Who Was Shakespeare?

Shakespeare to me has always just been a really old famous writer, and i really only associated him with "Romeo and Juliet" when i was younger.Once I did some research on him i learned quite a bit of new facts of him. William Shakespeare was born on April, 1564 and was the oldest out of his siblings. Shakespeare married Ann Hathaway on November, 1582. Later on three daughters were included into the family, Susanna, Judith and Hamnet. There is also good evidence that Shakespeare wrote his poems and plays is that a lot of them are not signed by him or contain his name as the author. I am curious why he never wrote his name as the author on all his works and what was Shakespeare's life in depth because all of it was kept a secret. Shakespeare is perceived by students as a man with amazing writing skills. I personally find him to be an author to be looked up to as an inspiring person because his works are well known today all over the English world and genius. Although it is very difficult for me to read and understand clearly i find with more practice it gets easier.