"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them", is what William Shakespeare once said. At first, many people don't know much about William Shakespeare's background information. Before long, William Shakespeare had many accomplishments in his life. In the meantime, there are a lot of facts about William Shakespeare, and many are quite interesting. At first, many people don't know much about William Shakespeare's background information. William Shakespeare was born on/near April 23, 1564 in England. He went to school at "King's New School". At the age of 18, William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway who was 26 years old. William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway had 3 kids and two of them twins.