List of notable signatories

Author, five noted Penguin books on poverty and environment. Edited major reports for UN agencies FAO, UNFPA, UNEP. Global 500 award from UN Environment Program

Playwright, screenwriter; Pulitzer Prize for Drama, NY Drama Critics’ Circle Award, Academy Award Nomination, Best Adapted Screenplay, for “Crimes of the Heart”

Augmented and Virtual Reality Filmmaking Pioneer; 2016 Winner of Facebook Oculus Launchpad Award; descendant of Maud, Countess of Huntingdon (circa 1074-1130)

Actor

Shakespearian Actor

Religion scholar and columnist; author of several best-selling books on the Catholic religion, including "Why Do Catholics Do That?"

Writer/Film Director; BAFTA nominated; Member, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences; best known for “Waking Ned Devine,” “Nanny McPhee,” “Everybody’s Fine”

Voice and Speech Specialist, Acting Coach, Actor; MFA, York University, Acting/Voice/Speech Teaching; over 20 years at universities, art schools, acting studios

Professor, English Literature and Culture and Gender Studies, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; General Editor, European Journal of English Studies

Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Free University of Berlin; Shakespeare scholar, author of two monographs: "Politics in Sh's Dramas" and "Sh's Comedies"

Blair-Daroff Emeritus Professor of Neurology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Bachelor, MD degrees, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

Curators' Distinguished Professor of Theatre, University of Missouri-Kansas City; Dean, College of Fellows of the American Theatre, Kennedy Center, 2012-2014

Prominent English composer of orchestral, chamber, vocal and piano works. For details see www.david-matthews.co.uk, or enter my name at the Faber Music website.

American diplomat; many posts in Europe, Asia; Ambassador to Haiti; Director General, International Organization for Migration, 1998-2008; MA, Classics, Harvard

President Emeritus, National Press Foundation; former reporter, "The Washington Post" (worked on Watergate investigation); twice nominated for Pulitzer Prize

Actor, Director, Theatre Instructor, Interlochen Center for the Arts (30 yrs); many awards; Distinguished Teacher, US Dept. of Ed. Presidential Scholars program

Visiting Scholar-in-Residence, Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta. As Canada's most-performed librettist, I cannot believe the Stratford man was the author.

Retired Circuit Judge; author of the acclaimed "Walden of Bermondsey" series. The case for Mr. Shakspere is very weak. "Reasonable doubt" is an understatement.

Executive Director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, one of the two largest theatres in the United States

U.S. Supreme Court Justice (Ret.)

Documentary filmmaker; writer-producer of "Discovering Hamlet," novelist and nonfiction author; coauthor of "Mindhunter," other books on criminal investigation.

Composer

Former Fellow, St. Anne's College, Oxford; author, “Shakespeare the Director”; daughter of Eliot Slater, granddaughter of Gilbert Slater, also notable doubters

Emeritus Professor; formerly Director of Research, Univ. of Portsmouth & Chairman, International Dickens Fellowship; author, "The Man Who Was Never Shakespeare"

Playwright, Composer and Lyricist; Founding Member of the Victory Gardens Playwrights Ensemble; Instructor at the University of Chicago Graham School.