What is "clark"

surname, from common Middle English alternative spelling of clerk (n.). In many early cases it is used of men who had taken minor orders.

n. 1 {{non-gloss definition|(surname A=An English occupational from=occupations dot=), variant of Clarke, for someone who was either a scribe or priest / cleric}} 2 {{non-gloss definition|(given name male from=surnames) transferred from the surname.}}

Clark is an English language surname, ultimately derived from the Latin clericus meaning "scribe", "secretary" or a scholar within a religious order, referring to someone who was educated. Clark evolved from " clerk". First records of the name are found in 12th century England. The name has many variants.

Clark is the twenty-seventh most common surname in the United Kingdom, including placing fourteenth in Scotland. Clark is also an occasional given name, as in the case of Clark Gable.

According to the 1990 United States Census, Clark was the twenty-first most frequently encountered surname, accounting for 0.23% of the population. Notable people with the surname include:

• Abraham Clark (1725–1794), American politician and Revolutionary War figure
• Adam Clark, American meteorologist
• Alan Clark (1928–1999), British Conservative politician and author, son of Kenneth Clark
• Alistair Clark, Lord Clark , Scottish judge, Senator of the College of Justice
• Alister Clark (1864–1949), Austrlian rose-breeder
• Allen George Clark (1898–1962), British businessman
• Andy Clark (musician), British musician
• Anne Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
• Anne Erin Clark, better known under her stage name St. Vincent (musician) (born 1982), American singer, songwriter, and musician
• Appleton P. Clark, Jr. (1865-1955), American architect
• Augusta Clark (1932–2013), American librarian, lawyer and politician
• Babe Clark, American football player
• Barbara M. Clark (1939-2016), New York politician
• Benjamin S. W. Clark (1829–1912), New York politician
• Billy J. Clark (1778–1866), New York physician and politician
• Bob Clark (Benjamin "Bob" Clark) (1941–2007), American director
• Boyd A. Clark (1918-1978), American politician and jurist
• Brian Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
• Buddy Clark (1911–1949), American singer
• Carmel Clark (born 1965), New Zealand swimmer
• Catherine Clark (born 1976), Canadian television host
• Charles Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
• Chris Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
• Christian Clark (born 1979), Australian actor
• Claudine Clark, R&B singer and performer of the 1962 hit record "Party Lights"
• Clive Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Clive Clark (footballer) (1940–2014), English footballer
• Colin Clark (disambiguation)
• Corrie Clark (born 1982), American breaststroke swimmer
• Dallas Clark, American football player
• Daniel Kinnear Clark (1822–1896), Scottish railway mechanical engineer
• Darius Clark (1798–1871), New York physician and politician
• Dave Clark (musician) (born 1942), drummer of The Dave Clark Five
• David Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
• Davis Wasgatt Clark (1812–1871), American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
• Dick Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Dick Clark (1929–2012), entertainer and producer, host of Pyramid and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve
• Douglas Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
• Duncan Clark (athlete) (1915–2003), Scottish hammer thrower
• Duncan W. Clark (1910–2007), American public health specialist
• Dwight Clark, American football player
• Earl Clark, American Basketball player
• Edward Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Edward Clark (1888–1962), English conductor and music producer
• Elky Clark (1898-1956), Scottish boxer of the 1920s
• Ernest Clark (1912–1994), British actor
• Eugene Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
• Frank Clark (footballer), English football player
  • Frank M. Clark (1915–2003), American Congressman
• Gavin Brown Clark (1846–1930), MP for Caithness
• George Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
• Gerry Clark (1927–1999), New Zealand sailor and ornithologist
• Ginger Clark (1879–1943), American baseball pitcher
• Glenn Clark (born 1969), Canadian coach of Toronto Rock
• Grahame Clark (1907-1995), British archaeologist
• Greenleaf Clark (1835-1904), American jurist
• Guy Clark (1941–2016), American Texas country and folk singer, musician, songwriter, recording artist, and performer
• Helen Clark (born 1950), Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008
• Hilda Clark (1872–1932), American Coca-Cola advertising spokesperson
• Hilda Margery Clarke (born 1926), English painter and curator
• Horace Clark, 1830s New York politician
• Horace F. Clark (1815–1873), US Congressman from New York
• Hugh Massey Clark (1886–1956), New York philatelist
• Hulda Regehr Clark, alternative medicine practitioner
• Isabella Clark, wife of Prime Minister of Canada Sir John A. Macdonald
• Jack Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
• James Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jason Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jeff Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jim Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
• Joe Clark (born 1939), former Prime Minister of Canada
• John Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jonas Gilman Clark (1815–1900), American businessman and the founder of Clark University
• Jonathan Clark (disambiguation)
• Joseph Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
• Joshua Clark, (born 1980), American writer
• Karen Clark (born 1945), American politician from Minnesota
• Karen Clark (born 1960), American gospel four-time Grammy Award winning singer
• Katy Clark (born 1967), Scottish politician and trade union official
• Kelly Clark (born 1983), American snowboarder
• Kelly Clark (lawyer) (1957–2013), American lawyer
• Ken Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
• Kenneth Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
• Leslie J. Clark (1924–2003), British engineer and founder of Parvalux
• Louis Clark, musician and conductor with the Orchestra (former members of ELO and ELO Part II)
• Lynn G. Clark, American botanist
• Manning Clark (1915–1991), Australian historian
• Marcus R. Clark (born 1956), Louisiana Supreme Court justice
• Mark Wayne Clark (1896–1984), American army general in WW2 (Italy) and the Korean War
• Nancy B. Clark, person of Marstons Mills, Massachusetts
• Ocky Clark (born 1960), American middle distance runner
• Orville Clark (1801–1862), New York politician
• Otey Clark (born 1915), American baseball pitcher
• R. Foster Clark, American college sports coach
• R. Scott Clark (born 1961) American seminary professor
• Ramsey Clark (born 1927), U.S. Attorney General and activist
• Ranza Clark (born 1961), Canadian middle distance runner
• Robert Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
• Robin Clark (pop singer), (born 1949), 1960s American pop singer
• Roger Clark, British rally driver
• Ryan Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
• Samuel Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Samuel Delbert Clark (1910–2003), Canadian sociologist
• Satterlee Clark, Jr., American politician
• Shawn M. Clark (born ca 1964), American organizational theorist
• Sherman Clark (1899–1980), American Olympic rower and Rear Admiral
• Simon Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
• Steve Clark (1960–1991), British guitarist for Def Leppard
• Stuart Clark (born 1975), Australian cricketer
• Sir Terence Clark (born 1934), British retired diplomat and writer
• Theresa Maria Clark (c. 1890 – 1953), person of New York
• Thomas Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
• Tom Clark (journalist), Canadian television journalist
• Tom C. Clark (1899–1977), U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Supreme Court justice
• Tracy Clark, fictional character from The CW primetime drama 90210
• Wendel Clark (born 1966), retired Canadian ice hockey player
• Wesley K. Clark (born 1944), American Army General in the Vietnam War and Kosovo
• Wilfrid Le Gros Clark (1895–1971), British palaeanthropologist
• Will Clark (born 1964), American baseball player
• William Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
• Zenas Clark (1795–1864), New York politician

