Clark 244622 223804407 2008-07-05T22:06:21Z Ceyockey 150564 added 1990 US Census result; copyedit; added [[Category:Lists of people sharing a surname]]; moved an external link to new section 'further reading' {{otheruses4|the surname Clark|other uses|Clark (disambiguation)}} {{Family name | name = Clark |image=Escribano.jpg |imagesize= 200 |caption= A scribe or clerk, the occupation from which the name derives | pronunciation = | meaning ="scribe/secretary" | region =England | origin =Anglo-Saxon | related names =Clarke, Clerk | footnotes = }} '''Clark''' is an [[Anglo Saxon]] [[surname]] derived from the [[Latin language|Latin]] ''clericus'' meaning "scribe", "secretary" or a scholar within a religious order, referring to someone who was educated. Clark evolved from "[[clerk]]". First records of the name are found in the 12th century. The name has many variants.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Clark |title=Surname Clark |publisher=surnamedb.com |accessdate=2008-02-05}}</ref> According to the 1990 United States Census, 'Clark' was the twenty-first most frequently encountered surname, accounting for 0.23% of the population.<ref>[[United States Census Bureau]] (9 May 1995). [[s:1990 Census Name Files dist.all.last (1-100)]]. Retrieved on 2008-07-04.</ref> Clark is also an occasional [[given name]]. ==List of people with surname Clark== People with the surname Clark include: * [[Abraham Clark]] (1725–1794), American politician and Revolutionary War figure * [[Alan Clark]] (1928-1999), British Conservative politician and author, son of [[Kenneth Clark]] * [[Allen George Clark]] (1898 – 1962), British businessman * [[Anne Clark]] (born 1960), poet-songwriter * [[Bob Clark]] (Benjamin "Bob" Clark) (1941 – 2007), American director * [[Buddy Clark]] (1911–1940), American singer * [[Carmel Clark]] (born 1965), New Zealand swimmer * [[Catherine Clark]] (born 1976), Canadian television host * [[Chris Clark (electronic musician)]], English * [[Colin Clark]], British economist * [[Corrie Clark]] (born 1982), American breaststroke swimmer * [[David L. Clark]] (1864-1939), American confectioner * [[Davis Wasgatt Clark]] (1812–1871), American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church * [[Daniel Clark]], Canadian actor * [[Douglas Clark]] (disambiguation) * [[Duncan Clark]] (d. 2007), American public health specialist * [[Dwight Clark]], American football player * [[Frank M. Clark]] (1915-2003), American Congressman * [[George Clark]] (several) * [[Ginger Clark]] (1879-1943), American baseball pitcher * [[Glenn Clark]] (born 1969), Canadian coach of Toronto Rock * [[Helen Clark]] (born 1950), Prime Minister of New Zealand * [[Hilda Clark]] (1872-1932), American, first Coca-Cola advertising spokesperson * [[Hilda Margery Clarke]] (born 1926), English painter and curator * [[James Clark]] (several) * [[Jeff Clark (poet)]] (living), American poet * [[Isabella Clark]], wife of [[Prime Minister of Canada]] [[Sir John A. Macdonald]] * [[Joe Clark]] (born 1939), Prime Minister of Canada * [[Joetta Clark]] (born 1962), American middle distance runner * [[John Clark]] (several) * [[Joseph Clark]] (several) * [[Karen Clark]] (born 1945), American politician from Minnesota * [[Katy Clark]] (born 1967), British politician and trade union official * [[Kenneth Clark (psychologist)|Kenneth Clark]] (1914–2005), African American psychologist who testified in ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'' * [[Kenneth Clark]] (1902–1979), British art historian; creator of the series ''[[Civilisation]]'' * [[Mark Wayne Clark]] (1896–1984), American Army General * [[Otey Clark]] (born 1915), American baseball pitcher * [[Ramsey Clark]] (born 1927), American Attorney General, activist * [[Ranza Clark]] (born 1961), Canadian middle distance runner * [[Ryan Clark]] (several) * [[Samuel Clark]] (1800-1870), American politician * [[Samuel Delbert Clark]] (1910-2003), Canadian sociologist * [[Steve Clark]] (1960-1991), British guitarist for Def Leppard * [[Stuart Clark]] (born 1975), Australian Cricketer * [[Thomas Clark]] (several) * [[Tom Clark]], Canadian television journalist * [[Tom C. Clark]] (1899–1977), Attorney General of the United States, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, father of Attorney General Ramsey Clark * [[Wendel Clark]] (born 1966), retired Canadian ice hockey player * [[Wesley K. Clark]] (born 1944), American Army General * [[Wilfrid Le Gros Clark]] (1895-1971), British palaeanthropologist * [[Will Clark]] (born 1964), American baseball player * [[William Clark]] (several) * [[The Clark Sisters]], American gospel vocalists from Detroit == References == {{reflist}} == See also == *[[Clark Equipment Company]] *[[Clarke]] *[[Clerk]] *[[Clerke]] ==Further reading== *[http://www.htmlsd.com/ Clark(e) Surname DNA Project] {{surname|nocat}} [[Category:English surnames]] [[Category:Lists of people sharing a surname]] [[af:Clark]] [[de:Clark]] [[es:Clark]] [[fr:Clark]] [[pl:Clark]] [[ru:Кларк]] [[sv:Clark]]