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Clement Lindley Wragge (September 19, 1852 – December 10, 1922) was a meteorologist born in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England. After training in law, Wragge became renowned in the field of meteorology, winning the Scottish Meteorological Society's Gold Medal. He set up an extensive network of weather stations around Australia, and was the first to give human names to cyclones. He traveled widely, and in his later years was a reliable authority on Australia, India and the Pacific Islands.

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