolpe

Artistic Director, L.A. Women's Shakespeare Company

11/10/11
Iopha Womack

California

12/30/16
Ms. Iopha Womack

In college to pursue career in avionics

03/15/19
Dr. Ted Wong, M.D.

An Oxfordian

02/13/22
Greg Wood

I’ve been an actor in the States for 45 years. Most of my career has been in performances of Shakespeare. I have always been curious about the authorship.

04/26/25
Mr. Gregory B. Wood

The internet has led me to question the provenance of many things we all accept as fact - it is clear to me now, that Shakspere may not be a writer at all

02/14/18
Mr. John B Wood, M.L.S.

Librarian Emeritus, California State University, Los Angeles

04/20/07
Richard G. Wood, J.D.

The traditional attribution has many of the characteristics of religious dogma.

09/06/09
Mr. Brian Woodland

English teacher, 8th grade

06/13/07
Dr. Alan L. Woods, D. Phil.

Emeritus Director, Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute, Ohio State University; Central Ohio Theater Critics Circle Roy Bowen Lifetime Achievement Award

06/26/16
Alison Woods

06/01/10
Mr. David Lyle Woods, M.B.A.

10/11/07
Mrs. Judith Neese Woods, M.A.

Retired English teacher and historical novelist

03/14/11
Chad Woodward, J.D.

A logical evaluation reveals one truth

02/24/09
Rhonda Woodward

Published author of historical fiction

12/11/24
Wyntner Woody

Performer

06/22/17
Mr. Owen Lee Woollis

To doubt is to clarify.

09/09/07
Mr. Tom Woosnam, M.A.

09/21/07
Prof. Eleanore Sarah Wootton

College humanities educator who has deeply explored best case evidence and concluded that Edward de Vere is the most likely author of the Shakespearean corpus

02/06/13
Prof. Dwight James Worker, M.B.A.

07/02/12

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