Clarke (surname)

Clarke is an Irish surname from County Galway and County Antrim that spread to County Donegal and County Dublin. The name is derived from the Irish Gaelic sept O'Cleirigh, meaning "clerk". There are variants, including Clark. Clarke is an uncommon given name. People with the name Clarke include:^[1]

People

• A. Clarke, English cricketer
• A. E. Clarke, Victorian architect
• Alan Clarke (1935–1990), British TV and film director
• Allan Clarke (footballer) (born 1946), English
• Alexander R. Clarke, British geodesist
• Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008), author (2001: A Space Odyssey); inventor of geostationary communication satellites and the space elevator; wrote Clarke's three laws.
• Austin Clarke (poet) (1896–1974), Irish
• Sir Basil Clarke (1879–1947), public relations, diplomat, newspaper war correspondent
• Billy Clarke, Irish footballer
• Bobbie Clarke, rock drummer
• Bobby Clarke, retired National Hockey League player
• Bruce B. G. Clarke, retired US Army officer, author and consultant
• Bruce C. Clarke, American General
• Carter Clarke (born c. 1928), American Brigadier General; founder of Gemesis Corporation
• Charles Clarke (born 1950), British politician, Home Secretary
• Professor Sir Cyril Clarke (1907–2000), English physician and medical researcher
• Chris Clarke (boxer), Canadian
• Sir Chris Clarke (d. 2009), politician
• Christian Clarke, a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by John Partridge
• Darren Clarke, golfer
• Don Clarke (1933–2002), New Zealand Rugby Union player
• Don Clarke (1937-), Musician; Four Preps
• Donald Clarke (writer), American
• Donald C. Clarke, American law professor
• Edith Clarke (1883–1959), American electrical engineer and professor
• Edmund M. Clarke, computer scientist
• Ellis Clarke, Lawyer, Diplomat, Governor General, President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
• Francis Clarke (1856–1927), Australian politician
• Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, geochemist
• George Johnson Clarke (1857–1917), Premier of New Brunswick
• Gillian Clarke, a Welsh poet
• Harry Clarke (1889–1931), Irish Stained glass artist and illustrator
• Hyde Clarke (1815–1895), English engineer, philologist and author
• Jacob Augustus Lockhart Clarke, British neurologist
• James Clarke (composer), British composer
• Jeremiah Clarke (1674–1707), English baroque composer
• Jeremy Clarke, British-born poet
• John Clarke (dean of Salisbury) (1682–1757), English philosopher, mathematician, and translator; younger brother of Samuel Clarke
• John Cooper Clarke (born 1949), British performance poet
• John Henry Clarke (1853–1931), English homeopath
• Kenneth Clarke (born 1940), British politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Marcus Clarke (1846–1881), Australian novelist (For the Term of his Natural Life)
• Matthew Clarke (Australian rules footballer), Australian rules footballer
• Matthew Clarke (footballer born 1980), footballer who has played for Darlington F.C. and Bradford City A.F.C.
• Matt Clarke (footballer born 1973), former football goalkeeper
• Matthew Clarke, Lord Clarke
• Maura Clarke (1931–1980), American nun, martyr, killed in El Salvador
• Michael Clarke (born 1981), Australian Test Cricketer
• Naomi Clarke, (born 1982) is a former football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level
• Peter Clarke (disambiguation)
• Powhatan Henry Clarke (1862–1893), United States Army First Lieutenant who was a recipient of the Medal of Honor during the Indian Wars
• Rebecca Helferich Clarke (1886–1979), English chamber string music composer
• Rebecca Sophia Clarke (1833–1906), American author of children's fiction
• Richard A. Clarke (born 1951), American expert in counter-terrorism
• Sir Richard W. B. Clarke, UK civil servant
• Richard Clarke (frontiersman) (1845–1930), English frontiersman and scout in the United States; inspiration for character Deadwood Dick.
• Richard Clarke (vicar), (died 1634), English preacher
• Robert Clarke (disambiguation)
• Rozlyne Clarke, dance music singer
• Samuel Clarke (1675–1729), English philosopher
• Sidney Clarke (1831–1909), American politician
• Stanley Clarke (born 1951), American double bass and bass guitar musician
• Stephen Clarke (journalist and novelist) (born 1958), British
• Stephen Clarke (swimmer) (born 1973), UK-born, competed for Canada
• Steve Clarke (born 1963), Scottish footballer, assistant manager
• Susanna Clarke (born 1959), British novelist (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell)
• Tom Clarke (footballer), English footballer
• Tom Clarke (Irish republican) (1857–1916), executed for his part in the 1916 Rising
• Vince Clarke (born 1960), British musician with the band Erasure
• Wayne Clarke (broadcaster) (born 1961), British Christian minister
• Yvette D. Clarke (born November 21, 1964), a member of the United States House of Representatives.

Fictional Isaac Clarke, the main character of the Dead Space (series)

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