John Clarke
John Clarke may refer to:
Government and politics
United States
- 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
Canada
- 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
United Kingdom
- 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
Arts
- 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
Religion
- 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
Sports
- 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
Science, medicine and academia
- 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 at University of California at Berkeley
- 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
Other
- 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 (1813–14), from Georgia
- John Clarke (mountaineer) (1945–2003), Canadian mountaineer, explorer and wilderness educator
See also
- John Clark (disambiguation)
- Jon Clarke (disambiguation)
- John Clerke (disambiguation)
- John Clerk (disambiguation)
- Jack Clarke (disambiguation)
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