Clarence (given name)

Last updated January 07, 2025

Clarence is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:

Clarence 13X (1928–1969), American religious leader and the founder of the Five-Percent Nation
Clarence Acuña (born 1975), Chilean professional footballer
Clarence Applegran (1893–1960), American football player and basketball coach
Clarence Ashley (1895–1967), American musician and singer
Clarence Avant (1931–2023), God Father of Black Music
Clarence Albert Bacote (1906–1981), American historian and activist
Clarence Bailey (1963–2006), American football player
Clarence Bamberger (1886–1984), American mining executive, politician and philanthropist
Clarence Barlow (1945–2023), British composer
Clarence W. Barron (1855–1928), American financial editor and publisher who founded Barron's Magazine
Clarence Beavers (1921–2017), American United States Army sergeant and paratrooper
Clarence Birdseye (1886–1956), pioneer of frozen food
Clarence Brown (disambiguation), several people
Clarence Sinclair Bull (1896–June 8, 1979), American portrait photographer
Clarence Burton (1882–1933), American actor
Clarence G. Burton (1886–1982), American politician
Clarence M. Burton (1853–1932), American lawyer, businessman, historian and philanthropist
Clarence Campbell (1905–1984), Canadian ice hockey executive, referee, and soldier
Clarence Thomas Campbell (1843–1922), Canadian physician, historian and politician
Clarence Cannon (1879–1964), American politician
Clarence Carnes (1927–1988), American fugitive
Clarence Carter (born 1936), blind US soul singer and musician
Clarence Holbrook Carter (1904–2000), US painter
Clarence Clemons (1942–2011), American musician, saxophonist for the E Street Band
Clarence Cummings (born 2000), American Olympic weightlifter
Clarence Dart (1920–2012), American World War II fighter pilot and member of the Tuskegee Airmen
Clarence Delgado (born 2004), Filipino teen actor
Clarence DeMar (1888–1958), American marathoner
Clarence Dill (1884–1978), American politician
Clarence Dixon (1955–2022), American murderer
Clarence Darrow (1857–1938), American lawyer
Clarence Day (1874–1935), American author and cartoonist
Clarence Dillon (1882–1979), American financier and businessman
Clarence Ransom Edwards (1859–1931), American general
Clarence Edwards (1933–1993), American blues musician
Clarence Elkins (born 1963), American man who was wrongfully convicted of murder
Clarence Fok, Hong Kong-Canadian film director and actor
Clarence Gaines (1923–2005), American college basketball player and coach
Clarence Gillis (1895–1960), Canadian politician
Clarence Gilyard (1955–2022), American university professor, actor and author
Clarence Goodson (born 1982), US footballer
Clarence Henry (boxer) (1926–1999), American boxer
Clarence "Frogman" Henry (born 1937), American rhythm and blues singer and pianist
Clarence Z. Hubbell (1869–1953), American architect
Clarence Janecek (1911–1990), NFL player
Clarence Jey, American record producer
Clarence Johnson (1910–1990), US aeronautical engineer
Clarence King (1842–1901), American geologist, mountaineer, and author
Clarence Kolster (1895–1972), American film editor
Clarence Lam (born 1980), American politician and physician who has served in the Maryland Senate representing the 12th district since 2019
Clarence F. Leary (1894–1918), American officer in the United States Navy during World War I
Clarence P. LeMire (1886–1961), judge of the United States Tax Court
Clarence Long (1908–1994), American politician
Clarence Lung (1914–1993), American actor
Clarence Mackay (1874–1938), American financier and philanthropist
Clarence D. Martin (1886–1955), 11th Governor of the state of Washington
Clarence R. Martin (1886–1972), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
Clarence Edward Mathias (1876–1935), US Sergeant major, Medal of Honor recipient
Clarence McNair (born 1977), American writer and entrepreneur
Clarence Mitchell Jr. (1911-1984), an American civil rights activist and chief lobbyist for the NAACP for nearly 30 years
Clarence Mitchell III (1939-2012), an American politician and son of Clarence Mitchell Jr.
Clarence Mitchell IV (born 1962), an American radio cohost of The C4 And Bryan Nehman Show, former American politician, son of Clarence Mitchell III, and grandson of Clarence Mitchell Jr.
Clarence Moore (disambiguation), several people
Clarence Morley (1869–1948), American politician
Clarence E. Mulford (1883–1956), American writer
Clarence Nash (1904–1985), American voice actor
Clarence Charles Newcomer (1923–2005), US District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Clarence Paul Oliver (1898–1991), American geneticist
Clarence Page (born 1947), American journalist
Clarence Perry (1872–1944), American urban planner, sociologist, author, and educator
Clarence J. Roberts (1873–1931), Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court
Clarence Ryan, Australian actor
Clarence Sasser (1947–2024), American soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor
Clarence Saunders (athlete), Bermudian high jumper
Clarence Saunders (grocer), US American retailer, pioneer of supermarkets
Clarence Scharbauer (1879–1942), American rancher
Clarence Schmalz (1916–1981), Canadian ice hockey administrator
Clarence Seedorf (born 1976), Dutch footballer
Clarence Smith (disambiguation), several people
Clarence A. Southerland (1889–1973), Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court
Clarence Swensen (1917–2009), American actor
Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Clarence L. Townes Jr. (1928–2017), American businessperson, politician, civic activist
Clarence J. A. Turner (1893–1957), American jockey
Clarence W. Turner (1866–1939), American lawyer and politician
Clarence Watters (1902−1986), American organist
Clarence N. Weems Jr., American scholar and military officer
Clarence White (1944–1973), American guitarist and singer
Clarence Cameron White (1880–1960), American composer
Clarence Hudson White (1871–1925), American photographer
Clarence Whitehill (1871–1932), American opera singer
Clarence Wijewardena, Sri Lankan guitarist and vocalist
Clarence Williams III (1939–2021), American actor
Clarence Wiseman, Canadian clergy, tenth general of The Salvation Army
Clarence Zener (1905–1993), American physicist

In fiction,

Clarence Odbody, a guardian angel from the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life
Lumpy Rutherford, a recurring character in Leave It to Beaver , an American TV series
Clarence Wendle, the titular character in the Cartoon Network TV show Clarence
The title character of Clarence , a 1988 British TV series, portrayed by Ronnie Barker
Clarence (Razor) Callahan, the main antagonist in the 2005 video game Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Clarence, a wise and virtuous orangutan who acts as adviser to the chimpanzee leader Khan on the 2017 video game Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier .

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