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, meaning "merciful". Notable people with the name include:

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* Adelaide Clemens (born 1989), Australian actress * Andrew Clemens (1857–1894), American folk artist * Aurelius Prudentius Clemens, 4th century Roman poet * Avery Jae Clemens, Australian model and social media influencer * Barry Clemens (born 1943), American basketball player * Bert A. Clemens (1874–1935), American politician * Brian Clemens (1931–2015), British screenwriter and television producer * Clayton Clemens, American Professor of Government * Christopher Clemens, American astronomer * Dan Clemens (1945–2019), American politician * Gabriel Clemens (born 1983), German darts player * George T. Clemens (1902–1992), American cinematographer * Harold W. Clemens (1918–1998), American politician * C. Herbert Clemens (born 1939), American mathematician * Isaac Clemens (1815–1880), Canadian farmer and politician * Jacob Clemens non Papa (c. 1510 to 1515–1555 or 1556), Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance * James Clemens (disambiguation), multiple people * Jean Clemens (1880–1909), youngest daughter of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) * Jeremiah Clemens (1814–1865), U.S. senator and novelist * Joachim Clemens (1931–2018), German politician * Josef Clemens (born 1947), German bishop * Joseph Clemens (1862–1936), American missionary and plant collector * Joseph Clemens of Bavaria (1671–1723), German archbishop * Kellen Clemens (born 1983), American football player * Koby Clemens (born 1986), American baseball player * Kody Clemens (born 1996), American baseball player * Marcus Arrecinus Clemens (disambiguation), multiple people * Martin Clemens, British World War II soldier and Solomon Islands coastwatcher * Mary Strong Clemens (1873–1968), American botanist and plant collector * Mazie E. Clemens (1890s–1952), American journalist and WWI war correspondent * Olivia Langdon Clemens (1845–1904), wife of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) *

Orion Clemens Orion Clemens (July 17, 1825 – December 11, 1897) was the first and only Secretary of the Nevada Territory. His younger brother Samuel Langhorne Clemens became an author under the pen name Mark Twain. Early life Born in Gainesboro, Tennessee ...

(1825–1897), brother of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) * Paul Clemens (born 1988), American baseball player * Pierre Clemens (born 1970) Belgian visual artist * Roger Clemens (born 1962), American baseball player *

Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Fau ...

, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835–1910), American author * Sherrard Clemens (1820–1881), American politician and lawyer * Titus Flavius Clemens (consul), great-nephew of the Roman Emperor Vespasian and (as Flavius Clemens) a saint in the Greek Orthodox Church *

William Clemens (film director) William Clemens (September 10, 1905 – April 29, 1980) was an American film director. Born in Saginaw, Michigan, Clemens began his Cinema of the United States, Hollywood career as a film editor in 1931. His first directing project was ''Man Hu ...

(1905–1980), American film director

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* Clemens (rapper), (born 1979), real name Clemens Legolas Telling, Danish rapper, singer, music writer, actor * Clemens (impostor) (died c. 15 AD), ancient Roman * Clemens Alexandrinus (Clement of Alexandria, c. 150–c. 215), Christian theologian * Clemens Arnold (born 1978), German field hockey player * Clemens Baeumker (1853–1924), German historian of philosophy * Clemens Bollen (born 1948), German politician *

Clemens Brentano Clemens Wenzeslaus Brentano (also Klemens; pseudonym: Clemens Maria Brentano ; ; 9 September 1778 – 28 July 1842) was a German poet and novelist, and a major figure of German Romanticism. He was the uncle, via his brother Christian, of Franz a ...

(1778–1842), German poet and novelist *

Clemens Denhardt Clemens Andreas Denhardt (1852–1928) and his brother Gustav Denhardt (1856–1917), born in Zeitz, Province of Saxony, were distinguished German people, German explorers of Africa at the time of the Scramble for Africa. In association with the ...

(1852–1929), German explorer of Africa * Clemens Fritz (born 1980), German footballer * Clemens Maria Hofbauer (1751–1820), patron saint of Vienna *

Clemens Holzmeister Clemens Holzmeister (27 March 1886 – 12 June 1983) was a prominent Austrian architect and stage designer of the early twentieth century. The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austrian Academy of Fine Arts listed his life's work as containing 673 pro ...

(1886–1983), Austrian architect * Clemens Kalischer (1921–2018), German-American photographer * Clemens von Ketteler (1853–1900), German diplomat * Clemens Klotz (1886–1969), German architect *

Clemens Krauss Clemens Heinrich Krauss (31 March 189316 May 1954) was an Austrian conducting, conductor and opera impresario, particularly associated with the music of Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss and Richard Wagner. He founded the Vienna New Year's Concert ...

(1893–1954), Austrian conductor * Clemens Rehbein (born 1992), German musician * Clemens August Graf von Galen (1878–1946), German count, Bishop of Münster, and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church *

Clemens von Pirquet Clemens Peter Freiherr von Pirquet (12 May 187428 February 1929) was an Austrian scientist and pediatrician best known for his contributions to the fields of bacteriology and immunology. Career Born in Vienna, he studied theology at the Universit ...

(1874–1929), Austrian scientist and pediatrician * Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony (1739–1812), Saxon prince, Archbishop-Elector of Trier, Prince-Bishop of Freising, Prince-Bishop of Regensburg and Prince-Bishop of Augsburg * Clemens Westerhof (born 1940), Dutch football manager * Clemens Wilmenrod (1906–1967), German television cook *

Clemens Winkler Clemens Alexander Winkler (December 26, 1838 – October 8, 1904) was a German chemist who discovered the element germanium in 1886, solidifying Dmitri Mendeleev's theory of periodicity. Life Winkler was born in 1838 in Freiberg, Kingdom ...

(1838–1904), German chemist

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* Dr. Jonathan Clemens, a character in the 1992 film ''Alien 3'' played by the British Actor Charles Dance * Clemens, a slave in the

Cambridge Latin Course The Cambridge Latin Course (CLC) is a series of textbooks published by Cambridge University Press, used to teach Latin to secondary school pupils. It provides a grounding in vocabulary, grammar and sense which allows progression through Common ...

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