Clarence

A male given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear one.”.

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Clarence is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
Clarence Applegran, American football player and basketball coach
Clarence Birdseye, pioneer of frozen food
Clarence Clemons, saxophone player from The E Street Band
Clarence Goodson, US footballer
Clarence Holbrook Carter (1904–2000), US painter
Clarence Janecek (1911–1990), NFL player
Clarence Darrow, US lawyer
Clarence R. Fields, American mayor
Clarence Kolster, American film editor
Clarence Nash (1904-1985), American voice actor
Clarence Saunders (grocer), US American retailer, pioneer of supermarkets
Clarence Saunders (athlete), Bermudian high jumper
Clarence Scharbauer (1879–1942), American rancher.
Clarence Seedorf, Dutch footballer
Clarence Snyder (1920–2005), industrial photographer
Clarence Thomas, member of the US Supreme Court
Clarence Wiseman, Canadian clergy, the tenth general of The Salvation Army
Clarence Carter, blind US soul singer and musician
Clarence Edward Mathias, US Sergeant major, Medal of Honor recipient
Clarence Wijewardena, Sri Lankan guitarist and vocalist

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Surname, from Medieval Latin Clarencia, name of dukedom created 1362 for Lionel, third son of Edward III, so called from town of Clare, Suffolk, whose heiress Lionel married. Used as a masc. proper name from late 19c. As a type of four-wheeled closed carriage, named for the Duke of Clarence, later William IV.

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From the surname and place name Clare, means: bright, clear, famous.

