William or Bill Clarke may refer to:

Entertainment

* William Hanna Clarke (1882–1924), dentist, then an artist, from Glasgow, Scotland * William Clarke (musician) (1951–1996), blues harmonica player * Will Clarke (novelist) (born 1970), American novelist * William Clarke, a.k.a. Bunny Rugs, lead singer for the band Third World

Politics

* William Clarke (MP for Amersham) (c. 1575–1626), English MP for

Amersham Amersham ( ) is a market town and civil parish within the unitary authority of Buckinghamshire, England, in the Chiltern Hills, northwest of central London, from Aylesbury and from High Wycombe. Amersham is part of the London commuter belt. ...

* William Clarke (English politician) (c. 1623–1666), English politician and Secretary to the Council of the Army *

William Clarke (mayor) William Clarke was the seventeenth Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, s ...

, American mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, 1869 * William Clarke (Australian politician) (1843–1903), Australian businessman and parliamentarian *

William Clarke (Fabian) William Clarke (22 November 1852 – 8 May 1901) was a British people, British socialist activist, prominent in the Fabian Society. Born in Norwich, Clarke worked as a clerk before attending the University of Cambridge. He then worked as a jou ...

(1852–1901), English socialist activist *

William Aurelius Clarke William Aurelius Clarke (November 18, 1868 – February 5, 1940) was a merchant and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Wellington North in the House of Commons of Canada from 1911 to 1921 as a Conservative. He was born in A ...

(1868–1940), Canadian politician in Ontario * William Alexander Clarke, a.k.a. Alexander Bustamante (1884–1977), first prime minister of Jamaica * Bill Clarke (politician) (born 1933), Canadian MP for Vancouver Quadra, 1973–1984

Sports

Football

William Clarke (footballer, fl. 1897–1900) William Clarke (fl. 1897–1900), also known as Billy Clark, was a professional footballer who made 35 appearances in the Football League for Lincoln City in the late 1890s. Before joining Lincoln, he spent a season with Aberdeen, a predecesso ...

, English football forward with Lincoln City in the late 1890s *

William Clarke (footballer, born 1909) William A. Clarke (born 1909) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward. Career Born in Manchester, Clarke played for Hyde United, Bradford City and Morecambe Morecambe ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in ...

(1909–?), for Bradford City *

Bill Clarke (Australian footballer) Bill Clarke (5 October 1882 – 5 November 1945) was an Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams o ...

(1882–1945), Australian rules footballer *

Bill Clarke (Canadian football) Norman Edwin William Clarke (November 25, 1932 – December 20, 2000) was a professional Canadian football player who played both defensive tackle and offensive tackle for the Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1951 through 1964. Early years Bill ...

(1932–2000), Canadian football defensive lineman * Bill Clarke (football manager), English Carlisle United F.C. manager, 1933–1935 *

Bill Clarke (footballer, born 1880) William Harry Clarke (born 1880) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back for various clubs in the 1900s. Football career Clarke was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire and started his football career with his home to ...

(1880–?), English footballer with Sheffield United, Northampton Town and Southampton *

Bill Clarke (footballer, born 1916) William Henry Clarke (2 July 1916 – June 1986) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside-forward for Exeter City and Southampton in the 1930s. Football career Clarke was born in Leicester and after playing youth footbal ...

(1916–1986), English footballer with Leicester City, Exeter and Southampton * Willie Clarke (footballer) (1878–1940), Scottish footballer * Billy Clarke (footballer, born 1987), Irish footballer

Cricket

* William Clarke (cricketer, born 1798) (1798–1856), English cricketer and team manager * William Grasett Clarke (1821–1893), English cricketer * William Clarke (Barbadian cricketer) (1841–1907), Barbadian cricketer * William Clarke (cricketer, born 1846) (1846–1902), English cricketer * William Clarke (cricketer, born 1849) (1849–1935), English cricketer

Other sports

* Boileryard Clarke (William Jones Clarke, 1868–1959), American Major League Baseball player * William Clarke (athlete) (1873–?), British Olympic runner * Will Clarke (cyclist) (born 1985), Australian road cyclist *

Will Clarke (triathlete) William Clarke (born 31 January 1985 in Cambridge, England, Great Britain) is a professional triathlete, World and European U23 triathlon champion 2006, Beijing Olympian and British National Champion 2008 and 2009. He is now racing for Uplace-BMC ...

