Clarke (family name)
Clarke is an English family name .
Origin and meaning
The name is a variant of Clark ( New English clerk ) and thus roughly corresponds to the German name Schreiber .
variants
Name bearer
A.
- AV Clarke (1922-1998), English science fiction author and editor (actually: Aubrey Vincent Clarke)
- Adlin Mair-Clarke (* 1941), Jamaican sprinter and hurdler
- Adrian Clarke (* 1956), Barbadian tennis player
- Alan Clarke (psychologist) (1922-2011), British psychologist
- Alan Clarke (director) (1935–1990), British director
- Alan Clarke (cultural scientist) (* around 1941), British actor and cultural scientist
- Alan Clarke (soccer player) (born 1962), Irish soccer player
- Alexander Ross Clarke (1828–1914), British geodesist
- Allan Clarke (musician) (actually Harold Allan ; * 1942), British rock singer, co-founder of The Hollies
- Allan Clarke (soccer player) (born 1946), English soccer player and coach
- Allen Clarke (born 1952), English football player
- Andrew Clarke (1793–1847), British colonial governor
- Andrew Clarke (officer) (1824–1902), British officer and colonial governor
- Andrew Clarke (engineer) , British railway engineer
- Andrew Clarke (politician) (1868–1940), Scottish politician
- Andrew Clarke (actor) (born 1954), Australian actor
- Andrew Clarke (cricketer, 1961) (born 1961), English cricketer
- Andrew Clarke (cricketer, 1975) (born 1975), English cricketer
- Andy Clarke (comic book artist) , British comic book artist
- Andy Clarke (soccer player) (born 1967), English soccer player
- Angela Clarke (actress, 1909) (1909-2010), American actress
- Angela Clarke (volleyball player) (* 1975), Australian volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Angela Clarke (actress, 1969) (born 1969), English actress
- Anthony Clarke, Baron Clarke of Hampstead (* 1932), English trade unionist and politician (Labor Party)
- Anthony Clarke, Baron Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony (born 1943), British lawyer and judge
- Archibald S. Clarke (1788–1821), American politician
- Arthur Clarke , real name of Babe Clarke (* around 1930), American musician
- Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008), British physicist and writer
- Augustine Clarke († 1841), American politician, lawyer and banker
- Austin Clarke (poet) (1896–1974), Northern Irish poet
- Austin Clarke (writer) (1934-2016), Canadian writer
B.
- Babe Clarke (actually Arthur Clarke ; * around 1930), American musician
- Bayard Clarke (1815-1884), American politician
- Beverly L. Clarke (1809-1860), American politician
- Bill Clarke († 2015), British manager and rowing official
- Bob Carlos Clarke (actually Robert C. Clarke ; 1950–2006), British photographer
- Bobby Clarke (born 1949), Canadian ice hockey player
- Brandon Clarke (chess player) (born 1995), English chess player
- Brandon Clarke (basketball player) (born 1996), Canadian-American basketball player
- Brian Clarke (artist) (born 1953), British visual artist
- Brian Clarke (soccer player) (born 1968), English soccer player
- Brian Patrick Clarke (born 1952), American actor
- Bruce C. Clarke (1901–1988), American officer, general in the US Army
- Bryan Clarke (1932-2014), British geneticist and evolutionary biologist
- William Buck Clarke (1933–1988), American percussionist
C.
- Cam Clarke (born 1957), American voice actor and actor
- Charles Clarke (politician) (born 1950), British politician
- Charles Baron Clarke (1832–1906), English botanist
- Charles E. Clarke (1790–1863), American lawyer and politician
- Charles G. Clarke (1899–1983), American cameraman
- Charles Kirk Clarke (1857-1924), Canadian psychiatrist
- Charles Mansfield Clarke (1839–1932), British officer and Governor of Malta
- Charles Noble Arden-Clarke (1898–1962), British colonial administrator
- Cheavan Clarke (born 1990), British boxer
- Christopher Clarke (* 1990), British athlete
- Clive Clarke (born 1980), Irish football player
- Colin Clarke (born 1962), Northern Irish football player
- Cyril Clarke (1907-2000), British physician, geneticist and lepidopterist
D.
