Clark
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This article is about the surname Clark. For other uses, see Clark (disambiguation).
| Clark | |
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 A scribe or clerk, the occupation from which the name derives |
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| Meaning | Clerk, scribe, secretary |
| Region of origin | England |
| Language of origin | [[Old English language|Old English]] |
| Related names | Clarke, Clerk |
| Footnotes: Frequency Comparisons[1] | |
Clark is an Anglo Saxon surname derived from the Latin clericus meaning "scribe", "secretary" or a scholar within a religious order, referring to someone who was educated. Clark evolved from "clerk". First records of the name are found in the 12th century. The name has many variants.[2]
The name is often, especially within the British Isles, considered to be Scottish due to the name occurring more often in Scotland than many other places.
According to the 1990 United States Census, 'Clark' was the twenty-first most frequently encountered surname, accounting for 0.23% of the population.[3]
Clark is also an occasional given name.
[edit] List of people with surname Clark
People with the surname Clark include:
- Abraham Clark (1725–1794), American politician and Revolutionary War figure
- Alan Clark (1928–1999), British Conservative politician and author, son of Kenneth Clark
- Allen George Clark (1898–1962), British businessman
- Andy Clark, British musician
- Anne Clark (born 1960), poet-songwriter
- Benjamin S. W. Clark (1829–1912), New York politician
- Bob Clark (Benjamin "Bob" Clark) (1941–2007), American director
- Brian Clark (several)
- Buddy Clark (1911–1940), American singer
- Carmel Clark (born 1965), New Zealand swimmer
- Catherine Clark (born 1976), Canadian television host
- Chris Clark (several)
- Claudine Clark, R&B singer and performer of the 1962 hit record "Party Lights"
- Colin Clark, British economist
- Corrie Clark (born 1982), American breaststroke swimmer
- Darius Clark (1798–1871), New York physician and politician
- Dave Clark (musician) (born 1942), drummer of The Dave Clark Five
- David Clark (several)
- Davis Wasgatt Clark (1812–1871), American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
- Daniel Clark, Canadian actor
- Dick Clark (born 1929), entertainer and producer
- Dick Clark (disambiguation)
- Douglas Clark (several)
- Duncan Clark (d. 2007), American public health specialist
- Duncan Clark (athlete) (born 1915), Scottish hammer thrower
- Dwight Clark, American football player
- Ernest Clark (1912–1994), British actor
- Frank Clark (footballer), English footballer
- Frank M. Clark (1915–2003), American Congressman
- Gavin Brown Clark (1846 – 1930), MP for Caithness
- George Clark (several)
- Gerry Clark (1927–1999), New Zealand sailor and ornithologist
- Ginger Clark (1879–1943), American baseball pitcher
- Glenn Clark (born 1969), Canadian coach of Toronto Rock
- Helen Clark (born 1950), Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008
- Hilda Clark (1872–1932), American, first Coca-Cola advertising spokesperson
- Hugh Massey Clark (1886–1956), of New York
- Jack Clark, American baseball player
- Hilda Margery Clarke (born 1926), English painter and curator
- Isabella Clark, wife of Prime Minister of Canada Sir John A. Macdonald
- James Clark (several)
- Jeff Clark (several)
- Joe Clark (born 1939), Prime Minister of Canada
- John Clark (several)
- Jonas Gilman Clark (1815-1900), American businessman and the founder of Clark University
- Joseph Clark (several)
- Joshua Clark, (born 1980), American writer
- Karen Clark (born 1945), American politician from Minnesota
- Katy Clark (born 1967), British politician and trade union official
- Kenneth Clark (1914–2005), African American psychologist who testified in Brown v. Board of Education
- Kenneth Clark (1902–1983), British art historian; creator of the series Civilisation
- Leslie J. Clark, (1924–2003) British Engineer and founder of Parvalux
- Louis Clark, musician and conductor with the Orchestra (former members of ELO and ELO Part II)
- Manning Clark (1915–1991), Australian historian
- Mark Wayne Clark (1896–1984), American Army General in WW2 (Italy) and the Korean War
- Nancy B. Clark of Marstons Mills, Massachusetts
- Ocky Clark (born 1960), American middle distance runner
- Otey Clark (born 1915), American baseball pitcher
- Ramsey Clark (born 1927), American Attorney General, activist
- Ranza Clark (born 1961), Canadian middle distance runner
- Ryan Clark (several)
- Samuel Clark (disambiguation), several
- Samuel Delbert Clark (1910–2003), Canadian sociologist
- Steve Clark (1960–1991), British guitarist for Def Leppard
- Stuart Clark (born 1975), Australian Cricketer
- Theresa Maria Clark (c.1890–1953), of New York
- Thomas Clark (several)
- Tom Clark (journalist), Canadian television journalist
- Tom C. Clark (1899–1977), Attorney General of the United States, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, father of Attorney General Ramsey Clark
- Wendel Clark (born 1966), retired Canadian ice hockey player
- Wesley K. Clark (born 1944), American Army General in the Vietnam War and Kosovo
- Wilfrid Le Gros Clark (1895–1971), British palaeanthropologist
- Will Clark (born 1964), American baseball player
- William Clark (several)
- The Clark Sisters, American gospel vocalists from Detroit
[edit] Notes
- ^ British Surnames
- ^ "Surname Clark". surnamedb.com. http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Clark. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
- ^ United States Census Bureau (9 May 1995). s:1990 Census Name Files dist.all.last (1-100). Retrieved on 2008-07-04.
[edit] See also
- Clark Equipment Company, a former maker of construction equipment
- Clark's Super Gas, a former US gasoline retailer
- Clarke
- Clerk
- Clerke
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