William Clarke

Last updated January 16, 2026

William or Bill Clarke may refer to:

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William Clarke (writer) (1800–1838), British children's writer
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), American novelist
William Clarke, a.k.a. Bunny Rugs (1948–2014), lead singer for the band Third World

William Clarke (MP for Amersham) (c. 1575–1626), English MP for Amersham
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 (1884–1977), first prime minister of Jamaica
Bill Clarke (politician) (born 1933), Canadian MP for Vancouver Quadra, 1973–1984

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), 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) (1878–1940), Scottish footballer
Billy Clarke (footballer, born 1987), Irish footballer

William Clarke (cricketer, born 1798) (1798–1856), English cricketer and team manager
William Grasett Clarke (1821–1893), English cricketer
William Clarke (Barbadian cricketer) (1841–1907), Barbadian cricketer
William Clarke (cricketer, born 1846) (1846–1902), English cricketer
William Clarke (cricketer, born 1849) (1849–1935), English cricketer

Boileryard Clarke (William Jones Clarke, 1868–1959), American Major League Baseball player
William Clarke (athlete) (1873–?), British Olympic runner
Will Clarke (cyclist) (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

William Clarke (apothecary) (1609–1682), English apothecary associated with Isaac Newton
William Clarke (English physician) (c. 1640 – 1684), English physician
William Branwhite Clarke (1798–1878), English geologist and clergyman, active in Australia
William Barnard Clarke (1806–1865), English architect, cartographer and translator
William Barnard Clarke (physician) (1807–1894), English physician and curator
William Eagle Clarke (1853–1938), British ornithologist
William Clarke (Canadian physician) (died 1887), Irish-born physician and politician in Ontario, Canada

William Clarke (justice) (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) (1883–1961), British British intelligence officer and cryptographer
William Francis Clarke (1816–1890), American Jesuit educator
W. G. Clarke 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

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