- John Clarke
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John Clarke may refer to:
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Canada
- John Clarke (activist), Canadian political activist and founder of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
- John Clarke (mountaineer) C.M., Canadian mountaineer, explorer and wilderness educator
- John Clarke (Upper Canada) (d. 1862), merchant and politician in Upper Canada - also appears as John Clark
- John Fitzgerald Clarke (1827–1887), Ontario, Canada MPP
England
- Colonel John Clarke (parliamentarian), fought for Parliament in the English Civil War and the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. Represented Ireland in Cromwell's other house
- John Clarke, pseudonym adopted by Richard Cromwell after his abdication
- John Clarke (dean of Salisbury) (1682–1757), dean of Salisbury Cathedral, mathematician, natural philosopher, brother of Samuel Clarke
- John Clarke (whaler), one of the discoverers of Jan Mayen
- John Clarke (physicist), English physicist
- John Cooper Clarke (born 1949), British performance poet, active since the late 1970s
- John Creemer Clarke (1821–1895), British Member of Parliament
- John Erskine Clarke (1837-1920), British rower and clergyman who founded the first parish magazine
- John Smith Clarke (1885-1959), lion tamer, politician, poet, newspaper editor and art expert
- John Clarke (dean of Wells) (born 1953), current Dean of Wells since 2004
- John Clarke-Whitfeld (1770-1836), English organist and composer
Scotland
- John Clarke (footballer), footballer who played for Bury, Blackpool and Luton Town
United States
- John Clarke (Baptist minister) (1609–1676), co-founder of Rhode Island
- John Clarke (Congregationalist minister) (1755-1798), minister, First Church, Boston, Massachusetts
- John Clarke (poet) (1933–1992), American poet
- John Clarke (general), American general in the Creek War (1813–1814), from Georgia
- John Clarke (fur trader) (1781–1852), Hudson's Bay Company fur trader
- John Clarke (actor) (born 1932), American soap opera actor from Days of Our Lives
- John Clarke Professional mixed martial arts champion and educator (born 1976), who was featured in Spike television's hit show, The Ultimate Fighter.
- John Blades Clarke, U.S. representative from Kentucky, 1875–1876
- John D. Clarke (1873–1933), U.S. representative from New York, 1921–1924 and 1927–1934
- John Hessin Clarke (1857–1945), associate justice of the US Supreme Court
- John Hopkins Clarke, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1847–1852
- John Henrik Clarke (1915–1998), self-taught scholar who became an authority on African history and an advocate for Black Studies
- John Sleeper Clarke (1833-1899), American/British actor/manager, married into the Booth family; husband to Asia Booth, brother-in-law to John Wilkes Booth and Edwin Booth
- J. Richard Clarke (born 1927), leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Other
- John Clarke (athlete), New Zealand marathon runner
- John Clarke (satirist) (born 1948), New Zealand/Australian actor/satirist
- John Clarke (rugby league), Australian rugby league player
See also
- John Clark (disambiguation)
- Jon Clarke (disambiguation)
- John Clerk (disambiguation)
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