Clark
Clark is a common surname.
Clark may also refer to:
In places:
- Clark, Colorado
- Clark, Missouri
- Clark, New Jersey
- Clark, Pennsylvania
- Clark, South Dakota
- Clark, Texas, former name of DISH, Texas
- Clark Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania
- Clark Point, point in eastern Virginia by the Chesapeake Bay
- Clark County (several)
- Clark Township (several)
In education:
- Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
- Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Clark College, community college in Vancouver, Washington, USA
- Clark High School (several)
In other uses:
- Chris Clark (electronic musician), Clark is his artist name
- Clark (lunar crater), moon
- 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
See also
- Clarke
- Clarks
- Clarksburg
- Clarkson
- Clarkston
- Clarksville
- Clerk
- Clerke
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Clark (disambiguation)". Image Credit.
Extended Definition: Clark
Clark
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Clark | |
|---|---|
 A scribe or clerk, the occupation from which the name derives | |
| Meaning | "scribe/secretary" |
| Region of origin | England |
| Related names | Clarke, Clerk |
| Popularity | Behind the Name |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Clark |
Clark is an Anglo Saxon surname derived from the Latin clericus meaning "scribe", "secretary" or a scholar within a religious order, referring to someone who was educated. Clark evolved from "clerk". First records of the name are found in the 12th century. The name has many variants.[1]
According to the 1990 United States Census, 'Clark' was the twenty-first most frequently encountered surname, accounting for 0.23% of the population.[2]
Clark is also an occasional given name.
List of people with surname Clark
People with the surname Clark include:
- Abraham Clark (1725–1794), American politician and Revolutionary War figure
- Alan Clark (1928-1999), British Conservative politician and author, son of Kenneth Clark
- 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), English
- Colin Clark, British economist
- Corrie Clark (born 1982), American breaststroke swimmer
- David L. Clark (1864-1939), American confectioner
- Davis Wasgatt Clark (1812–1871), American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
- Daniel Clark, Canadian actor
- Douglas Clark
- Duncan Clark (d. 2007), American public health specialist
- Dwight Clark, American football player
- Frank M. Clark (1915-2003), American Congressman
- George Clark (several)
- Ginger Clark (1879-1943), American baseball pitcher
- Glenn Clark (born 1969), Canadian coach of Toronto Rock
- Helen Clark (born 1950), Prime Minister of New Zealand
- Hilda Clark (1872-1932), American, first Coca-Cola advertising spokesperson
- Hilda Margery Clarke (born 1926), English painter and curator
- James Clark (several)
- Jeff Clark (poet) (living), American poet
- Isabella Clark, wife of Prime Minister of Canada Sir John A. Macdonald
- Joe Clark (born 1939), Prime Minister of Canada
- Joetta Clark (born 1962), American middle distance runner
- John Clark (several)
- Joseph Clark (several)
- Karen Clark (born 1945), American politician from Minnesota
- Katy Clark (born 1967), British politician and trade union official
- Kenneth Clark (1914–2005), African American psychologist who testified in Brown v. Board of Education
- Kenneth Clark (1902–1979), British art historian; creator of the series Civilisation
- Mark Wayne Clark (1896–1984), American Army General
- Otey Clark (born 1915), American baseball pitcher
- Ramsey Clark (born 1927), American Attorney General, activist
- Ranza Clark (born 1961), Canadian middle distance runner
- Ryan Clark (several)
- Samuel Clark (1800-1870), American politician
- Samuel Delbert Clark (1910-2003), Canadian sociologist
- Steve Clark (1960-1991), British guitarist for Def Leppard
- Stuart Clark (born 1975), Australian Cricketer
- Thomas Clark (several)
- 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), American Army General
- Wilfrid Le Gros Clark (1895-1971), British palaeanthropologist
- Will Clark (born 1964), American baseball player
- William Clark (several)
- The Clark Sisters, American gospel vocalists from Detroit
References
- "Surname Clark". surnamedb.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-05.
- United States Census Bureau (9 May 1995). s:1990 Census Name Files dist.all.last (1-100). Retrieved on 2008-07-04.
See also
- Clark Equipment Company
- Clarke
- Clerk
- Clerke
Further reading
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Clark". Image Credit.
