Clare (surname)

Clare is a surname of English or Irish origin. Notable people with the surname include:

Clare

• Ada Clare (1834–1874), American actress, writer, and feminist
• Alan Clare (1921–1993), British jazz pianist
• Alex Clare (born 1985), English singer-songwriter
• Alfred Clare (1851–1912), British solicitor
• Alys Clare (real name Elizabeth Harris, born 1944), English author
• Anthony Clare (1942–2007), Irish psychiatrist
• Baldwin of Clare (fl. 1141), French noble
• Camille A. Clare, American obstetrician and gynecologist
• Cassandra Clare (born 1973), American author
• Chapman James Clare (1853–1940), British-Australian sailor
• Charlie Clare (born 1991), English rugby union player
• Clarette Clare, American silent film actress
• Claudia Clare, British ceramicist and writer
• Craig Clare (born 1984), New Zealand rugby union player
• Daryl Clare (born 1978), Irish professional footballer and coach
• Denny Clare (1853–1928), American baseball player
• Diane Clare (1938–2013), British actress
• Dustin Clare (born 1982), Australian actor
• Edwin Clare (1883–1944), English footballer
• Eli Clare (born 1963), American activist and writer
• Eva Clare (1884–1961), Canadian musician and educator
• George Clare (writer) (1920–2009), UK-Austrian journalist
• George Adam Clare (1854–1915), Canadian politician
• George William Burdett Clare (1889–1917), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Gilbert Holles, 3rd Earl of Clare (1633–1689), English politician
• Gwen C. Clare (born 1945), American diplomat
• Harcourt Clare (1854–1922), English county council clerk
• Helen Clare (1916–2018), English singer
• Horatio Clare, Welsh author
• Ina Clare (1932–2010), British actress
• Jack Clare, Australian rugby league player
• James Clare (rugby league) (born 1991), English rugby league footballer
• James Clare (rugby union) (1857–1930), Wales international rugby union player
• Jason Clare (born 1972), Australian politician
• Jillian Clare (born 1992), American actress and singer
• Jimmy Clare (born 1959), English footballer
• Joe Clare (1910–1987), English footballer
• John Clare (1793–1864), English poet
• John Clare (journalist) (born 1955), English author and journalist
• John Clare (soccer), American soccer coach
• Jonathan Clare (born 1986), English cricketer
• Joseph Clare (1846–1917), English scenic designer and painter
• Kenny Clare (1929–1984), British jazz drummer
• Kerry and Lindsay Clare, Australian wife and husband architects
• Leanne Clare (born 1962), Australian judge
• Lou Clare (1950–2017), Canadian gridiron football player
• Madelyn Clare (1894–1975), American actress
• Mary Clare (1892–1970), British actress
• Matt Clare (born 1988), American soccer player
• Monica Clare (1924–1973), Aboriginal political activist and author
• Natalia Clare (1919–2007), American ballet dancer and instructor
• Octavius Leigh-Clare (1841–1912), English barrister and politician
• Osbert of Clare, 12th-century monk
• Patti Clare (born 1976), English actress
• Pauline Clare (born 1947), British police officer
• Peter Clare (1738–1786), British surgeon
• Phyllis Clare (1905–1947), British actress
• Ralph Clare (1589–1670), English courtier and politician
• Robert Clare (born 1983), English footballer
• Roy Clare (born 1950), British Royal Navy Rear Admiral
• Sean Clare (born 1996), English footballer
• Sheldon Clare, Canadian politician
• Sidney Clare (1892–1972), American comedian, dancer and composer
• Thomas Clare (monk), English Benedictine monk and university Chancellor
• Thomas Clare (cricketer) (1883–1940), English cricketer
• Tom Clare (singer) (1876–1946), British music hall singer
• Tom Clare (lawyer), American lawyer
• Tom Clare (footballer) (born 1999), English footballer
• Tommy Clare (1865–1929), English footballer and manager
• Vernon Lawrence Clare (1925–1998), New Zealand musician and cabaret owner
• William Harvey Clare (1874–1956), Canadian politician

de Clare

• de Clare, Anglo-Norman noble family
• Amice de Clare (1220–1284), English noblewoman
• Basilia de Clare (fl. 1173–1201), Anglo-Norman noblewoman
• Bogo de Clare (1248–1294), English ecclesiastic
• Eleanor de Clare (1292–1337), Anglo-Welsh noblewoman
• Elizabeth de Clare (1295–1360), English heiress
• Gilbert Fitz Richard known also as Gilbert de Clare (died 1117), lord of Clare, Tonbridge and Ceredigion
• Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1100–1148)
• Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Hertford (1115–1153)
• Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford and 5th Earl of Gloucester (1180–1230)
• Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford and 7th Earl of Gloucester (1243–1295)
• Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford and 8th Earl of Gloucester (1291–1314)
• Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke (1172–1220)
• Isabella of Gloucester and Hertford (1226-1264)
• Margaret de Clare (1293–1342), English noblewoman
• Maud de Clare (1276–1327), English noblewoman
• Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1130–1176)
• Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford (1153–1217)
• Richard fitz Gilbert (1035–1090), 1st Lord of Clare, known as "Robert de Clare"
• Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare (died 1136), Norman nobleman
• Rohese de Clare (died before 1166), Anglo-Norman noblewoman
• Walter de Clare, 12th-century Anglo-Norman baron in England

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Clare
• All pages with titles containing Clare
• Clare (disambiguation)
• Clare (given name)