William Shakespeare Hays

American songwriter, entertainer and composer

American musician

English school teacher

English translator and poet

Intended wife of Shakespeare

Performer, playwright, comedian

American entertainer

English journalist, writer, and lecturer

Australian singer

American writer

American writer and historian

American blackface performer and banjo player

American historian

American educator

American poet

American novelist, short story author, and literary critic

American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist

American writer

American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, territorial governor and statesman, politician, and author of 'Ben Hur'

Illustrator

American musician, poet

American poet, novelist, editor

American poet

American poet and politician from Los Angeles

American poet lawyer and writer

American writer

American author and poet

American physician, poet, legislator

American journalist

American writer

American poet

American playwright

Jewish cantor and poet

American educator and school founder