Clark is an English language surname with historical links to England, Scotland and Ireland that is ultimately 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". The first records of the name are found in 12th-century England. The name has many variants. It is often used as the anglicized variant of the Irish O'Cleary or Cleary.
Clark is the twenty-seventh most common surname in the United Kingdom, including placing fourteenth in Scotland.
According to the 1990 United States census, Clark was the twenty-first most frequently encountered surname, accounting for 0.23% of the population. According to the 2010 United States census, Clark was the thirtieth most frequent surname, with a count of 562,679.
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Disambiguation pages
Andrew Clark (disambiguation)
Anne Clark (disambiguation)
Brian Clark (disambiguation)
Bud Clark (disambiguation)
Cameron Clark (disambiguation)
Charles Clark (disambiguation)
Chris Clark (disambiguation)
Clive Clark (disambiguation)
Colin Clark (disambiguation)
Dave Clark (disambiguation)
David Clark (disambiguation)
Dick Clark (disambiguation)
Douglas Clark (disambiguation)
Edward Clark (disambiguation)
Eugene Clark (disambiguation)
George Clark (disambiguation)
Gregory Clark (disambiguation)
Jack Clark (disambiguation)
James Clark (disambiguation)
Jason Clark (disambiguation)
Jeff Clark (disambiguation)
Jim Clark (disambiguation)
John Clark (disambiguation)
Arts and literature
Alton Dorian Clark (born 1984), better known as American hip-hop musician Dorian
Annie Erin Clark (born 1982), better known as St. Vincent, American singer, songwriter, and musician
Appleton P. Clark Jr. (1865–1955), American architect
Blake Clark (born 1946), American actor and stand-up comedian
Bob Clark (Benjamin "Bob" Clark) (1939–2007), American director
Buddy Clark (1911–1949), American singer
Catherine Clark (born 1976), Canadian television host
Cheryl Clark (born 1973), American singer, Electric Slide (Shall We Dance) additional vocals
Christian Clark (born 1978), Australian actor
Christopher Clark (born 1979), British musician performing as Clark and earlier as Chris Clark
Claudine Clark (born 1941), American R&B singer and performer of the 1962 hit record "Party Lights"
Dane Clark (1912–1998), American character actor
Dodie Clark (born 1995), English musician, YouTuber, and author
Donté Clark, American poet, actor
Dorothy Park Clark (1899–1983), American novelist who wrote under the pen name Clark McMeekin
Business
Allen George Clark (1898–1962), British businessman
Arnold Clark (1927–2017), Scottish businessman
Daniel Clark Sr. (1732–1800), Irish-American businessman
Jonas Gilman Clark (1815–1900), American businessman and the founder of Clark University
Lance Clark (1936–2018), English businessman, of the shoe retailers Clarks
Myron Henry Clark (1881–1953), American management consultant
Shawn M. Clark (born c. 1964), American organizational theorist
Wilbur Clark (1908–1965), American businessman and owner of hotels and casinos
Politics and law
Abraham Clark (1725–1794), American politician and Revolutionary War figure
Alan Clark (1928–1999), British Conservative politician and author, son of Kenneth Clark
Alice Pollard Clark (born 1940), American jurist
Alistair Clark, Lord Clark (fl. 2016), Scottish judge, senator of the College of Justice
Augusta Clark (1932–2013), American librarian, lawyer and politician
Barbara M. Clark (1939–2016), New York politician
Benjamin S. W. Clark (1829–1912), New York politician
Billy J. Clark (1778–1866), New York physician and politician
Boyd A. Clark (1918–1978), American politician and jurist
Chantelle Nickson-Clark, American politician
Darius Clark (1798–1871), New York physician and politician
Frank M. Clark (1915–2003), American Congressman
Gavin Brown Clark (1846–1930), MP for Caithness
Greenleaf Clark (1835–1904), American jurist
Helen Clark (born 1950), prime minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008
Horace Clark (assemblyman), 1830s New York politician
Science and medicine
Adam Clark, American meteorologist
Benjamin Preston Clark (1860–1939), American entomologist
Bracy Clark (1771–1860), English veterinary surgeon specialising in the horse
Cynthia Clark (born 1942), American statistician
Daniel Kinnear Clark (1822–1896), Scottish railway mechanical engineer
Duncan W. Clark (1910–2007), American public health specialist
Gerry Clark (1927–1999), New Zealand sailor and ornithologist
Grahame Clark (1907–1995), British archaeologist
Hamlet Clark (1823–1867), English entomologist
Hilda Clark (doctor) (1881–1955), British Quaker physician and humanitarian
Hubert Lyman Clark (1870–1947), American zoologist
Jeanne Clark, American internist and physician-scientist
John F. Clark (engineer) (1920–?), American engineer and NASA director
Judson Freeman Clark (1870–1942), Canadian forester and mycologist
Judy MacArthur Clark, British veterinarian
Kara Clark, American wind turbine researcher
Sports
Alijah Clark (born 2003), American football player
Alysha Clark (born 1987), American-Israeli basketball player
Babe Clark, American football player
Bobby Clark (footballer, born 2005), English footballer
Caitlin Clark (born 2002), American basketball player
Calum Clark (born 1989), English rugby union player
Carmel Clark (born 1965), New Zealand swimmer
Chuck Clark (born 1995), American football player
Chuck Clark (ice hockey) (1891–1970), British-born Canadian ice hockey player
Ciaran Clark (born 1989), Irish football player
Clarence Clark (1859–1937), American tennis player
Cora Mildred Maris Clark (1885–1967), New Zealand hockey player and nurse
Corrie Clark (born 1982), American breaststroke swimmer
Dallas Clark, American football player
Damone Clark (born 2000), American football player
Daniel Clark (born 1988), British basketball player
Darion Clark (born 1994), American football player
Other
Alice Clark (historian) (1874–1934), English suffragist and historian
Alister Clark (1864–1949), Australian rose-breeder
Annie W. Clark (1843–1907), American social reformer
Carlos Clark Van Leer (1865–1953), American military officer
Clark Olofsson (born 1947), Swedish criminal
Davis Wasgatt Clark (1812–1871), American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Felton Grandison Clark (1903–1970), African-American university president
Graham Clark (tenor) (1941–2023), English tenor
Hadden Clark (born 1952), American serial killer
Harold M. Clark (1890–1919), American army major
Hugh Massey Clark (1886–1956), New York philatelist
Hulda Regehr Clark, (1928–2009), Canadian alternative medicine practitioner
Joseph Samuel Clark (1871–1944), African-American university president
Manning Clark (1915–1991), Australian historian
Mark W. Clark (1896–1984), American army general in World War 2 (Italy) and the Korean War
Nada Hazel Clark (1922–1964), New Zealand trade unionist
Fictional characters
Clark Griswold, fictional character from National Lampoon's Vacation film series
Clark Kent, secret identity of DC Superhero Superman
John Clark (Tom Clancy character), character in Tom Clancy's Ryanverse
Tracy Clark (90210), fictional character from The CW primetime drama 90210