Clark

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Clark is the name of several places in the United States:

• Clark County, Arkansas
• Clark County, Indiana
• Clark County, Nevada
• Clark County, Washington
• Clark, Missouri
• Clark, New Jersey
• Clark, South Dakota
• Clark Township, Minnesota
• Clark Point is a point in eastern Virginia by the Chesapeake Bay.

(See also Clarksburg, Clarkson, Clarkston, Clarksville.)

Clark can also be a surname (see also Clarke):

• Abraham Clark (1725–1794), was an American politician and Revolutionary War figure.
• Adam Clark, Scottish engineer, who supervised the construction of Széchenyi Chain Bridge, Budapest
• Anne Clark (born 1960), poet-songwriter
• Buddy Clark (1911–1940), American singer
• Catherine Clark (born 1976), Canadian television host
• Sir George Clark (historian) (1890–1979), British historian
• George Clark (mayor of New Orleans)
• George Rogers Clark (1752–1818) American Revolutionary War military leader
• Helen Clark (born 1950), current Prime Minister of New Zealand
• Joe Clark (born 1939), former Prime Minister of Canada
• Katy Clark (born 1967), British politician and trade union official
• Kenneth Clark(1914–2005), African American psychologist who testified in Brown v. Board of Education
• Mark Wayne Clark (1896–1984), United States Army general during World War II
• Ramsey Clark (born 1927), American Attorney General, activist
• Tom Clark Canadian television journalist
• Tom C. Clark (1899–1977), Attorney General of the United States, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, father of Attorney General Ramsey Clark
• Wesley K. Clark (born 1944) 4-Star General, US Army
• Will Clark (born 1964), American baseball player
• William Tierney Clark (1783–1852), English engineer, designer of suspension bridges
• Clark Sisters is a group of American gospel vocalists from Detroit

There were and are also several people called James Clark, John Clark, and Joseph Clark.

Clark also refers to some institutions, companies, products and organisations (see also Clarke and Clarks):

• Clark University in Worcester, MA.
• Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, GA.
• Clark College a community college in Vancouver, Washington.
• Clark Air Base, a former American airbase in the Philippines.
• Clark Material Handling Company, a forklift truck manufacturer in Lexington, Kentucky
• Clark Bar candy bar

Clark is also used as a personal name (people with that name, including the fictional Clark Kent, are not listed here).

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