Complete alphabetical list of signatories

Total published signatories: 5666 verified.

Name Position and affiliation, or personal comment Date signed
Mr. Peter James Nash

Professional Actor currently working in Musical Theatre, and believe that the identity of William Shakespeare should at least be held open to discussion.

05/30/16
Steven D. Nash

06/25/18
Miss Caroline Claire Nasiak

Though only a teenager, I've always had doubts about the Stratford claim; my father later introduced me to the Shakespear Authorship Question.

07/14/22
Mr. David Conklin Nassau

Americorps VISTA volunteer

04/08/16
Prof. John Nassivera, Ph.D.

Playwright, founder of professional Dorset Theatre Festival; currently Prof. at Green Mountain College, Vermont, USA

09/12/07
Thomas Carl Nast

Cartographer

09/09/07
Mrs. Deepa Nath, M.B.A.

09/04/12
Susan L. Naulty, M.A.

Former Assistant Curator, Huntington Library

04/29/07
Alan Navarre

Playwright, screenwriter, producer, director

05/29/08
Ms. Puy Navarro, M.F.A.

Winner of the 3rd Prize of the MetLife Foundation USA Writing Competition "Our Voices" for writing "Else & Henry"

09/24/23
Mr. Lon Nease, M.A.

10/07/15
Mr. Terje Nedrum

Free Nose.

08/19/13
Nicholas John Need

Please select a region, state or province.

10/21/23
L. C. Needham

02/26/23
Ms. Kelly Joyce Neff

06/26/15
Dr. Vladislav Nekliaev, Ph.D.

Winner of Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize 2010

10/06/15
Mrs. Alice Lucille Nelson

01/19/17
Allen David Nelson

10/06/20
Dr. Brennan Kerr Nelson, Ph.D.

I am related to Emilia Bassano who I believe wrote many of WS's works!

03/14/16
Mr. David Nelson

10/03/07
Donald F. Nelson, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Physics

04/09/07
Mr. Joseph Daniel Nelson

Actor; Lover of Theatre.

06/23/22
Kodi Denise Nelson I

There is no logical way that Mr William Shaxper, the illiterate actor, could have possibly assumed the role of such a legendary figure in our language.

06/08/23
Mrs. M. Jane Nelson

Retired former Head of English, Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, South Australia.

09/16/07
Mr. Michael Kenneth Nelson, Ed.D.

09/17/07
Dr. Randolph Nelson, D. Phil.

Unaffiliated Scholar

08/02/18
Susan F. Nelson

11/11/17
William Wallace Nelson

I believe it is possible that a woman, Mary Sidney Herbert, may have written the works attributed to William Shakespeare.

11/13/11
Richard Lawrence Nemecek

California

03/24/19
Susan L Nenadic, M.A.

04/20/07
Mr. Lars-Kristian Nerbø

I find it, without hesitation, entirely plausible that there is confusion as the the origin of authorship.

08/19/13
Dr. Thomas J. Nero, M.D.

CT

04/26/16
Mr. Pål Jacob Nessjøen, M.Sc.

08/21/13
Arthur C. Neuendorffer

NOAA scientist (retired)

05/02/08
David Michael Neufer

Editor - Master Universe Almanac

06/04/09
Dr. Klaus Neuhoff, M.B.A.

Director, Institute Foundation & Common Weal, University of Witten/Herdecke , Germany

04/28/16
Marlene Neumann

Translator, English/German

10/19/16
Meredith A. Neumann, M.A.

04/22/16
Mr. J. R. Neumiller

His statement of faith in Jesus Christ in his will is incongruous with the spirit of his plays.

02/29/08
James Newcomb

Actor, 14 seasons with Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Founding Company Member, Shakespeare & Co.; Artistic Excellence Award from the Shakespeare Oxford Society

08/18/10
Mr. James W. Newell, M.A.

As a founder and former teacher and head of Riverside School, Lyndonville, VT, I became interested in the authorship question in the 1980's.

11/07/19
Mr. Michael Alan Newhouse

Never has a man and his work shown such diversity. The answer must lie in some private estate. I say dig the bones that are buried here, release the secret.

02/19/10
Mrs. Janet S. Newkirk, M.B.A.

12/30/18
Ms. Kate Newlyn

Sculptor

12/19/24
Lucy Anne Newlyn, D. Phil.

Poet, academic; retired professor, English Language & Lit, University of Oxford; Emeritus Fellow in English, St Edmund Hall, Oxford; Fellow, English Association

12/16/24
Mr. Fred Newnes, M.A.

Actor

03/02/21
Terris Holden Newsom

Vice Chairman, Lakeland Arts Center

12/21/10
Ms. Debbie N. Newsome

Teacher of English

09/27/07
Mr. D. James Newton, M.A.

09/09/07
George W. Newton Jr.

07/04/15

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