1. Shakespeare's father was a glove maker, not a playwright.
2. He was the third child of eight siblings.
3. He married Anne Hathaway at the age of 18, and they had three children: Susanna, Hamnet, and Judith.
4. Hamnet, Shakespeare's only son, died at the age of 11.
5. Shakespeare's wife, Anne Hathaway, was eight years older than him.
6. He wrote over 150 sonnets, which were published in 1609.
7. Shakespeare's plays were not published during his lifetime, but rather were collected and printed in the First Folio in 1623, seven years after his death.
8. The authorship of Shakespeare's works has been questioned, with some people believing that he did not write them himself. This is known as the Shakespeare authorship question.
9. Shakespeare was a member of the Lord Chamberlain's Men, a theater company that eventually became known as the King's Men.
10. He retired to Stratford-upon-Avon in 1611 and died there in 1616 at the age of 52.