Clark

Places

Clark is the name of several places in the United States:

• Clark County, Arkansas
• Clark County, Indiana
• Clark County, Nevada
• Clark County, Washington
• Clark, Missouri
• Clark, New Jersey
• Clark, South Dakota
• Clark Township, Minnesota
• Clark Point, point in eastern Virginia by the Chesapeake Bay

(See also Clarksburg, Clarkson, Clarkston, Clarksville)

People

Clark is used as a personal name:

• Clark Gable, American actor
• Clark Kent, fictional character also known as Superman

Clark can also be a surname (see also Clarke, Clerk and Clerke):

• Abraham Clark (1725–1794), American politician and Revolutionary War figure
• Adam Clark, Scottish engineer, supervised construction of the Széchenyi Chain Bridge, Budapest
• Allen George Clark (1898 – 1962) British businessman.
• Anne Clark (born 1960), poet-songwriter
• Bob Clark (Benjamin "Bob" Clark) (1941 – 2007), American director
• Buddy Clark (1911–1940), American singer
• Carmel Clark (born 1965), New Zealand swimmer
• Catherine Clark (born 1976), Canadian television host
• Chris Clark (electronic musician), signed to Warp Records
• Colin Clark, British economist
• Davis Wasgatt Clark (1812–1871), Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
• Daniel Clark, Canadian actor
• Dwight Clark, American Football Player
• Frank M. Clark (1915-2003), US Congressman from Pennsylvania
• Sir George Clark (historian) (1890–1979), British historian
• George Clark (mayor of New Orleans)
• George Clark (naturalist) (1807-1873), British naturalist who worked as a teacher and minister on Mauritius
• George Clark (coach) (George M. "Potsy" Clark) (1895-1972), American Football Coach
• George Rogers Clark (1752–1818), American Revolutionary War military leader
• Ginger Clark (1879-1943), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Glenn Clark, coach of Toronto Rock
• Helen Clark (born 1950), current Prime Minister of New Zealand
• several people named James Clark
• Joe Clark (born 1939), former Prime Minister of Canada
• several people named John Clark
• several people named Joseph Clark
• Katy Clark (born 1967), British politician and trade union official
• Kenneth Clark (psychologist)(1914–2005), African American psychologist who testified in Brown v. Board of Education
• Sir Kenneth Clark(1902–1979), British art historian and creator of the series Civilisation
• Mark Wayne Clark (1896–1984), United States Army general during World War II
• Otey Clark (born 1915), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Ramsey Clark (born 1927), American Attorney General, activist
• Ryan Clark, American lead singer for the Christian Heavy metal band Demon Hunter
• Samuel Clark (1800-1870), U.S. politician
• Samuel Delbert Clark (1910-2003), Canadian sociologist
• Steve Clark (1960-1991), guitarist for Def Leppard
• Stuart Clark (born 1975), Australian Cricketer
• several people named Thomas Clark
• Tom Clark, 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), 4-Star General, US Army
• Wilfrid Le Gros Clark (1895-1971), palaeanthropologist
• Will Clark (born 1964), American baseball player
• William Clark (1770-1838), Co-Commander, Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery
• William Tierney Clark (1783–1852), English engineer, designer of suspension bridges
• The Clark Sisters, American gospel vocalists from Detroit

Things

Clark also refers to some institutions, companies, products and organisations (see also Clarke and Clarks):

• Clark University in Worcester, MA.
• Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, GA.
• Clark College, community college in Vancouver, Washington.
• Clark Air Base, former American airbase in the Philippines.
• Clark Material Handling Company, forklift truck manufacturer in Lexington, Kentucky
• Clark Bar, candy bar
• Clark Bridge over the Mississippi River, takes Highway 367 from St. Charles County, Missouri into Alton, Illinois
• Clark Super Gas, 20th century gas station chain
• Numerous Clark High Schools

See Also

• Clarks