John Clark may refer to:

Entertainment

*John Clark or

Signor Brocolini John Clark, better known as Signor Brocolini (September 26, 1841 – June 7, 1906), was an Irish-born American operatic singer and actor remembered for creating the role of the Pirate King in the original New York City production of ''The Pirates ...

(1841–1906), Irish-born American operatic singer and actor *

John Clark (English actor) Ivan John Clark (1 November 1932 – 6 July 2023) was an English actor, director and producer. Clark is probably best known for his role as Just William in theatre and radio in the late 1940s and as the former husband of actress Lynn Redgrave, ...

(1932–2023), English actor and theatre director *

John Clark (musician) John Clark is an American jazz horn player and composer. In Allmusic, Clark is described as "possibly the most fluent jazz French horn soloist since the great Julius Watkins in the 1950s."Scott YannoJohn Clark:Il Suono(review), accessed 2020-12 ...

(born 1944), American jazz horn player and composer *John Clark (born 1978), Scottish indie/electronic musician from the band Bis who is also known as

John Disco John Clark (born on 21 August 1978, better known as John Disco) is a Scottish record producer, sound engineer and songwriter. He started out his career as a member of the band Bis, and has worked in the recording studio with Fangs, Franz Ferdin ...

John Drury Clark John Drury Clark, Ph.D. (August 15, 1907 – July 6, 1988) was an American rocket fuel developer, chemist, and science fiction writer. He was instrumental in the revival of interest in Robert E. Howard's '' Conan'' stories and influenced the wr ...

(1907–1988), American author, chemist and rocket scientist * John Heaviside Clark (c. 1771–1836), Scottish engraver and painter

Military

* John Clark (spy), American spy during the American Revolutionary War * John George Walters Clark (1892–1948), British army officer * John W. Clark (Medal of Honor) (1830–1898), American soldier in the American Civil War

Politics

American

John Clark (Delaware governor) John Clark (February 1, 1761 – August 14, 1821) was an American politician from Blackbird Hundred in New Castle County, Delaware, near Smyrna. He was a member of the Federalist Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governo ...

(1761–1821), American governor and farmer of Delaware *

John Clark (Georgia governor) John Clark (sometimes spelled Clarke) (February 28, 1766October 12, 1832) was an American planter, politician, and slaveholder. He was the List of Governors of Georgia, 31st Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, from 1819 t ...

(1766–1832), American politician and governor of Georgia * John Clark (Minnesota politician) (c. 1825–1904), Minnesota state senator * John Clark (Utah politician) (1834–1908), mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah *

John Bullock Clark John Bullock Clark Sr. (April 17, 1802 – October 29, 1885) was a militia officer and politician who served as a member of the United States Congress and Confederate Congress. Born in Kentucky, Clark moved with his family to Missouri in 1818 ...

(1802–1885), American politician and U.S. representative from Missouri and Confederate congressman * John Bullock Clark Jr. (1831–1903), American politician and U.S. representative from Missouri * John C. Clark (1793–1852), American politician and U.S. representative from New York * John Davidson Clark (1884–1961), American lawyer, member of the Council of Economic Advisers (1946–1953) * John E. Clark (politician) (1910–2003), American politician and judge * John F. Clark, ninth director of the United States Marshals Service *

John Gee Clark John Gee Clark (March 23, 1890 - November 11, 1984) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the California State Assembly for the 70th district from 1935 to 1939, as chairman of the California Democratic Party from 1938 to 1939, as d ...

(1890–1984), member of the California legislature * John M. Clark (1821–1902), Sheriff of Suffolk County, Massachusetts * John T. Clark, American politician and civil engineer from New York

Canadian

John Clark (Canadian politician) John Clark (1835 – July 27, 1896) was a Scottish-born farmer and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He was elected to represent Grey North in the House of Commons of Canada in 1896 as a Liberal, but died before the opening of the first ...

(1835–1896), Scottish-born politician in Ontario, Canada *

John Arthur Clark Brigadier General John Arthur Clark, (8 June 1886 – 18 January 1976) was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Dundas, Ontario and became a barrister and solicitor. Clark attended secondary school in Vancou ...

(1886–1976), Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons *

John Etter Clark John Etter Clark (March 29, 1915 – June 3, 1956) was a provincial politician, teacher and farmer from Alberta, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 until committing one of the deadliest mass murders in Albert ...

(1915–1956), member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1952–1959

Other

John Allworth Clark John Allworth Clark (1846–1932) was mayor of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in 1891. Personal life John Allworth Clark was born in 1846 in Adelaide, South Australia.Brisbane City Council Archives After completing his education, he moved to ...

(1846–1932), Australian politician - mayor of Brisbane *

John Clark (Roundhead) John Clarke (fl. 1648 – November 1681), also known as John Clark, John Clerk, and John Clerke, was an English politician and Justice of the Peace who sat in the House of Commons from 1653 through 1660, and was a colonel in the Parliamentary ...

(fl. 1650s), English member of parliament and colonel in Cromwell's army *

John Harrison Clark John Harrison Clark III or Changa-Changa (10 May 1860 – 9 December 1927) was an Anglo-South African explorer and adventurer who effectively ruled much of what is today southern Zambia from the early 1890s to 1902. He arrived alone from South ...

(c. 1860–1927), Cape Colony adventurer who ruled much of southern Zambia *

John Clark (Australian politician) John Stephen Clark (14 May 1907 – 21 November 1984) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly The House of Assembly (also known as the lower house) is one of two chambers of the Parliament of South ...