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Clarence Thomas	1948	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
2	Clarence Seedorf	1976	Dutch footballer
3	Clarence Clemons	1942	American musician and actor
4	Clarence Darrow	1857	American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union
5	Clarence Gilyard	1955	American actor
6	Clarence Williams III	1939	American actor
7	George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence	1449	Third son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, and the brother of English Kings Edward IV and Richard III
8	Clarence Carter	1936	Singer, Songwriter, Musician
9	Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence	1451	English noble
10	Clarence Carnes	1927	American murderer
11	Princess Elizabeth of Clarence	1820	British princess
12	Clarence Nash	1904	American actor
13	Clarence Elkins	1963	American citizen who was exonerated by DNA testing after he served 6.5 years in prison for a murder and rapes he did not commit.
14	Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence	1338	Prince of England
15	Clarence White	1944	American musician
16	Clarence 13X	1928	Founder of The Nation of Gods and Earths
17	Clarence Earl Gideon	1910	American robber
18	Clarence Birdseye	1886	American inventor
19	Clarence Ray Allen	1930	Convicted killer
20	Clarence Peters		Nigerian music video director
21	Clarence Page	1947	American journalist
22	Clarence M. Kelley	1911	Director of the FBI
23	Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown	1924	American blues musician
24	Clarence Avant	1931	Music executive, entrepreneur, and film producer
25	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	1937	American rhythm and blues singer and pianist
26	Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence	1387	Prince of England
27	Clarence Brandley	1951	American murderer
28	Clarence Mason	1965	Attorney and professional wrestling manager
29	Clarence Muse	1889	American actor
30	Clarence Gaines	1923	American basketball player and coach
31	Clarence Brown	1890	Film director
32	Clarence Osborne	2000
33	Clarence Gonstead	1898	Chiropractor
34	Clarence Weatherspoon	1970	American basketball player
35	Clarence Saunders	1881	American grocer
36	Clarence McClendon	1965
37	Clarence Royce		Character from The Wire
38	Clarence Benjamin Jones	1931	American lawyer
39	Clarence Jey		Australian songwriter and record producer
40	Clarence Holiday	1898	American musician
41	Clarence Clarity		British singer-songwriter
42	Clarence Anglin	1931	American criminal, escapee from Alcatraz
43	Clarence King	1842	American geologist
44	Clarence Ashley	1895	American musician
45	Clarence Clifton Young	1922	American politician
46	Clarence Campbell	1905	Canadian sports executive
47	Clarence Goodson	1982	American soccer player
48	Clarence Day	1874	American writer
49	Clarence Madison Dally	1865	American glassblower
50	Clarence Long	1908	American politician
51	Clarence R. Huebner	1888	United States Army general
52	Princess Charlotte of Clarence	1819
53	Clarence Stein	1882	American architect
54	Clarence Larkin	1850	American writer
55	Clarence Zener	1905	American physicist
56	Clarence Irving Lewis	1883	American philosopher
57	Clarence Delgado	2004	Actor
58	Clarence Otis, Jr.	1956	American businessman
59	Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Somerset	1385	Countess of Somerset, died 1439
60	Clarence L. Tinker	1887	Americana ir force general
61	Clarence Wijewardena	1943	Sri Lankan singer
62	Clarence Davis	1949	American football player
63	Clarence Hudson White	1871	American photographer
64	Clarence Hatry	1888	British banker
65	Clarence Budington Kelland	1881	Novelist, short story writer, journalist
66	Clarence John Boettiger	1900	American journalist
67	Clarence Jordan	1912	American bible translator
68	Clarence Kolb	1874	Actor
69	Clarence Sasser	1947	United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
70	Clarence H. Burns	1918	American politician
71	Clarence Perry	1872	American urban planner
72	Clarence John Laughlin	1905	American photographer
73	Clarence B. Craft	1921	United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
74	Clarence Bass	1937	American bodybuilder
75	Clarence Gamble	1894	American businessman
76	Clarence W. Barron	1855	American newspaper publisher
77	Clarence J. Brown	1893	American politician and newspaper publisher
78	Clarence Felder	1938	American actor
79	Clarence Lusane	1953	American writer and activist
80	Clarence Gagnon	1881	Canadian painter
81	Clarence Mackay	1874	American financier and philanthropist
82	Clarence Munn	1908	American football player and coach, college athletics administrator
83	Clarence Acuña	1975	Chilean footballer
84	Clarence Vaughn	1964	Player of American football
85	Clarence Jones	1941	American baseball player
86	Clarence Dillon	1882	American banker
87	Clarence Paul	1928	American musician
88	Clarence DeMar	1888	Marathon runner
89	Clarence Hailey Long	1910	American rancher
90	Clarence E. Mulford	1883	American writer
91	Clarence Chamberlin	1893	American aviator
92	Clarence Kelly	1941	Sedevacantist bishop
93	Clarence Ross	1923	American bodybuilder
94	Clarence Dutton	1841	American geologist
95	Clarence Cannon	1879	American politician
96	Clarence Wilson	1876	American actor
97	Clarence Herschberger	1876	American football player and coach
98	Clarence Dupnik	1936	American law enforcement official
99	Clarence Bull	1896	American photographer
