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{{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 ==
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== See also ==
*[[Clark Equipment Company]]
*[[Clarke]]
*[[Clerk]]
*[[Clerke]]
==Further reading==
*[http://www.htmlsd.com/ Clark(e) Surname DNA Project]
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