William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare, Jr. (c. 1869 – June 25, 1950) was an American inventor. He invented the level-winding fishing reel. Shakespeare also founded and was one of the key people of Shakespeare Fishing Tackle. which he founded in 1897, as a fisherman aiming to improve the fishing-reel mechanism.He was a traveling salesman of patent medicines.In addition to numerous fishing-tackle innovations, Shakespeare also received patents for camera equipment. and a carburetor.