John Clarke

John Clarke may refer to:

Government and politics

John Blades Clarke (1833–1911), U.S. representative from Kentucky, 1875–1876
John C. Clarke (1831–1906), American politician in the Wisconsin legislature
John D. Clarke (1873–1933), U.S. representative from New York, 1921–1924 and 1927–1934
John Hessin Clarke (1857–1945), associate justice of the US Supreme Court
John Hopkins Clarke (1789–1870), U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1847–1852
John Jones Clarke (1803–1887), American politician in the Massachusetts legislature
John Proctor Clarke (1856–1932), judge in New York State

John Clarke (Upper Canada) (died 1862), merchant and politician in Upper Canada
John Fitzgerald Clarke (1827–1887), Ontario, Canada MPP
John M. Clarke (1854–1936), lumber merchant, contractor and political figure on Prince Edward Island
John Clarke (activist), Canadian political activist and founder of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty

John Clarke (died 1681), English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1653 and 1660
John Clarke (fl.1601), MP for Haslemere (UK Parliament constituency)
Colonel John Clarke (Parliamentarian) who fought for Parliament in the English Civil War and the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
John Clarke, pseudonym adopted by Richard Cromwell after his abdication
John Creemer Clarke (1821–1895), British Member of Parliament
Bryan Forbes (1926–2013), English film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor and novelist, born John Theobald Clarke

John Clarke Whitfield (1770–1836), English organist and composer
John Sleeper Clarke (1833–1899), American/British actor and manager
John Louis Clarke (1881–1970), Blackfoot wood carver from Montana
John Clarke (actor) (born 1932), American soap opera actor from Days of Our Lives
John Clarke (poet) (1933–1992), American poet
John Clarke (satirist) (born 1948), New Zealand/Australian actor/satirist
John Cooper Clarke (born 1949), British performance poet, active since the late 1970s

John Clarke (Baptist minister) (1609–1676), co-founder of Rhode Island
John Clarke (Dean of Salisbury) (1682–1757), dean of Salisbury Cathedral, mathematician and natural philosopher
John Clarke (Congregationalist minister) (1755–1798), minister, First Church, Boston, Massachusetts
J. Richard Clarke (born 1927), leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
John Clarke (bishop) (1938–2007), retired bishop of the Anglican Church of Canada
John Clarke (dean of Wells) (born 1952), current Dean of Wells since 2004

John Clarke (footballer), footballer who played for Bury, Blackpool and Luton Town
John Erskine Clarke (1827–1920), British rower and clergyman who founded the first parish magazine
John Clarke (athlete), New Zealand marathon runner
John Clarke (rugby league), Australian rugby league player
John Clarke (Gaelic footballer), Gaelic footballer for Down

John Henry Clarke (1853–1931), English classical homeopath
John Henrik Clarke (1915–1998), self-taught scholar who became an authority on African history and an advocate for Black Studies
John L. Clarke (1905–1991), served as president of Ricks College
John Clarke (physicist) (born 1942), English physicist
John Frederick Clarke (born 1927), English aeronautical engineer
John Clarke (historian), Professor in Fine Arts at the University of Texas at Austin
John Mason Clarke (1857–1925), American paleontologist from New York
John R Clarke (born 1945), serves as Scientific Director at the United States Navy Experimental Diving Unit

John Clarke, whaler and one of the discoverers of Jan Mayen
John Clarke (fur trader) (1781–1852), Hudson's Bay Company fur trader
John Clarke (businessman) (1773–1846), American businessman from Saratoga Springs, New York
Sir John Clarke (British army officer) (1787–1854), officer in the British and Spanish armies
John Smith Clarke (1885–1959), lion tamer, politician, poet, newspaper editor and art expert
John Clarke (general), American general in the Creek War (1813–1814), from Georgia
John Clarke (mountaineer) (1945–2003), Canadian mountaineer, explorer and wilderness educator