Clarice is a

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Clarisse, derived from the

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name Clarissa, originally used in reference to the

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of St. Clare, whose own name ultimately derives from (" clear" and "

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"). It can also be a female form of the male name Clarence. It may refer to:

People

Pre-modern world

Clarice Orsini Clarice Orsini (1453 – 30 July 1488) was the daughter of Jacopo Orsini, and Maddalena Orsini; both from the Orsini family, a great Roman noble house, and was the wife of Lorenzo de' Medici. Life Clarice and Lorenzo married 4 June 1469, with a ...

(1450–1488), wife of Lorenzo de' Medici and mother of Pope Leo X *

Clarice de' Medici Clarice di Piero de' Medici (14 September 1489 – 3 May 1528) was the daughter of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici and Alfonsina Orsini. Born in Florence, she was the granddaughter of Lorenzo de' Medici, niece of Pope Leo X and sister to Lorenzo ...

(1493–1528), noblewoman from Florence, granddaughter of Lorenzo de' Medici

Modern world

Clarice Assad Clarice Assad (born February 9, 1978) is a Brazilian-American composer, pianist, arranger, singer, and educator from Rio de Janeiro. She is influenced by popular Brazilian culture, Romanticism, world music, and jazz. She comes from a musical fam ...

(born 1978), Brazilian composer *

Clarice Beckett Clarice Marjoribanks Beckett (21 March 1887 – 7 July 1935) was an Australian artist and a key member of the Australian Tonalism, Australian tonalist movement. Known for her subtle, misty landscapes of Melbourne and its suburbs, Beckett develop ...

(1887–1935), Australian painter *

Clarice Benini Clarice Benini (8 January 1905 – 6 September 1976) was an Italian chess player. She was awarded the title International Woman Master by FIDE in 1950. Benini was born in Florence. In 1936, she finished second, behind Sonja Graf, in Semmering, A ...

(1905–1976), Italian chess master *

Clarice Blackburn Clarice Blackburn (February 26, 1921 – August 5, 1995) was an American actress and writer best-known for playing three characters on the cult series ''Dark Shadows''. Early years Clarice Blackburn was born in San Francisco, California, bu ...

(1921–1995), American actress *

Clarice Carson Clarice Carson ( Katz; December 23, 1929 – May 2, 2015) was a Canadian soprano singer who made her name in opera from the 1950 to 1986. Born to Polish émigrés in Montreal, she sought to become a signer at an early age and made her public dé ...

(1929–2015), Canadian opera singer *

Clarice Cliff Clarice Cliff (20 January 1899 – 23 October 1972) was an English ceramic artist and designer. Active from 1922 to 1963, Cliff became the head of the Newport Pottery factory creative department. Early life Cliff's ancestors moved from the ...

(1899–1972), British ceramic artist * Clarice Y. Hashimoto, American politician *

Clarice Lispector Clarice Lispector (, born Chaya Pinkhasivna Lispector (; ) December 10, 1920December 9, 1977) was a Ukrainian-born Brazilian novelist and short story writer. Her distinctive and innovative works delve into diverse narrative forms, weaving them ...

(1920–1977), Brazilian writer *

Clarice Mayne Clarice Mayne (born Clarice Mabel Dulley; 6 February 1886 – 16 January 1966) was an English music hall and variety theatre singer and performer. Life and career Clarice Mabel Dulley was born in London in 1886. She took the stage name Cla ...

(1886–1966), English actress *

Clarice McLean Clarice "Dollie" McLean (born 1936) is founding executive director of the Artists Collective, Inc. of Hartford, Connecticut. McLean, born Clarice Helene Simmons in Antigua, West Indies, was raised in Manhattan, New York. She studied dance under Kat ...

(born 1936), American dancer *

Clarice Modeste-Curwen Clarice Modeste-Curwen is a politician and educator from Grenada. A member of the New National Party, she has served in the Parliament of Grenada The Parliament of Grenada is the bicameralism, bicameral legislative body of Grenada. It is co ...

(born 1945), Grenadian politician *

Clarice Morant Clarice Morant (August 29, 1904 – June 10, 2009), also known as Classie, was an American centenarian from Washington, D.C., who gained national media attention for her role as caregiver to Rozzie Laney, Morant's younger sister diagnosed with A ...

(1904–2009), American centenarian and caretaker *

Clarice Phelps Clarice Evone Phelps () is an American nuclear chemist researching the processing of radioactive transuranic elements at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). She was part of ORNL's team that collaborated with the Jo ...

, African-American nuclear chemist *

Clarice Shaw Clarice Marion Shaw (née McNab; 22 October 1883 – 27 October 1946) was a Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. Early life Shaw grew up in a multi-g ...

(1883–1946), Scottish politician *

Clarice Taylor Clarice Taylor (September 20, 1917 – May 30, 2011) was an American stage, film and television actress. She is best known for playing Cousin Emma on '' Sanford and Son''; Anna Huxtable, the mother of Cliff Huxtable, on '' The Cosby Show''; and M ...

(1917–2011), American actress * Clarice Tinsley (born 1954), American journalist * Clarice Vance (1870–1961), American actress

Fictional characters

* Milady "Clarice" de Winter, one of the main antagonists of ''

The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' () is a French historical adventure novel written and published in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is the first of the author's three d'Artagnan Romances. As with some of his other works, he wrote it in col ...

'' * The protagonist of the

Clarice Bean series The Clarice Bean series is a series of children's books written and illustrated by English author Lauren Child from 1999. The stories follow schoolgirl Clarice Bean and her challenges navigating the complex ethical, social and philosophical questi ...

of children's books by English writer Lauren Child * Clarice di Lanza, a character in the ''

Arcana Heart is a 2D arcade game, arcade fighting game series developed by Team Arcana (originally co-owned with its former parent company Examu). The first edition was released to arcades (mostly in Japan, but a few in other countries) in late 2007. The g ...

'' video game series * Clarice Ferguson, alter ego of

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, a Marvel Comics superheroine * Clarice Pendragon, sister of Emma Pendragon from ''

Rugrats ''Rugrats'' is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon. The series focuses on a group of toddlers, most prominently Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, and Lil, and their day-to-d ...

'' *

Clarice Starling Clarice M. Starling is a fictional character and protagonist of the novels '' The Silence of the Lambs'' (1988) and ''Hannibal'' (1999) by Thomas Harris. In the 1991 film adaptation of ''The Silence of the Lambs'', she was played by Jodie Foster ...

, in the Hannibal Lecter series *

Clarice Clarice is a female given name, an anglicization of the French Clarisse, derived from the Latin and Italian name Clarissa, originally used in reference to the nuns of the Roman Catholic Order of St. Clare, whose own name ultimately derives fro ...

, a character in the short film '' Two Chips and a Miss'' and the '' Chip 'n' Dale: Park Life'' TV series * Clarice, a character in ''

Sesame Street ''Sesame Street'' is an American educational television, educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation, and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Worksh ...

'' * Clarice, a reindeer in the ''

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a fictional reindeer created by Robert L. May. Rudolph is usually depicted as the ninth and youngest of Santa Claus's reindeer, using his luminous red nose to lead the reindeer team and guide Santa's sleigh on C ...

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