- Dan Clarke (film producer) , film producer
- Dan Clarke (racing driver) (born 1983), British racing driver
- Darren Clarke (* 1968), British golfer
- Darren Clarke (snooker player) , British snooker player
- Dave Clarke (* 1968), English music producer and DJ
- Davian Clarke (born 1976), Jamaican athlete
- David Clarke (actor) (1908-2004), American actor
- David Clarke (racing driver) (1929–2002), British racing car driver
- David Clarke (athlete) (born 1958), British long-distance runner
- David Clarke (cyclist) (born 1979), British cyclist
- David Clarke (ice hockey player) (born 1981), British ice hockey player
- David A. Clarke (* 1956), American sheriff
- David Leonard Clarke (1937–1976), British prehistorian
- David Michael Clarke (born 1969), British artist
- Debbie Clarke (born 1983), Welsh singer
- Derek Clarke (track and field athlete) (1937–1997), British decathlete
- Derek Clarke (soccer player) (born 1950), English soccer player
- Dick Clarke , American trumpeter
- Don Clarke (1933–2002), New Zealand rugby union player
- Don Clarke (comedian) (* 1956), British-German comedian and presenter
- Douglas Clarke (1893–1962), English musician, composer, conductor and music teacher
E.
- Eddie Clarke (1950-2018), British guitarist
- Edgerton Roland Clarke (born 1929), Jamaican clergyman, Archbishop of Kingston
- Edith Clarke (1883–1959), American engineer and university professor
- Edmund M. Clarke (* 1945), American computer scientist
- Edward Clarke (1850–1905), Canadian journalist and politician, Mayor of Toronto
- Edward Daniel Clarke (1769-1822), British mineralogist
- Edward Hedrick Clarke (1939–2013), American economist, s. Vickrey-Clarke-Groves Mechanism
- Eldece Clarke-Lewis (* 1965), Bahamian sprinter
- Ellis Clarke (1917-2010), politician from Trinidad and Tobago, President 1976-1987
- Emilia Clarke (born 1986), British actress
- Emmy Clarke (actually Mary Elizabeth Clarke ; * 1991), American actress
- Eric Clarke (politician) (born 1933), Scottish politician
- Eric Clarke (musicologist) (* 1955), British musicologist
- Eric Clarke (musician) ( Fish ; * around 1960), Jamaican musician
- Everton Clarke (* 1992), Jamaican track and field athlete
F.
- Floyd I. Clarke (born 1942), American government official
- Frank Clarke (actor) (1898–1948), American actor
- Frank Clarke (film editor) (1915-2002), British film editor
- Frank Clarke (soccer player) ( Frank James Clarke ; born 1942), English soccer player
- Frank Clarke (lawyer) (born 1951), Irish judge
- Frank Clarke (director) (born 1956), British director
- Frank Gay Clarke (1850–1901), American politician
- Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847–1931), American geologist and chemist
- Frazer Clarke (born 1991), British boxer
- FRC Clarke (1931–2009), Canadian organist, choir director, composer and music educator
- Fred Clarke (1872-1960), American baseball player
- Freeman Clarke (1809-1887), American politician
G
- George Clarke (Governor) (1676–1760), British colonial governor
- George Clarke (soccer player, 1894) (1894-1960), English soccer player
- George Clarke (soccer player, 1900) (1900–1977), English soccer player
- George Clarke (soccer player, 1902) (1902– ??), English soccer player
- George Clarke (saxophonist) (1911–1985), American jazz saxophonist
- George Clarke (soccer player, 1921) (1921-2011), English soccer player
- George Clarke (architect) (* 1974), British architect, presenter and writer
- George Elliott Clarke (* 1960), Canadian literary scholar
- George Somers Clarke (1825-1882), British architect
- George Sydenham Clarke, 1st Baron Sydenham of Combe (1848–1933), British officer and colonial governor
- George Thomas Smith-Clarke (1884–1960), British engineer
- George W. Clarke (1852–1936), American politician
- Georgie Clarke (* 1984), Australian athlete
- Gerald Clarke (Author) (born 1937), American author
- Gerald Clarke (artist) (born 1967), American artist
- Gilby Clarke (born 1962), American guitarist
- Gilmore David Clarke (1892–1982), American civil engineer and landscape architect
H
- Hans Thacher Clarke (1887–1972), British-American chemist
- Hansen Clarke (* 1957), American politician
- Harry Clarke (1889–1931), Irish glass painter and book illustrator
- Helen Clarke (* 1971), New Zealand hockey player
- Henri Clarke d'Hunebourg (1765-1818), French general and statesman
- Henry Clarke (racing driver) (* 1989), American racing driver
- Henry Butler Clarke (1863-1904), British historian, Romanist and Hispanist
- Henry Joseph Clarke (1833–1889), Canadian politician
- Henry Stephen Clarke (around 1837–1889), British entrepreneur
- Herbert L. Clarke (1867–1945), American cornetist and composer
- Hilton Clarke (* 1979), Australian cyclist
- Hugh Archibald Clarke (1839–1927), Canadian composer
I.
