Do you think that if nobody ever heard of Shakespeare until today, he'd still eventually come to be known as one of the greatest writers of all time? Like, if one day someone just found a trunk in their cellar that had all of Shakespeare's manuscripts in there and he was just discovered in 2022?
being alive helps, also speaking present day language fluently (or beyond!) helps. which are likely shakespeare's very strong points. so, as long as you'll let him be alive in your analogy, then he'll probably do great in any time