De Clerck is a

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

, particularly common in

Flanders Flanders (, ; Dutch: ''Vlaanderen'' ) is the Flemish-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, ...

. In the province of

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, the name is usually concatenated to Declerck. People with the surname include: * (1914–1974), Belgian politician and government minister *

Carl Alexander Clerck Carl Alexander Clerck (1709 – 22 July 1765) was a Sweden, Swedish entomologist and arachnology, arachnologist. Clerck came from a family in the petty Swedish nobility, nobility and entered the University of Uppsala in 1726. Little is known of hi ...

(1709–1765), Swedish entomologist and arachnologist *

Hendrik de Clerck Hendrick de Clerck (c. 1560 – 27 August 1630) was a Flemish painter active in Brussels during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Stylistically he belongs to the late Mannerist generation of artists preceding Peter Paul Rub ...

(c. 1560 – 1630), Flemish painter *

Jacques de Clerck Jacques l'Hermite (c. 1582 – June 2, 1624), sometimes also known as Jacques le Clerq , was a Dutch merchant, explorer and admiral known for his journey around the globe with the Nassau Fleet (1623–1626) and for his blockade and rai ...

(c. 1582 – 1624), Antwerp-born Dutch merchant, admiral, and explorer * Jeanne Albertine Colin-De Clerck (born 1924), Belgian composer * Marc De Clerck (born 1949), Belgian football goalkeeper *

Olivier De Clerck Olivier is the French form of the given name Oliver. It may refer to: * Olivier (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Olivier (surname), a list of people * Château Olivier, a Bordeaux winery *Olivier, Louisiana, a rural popul ...

(born 1971), phycologist with the standard author abbreviation "De Clerck" *

Richard Declerck Richard August François Declerck (31 December 1899 – 12 March 1986) was a Belgian Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken ...

(1899–1986), Belgian lawyer and politician * Roger De Clerck (1924–2015), Belgian entrepreneur * Stefaan Maria Joris Yolanda De Clerck (born 1951), Belgian politician

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