- Ian Clarke (rugby player) (1931–1997), New Zealand rugby union player
- Ian Clarke (computer scientist) (* 1977), Irish computer scientist
- Isabel C. Clarke (1869–1951), American writer
J
- Jack Clarke (rugby player) (born 1968), Irish rugby player
- Jack Clarke (racing driver) (* 1988), British racing driver
- Jack Clarke (soccer player) (* 2000), English soccer player
- Jacob Lockhart Clarke (1817-1880), English anatomist, physiologist, and neurologist
- Jake Clarke-Salter (born 1997), English football player
- James Clarke (politician) (1812-1850), American politician (Iowa)
- James Clarke (rower) (born 1984), British rower
- James Freeman Clarke (1810–1888), American preacher
- James M. Clarke (1917–1999), American politician
- James Paul Clarke (1854–1916), American politician
- Jamie Rhys Clarke (born 1994), Welsh snooker player
- Jason Clarke (actor) (born 1969), Australian actor
- Jason Clarke (ice hockey player) (born 1973), Canadian ice hockey player
- Jason Clarke (writer) (born 1978), American writer
- Jay Clarke (born 1998), British tennis player
- Jennifer Ward Clarke († 2015), British cellist
- Jeremiah Clarke (around 1674–1704), British composer
- Jeremy Clarke (Politician) ( Jeremiah Clarke ; 1605–1652), English trader, politician and officer
- Jeremy Clarke (poet) (born 1962), British poet
- Jessica Clarke (* 1989), English soccer player
- Joan Clarke (1917–1996), British cryptanalyst
- John Clarke (clergyman) (1609–1676), English physician, Baptist preacher and politician in colonial North America
- John Clarke (natural philosopher) (1682–1757), English natural philosopher
- John Clarke (Scholar) (1687–1734) British scholar and educational reformer
- John Clarke (medic) (1760–1815), British obstetrician and medic in Frankfurt an der Oder
- John Clarke (javelin thrower) (born 1911), British javelin thrower
- John Clarke (actor) (1931-2019), American actor
- John Clarke (physicist) (born 1942), British physicist
- John Clarke (satirist) (1948-2017), New Zealand-Australian satirist, actor and author
- John Clarke (marathon runner) (fl. 1950), New Zealand marathon runner
- John Blades Clarke (1833-1911), American politician
- John Creemer Clarke (1821–1895), British politician
- John D. Clarke (1873–1933), American politician
- John Frederick Gates Clarke (1905–1990), British entomologist
- John Hessin Clarke (1857–1945), American lawyer
- John Hopkins Clarke (1789–1870), American politician
- John Innes Clarke (1929-2018), British geographer
- John Mason Clarke (1857-1925), American paleontologist
- Jonathan Clarke (* 1984), Australian cyclist
- Jordan Clarke (born 1950), American actor
- Joseph Calvitt Clarke (1920–2004), American lawyer
- Josh Clarke (born 1995), Australian athlete
- Judy Clarke (* around 1952), American lawyer
- Julian Clarke (* 1977), Canadian film editor
K
- Kacey Clarke (* 1988), British actress, screenwriter and film producer
- Kathleen Clarke (1878–1972), Irish politician
- Kenneth Clarke (born 1940), British politician
- Kenny Clarke (1914–1985), American drummer
- Kevin Clarke (* 1967), German musicologist
- Kim Clarke (* 1954), American jazz bassist
L.
