Clarke
Appearance
- Clarke College, a Catholic college in Dubuque, Iowa.
Names
People whose surname is Clarke include (see also Clark):
- A. E. Clarke, Victorian architect
- Alan Clarke (1935-1990), British TV and film director
- Allan Clarke (born 1946), English footballer
- Alexander R. Clarke, British geodesist, whose 1866 spheroid was the standard Earth spheroid for a very long time
- Sir Arthur C. Clarke (born 1917) is an author and inventor, probably most famous for his science fiction novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, for inventing and popularizing geostationary communication satellites and the space elevator. He also wrote Clarke's three laws.
- Sir Basil Clarke (1879–1947), a pioneer in public relations, a diplomat and a newspaper war correspondent in the first world war.
- Bob Clarke Cartoonist
- Bobbie Clarke, rock drummer
- Carter Clarke (born c. 1928) a retired American Brigader General and founder of Gemesis Corporation
- Charles Clarke (born 1950), British politician, Home Secretary
- Professor Sir Cyril Clarke (1907–2000), an English physician and winner of the 1980 Albert Lasker Award for medical research for work on Rhesus blood groups
- Chris Clarke, Canadian boxer
- Don Clarke (1933-2002), New Zealand Rugby Union player
- Donald Clarke, American writer on music
- Donald C. Clarke, a US law professor
- Edith Clarke (1883-1959), First woman employed as an electrical engineer in the United States, as well as the country's first female professor of electrical engineering.
- Evan V. Clarke, graduate of St. Marys School. American basketball player.
- Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, a geochemist
- George Johnson Clarke (1857–1917), Premier of New Brunswick 1914–1917
- Harry Clarke (1889–1931), Stained glass artist and illustrator
- Hyde Clarke (1815 – 1895), English engineer, philologist and author
- Jacob Augustus Lockhart Clarke, British neurologist
- James Clarke, British composer
- Jeremiah Clarke (1674–1707), a British composer, most famous for his Trumpet Voluntary the Prince of Denmark's March
- Jeremy Clarke British-born poet
- John Clarke (dean of Salisbury) (1682–1757), natural philosopher, mathematician, and translator. Younger brother of Samuel Clarke.
- John Cooper Clarke (born 1949), British performance poet.
- John Henry Clarke (1853–1931), one of the most eminent homoeopaths of England.
- Kenneth Clarke (born 1940) is a British politician. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1993 until 1997.
- Marcus Clarke (1846–1881), Australian novelist (For the Term of his Natural Life)
- Maura Clarke (January 13, 1931 – December 2, 1980) An American nun, a martyr, who was killed in El Salvador by a pack of military death squad officials.
- Michael Clarke (born 1981), a current Australian Test Cricketer
- Rebecca Helferich Clarke (1886–1979) was an English composer known for her chamber string music, particularly for the viola.
- Rebecca Sophia Clarke (1833–1906) was an American author of children's fiction
- Richard A. Clarke (born 1951), retired U.S. government official and expert in counter-terrorism, national security advisor to four U.S. presidents. Clarke was the counter-terrorism adviser on the U.S. National Security Council when the September 11 attacks occurred.
- Sir Richard W. B. Clarke, UK civil servant.
- Richard Clarke, 16th century English privateer and navigator who made early voyages to Newfoundland.
- Richard Clarke (Deadwood Dick) (1845–1930), English frontiersman and scout in the United States; inspiration for character Deadwood Dick.
- Richard Clarke, a sailor from Canada who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
- Richard Clarke, (died 1634), English preacher, on the committee translating the King James version of the Bible.
- Samuel Clarke (1675–1729) was an English philosopher, known for his religious studies and his defense of Newtonian natural philosophy in a long philosophical correspondence with Gottfried Leibniz.
- Sidney Clarke (1831–1909), American politician
- Stanley Clarke (born 1951) is a virtuosic American musician known for his work on double bass and bass guitar.
- Stephen Clarke (born 1958) is a British journalist and novelist (A Year in the Merde).
- Stephen Clarke (born 1973) is a UK-born swimmer who competed for Canada
- Steve Clarke (born 1963) is a former Scottish footballer and the current assistant manager of Chelsea FC
- Susanna Clarke (born 1959), British novelist (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell)
- Tom Clarke, Irish republican, executed for his part in the 1916 Rising
- Vince Clarke (born 1960), British musician of the band Erasure
- Wayne Clarke (born 1961), British radio broadcaster and Christian minister
Other uses of Clarke include:
- Clarke Checks, one of the three main check suppliers in the United States
- Clarke Historical Museum, Eureka, California
In science
Clarke (geochemistry) - elements concentration in geochemistry