William or Bill Clarke may refer to:

Entertainment

William Hanna Clarke William Hanna Clarke (1882–1924) was a dentist, then an artist, from Glasgow, Scotland. Clarke lived, worked as an artist, died and is buried in Kirkcudbright Kirkcudbright ( ; sco, Kirkcoubrie; gd, Cille Chùithbeirt) is a town, parish and ...

(1882–1924), dentist, then an artist, from Glasgow, Scotland *

William Clarke (musician) William Clarke (March 29, 1951 – November 2, 1996) was an American blues blues harp, harmonica player and singer. He was chiefly associated with the Chicago blues style of amplified harmonica, but also incorporated elements of jump blues, swing ...

(1951–1996), blues harmonica player *

Will Clarke (novelist) Will Clarke (born August 13, 1970) is an American novelist who is the author of ''Lord Vishnu's Love Handles: A Spy Novel (sort of)'', ''The Worthy: A Ghost's Story'',''The Neon Palm of Madame Melançon'' and ''Marigold: The Secret to Manifestati ...

(born 1970), American novelist * William Clarke, a.k.a.

Bunny Rugs William Alexander Anthony "Bunny Rugs" Clark , OD (6 February 1948 – 2 February 2014), also known as Bunny Scott, was the lead singer of Jamaican reggae band Third World as well as a solo artist. He began his career in the mid-1960s and wa ...

, 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) Sir William Clarke (died 1666) was an English politician. Born about 1623 in London of obscure parentage, he was admitted as a student to Inner Temple in 1645 and called to the bar in 1653. On 28 January 1661 he was appointed Secretary at War, af ...

(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) William Clarke (26 June 1843 – 9 March 1903) was an Australian businessman and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. Clarke was born in Melbourne, son of William Joseph Sayers Clarke by his marriage with Miss Mary Ann Welsford. W ...

(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 (1868–1940), Canadian politician in Ontario * William Alexander Clarke, a.k.a.

Alexander Bustamante Sir William Alexander Clarke Bustamante (born William Alexander Clarke; 24 February 1884 – 6 August 1977) was a Jamaican politician and labour leader, who, in 1962, became the first prime minister of Jamaica. Early life and education He was ...

(1884–1977), first prime minister of Jamaica *

Bill Clarke (politician) William Hillary Clarke (born 5 July 1933 in Toronto, Ontario) is a chartered Accountant, businessman and politician. Clarke served as a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He entered national politics foll ...

(born 1933), Canadian MP for Vancouver Quadra, 1973–1984

Sports

Football

* William Clarke (footballer, fl. 1897–1900), English football forward with Lincoln City in the late 1890s * William Clarke (footballer, born 1909) (1909–?), for Bradford City * Bill Clarke (Australian footballer) (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) 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), Ameri ...

, English Carlisle United F.C. manager, 1933–1935 * Bill Clarke (footballer, born 1880) (1880–?), English footballer with Sheffield United, Northampton Town and Southampton * Bill Clarke (footballer, born 1916) (1916–1986), English footballer with Leicester City, Exeter and Southampton *

Willie Clarke (footballer) William Gibb Clarke (3 March 1878 – 1949) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a winger. Clarke was the first Black professional footballer to score in the English Football League, while playing for Aston Villa in December 19 ...

(1878–1940), Scottish footballer *

Billy Clarke (footballer, born 1987) William Charles Clarke (born 13 December 1987) is an Irish football coach and former footballer who is the assistant manager of Hull City under 18's team. As a player Clarke was predominantly a striker as well as playing in midfield in a caree ...

, Irish footballer

Cricket

William Clarke (cricketer, born 1798) William Clarke (24 December 1798 – 25 August 1856) was an English cricketer and team manager who played first-class cricket from 1826 to 1855. He founded, managed and captained the All-England Eleven. He has been described as "one of certain f ...