- Lacena Golding-Clarke (* 1975), Jamaican athlete
- Leo Morris Clarke (1923-2006), Australian Former Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle
- Leon Clarke ( American football player ) (1933–2009) American football player
- Leon Clarke (referee) (born 1979), Lucian football referee
- Leon Clarke (born 1985), English football player
- Lerone Clarke (born 1981), Jamaican athlete
- Lilian Jane Clarke (1866–1934), British botanist
- Lindsay Clarke (* 1939), English writer
- Louis Clarke (1901–1977), American track and field athlete
- Lydia Clarke (1923–2018), American actress and photographer
M.
- Mae Clarke (actually Violet Mary Klotz ; 1910–1992), American actress
- Malcolm Clarke (biologist) ( Malcolm Roy Clarke ; 1930-2013), British biologist
- Malcolm Clarke (composer) (1943-2003), British composer
- Malcolm Clarke (soccer player) (born 1944), Scottish soccer player
- Malcolm Clarke (producer) , English film producer
- Marcus Clarke (1846-1881), Australian writer
- Margi Clarke (* 1954), English presenter and actress
- Marian W. Clarke (1880–1953), American politician
- Mark Clarke (musician) (born 1950), British musician
- Mark Clarke (Sailor) (1950–2013), Cayman Islands sailor
- Martha Clarke (* 1944), American choreographer
- Mary Clarke († 2015), British dance critic
- Mary Anne Clarke (1776-1852), English mistress
- Matthew Clarke (* 1994), Northern Irish football player
- Melinda Clarke (born 1969), American actress
- Michael Clarke (Director) (1919-2005), British film director and producer
- Michael Clarke (drummer) (1946-1993), American drummer
- Michael Clarke (cricketer) (born 1981), Australian cricketer
- Michael Clarke (tennis player) (* 1990), tennis player from Trinidad and Tobago
- Mike Clarke (ice hockey player, 1953) (born 1953), Canadian ice hockey player
- Mike Clarke (composer) , composer
- Mike Clarke (ice hockey player, 1979) (born 1979), Canadian-British ice hockey player
N
- Nathan Clarke (cyclist) (* 1978), Australian cyclist
- Nathan Clarke (soccer player) (born 1983), English soccer player
- Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke (1953–2012), British religious scholar
- Nick Clarke (1948-2006), British journalist
- Noah Clarke (born 1979), American ice hockey player
- Noel Clarke (born 1975), British actor
- Norman Clarke (Bishop) ( Norman Harry Clarke ; 1892–1974), British clergyman, Bishop of Plymouth
- Norman Clarke (physicist) (1916–2002), British physicist and politician
- Norman Clarke (soccer player) ( Norman Samson Clarke ; * 1942), Northern Irish soccer player
O
- Oz Clarke (born 1949), British actor, wine critic, author, TV and radio presenter
P
- Pauline Clarke (1921–2013), English children's author
- Percy Selwyn-Clarke (1893–1976), British colonial governor
- Pete Clarke (1911–1975), American jazz musician
- Peter Clarke (soccer player, 1949) (born 1949), English soccer player
- Peter Clarke (tennis player) (born 1979), Irish tennis player
- Peter Clarke (soccer player, 1982) (born 1982), English soccer player
- Peter B. Clarke ( Peter Bernard Clarke ; 1940-2011), British religious scholar and historian
- Peter Edward Clarke , actual name of Budgie (drummer) (* 1957), British drummer
- Peter Hugh Clarke (1933-2014), English chess player and author
- Philip Clarke (* 1960), British manager
R.
- Reader W. Clarke (1812–1872), American politician
- Rebecca Clarke (1886–1979), British composer
- Rebecca Sophia Clarke (1833–1906), American writer
- Ricardo Clarke (* 1992), Panamanian soccer player
- Richard Clarke (* 1950), American security advisor
- Richard Clarke (soccer player, 1979) (born 1979), Northern Irish soccer player
- Richard Clarke (soccer player, 1985) (born 1985), Northern Irish soccer player
- Richard Henry Clarke (1843–1906), American politician
- Richard Lionel Clarke (born 1949), Irish clergyman, Archbishop of Armagh
- Robin Clarke (actor) (born 1942), American actor
- Robin Clarke (rower) (born 1964), New Zealand rower
- Robin Clarke (squash player) (* 1986), Canadian squash player
- Roger Clarke (1940-2014), Jamaican politician (PNP)
- Roger Clarke (ornithologist) ( Roger Geoffrey Clarke ; 1952-2007), British ornithologist
- Ron Clarke (1937–2015), Australian athlete and politician
- Ronald J. Clarke (* 1944), British paleoanthropologist
- Rosie Clarke (* 1991), English obstacle runner
- Ross Clarke (* 1993), Northern Irish football player
- Rotnei Clarke (* 1989), American basketball player
- Roy Clarke (soccer player) (1925-2006), Welsh soccer player
- Roy Clarke (screenwriter) (born 1930), English screenwriter
- Ruth Knüchel-Clarke (* 1959), German pathologist and university professor
S.