Clark is a lunar crater that lies in the southern hemisphere of the Moon's far side. It is located midway between the larger walled plain Van der Waals to the south and the similar-sized crater Pizzetti to the north. It is named for American astronomer and telescope maker Alvan Clark and his son Alvan Graham Clark.

Clark has a narrow inner wall, and thus a wide interior floor. The rim is roughly circular, but eroded in places. A small crater lies across the southern rim, and a tiny pair are located along the northeastern crest. There is a slight outward bulge along the wall along the west-southwestern side. The crater floor is marked by a number of tiny craterlets but otherwise relatively featureless, having no central peak.

Clark is a male given name, translating to clerk. It is also often a surname (see Clark).

Clark is a common surname.

Clark may also refer to:

Clark was a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Howard Line, which is now part of the Red Line. The station was located at Clark Street and Roscoe Avenue in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago, at what is now the junction between the Red and Brown lines. Clark was situated north of Belmont and south of Addison. Clark opened on June 6, 1900, and closed on August 1, 1949, along with 23 other stations as part of a CTA service revision.

Clark is the official team mascot of Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs. He was announced on January 13, 2014 as the first official mascot in the modern history of the Cubs franchise. He was introduced that day at the Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center's pediatric developmental center along with some of the Cubs' top prospects such as number one draft pick Kris Bryant and Albert Almora, Jorge Soler, Mike Olt and Eric Jokisch. Over a dozen Cubs prospects were attending the Cubs' Rookie Development Program that week. The Cubs become the 27th team in Major League Baseball to have a mascot, leaving the Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees as the remaining franchises without mascots. According to the Cubs' press release, Clark is a response to fan demands (expressed via surveys and interviews) for more kid-friendly elements at Wrigley Field Cubs games to keep pace with games in other cities that have more to offer youth fans.

Clark is the eponymously titled seventh studio album by the British electronic artist Chris Clark and the fifth released under the Clark moniker. Clark is a follow-up to his 2012 album Iradelphic and was produced by Chris Clark and released by Warp Records on 3rd November 2014.

On its release the album reached number 20 on the Billboard Heatseakers chart, 17 on the Billboard Dance chart and 122 on the Belgian Album chart.

Clark Crater is a crater in the Phaethontis quadrangle of Mars, located at 55.6°S latitude and 133.4°W longitude. It is 98.0 km in diameter and was named after Alvan Clark, and the name was approved in 1973. Dunes are visible on the floor of the crater, and dust devil tracks are in the area. Both of these features can be seen in the pictures below. The thin, dark streaks are dust devil tracks.

Wikiclark.jpg|Clark Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter). Wikiclarkdevils.jpg| Dust devil tracks just outside north rim of Clark Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter). Note: this is an enlargement of the previous image of Clark Crater. Wikiclarkdunes.jpg|Dunes on floor of Clark Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter). Some dust devil tracks are also visible as dark, thin streaks. Note: this is an enlargement of a previous image of Clark Crater.