John Clarke

John Clarke

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

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  • John Clarke (mountaineer) — John Clarke, C.M. (February 25, 1945 ndash;January 23, 2003) born in Ireland to Brigit Ann Clarke (nee Conway) and Thomas Kevin Clarke, died in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada of a brain tumor. A noted Canadian Explorer, mountaineer,… …   Wikipedia

  • John Clarke (activist) — John Clarke is a Canadian political activist and the founder and leading figure of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty. Originally from Britain, Clarke moved to London, Ontario in the 1980s where he was a factory worker. Upon becoming… …   Wikipedia

  • John Clarke (dean of Salisbury) — John Clarke (1682 1757) was an English natural philosopher and dean of Salisbury Cathedral from 1728 to his death in 1757 [http://www.british history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=40266#p97] . John Clarke was the son of Edward Clarke, an alderman who… …   Wikipedia

  • John Clarke (actor) — John Clarke (born April 14, 1932) in South Bend, Indiana is an American actor.John Clarke was the first actor to play Mickey Horton on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives , starring on the show from its debut in 1965 until he retired early… …   Wikipedia

  • John Clarke Slater — (* 22. Dezember 1900 in Oak Park, Illinois; † 25. Juli 1976 auf Sanibel Island, Florida) war ein amerikanischer Physiker und theoretischer Chemiker. Seine Beiträge zur Quantentheorie gelten als die theoretische Grundlage, die die Entwicklung des… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • John Clarke (rugby league) — John Clarke was a rugby league player in the Australian competition the New South Wales Rugby League(NSWRL).Clarke played in 68 matches for the Eastern Suburbs club in the years (1932 36, 1938 and 1940 42) seasons. A Hard working forward, Clarke… …   Wikipedia

  • John Clarke Whitfield — (sometimes Whitfeld) (December 13, 1770 February 22, 1836), English organist and composer, was born at Gloucester, and educated at Oxford under Dr Philip Hayes.In 1789 he was appointed organist of the parish church at Ludlow. Four years later he… …   Wikipedia

  • John Clarke (Baptist minister) — For other people with the same name, see John Clarke (disambiguation). John Clarke 3rd and 5th Deputy Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations In office 1669–1670 Governor …   Wikipedia

  • John Clarke (satirist) — Infobox actor name = John Clarke imagesize = caption = birthname = John Morrison Clarke birthdate = Birth date and age|1948|7|29|mf=y birthplace = Palmerston North, New Zealand deathdate = deathplace = othername = occupation = yearsactive =… …   Wikipedia

  • John Clarke (physicist) — Infobox Scientist name = caption = birth date = birth place = death date = death place = residence = citizenship = nationality = ethnicity = fields = workplaces = alma mater = doctoral advisor = academic advisors = doctoral students = notable… …   Wikipedia

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