William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright.
Stratford-upon-Avon . The town is a popular tourist destination owing to its status as birthplace of English playwright and poet William Shakespeare , and receives approximately 2.5 million visitors a year . William Shakespeare . He is often called England 's national poet , and the `` Bard of Avon '' . Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon , Warwickshire .