(born 1985), British triathlete * Bill Clarke (died 2018), British professional wrestler, best known as the masked King Kendo

Science

William Clarke (apothecary) William Clarke (''c.'' April 1609 – 1682) was an apothecary who provided lodgings for a young Isaac Newton whilst he attended the King's School in Grantham. Biography William was baptised on 23 April 1609. According to his will, he had a brot ...

(1609–1682), English apothecary associated with Isaac Newton * William Branwhite Clarke (1798–1878), English geologist and clergyman, active in Australia * William Barnard Clarke (1806–1865), English architect, cartographer and translator *

William Barnard Clarke (physician) William Barnard Clarke (1807–1894), was an English physician, naturalist and museum curator, who collaborated with Professor John Stevens Henslow in the formation of Ipswich Museum in 1847–1850, the first Museum founded with a specific missio ...

(1807–1894), English physician and curator * William Eagle Clarke (1853–1938), British ornithologist *

William Clarke (Canadian physician) William Clarke (ca 1813 – October 7, 1887) was an Irish-born physician and politician in Ontario, Canada. He represented Wellington North in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1854 to 1857 and from 1861 to 1863 and was ma ...

(died 1887), Irish-born physician and politician in Ontario, Canada

Other people

William Clarke (justice) William Clarke or Clark (died c. 1706)John Russell Young, ''Memorial History of the City of Philadelphia: From Its First Settlement to the Year 1895'', Volume 1 (1895), p. 156. was a justice of the Supreme Court of the Lower Counties of Delaware f ...

(died c. 1706), Delaware justice, chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court *

William Clarke (antiquary) William Clarke (1696–1771) was an English cleric and antiquary. Life Born at Haughmond Abbey in Shropshire, he was the son of a yeoman who acted as confidential agent for the Kynaston family of Hardwick (Shropshire), and w for that family. Cl ...

(1696–1771), English cleric and antiquary *

William Clarke (industrialist) William Clarke (1831–1890) was an important British industrialist. He is best known as the co-founder of Clarke Chapman in Gateshead, once one of the largest employers on Tyneside. Educated locally, Clarke undertook his apprenticeship with Lo ...

(1831–1890), English industrialist, co-founder of Clarke Chapman * Sir William Clarke, 1st Baronet (1831–1897), Australian businessman * William Clarke (cryptographer) (1883–1961), British British intelligence officer and cryptographer * William Francis Clarke (1816–1890), American Jesuit educator *

William P.O. Clarke William Price Oliver Clarke (22 June 1893 9 November 1949) was a U.S. Navy Admiral (United States), admiral who led the effort to train landing craft crews for amphibious operations during World War II. He later participated in Operation Torch in ...

(1893–1949), U.S. Navy admiral during World War II *

William Robinson Clarke Sergeant William Robinson Clarke (4 October 1895 – 26 April 1981) was a Jamaican World War I airman who was the first black pilot to fly for Britain. Early life Clarke was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on 4 October 1895, son of Eugenia Clarke. ...

(1895–1981), British World War I pilot who was the first black pilot to fly for Britain * William Clarke (United Kingdom railway contractor), designer of British railway stations, see Portesham railway station

Other uses

William Clarke & Son William Clarke & Son was a tobacco company that was founded in 1830 at South Main Street, Cork, Ireland. In January 1924, following the formation of the Irish Free State, the United Kingdom trade of William Clarke & Son was transferred to Dublin ...

, a tobacco company founded in 1830 in Cork, Ireland *

William Clarke Estate The William Clarke Estate is a historic home in Orange Park, Florida. It is located at 1039-1057 Kingsley Avenue. On July 15, 1998, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (N ...

, a historic home in Orange Park, Florida * William Clarke College, an Anglican co-educational high school in Kellyville, New South Wales, Australia