Who was Shakespeare?

Shakespeare is perceived by many students as some boring writer who writes in weird language. Many teachers and philosophers see him as a great mind and thinker. Many see him as one of the greatest play writers ever. When don't know to mug about him. For example we don't know his birthday or what he looked like we just know him for the things he wrote.what seems weird to me is that website seem to know his personal life and when he was baptized and who he married. But they are quite sure if he even wrote those plays or if it was someone else under a fake name. There is still a lot of mystery whether Shakespeare did really exsist or not but the works are really what counts.