William or Bill Clarke may refer to:

Entertainment

William Hanna Clarke William Hanna Clarke (1882– 1 May 1924) was a dentist, then an artist, from Glasgow, Scotland. Clarke lived, worked as an artist, died and is buried in Kirkcudbright, Scotland. Clarke was a landscape and figure painter and many of his works fea ...

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

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

(1951–1996), blues harmonica player * Will Clarke (novelist) (born 1970), American novelist * William Clarke, a.k.a.

Bunny Rugs William Alexander Anthony "Bunny Rugs" Clarke , 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 ...

(1948–2014), 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 in Buckinghamshire, England, in the Chiltern Hills, northwest of central London, south-east of Aylesbury and north-east of High Wycombe. Amersham is part of the London commuter belt. There ar ...

* William Clarke (English politician) (c. 1623–1666), English politician and Secretary to the Council of the Army * William Clarke (mayor), American mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, 1869 * William Clarke (Australian politician) (1843–1903), Australian businessman and parliamentarian * William Clarke (Fabian) (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 Jamaica Labour Party leader, who, on Independence Day, August 6th, 1962, became the first prime minister ...

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

Bill Clarke (politician) William Hillary Clarke (born July 5, 1933) is a chartered accountant, businessman, and politician. Clarke served as a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. Clarke attended schools in Toronto's Forest Hill distri ...

(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) (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), Amer ...

, 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 care ...

, 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 ...

(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 ...

(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 The Barbados national cricket team is the national cricket team of Barbados, organised by the Barb ...

(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 Charle ...

(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 Uni ...

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

William Clarke (athlete) William Thomas Clarke (13 November 1882 – 2 November 1960) was a British long-distance runner who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Biography Clarke was born in Harmston, Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (), abbreviated ''Lincs'', ...

(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) (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 – 1671) 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 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 So ...

(1806–1865), English architect, cartographer and translator * William Barnard Clarke (physician) (1807–1894), English physician and curator *

William Eagle Clarke Dr William Eagle Clarke ISO FLS FRSE PBOU 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 the Grammar School and at ...

(1853–1938), British ornithologist * William Clarke (Canadian physician) (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) (1696–1771), English cleric and antiquary * William Clarke (industrialist) (1831–1890), English industrialist, co-founder of Clarke Chapman * Sir William Clarke, 1st Baronet (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 a ...

(1883–1961), British British intelligence officer and cryptographer * William Francis Clarke (1816–1890), American Jesuit educator *

W. G. Clarke William George Clarke (1859 – 4 November 1943), commonly W. G. Clarke, was a Methodist minister in South Australia. His eldest son, William Glensyl Clarke (1888–1965), commonly W. Glen Clarke but frequently W. G. Clarke, was also a South Austra ...

William George Clarke (1859–1943), South Australian Methodist minister * William P.O. Clarke (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

Other uses

* William Clarke & Son, a tobacco company founded in 1830 in Cork, Ireland * William Clarke Estate, 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. School Houses Notable alumni * Joshua Katz (born 1997), Olympic and 11-time nati ...

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