(1798–1856), English cricketer and team manager *

William Grasett Clarke William Grasett Clarke (6 June 1821 – 11 February 1893) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman. The son of Foster Clarke, he was born at Bridgetown in Barbados in June 1821. He was educated at Winchester College, before going up t ...

(1821–1893), English cricketer *

William Clarke (Barbadian cricketer) William Clarke (May 1841 – 17 July 1907) was a Barbadian cricketer. He played in four first-class matches for the Barbados cricket team from 1864 to 1888. See also * List of Barbadian representative cricketers This is a list of all cric ...

(1841–1907), Barbadian cricketer *

William Clarke (cricketer, born 1846) William Benjamin Clarke (5 November 1846 – 18 August 1902) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He and his wife Hannah had two daughters Alice and Amelia and two sons William and Charles ...

(1846–1902), English cricketer *

William Clarke (cricketer, born 1849) William Clarke (17 March 1849 – 29 May 1935) was an English first-class cricketer active 1876–77 who played for Nottinghamshire. He was born in Kirkby-in-Ashfield; died in Mapperley Mapperley is a residential and commercial area of nor ...

(1849–1935), English cricketer

Other sports

Boileryard Clarke William Jones "Boileryard" Clarke (October 18, 1868 – July 29, 1959), was an American Major League Baseball player from New York City who played catcher from 1893 to 1905. Clarke also served as the long-time head baseball coach for Princeton Un ...

(William Jones Clarke, 1868–1959), American Major League Baseball player *

William Clarke (athlete) William Clarke (born 3 May 1873, date of death unknown) was a British long-distance runner. He competed in the men's marathon at the 1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as Lo ...

(1873–?), British Olympic runner *

Will Clarke (cyclist) William Clarke (born 11 April 1985) is an Australian professional road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI WorldTeam . He is not related to fellow Australian cyclist and past teammate Simon Clarke. William Clarke is a descendant of A ...

(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 William Branwhite Clarke, FRS (2 June 179816 June 1878) was an English geologist and clergyman, active in Australia. Early life and England Clarke was born at East Bergholt, in Suffolk, the eldest child of William Clarke, schoolmaster, and h ...

(1798–1878), English geologist and clergyman, active in Australia *

William Barnard Clarke William Barnard Clarke (1806–1865), sometimes mis-written ''Bernard'', was an English architect, cartographer, archaeological writer and art collector, numismatist and literary translator. He was the founding president of the Architectural Soc ...

(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 Dr William Eagle Clarke FLS FRSE PBOU Imperial Service Order, I.S.O Doctor of Laws, LL.D. (16 March 1853 – 10 May 1938) was a British ornithologist. Life Clarke was born in Leeds where his father William Clarke was a solicitor and educated at ...

(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) (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 Sir William John Clarke, 1st Baronet (31 March 1831 – 15 May 1897), was an Australian businessman and philanthropist in the Colony of Victoria. He was raised to the baronetage in 1882, the first Victorian to be granted a hereditary honour. ...

(1831–1897), Australian businessman *

William Clarke (cryptographer) William Francis "Nobby" Clarke (1883–1961) was a British intelligence officer and cryptographer of naval codes in both World Wars. Background and early life Clarke was educated at Harrow School and Magdalen College, Oxford, and trained as ...

(1883–1961), British British intelligence officer and cryptographer *

William Francis Clarke William Francis Clarke (March 19, 1816 – October 17, 1890) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who held several senior positions at Jesuit institutions in Maryland and Washington, D.C. Born in Washington, he descended from several ea ...

(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 (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 Portesham was a small railway station serving the village of Portesham in the west of the English county of Dorset. Location The station was sited across the fields from village not far from an underbridge carrying the line across the Weymouth ...

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 William Clarke College is an independent, P-12, co-educational Anglican College located in Kellyville in Sydney's north west (Hills District), Australia. History Local church congregations wanted to establish an independent, affordable, c ...

, an Anglican co-educational high school in Kellyville, New South Wales, Australia