100	Clarence Chesterfield Howerton	1913	American circus performer
101	Clarence Denmark	1985	American football player
102	Clarence Harris	1905	American store manager
103	Clarence Richard Silva	1949	American bishop
104	Clarence Greene	1913	American film producer and screenwriter
105	Robert Henry Clarence	1873	Choef of the Miskito Nation
106	Clarence F. Stephens	1917	American mathematician
107	Clarence Edwin Ayres	1891	American economist
108	Clarence Tan		Singaporean former commando officer
109	Clarence Louie		Canadian First Nations leader
110	Clarence A. Shoop	1907	American military pilot
111	Clarence William Anderson	1891	Author
112	Clarence D. Martin	1886	American politician
113	Clarence Scott	1949	American football player
114	Clarence Dill	1884	American politician
115	Clarence W. Spicer	1875	American automotive engineer
116	Clarence Verdin	1963	American football player
117	Clarence Barlow	1945	British composer
118	clarence Swensen	1917	American actor
119	Clarence Major	1936	American poet, painter and novelist
120	Clarence Ransom Edwards	1859	United States Army general commanding 26th "Yankee" Division in WWI
121	Clarence D. Clark	1851	American politician
122	Clarence Lightner	1921	American politician
123	Clarence Kay	1961	American football player
124	Clarence Hill	1951	Boxer
125	Clarence Jeffries	1894	Australian Victoria Cross recipient
126	Clarence McDonald		American musician
127	Clarence Whistler	1856	American wrestler
128	Clarence Holbrook Carter	1904	American artist
129	Clarence Cameron White	1880	American composer
130	Clarence Richeson	1876	American murderer
131	Clarence Francis	1888	American business executive
132	Clarence Garlow	1911	American R&B, jump blues, Texas blues and cajun guitarist, singer and songwriter
133	Clarence Öfwerman	1957	Swedish musician
134	Clarence G. Badger	1880	Film director
135	Clarence "Sonny" Henry
136	Clarence Love	1976	American football player
137	Clarence Spears	1894	American football player and coach, college athletics administrator
138	Clarence E. Miller	1917	Politician
139	O. B. Clarence	1870	British actor
140	Clarence N. Hickman	1889	American physicist (1889-1981)
141	Clarence Bradford		American politician
142	Clarence Lung	1914	American actor and television actor (1914-1993)
143	Clarence Morley	1869	American politician
144	Clarence Addison Dykstra	1883	American academic administrator
145	Clarence Erwin McClung	1870	American biologist
146	Clarence Wiseman	1907	General of the Salvation Army
147	Clarence Peaks	1935	Player of American football
148	Clarence Woolmer	1910	English cricketer
149	Clarence Moore	1982	American football player
150	Clarence J. McLeod	1895	American politician
151	Clarence E. Gauss	1887	American diplomat
152	Clarence Fok	1958	Hong Kong actor
153	Clarence Cooper	1942	American judge
154	Clarence Page Townsley	1855	US Military Academy superintendent
155	Clarence Norman Brunsdale	1891	American politician
156	Clarence F. Lea	1874	American politician
157	Clarence Ditlow	1944	American consumer advocate
158	Clarence Streit	1896	American journalist
159	Clarence Burton	1882	American actor
160	Clarence Alexander	1939	Native American leader
161	Clarence Harmon	1955	American football player
162	Clarence Reginald Dalby	1904	British artist
163	Clarence Clark	1859	American tennis player
164	Clarence Gillis	1895	Canadian coal-miner, trade union official, and Member of Parliament for 17 years, noted for getting the Canso Causeway built in Nova Scotia.
165	Clarence Hobart	1870	US tennis player
166	Clarence Wainwright Murphy	1875	British composer
167	Clarence Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare	1885	British military officer and tennis player
168	Clarence Makwetu	1928
169	Clarence Glover	1947	American basketball player
170	Clarence Ussher	1870	Physician and American missionary in the Van region during the Armenian Genocide
171	Clarence Dart	1920	American Tuskegee Airman
172	Clarence Rose	1957	Professional golfer
173	Clarence Wayland Watson	1864	American politician (Democrat)
174	Clarence Adams	1974	American boxer
175	Clarence Geldart	1867	American actor
176	Clarence Berry	1867	Businessman
177	Clarence P. Cazalot, Jr.	1950	Chief Executive Officer of Marathon Oil Corporation
178	Clarence Allen	1925	American geologist who studies seismology
179	Clarence von Rosen	1867	Swedish athlete, military officer
180	Clarence E. Macartney	1879	American pastor and writer
181	Clarence H. Nelson	1901
182	Clarence Norman Jr.	1951	American politician from the state of New York
183	Clarence Cook	1828	American writer and art critic
184	Clarence W. Wigington	1883	American architect
185	Clarence W. Meadows	1904	American politician
186	Clarence Kea	1959	American basketball player
187	Clarence Ellis	1950	American football player
188	Clarence Hansell	1898	American engineer
189	Clarence Bloomfield Moore	1852	American archaeologist
190	Clarence E. Case	1877	American politician
191	Clarence Edwards	1933	American blues musician
192	Clarence Bitang	1992	Cameroonian footballer
193	Clarence Williams	1975
194	Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr.	1911	American civil rights activist
195	Clarence Tex Walker	1946	American musician
196	Pug Manders	1913	American football player
197	Clarence Blethen	1893	American baseball player
198	Clarence Wheeler	1885	American musician
199	Clarence H. Johnston, Sr.	1859	American architect
200	Clarence Childs	1883	American hammer thrower and football coach