- Samuel Clarke (1675–1729), British theologian and philosopher
- Sarah Clarke (Administrator) (born 1965), British Administrator (Lady Usher of the Black Rod)
- Sarah Clarke (born 1972), American actress
- Seleno Clarke (1930-2017), American musician
- Shelayna Oskan-Clarke (* 1990), British athlete
- Shirley Clarke (1919–1997), American director
- Sidney Clarke (1831–1909), American politician
- Simon Clarke (* 1986), Australian cyclist
- Simone Clarke (* 1970), English dancer
- Somers Clarke (1841–1926), English Egyptologist and architect
- Staley N. Clarke (1794–1860), American politician
- Stanley Clarke (* 1951), American bass player
- Stephen Clarke (born 1958), British author
- Stephenson Robert Clarke (1862-1948), British naturalist and big game hunter
- Steve Clarke (soccer player) (born 1963), Scottish soccer player and coach
- Steve Clarke (philosopher) (* 1964), Australian philosopher
- Steve Clarke (biathlete) (born 1990), British biathlete
- Susanna Clarke (* 1959), British writer
T
- TEB Clarke (1907-1989), British screenwriter
- Tamicka Clarke (* 1980), Bahamian sprinter
- Terry Clarke (* 1944), Canadian jazz musician
- Thomas Clarke (Lawyer) (1703–1764), British lawyer
- Thomas Clarke (skeleton rider) (1911-1969), British skeleton rider
- Thomas Clarke (politician) (* 1941), Scottish politician
- Thomas Clarke (soccer player) (born 1989), British soccer player
- Thomas Clarke (cyclist) (* 1995), Australian cyclist
- Thomas Ernest Bennett Clarke (1907-1989), British screenwriter, see TEB Clarke
- Thomas James Clarke (1858-1916), Irish revolutionary
- Thomas Shields Clarke (1860–1920), American artist
- Thurmond Clarke (1902–1971), American lawyer
- Tom Clarke (screenwriter) (1918-1993), British screenwriter
- Tom Clarke (soccer player) (born 1987), British soccer player
- Tony Clarke (singer) (1940–1971), American singer
- Tony Clarke (producer) (1941-2010) British musician and record producer
- Tony Clarke (Author) (born 1944), Canadian author and civil rights activist
- Troy Clarke (1969-2013), Australian Australian football player
V
- Vince Clarke (* 1960), English pop musician
W.
- Walter Clarke (1640–1714), British colonial politician
- Warren Clarke (1947-2014), British filmmaker
- Wayne Clarke (born 1961), English football player
- Will Clarke (producer) , British film producer
- Will Clarke (triathlete) ( William Roger Clarke ; * 1985), British duathlete and triathlete
- Will Clarke ( American football player ) ( William Clarke, Jr. , born 1991), American football player
- William Clarke (politician) (around 1623–1666), British politician
- William Clarke (architect) (1809–1889), Scottish architect
- William Clarke, 1st Baronet (1831–1897), Australian rancher, politician, and philanthropist
- William Clarke (journalist) (1852-1901), British journalist
- William Clarke (musician) (1951–1996), American blues musician
- William Clarke (cyclist) (born 1985), Australian cyclist
- William Aurelius Clarke (1868–1940), Canadian politician
- William Branwhite Clarke (1798–1878), Anglo-Australian geologist
- William Eagle Clarke (1853-1938), British ornithologist
- William Eden Clarke (1863-1940), Jamaican colonial policeman
Y
- Yvette Clarke (* 1964), American politician