(1907–1984), sat in the South Australian House of Assembly

Science and academics

* John Clark (1785–1853), British printer and inventor *

John Brown Clark John Brown Clark or Clarke CBE LLD FRSE (30 April 1861 – 19 July 1947) was a Scottish mathematician. He was headmaster of George Heriot's School from 1908 to 1926. He served as Vice President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1931–34. Life H ...

(1861–1947), mathematician, Vice President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh *

J. Desmond Clark John Desmond Clark (10 April 1916 – 14 February 2002) was a British archaeology, archaeologist noted particularly for his work on prehistoric Africa. Early life Clark was born in London, but his childhood was spent in a hamlet in the Chilte ...

(1916–2002), British archaeologist *

J. P. Clark John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo (6 April 1935 – 13 October 2020) was a Nigerian poet and playwright. He popularly published as J. P. Clark and John Pepper Clark. Life Born in Kiagbodo, Nigeria, to an Ijaw people, Ijaw father and Urhobo people, Ur ...

(John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo, 1935–2020), Nigerian poet and professor *

John Bates Clark John Bates Clark (January 26, 1847 – March 21, 1938) was an American neoclassical economist. He was one of the pioneers of the marginalist revolution and opponent to the Institutionalist school of economics, and spent most of his career as a ...

(1847–1938), American economist *

(1907–1988), American author (as John D. Clark), chemist and rocket scientist * John E. Clark (born 1952), American anthropologist * John Frank Clark, American Africanist and professor of International Relations * John Gordon Clark (1926–1999), Harvard psychiatrist and pioneer cult researcher *

John Maurice Clark John Maurice Clark (1884–1963) was an American economist whose work combined the rigor of traditional economic analysis with an "institutionalist" attitude. Clark was a pioneer in developing the notion of workable competition and the theoret ...

(1884–1963), American economist * John P. Clark (born 1945), American philosopher and anarchist * John S. Clark (1885–1956), Scottish entomologist * John Walter Clark (born 1935), American physicist * John Willis Clark (1833–1910), English academic and antiquarian

Sports

* John Clark (basketball), member of the Northeastern University athletics Hall of Fame * John Clark (boxer) (1849–1922), Irish-American bare-knuckle boxer * Johnny Clark (1947–2020), English boxer *

John Clark (cricketer) John Lawrence Clark (born 14 October 1928) is an Australian cricketer. He played three first-class matches for New South Wales and Queensland between 1952/53 and 1953/54. See also * List of New South Wales representative cricketers This i ...

(born 1928), Australian cricketer * John Clark (English footballer), footballer for Bradford City and Cardiff City *

John Clark (footballer, born 1941) John Clark (born 13 March 1941) is a Scottish former football player and coach. He has been employed by Celtic for more than forty years over eight decades, since signing as a player in 1958, then having spells as a coach, assistant manager and c ...

, footballer formerly with Celtic F.C., one of the Lisbon Lions * John Clark (footballer, born 1964), footballer formerly with Dundee United *

John Clark (motorcycle racer) John Clark may refer to: Entertainment *John Clark or Signor Brocolini (1841–1906), Irish-born American operatic singer and actor *John Clark (English actor) (1932–2023), English actor and theatre director *John Clark (musician) (born 1944), ...

, British motorcycle racer * John Clark (rugby league) (died 2011), English rugby league footballer of the 1950s and 1960s * John Clark (Australian rower) (born 1948), Australian rower * John Clark (New Zealand rower) (born 1944), New Zealand rower

Other

* John Clark (physician) (1744–1805), Scottish medical practitioner in Newcastle upon Tyne *

John Clark (chaplain) John Flavel Clark (December 10, 1784 – October 7, 1853) was a Presbyterian clergyman who served as Chaplain of the United States Senate. Early years John Flavel Clark was born on December 10, 1784, in Allentown, New Jersey, the oldest of three s ...

(1784–1853), American clergyman who served as chaplain of the senate * John Clark (land agent) (died 1807), Scottish writer *

John Kinzie Clark John Kinzie Clark (1792–1865) was a trader, trapper and a prominent early settler in the Chicago area. He was raised by Native Americans, who called him ''Nonimoa'' or Prairie Wolf. Clark first arrived at Fort Dearborn in 1818. In 1830, Clark s ...

(1792–1865), trader, trapper and early settler in the Chicago area *

John Howard Clark John Howard Clark (15 January 1830 – 20 May 1878) was editor of '' The South Australian Register'' from 1870 to 1877 and was responsible for its ''Echoes from the Bush'' column and closely associated with its ''Geoffry Crabthorn'' persona. ...

(1830–1878), editor of ''The South Australian Register'', 1870–1877 * John Kirkland Clark (1877–1963), New York City assistant district attorney *

John Allen Clark Sir John Allen Clark (14 February 1926 – 3 December 2001) was managing director of the British Plessey Company, an electronics and telecommunications group built up by his father, Allen George Clark. His career with Plessey was dominated by a b ...

(1926–2001), British businessman *

John Clark (Tom Clancy character) John T. Clark (real name John Terence Kelly, at times codenamed Rainbow Six) is a fictional character created by Tom Clancy. He has been featured in many of his Ryanverse novels. Although he first appeared in '' The Cardinal of the Kremlin'' (19 ...

, character in Tom Clancy novels * John Clark Jr., detective in the American television series ''NYPD Blue''